OS X - Parental Controls: can't start my runrev runtime

andreas andreas at medone.ch
Fri Oct 19 05:34:39 EDT 2007


Hello Richard

I do see my standalone app in the parental control programms list. (I  
do not need to select "Others" to see the app).

After changing the info.plist file as mentioned, I rebooted the Mac.  
Seems to be essential.

Kind regards

Andreas Stämpfli



Am 18.10.2007 um 18:43 schrieb Richard Gaskin:

> Luis wrote:
>
> >>> On 17 Oct 2007, at 22:52, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> >>>> So I then modified the plist within that app's bundle, and a key
> >>>> and string as you noted, and I get the same prompt.
> >>> Remember that the Finder doesn't look into the plist file
> >>> automatically when you change the file. :(
> >>> I zip the app, delete the original and unzip it, this forces the
> >>> Finder to look again.
> >>
> >> After doing this I still got the "...does not work with the
> >> limitations you have selected" error when I tried to add the app to
> >> the account permissions in the Accounts control panel.
> >>
> >> But interestingly, I find that when I log into that account I can
> >> still run that app in that limited account.
> >>
> >> Ah, the mysteries of Apple's security mechanisms....
> >
> > Have you tried doing a 'Repair Permissions' (don't do the 'Verify
> > Permissions') in Disk Utility?
>
> I had done so yesterday before testing, but on a lark I just ran it  
> again and now I can add my app.
>
> Weird UI problem there, though:  it doesn't show up under  
> "Applications" in the list there, even though that's the folder  
> it's in.  I opened the tab for "Other", then did the "Locate...",  
> and then it didn't show up under "Others" but was listed among the  
> "Applications", unchecked, however.  So I just checked it and it  
> was all good from there.
>
> Thanks for the assist.
>
> -- 
>  Richard Gaskin
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