Re: Security framework question
Re: Security framework question
- Subject: Re: Security framework question
- From: Andreas Monitzer <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 15:12:43 +0200
On Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at 02:55 , Stiphane Sudre wrote:
2. You have to use Apple's Installer to distribute the App, which can
cause many problems (like changed permissions somewhere, wiped
/Applications or something else)
About case 2, I've also read that there might be some problems. But I
haven't been able to see one after using Apple's Installer.
So what is really meant by "can cause" many problems ?
I distributed pptp-gui 1.x as a Installer-package, and some people told me
that it changed /Applications' permissions from rwxrwxr-x (775) to
rwxr-xr-x (755) which removed the ability of admins to install something.
This was partly my fault because I didn't set the proper permissions when
I packaged the app.
However, what if somebody has set his /Applications to 755, because he
wanted it to be that way?
Additionally, some people told me that installing a new version of
pptp-gui over an old one removed /Applications, which is not really
desirable.
I switched over to the security framework ASAP (and now people complain
that they have to enter the admin password every time :-/ ).
andy
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