Common writable folders

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Richard,

Only admins can install applications that are available to all users.  
If a user is not an admin, you will have to write to the user's  
application support/data folder, which means that only the current  
user can use the application. Operating systems are designed this way  
to prevent limited users from messing up the entire system.

Stephen, the shared folder on the Mac is for sharing files with other  
users, not for storing data used by applications.

Best,

Mark

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Op 17-jan-2007, om 8:28 heeft Richard Gaskin het volgende geschreven:

> I have an app which will be for Mac and Win, and maybe Linux down  
> the road, in which I need to store some data in a folder which  
> needs to be writable by all users.
>
> Both Mac and Win provide common folders for reading data:
>
>   Mac  /HD/System Folder/Application Support
>   Win  C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data
>
> ...but in my testing here only users with admin privileges can  
> write to those folders. :(
>
> What is the OS-recommended place to store common data which can be  
> written by any user?
>
> -- 
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Media Corporation