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Re: what user does a PreferencePane run as?
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Re: what user does a PreferencePane run as?


  • Subject: Re: what user does a PreferencePane run as?
  • From: Andy Lee <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:09:31 -0400

Although it has "System" in its name, it's just another double-clickable application, so it runs as the user who launches it.  The fact that you can launch it from the Apple menu is just a convenience.

--Andy

On Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at 08:01PM, "Bill Janssen" <email@hidden> wrote:
>I'm working on a system prefs pref pane for my application.  I'd like to
>have it read the user's preferences for that application, but I can't
>find out where it says what user the System Preferences application runs
>as, and how to control that, or whether that's possible.
>
>Bill
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