Re: Authentication!!

In article <2006021617410075249-thanksforno@spamcom>,
Bill Lloyd <thanks.for.no@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2006-02-11 13:02:17 -0800, "Steve W. Jackson"
<stevewjackson@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

In article <2006020916501016807-thanksforno@spamcom>,
Bill Lloyd <thanks.for.no@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2006-02-09 14:24:39 -0800, "Steve W. Jackson"
<stevewjackson@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

In article <090220061304319967%denny536x@xxxxxxx>,
dennis <denny536x@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Suddenly when i try to drag something to the Application folder, i have
to click the "authenticate" button...

What gives??

Suddenly? If it didn't before, you had a problem. The /Applications
folder is writable only to "root" (which should be disabled) and the
admin group. In an admin account, the admin group isn't your primary
group but it is a member. So the Finder's behavior is to request your
authentication credentials.

Wrong. The application folders defaults are to allow writing by root
and by members of administrators:

[quadzilla:~$] ls -al /
...
drwxrwxr-x 129 root admin 4386 Feb 9 12:32 Applications

It's owned by root, but anyone in the admin group can write there.
User "other" cannot.

I'd suggest checking to see of the OP's permissions are the same. If
ls -al is beyond him, try running "repair permissions." This is
probably one of the few things it actually should fix.

Maybe you should read my post again. While I didn't include the "ls"
listing, I said that the /Applications directory is writable only by
root and members of the admin group. That's not wrong.

Hmmm. You did say that. And I confirmed it, while calling you wrong
at the same time.

My bad :-)

At any rate, "repair permissions" is likely the ticket here.

Cheers,

-Bill

Agreed. Strangely, I found that something has recently changed my
Applications folder to incorrect permissions too...not sure what. And
I've also found two .DS_Store files that somehow became unwritable by me
so that my window settings weren't respected any longer. I wish all
installers or other programs would have more respect for not screwing
with file/directory permissions.

= Steve =
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Steve W. Jackson
Montgomery, Alabama
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