Lion problem report and fix

[Pete Haworth]

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 <bobs at 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: kray at sonsothunder.com
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> >
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