Bill, I’m not sure what is being worked on, but the answer to your question is, Yes, OSX supports sudo.
Follows a series of commands … iMi7:~ jkt$ ls -l / total 16445 drwxrwxr-x+ 115 root admin 3910 Dec 20 08:10 Applications …. Mon Jan 20 18:52:06 iMi7:~ jkt$ ls -l /Applications/j64-801/ total 16 drwxr-xr-x@ 26 jkt staff 884 Sep 24 21:09 addons drwxr-x---@ 13 jkt staff 442 Oct 6 23:48 bin drwxr-xr-x@ 3 jkt staff 102 Jun 14 2013 jbrk801.app drwxr-xr-x@ 3 jkt staff 102 Jun 14 2013 jcon801.app drwxr-xr-x@ 3 jkt staff 102 Jun 14 2013 jhs801.app drwxr-xr-x@ 3 jkt staff 102 Jun 14 2013 jqt801.app -rw-r--r--@ 1 jkt staff 94 Jun 14 2013 readme.txt lrwxr-xr-x 1 jkt staff 85 Oct 6 23:51 startup.ijs -> /Applications/j64-801/bin/quedprof.ijs/Applications/j64-801/system/config/startup.ijs drwxr-xr-x@ 7 jkt staff 238 Sep 24 20:33 system drwxr-x---@ 3 jkt staff 102 Jun 14 2013 tools Mon Jan 20 18:53:43 iMi7:~ jkt$ sudo /Applications/j64-801/bin/jconsole Password: i. 3 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 exit 0 Mon Jan 20 18:54:30 iMi7:~ jkt$ /Applications/j64-801/bin/jconsole JVERSION Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 build: Feb 6 2011 16:16:29 Library: 8.01.012 Platform: Darwin 64 Installer: j801 beta install InstallPath: /Applications/j64-801 ^D Mon Jan 20 18:56:00 iMi7:~ jkt$ Happy to try to help, but still not clear what the question was. - joey On 2014 Jan 20, at 17:53 , bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > Does osx support sudo? If yes, can you please check what will > the output if started by > sudo /Applications/j64-801/bin/jconsole > > Can you also check the file owenr and permission of that that > folder? > > ls -l /Applications/j64-801 > > Вт, 21 янв 2014, Ian Clark писал(а): >> Last login: Fri Jan 17 21:54:08 on ttys000 >> ians-air:~ ianclark$ /Applications/j64-801/bin/jconsole ; exit; >> JVERSION >> Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 build: Feb 6 2011 16:16:29 >> Library: 8.01.016 >> Platform: Darwin 64 >> Installer: j801 beta install >> InstallPath: /Applications/j64-801 >> 2!:0'echo $HOME' >> /Users/ianclark >> >> >> >> JVERSION >> >> Engine: j701/2011-01-10/11:25 build: Feb 6 2011 16:16:29 >> >> Library: 8.01.016 >> >> Qt IDE: 1.0.22/4.8.5 >> >> Platform: Darwin 64 >> >> Installer: j801 beta install >> >> InstallPath: /Applications/j64-801 >> >> 2!:0'echo $HOME' >> >> /Users/ianclark >> >> >> >> >> >> JVERSION >> Installer: j602a_mac_intel.dmg >> Engine: j602/2008-03-03/16:45 >> Library: 6.02.069 >> >> 2!:0'echo $HOME' >> /Users/ianclark >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 3:05 PM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>>>>>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>>> For information about J forums see >>> http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> For information about J forums see >>> http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> regards, >>>>> ==================================================== >>>>> GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 >>>>> gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 >>>>> gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --armor --export 4434BAB3 >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >>> -- >>> regards, >>> ==================================================== >>> GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 >>> gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 >>> gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --armor --export 4434BAB3 >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > -- > regards, > ==================================================== > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --armor --export 4434BAB3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
