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Re: System error or Firefox error?

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On 2016-10-04, Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Happy.Hobo wrote:
>
>> If the admin account is only used for administration, why would you need 
>> two of them?
>> 
>> I've had only one since OS 10.0 and never needed another.  And all 
>> installations and updates done there.
>
> So that when my wife gets an update notification for whatever app she's 
> using, she doesn't have either to
>
> 1) Remember to tell me about it, tell me about it, then wait for me to 
> do it, or
>
> 2) Stop what's she's doing, remember where she was, log out, log in to 
> my ID, install the update, log out, log back in again and try to recover 
> her lost train of thought.
>
> Yes we could enable fast user switching, but there doesn't seem much point.

There's no reason for any of that nonsense. Have one admin account,
share the password between you and your wife, then whenever an
application asks for the admin user name and password, either of you can
provide it without having to log into any other account.

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System error or Firefox error? Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-01 12:06 -0700
  Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-01 21:05 +0000
    Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-01 21:07 +0000
    Re: System error or Firefox error? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-02 11:38 +1300
      Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-02 03:12 +0000
        Re: System error or Firefox error? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-02 18:21 +1300
          Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-02 18:22 +0000
            Re: System error or Firefox error? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-03 11:32 +1300
              Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-02 23:17 +0000
              Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-03 04:10 +0000
                Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-03 01:56 -0500
              Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-03 01:54 -0500
                Re: System error or Firefox error? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-04 00:14 +1300
                Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-03 14:27 -0500
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-03 22:50 +0000
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-03 23:59 +0000
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-04 13:37 -0700
                Re: System error or Firefox error? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-05 10:49 +1300
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-04 23:06 +0000
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-04 18:15 -0700
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-05 03:18 +0000
                Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-06 00:56 -0500
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-06 07:07 +0000
                Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-06 10:37 -0500
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-06 22:40 +0000
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-07 00:37 +0000
                Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-07 14:43 -0500
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-07 20:06 +0000
                Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-07 23:06 -0500
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-08 04:16 +0000
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-08 11:36 +0000
                Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-08 14:22 -0500
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-08 20:48 +0000
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-07 21:59 +0000
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-06 16:33 -0400
                Re: System error or Firefox error? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-05 15:42 +1300
                Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-05 03:23 +0000
        Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-02 07:27 +0000
      Re: System error or Firefox error? Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-02 13:40 -0700

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