Tom Piwowar >>Some programs can be installed and used as a non-admin, >>x-plane for example. It isn't a general purpose >>application like word processing, etc. To run, it has to >>open files for read/write from where it was installed. > > They tell you to not install it into the Applications > folder. Doing that would cause a password prompt (unless > your were user 500 or 501).
Actually, I don't remember ever getting a password prompt, just an error dialog about not being able to write to a file. I also don't remember ever being told not to install it as an application. > Looks like you give it a directory of its own and it builds > everything it needs in there. This would circumvent the OS's > password prompt. At most you would get a prompt that you are > running something that was downloaded. You can say "yes" to > that without entering a password. I for one would prefer that > the OS did require a password for this. I do get the dialog about "Downloaded from the internet"... -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly Whip me, beat me, make me write BASIC! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
