Re: Packager
Re: Packager
- Subject: Re: Packager
- From: Phillip Hutchings <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 10:59:44 +1300
On 3/02/2004, at 9:58 AM, Andreas Mayer wrote:
Am 02.02.2004 um 21:06 schrieb Stiphane Sudre:
If the user is an user with admin privileges, it's a good solution.
If it's not, it's not a great experience on OS prior to 10.3 (i.e.
without FUS).
Why? If you don't have admin privileges just drop the app into a
private application folder.
I would say that most users don't know that this is possible. Maybe
mention it in a readme. Of course, I personally never run with Admin
permissions, so I can't write without authentication, but since I'm the
only user of this computer it's not hard.
I will dare to finally add that any application drag and dropped in
the /Applications folder is set with the wrong permissions and/or
owners.
?
I really hate installers. You never know what they are doing. I'll
take drag & drop installation over an installer any time. That's
what's Apple recommends too, by the way:
[...]
I would second this. About 4 times now I've come across installers that
want to install to a certain place (/Applications normally) but won't
ask for authentication. As I run unprivileged this is just irritating.
A drag install authenticates through the Finder, nice and easy.
--
Phillip Hutchings
email@hidden
http://www.sitharus.com/
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