* Zero3 <zero3 at zerosplayground.dk> [2008-12-12 01:56:49]: > Matthew Toseland skrev: > > On Thursday 11 December 2008 23:36, Matthew Toseland wrote: > > > >> Nextgens has pointed out that we can't run it from All Users, because > >> > > running > > > >> it as one user (especially admin) will change the permissions and break it > >> for the other users. So it's a choice between running it from the startup > >> group of the user that installed it, or running it as a service. > >> > > > > Furthermore, if we have two users who both want to use Freenet, what > > happens? > > If the one who's actually installed it logs on first, no problem. But if he > > doesn't, the other user will either: > > a) Install a new node of their own. This is bad. OR > > b) Navigate to the relevant directory and try to start it themselves. This > > will break due to permissions issues, or will work and screw up the > > permissions for everyone else. > > > > Either way it's bad. > > > > So I side with nextgens here. > > > (See other thread as well) > > This seems all FUD to me. I can't see any possible permission problems > by sharing the same program files between the users. (That's what > basically all windows software do?) > > Care to explain the problem?
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