Lion problem report and fix

[Bob Sneidar]

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
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