I guess the question here is where on earth are you supposed to put an application's files if you want them to be available to all users? It seems like /Library/Application Support makes sense but apparently Apple have decided otherwise. I hope they have published a guideline somewhere that explains how to handle this situation.
Pete On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > Just to weigh in here, anytime an application is installed, the OS asks for > credentials. I assume this runs the installer with those admin credentials? > If that is the case, then I think that anytime you want to put something in > a System folder like Library and such, it would be a good idea to shell it > using sudo. This assures you will always succeed. > > I have long thought it a bit irritating when software installs in the > current user's profile without even asking, and then cannot be used in other > profiles. > > Bob > > > On Jul 21, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Ken Ray wrote: > > > > > On Jul 21, 2011, at 5:05 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > > > >> Josh Mellicker wrote: > >> > >>> Just wanted to let everyone know, Lion permissions default to not > allowing Livecode to create folders in "/Library/Application Support/" with > the "create folder" command. > >> > >> I believe that's true with earlier versions as well if the current user > is not admin. > > > > I tried doing the same thing as Josh as an admin user and got the same > result (see my errant "Lion 'Gotcha' #1" post). It's definitely a Lion > thing, although why /Application Support is more secured under Lion than > under Snow Leopard is beyond me... > > > > Ken Ray > > Sons of Thunder Software, Inc. > > Email: k...@sonsothunder.com > > Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
