Re: determine Admin vs nonAdmin users
Re: determine Admin vs nonAdmin users
- Subject: Re: determine Admin vs nonAdmin users
- From: Sander Tekelenburg <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 04:45:38 +0100
At 14:27 -0800 UTC, on 2005/01/23, Graham Anderson wrote:
> is there a 'do shell script' or applescript out there that determine if
> the user has admin privs?
> basically, can the user update/install new applications
Also "Normal" users can install applications - in their own user space.
> ..if not..then
> display dialog 'go get an admin'
Just because the current account might not have admin rights doesn't mean the
person using it cannot also have an admin account. If your app truly requires
admin rights to be installed, just go ahead. The user will be prompted to
provide an admin user/passphrase combo anyway. No need to reinvent things.
--
Sander Tekelenburg, <http://www.euronet.nl/~tekelenb/>
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