Re: [Fed-Talk] Firefox self-update?
Re: [Fed-Talk] Firefox self-update?
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Firefox self-update?
- From: David Emery <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:52:26 -0400
So how does Firefox (and other applications) manage to update stuff in /Applications withOUT an Admin password? I know that's restating my original question, but it sure seems to me that based on core Unix, /Applications should not be writable by the current user, and that's why you get prompted for an Admin password to install software.
So it's really a 2 part question: 1. What's the mechanism? 2. Is this A Good Idea? We've discussed the latter (and I suspect may well "agree to disagree" on whether it's a good idea.)
dave
On Aug 29, 2012, at 11:44 , Jonathan E. Hardis <email@hidden> wrote:
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> On Aug 29, 2012, at 11:01 AM, David Emery wrote:
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>> So where does Firefox store its code? ~/Library/Application Support ?
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> /Applications/Firefox.app
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> This is a directory, a "bundle" in Mac OS X.
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> And yes, your message at the top of this thread raised an interesting question.
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> - Jonathan
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