The problem now is under Panther only. My standalone is installed to the
Applications folder. When logged in with an admin account, it works as
expected. But when I log in with a limited account, if I try to launch the
app, it flashes in the dock for a split second, I see the zooming effect of
the icon as if it's trying to run, but then it dies. If I copy the app to
the limited user's directory, it runs as expected. So something in the
security settings is preventing the app from running normally, at least I'm
guessing that's the case. But all other applications run as expected when
logged in with the limited user. I've tried playing with the security and
permissions settings on my app's folder, but can't quite seem to get the
right combination of settings.
I haven't used limited accounts but I did encounter this problem when I copied an application over directly to a different computer without compressing it first. If you check the permissions of your application, you will see that only the owner has write permission. It is likely that your admin user is the owner, and the limited user therefore is not allowed to write. For some reason, this seems to prevent the application from starting up.
You could try using the Finder's Get Info window to set the permissions so that anyone can write, but I have found this unreliable and prefer to use the Terminal. Open the Terminal, cd to the folder containing your app and then use the following command:
chmod -R 777 YourAppName.app/
This will make every file in your application bundle readable & writable by everyone. You may prefer to make sure the limited user is in the same group as the owner and change the permissions to 775 instead.
Cheers, Sarah
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