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oenophile

Member

Registered: 2010-06-18

Posts: 6

Password protect profile activation?

NSM 3.0.3
WinXP Pro SP3

All I wish to do is password protect profile activations.  That is, if someone tries to activate a profile, the password is entered, and if correct, the profile is activated.

However, if I enable administration and also disable the "Activate profiles" option, what happens is that if someone tries activating a profile, they are denied with an error message.  There is no opportunity to enter the administration password.  In fact, I cannot see how a profile may be activated without enabling the "Activate profiles" option again (or disabling Administration altogether).

Am I missing something?

NetSetMan Support

Administrator

Registered: 2005-08-06

Posts: 1,878

Re: Password protect profile activation?

Why would you want to prompt everytime for a password when activating a profile? Please describe a use case.

The administration feature to limit possible user actions within NSM is designed to provide a general privilege management. It's a limitation by user and not by action.

oenophile

Member

Registered: 2010-06-18

Posts: 6

Re: Password protect profile activation?

I use OpenDNS for adult content filtering.  When I'm logged in and actively using the system, I use my ISP DNS servers to bypass adult content filtering.  When my daughter is logged in, I want her using OpenDNS.  I don't want her casually deciding to use the ISP DNS servers.  However, if she is logged on, I want to be able to verify (and change if necessary) that OpenDNS is in use.

Last edited by oenophile (2010-06-18 23:05)

NetSetMan Support

Administrator

Registered: 2005-08-06

Posts: 1,878

Re: Password protect profile activation?

I will consider this feature for one of the next versions.