{"id":1632,"date":"2009-10-06T15:00:19","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T19:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2009-10-06T15:00:19","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T19:00:19","slug":"prevent-non-admin-users-from-changing-wireless-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/2009\/10\/prevent-non-admin-users-from-changing-wireless-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevent Non-Admin users from Changing Wireless networks"},"content":{"rendered":"

By default, in Mac OS X Leopard, any user can adjust the wireless network settings and connect to any available network. This may be convenient for most situations, but many users might wish to restrict non-administrator users from changing these settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Users should follow these steps:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Log in as an administrator and go to the “Network” system preferences.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Select the AirPort interface and click the “Advanced” button.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. In the AirPort tab, use the plus (+) or minus (-) buttons to add or remove wireless networks, only adding desired networks to the list.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Uncheck “Remember any network this computer has joined”<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Check both “Disconnect from wireless networks when logging out”<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Check “Require Administrator password to control AirPort”.<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Click “OK” to save changes.<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. With the advanced options closed and the AirPort interface still selected, uncheck “Ask to join new networks”.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Click “Apply” to save changes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By default, in Mac OS X Leopard, any user can adjust the wireless network settings and connect to any available network. This may be convenient for most situations, but many users might wish to restrict non-administrator users from changing these settings. Users should follow these steps: Log in as an administrator and go to the […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[12,5],"tags":[84,83],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}