Are user accounts able to look into the Admin directory?

[MacBH928]

My question is simple, If I create multiple user accounts on my MacOS, can they browse other users' directories and files? Can they browse Admin accounts Home directory via Finder?

I am particulary concenred with an older OS X version which is 10.4 (Tiger).

 

[marzer]

My question is simple, If I create multiple user accounts on my MacOS, can they browse other users' directories and files? Can they browse Admin accounts Home directory via Finder?

I am particulary concenred with an older OS X version which is 10.4 (Tiger).

No. Non-admin users can't access other users directories and files stored under the home directories.

However, it is possible to circumvent users permissions. One example would be if someone were to boot from an install disk, target mode or external drive. Another would be someone savvy enough to gain root access after logging in as a standard user.

The easiest approach to ensure your users files are safeguarded would be to enable FileVault. On 10.4, it encrypts a users home directory only, not the entire disk like FileVault 2 does in later OS releases. But it’s better than nothing, and cheaper than a third party solution (if alternatives ever existed for the older versions).

 

[MacBH928]

No. Non-admin users can't access other users directories and files stored under the home directories.

However, it is possible to circumvent users permissions. One example would be if someone were to boot from an install disk, target mode or external drive. Another would be someone savvy enough to gain root access after logging in as a standard user.

The easiest approach to ensure your users files are safeguarded would be to enable FileVault. On 10.4, it encrypts a users home directory only, not the entire disk like FileVault 2 does in later OS releases. But it’s better than nothing, and cheaper than a third party solution (if alternatives ever existed for the older versions).

thank you, this is the answer I was looking for