Thank you Mark and Bob for coaching on unix Tiemo > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- > boun...@lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Mark Schonewille > Gesendet: Montag, 4. April 2011 13:18 > An: How to use LiveCode > Betreff: Re: OT: Elevated admin rights or admin on Mac > > Tiemo, > > Under any unix flavour, including Mac OS X, you can install software from any > account, provided that you give the installing process admin rights (or super > user rights). > > A restricted user is not a standard user. The purpose of restricted users is > that these accounts can't freely install applications. > > You have two options: > 1) tell the customer that the software can only be installed under an admin > account > 2) allow the user to install the software for the current user only (changing > /library/preferences/MyFolder into ~/library/preferences/MyFolder). > > Depending on the restrictions, a restricted user may still be unable to > install software, if the installer tries to install the software for the > current user only. > > In your case, I'd choose option 1. > > -- > Best regards, > > Mark Schonewille > > Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering > Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer > KvK: 50277553 > > New: Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.6 for LiveCode here > http://qery.us/ce > > On 4 apr 2011, at 12:29, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am not used to the rights management on Mac, so I don't know where to > > start looking. > > > > One of my LiveCode programs is installed in 3 steps. > > > > 1. Dragging the prog from the dmg to the app folder > > > > 2. Starting a tool on the CD to copy some videos to: > > /library/preferences/MyFolder > > > > 3. When starting my prog the first time, it creates an ini file at: > > /library/preferences/MyFolder > > > > A customer tried to install my prog with a user with restricted rights. He > > was asked to "elevate to admin rights" (I just don't know the exact pharse), > > but step 2 and 3 failed. When doing the same with the admin user, everything > > worked fine. He told me that installing of other programs worked ok also > > with the restricted user and the additionally "elevating". > > > > The difference to my "installation" probably is that step 2 + 3 are not any > > more an "installation", but standard program job. Probably I could change > > the library path to a user based path, but the the program would be > > restricted to that installation user. > > > > My question: Is it state of the art on Mac, that you should be able to > > install every program also with a standard user, or is it ok to say that my > > program can only be installed by an admin? > > > > Thanks for your experience > > > > Tiemo > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
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