no there are no other user accounts on the computer. I just know a guy that has third party software that would bypass my login screen. I am looking for a way to block him out.
You've got a larger problem here than a simple software issue. As I understand it here, someone is doing something to "hack" your account but to do so, they need access to your machine. The simple answer here is to not let this person use your machine. Second, if they really wanted to access your external HD, they would just take it. I'd suggest that the real issue here is a personal one and not a technical one.No, he does not have my password. He has a third-party software disc that he puts into the computer that will hack my administrator account and allow him to change the password.
You've got a larger problem here than a simple software issue. As I understand it here, someone is doing something to "hack" your account but to do so, they need access to your machine. The simple answer here is to not let this person use your machine. Second, if they really wanted to access your external HD, they would just take it. I'd suggest that the real issue here is a personal one and not a technical one.
If you don't have an external HD, what do you mean by "external drives"?Could somebody please tell me how to write code into terminal that would cause my mac book pro to not accept anything into the external drives when it is logged out?
It would seem like this person really knows what they're doing assuming they are able to bypass all security measures. Thus (as noted above), the best way to get around this is to simply prevent this person from accessing your machine. You may also want to think of legal action - depending on your jurisdiction, what this person is doing may be against the law (I'm not a lawyer so you'll have to look into this). I'd approach this person first since the legal route should probably be a last resort.Yes, the person does have access to my computer. I don't have an external HD though. It seems to me like there should be a way to keep him out even if he has access to my computer. If you know of any ways I would really appreciate it.
First and foremost, there is really no way to prevent accessing a machine someone has physical access to. Period.
Personally, I'd suggest a safe.
he question that comes to me is.
Is this computer owned by you or someone else as in school, or job?
If it is your personal system, then like it was suggested, do not give physical access. If you don't own the system, then the question is mute.
That kinda sucks. I mean if there is a way for someone to get into a computer like that then it seems to me that there should be a way to stop it. Thanks for your help though.