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10.5: Prevent users from ejecting CDs with dscl
Authored by: deeproy on Thu, Jan 17 2008 at 3:48PM PST

I had tried this approach it doesn't work alone. You still need to set simultaneous_login_enabled, so this command would only work once mcx_flags are set.

10.5: Prevent users from ejecting CDs with dscl
Authored by: lolopb on Sat, Jan 19 2008 at 1:26PM PST

Are you sure ? I tested on my computer, it worked, kids account could not eject, even after many reboots and changing the optical media.

Have you really set the mcx to "always" as in my example.

I looked at what WorkGroup Manager and Parental Control set, they don't define the "has_mcx_enabled" and the settings apply anyway.