Re: [Fed-Talk] Firefox self-update?
Re: [Fed-Talk] Firefox self-update?
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Firefox self-update?
- From: Ron Colvin <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:06:23 -0400
Not how, it does answer why very nicely:
http://www.techzoom.net/publications/silent-updates/
How: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Background_Updates
On 8/29/12 11:52 AM, David Emery wrote:
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:
On Aug 29, 2012, at 11:01 AM, David Emery wrote:
So where does Firefox store its code? ~/Library/Application Support ?
/Applications/Firefox.app
This is a directory, a "bundle" in Mac OS X.
And yes, your message at the top of this thread raised an interesting question.
- Jonathan
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