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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: System error or Firefox error? |
| Date | 2016-10-01 21:07 +0000 |
| Organization | People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates |
| Message-ID | <e5amrtFhp3U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <VqudnT5twYq9lG3KnZ2dnUU7-cfNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <e5amoaFhp3U1@mid.individual.net> |
On 2016-10-01, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > On 2016-10-01, Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> wrote: >> My wife and I both have Administrator accounts on our MacBook Pro >> (running El Capitan); but when she's logged on and Firefox has an update >> that she tries to install, she gets the following message: >> >> "Unable to Update >> >> A recommended security and stability update is available, but you do not >> have the system permissions required to install it. Please contact tour >> system administrator, or try from an account that has permission to >> install software on this computer." >> >> There's no further information. >> >> Any ideas, please? >> >> Paul Magnussen > > To start, I'd check the ownership, group, and permissions of all of the > files within the application package. One or more of them likely denies > access to her user account or group. > > To quickly list all of the files with their owner, group, and permission > settings, run this ls command: > > ls -lR /Applications/Firefox.app > > One quick way to list any files whose group is *not* admin, would be to > run this find command: > > find /Applications/Firefox.app -not -group admin > > Post the results here if you need help understanding them. It would also be helpful to know the output of the id command from her account - do this in a terminal window: su heraccountname (enter her password when prompted) id Paste the output in a post here. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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System error or Firefox error? Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-01 12:06 -0700
Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-01 21:05 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-01 21:07 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-02 11:38 +1300
Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-02 03:12 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-02 18:21 +1300
Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-02 18:22 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-03 11:32 +1300
Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-02 23:17 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-03 04:10 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-03 01:56 -0500
Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-03 01:54 -0500
Re: System error or Firefox error? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-04 00:14 +1300
Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-03 14:27 -0500
Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-03 22:50 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-03 23:59 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-04 13:37 -0700
Re: System error or Firefox error? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-05 10:49 +1300
Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-04 23:06 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-04 18:15 -0700
Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-05 03:18 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-06 00:56 -0500
Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-06 07:07 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-06 10:37 -0500
Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-06 22:40 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-07 00:37 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-07 14:43 -0500
Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-07 20:06 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-07 23:06 -0500
Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-08 04:16 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-08 11:36 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-08 14:22 -0500
Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-08 20:48 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-07 21:59 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-06 16:33 -0400
Re: System error or Firefox error? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-05 15:42 +1300
Re: System error or Firefox error? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-05 03:23 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-02 07:27 +0000
Re: System error or Firefox error? Paul Magnussen <magiconinc@earthlink.net> - 2016-10-02 13:40 -0700
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