On Sep 15, 2006, at 2:43 PM, Shari wrote:
I just had this in a client's stack where data is being saved to
the main system library/application support folder. It works fine
when running as an admin account, but fails when a non-admin user
tries to run the software. The solution is for the admin account
to change permissions on that folder so that non-admin users can
access it. (This is on OS X.) I suppose the shell command would
work too, but if a non-admin is installing to the main
applications folder, then you'll need sudo in there somewhere, I
think. Our solution was just to tell the user to log in as admin
and give his other accounts permissions to access the folder. The
situation was rare enough that a manual solution was acceptable.
Thanks, Jacque.
Silly question... what is "sudo"?
No--good question. 'sudo' is a cool innovation in Darwin, the
modified BSD unix system that is the basic of Mac OS X. Apple (I
think) added it to give command line users an easy way to execute one
command as the root user, also called the 'super user'. So 'sudo' is
short for 'super user do', or 'Do the following command as the super
user.' In essence, it gives one absolute, invincible power for one
brief moment, if one knows the root password. I pronounce it like
'pseudo', but I've heard other people say 'soo-doo'. Anyway, with
that background, check out my current favorite cartoon on the internet:
http://xkcd.com/c149.html
Have a good weekend everyone.
Devin
Devin Asay
Humanities Technology and Research Support Center
Brigham Young University
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