Thanks. Can you find what is $HOME when running as root?

Пн, 20 янв 2014, Ian Clark писал(а):
> @Bill,
> 
> It's not me having the problems, it's Rudi. I was guessing at possible
> answers.
> 
> Everything I've tried so far with Mavericks on MBA works fine for me.
> 
> But do you want me to run some pre-emptive tests?
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 2:50 AM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > @Ian
> > /Applications should be owned by root so as /Applications/j64-801
> > it may need first su then run j as root in order to run pacman.
> >
> > Did you succeed in running pacman as a regular user?  What does
> > it report when running a command "ls -l" on that folder?
> >
> > Did you suggest that it is no longer possible to run unsigned
> > apps under user folder?
> >
> > Пт, 17 янв 2014, Ian Clark писал(а):
> > > @Rudi -- I'll have to bow out at this point. I'm not an expert on the
> > > things that can go wrong with a J installation -- there's other people on
> > > this list who are. But they'll want to know the following...
> > >
> > > After you've got (i.6) to work, enter:
> > >    JVERSION
> > > and post the result.
> > >
> > > I suppose you've done the obvious thing like checking you really do have
> > > write access to the installation folder? Cos jconsole.app thinks you
> > > haven't. You'll see its path at the bottom of the result of JVERSION. On
> > my
> > > machine it's
> > >
> > > /Applications/j64-801
> > >
> > >  What I'd do then is look verrrrry carefully at the "Get Info" window of
> > > both /Applications/j64-801 and its parent, /Applications -- and of sample
> > > files in those folders.
> > >
> > > Then cast a beady eye at System Preferences > Security & Privacy (also
> > > Parental Controls, Network, Sharing...). Try using TextEdit to save a
> > test
> > > file into /Applications . I can do it -- can you? Once having saved it,
> > try
> > > editing it. Try it again, using "cat" and "nano" under Unix in the
> > Terminal
> > > app. Look at its "Get Info" --especially Sharing & Permissions. Is the
> > > "Locked" checkbox checked? Use Terminal to look at the Unix permissions
> > of
> > > sample files in /Applications and /Applications/j64-801.
> > >
> > > Have you got a virus checker or other gatekeeper which might be guarding
> > > write access to /Applications ? There's just so many things on the Mac
> > > nowadays that can stop J's Package Manager from updating files in a
> > > sensitive folder like /Applications. Mavericks is a new o/s, and in my
> > long
> > > experience one of the last things o/s developers seem to get right is the
> > > Permissions structure and its inheritances.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Rudi Mann <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ian,
> > > >
> > > > thanks for the answer. I tried to do the same, but got different
> > results:
> > > >
> > > > > 1. I downloaded and unzipped: j801a_mac64.zip
> > > > >   This gave me a folder: j64-801 in my Downloads folder -which I
> > moved to
> > > > > Applications.
> > > > > Opened jcon801.app --after getting past the "unregistered developer"
> > > > > gatekeeper :-\
> > > > > Entered: i.6
> > > > > --it worked ok.
> > > >
> > > > Here too.
> > > >
> > > > > Before trying *anything* else, entered: install'all'
> > > > > --that worked too.
> > > >
> > > > Not here; this is what I got:
> > > >
> > > > Last login: Fri Jan 17 08:46:22 on console
> > > > admins-MacBook-Pro:~ admin$ /Applications/j64-801/bin/jconsole ; exit;
> > > >    i.6
> > > > 0 1 2 3 4 5
> > > >    install 'all'
> > > > Unable to run Package Manager, as you do not have access to the
> > > > installation folder.
> > > >
> > > > What now?
> > > >
> > > > Rudi
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