On Aug 18, 2006, at 11:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So you run with the rights you should as your logged in. Do Apple
users separate the concept of root and user properly unlike Winders
users?
Yes. Even though my account is an admin account, I am not root. When
I try to install anything to a system-level folder, I am prompted for
authentication, no matter how many times in a session I need to do
it. Otherwise, I could authenticate once and then continue to run
with system clearance, which a malware program could then hijack.
At my day job I stated that we had to take EVERYBLASTEDONEofUS out if
the domain admin group because it was just a little insecure. The
look
of disgust I got from our CIO told me that it was a dead issue. I
brought it up a second time and it went nowhere. What a bunch of
losers that can't separate between a pair of identities as needed.
He probably owns stock in AV companies!
Now back to an apple workplace. How much time is it to administer
desktops with a new version of a dabo app that you write? Can you
automatically update what is running in the system folder? Or do you
put the app in every users folder so they can update on demand?
Well, you're assuming that I have lots of clients running
distributed Dabo apps! ;-)
If that were the case, if the app was in the system folder, then
yes, someone with admin rights would have to authenticate the update.
For example, I have Firefox installed as a system-level app; when it
needs to be updated, they cannot do it - I have to.
If this were a workstation in a business, it would probably be
better for an automatic update system to run the app in a local
folder instead, so that updates could flow without interruption.
-- Ed Leafe
-- http://leafe.com
-- http://dabodev.com
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