Folder permissions question

[Shari]

>I just had this in a client's stack where data is being saved to the 
>main system library/application support folder. It works fine when 
>running as an admin account, but fails when a non-admin user tries 
>to run the software. The solution is for the admin account to change 
>permissions on that folder so that non-admin users can access it. 
>(This is on OS X.) I suppose the shell command would work too, but 
>if a non-admin is installing to the main applications folder, then 
>you'll need sudo in there somewhere, I think. Our solution was just 
>to tell the user to log in as admin and give his other accounts 
>permissions to access the folder. The situation was rare enough that 
>a manual solution was acceptable.

Thanks, Jacque.

Silly question... what is "sudo"?

Shari
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