a weird thing about registration, Linux

[Peter Alcibiades]

peter at xxxx:/opt/runrev/livecode-4.5$ ls
Documentation          livecode.x86       Resources         Runtime
Externals              Plugins            revpdfprinter.so  Toolset
License Agreement.txt  Release Notes.pdf  revsecurity.so
peter at xxxx:/opt/runrev/livecode-4.5$ ./livecode.x86
peter at xxxx:/opt/runrev/livecode-4.5$ pwd
/opt/runrev/livecode-4.5
peter at xxxx:/opt/runrev/livecode-4.5$ su
Password: 
xxxx:/opt/runrev/livecode-4.5# pwd
/opt/runrev/livecode-4.5
xxxx:/opt/runrev/livecode-4.5# ./livecode.x86
xxxx:/opt/runrev/livecode-4.5# 


So, if you do su the working directory remains the same.  If you are in the
working directory without su, Rev starts.  If you are in the same working
directory after having done su, it asks you to register.

Don't get it.  The difference of course is that when it works, its
identifying the user:

     peter at xxxx:/opt/runrev/livecode-4.5$ ./livecode.x86

as opposed to in the other case, where the prompt is just

     xxxx:/opt/runrev/livecode-4.5# ./livecode.x86

So the difference is, it is looking for the registration in a particular
user home folder?  But in that case, why install in /opt?  And why restrict
the use to one account on a multi account system?  Makes no sense, no-one
else does it, do they?

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