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Re: System error or Firefox error?

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: System error or Firefox error?
Date 2016-10-07 20:06 +0000
Message-ID <e5qdhuFnbn2U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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Happy.Hobo <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> wrote:
> On 10-06-2016 19:37, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>>> In message <nt5r3s$1l3p$1@gioia.aioe.org>
>>> Happy.Hobo <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 10-06-2016 02:07, Lewis wrote:
>>>>> In message <nt4p22$1kfr$1@gioia.aioe.org>
>>>>> Happy.Hobo <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> wrote:
>>>>>> On 10-04-2016 22:18, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>>>>> at least one administrative account on the machine. A lot of Mac users
>>>>>>> probably don't realize it, but you can accomplish all administrative
>>>>>>> tasks from a non-administrative account in Mac OS X. Mac OS X prompts
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Except update Firefox.
>>>>> 
>>>>> No. You can update Firefox to. Please do keep up.
>>> 
>>>> Not from a non-administrator account that didn't install it.  Please do
>>>> keep up.
>>> 
>>> Yes. This was explained. You just either didn't pay attention or didn't
>>> understand.
>>> 
>>> I update apps while logged in to my non-admin account all the damn time.
>> 
>> I'm not sure why this is even being debated. The Firefox for Mac
>> "installer" consists of a disk image you mount to drag the app into your
>> Applications folder. The Finder will prompt you for administrator
>> credentials when try to modify the Applications folder while you are logged
>> into a non-administrative account. There's no need to log directly into the
>> admin account.
> 
> Firefox and Thunderbird have built-in self-updating code that needs 
> write permission in the folder the old version is installed in. 
> Otherwise, they fail instead of asking for authentication.

So what? There's nothing preventing anyone from downloading the disk image
and dragging the updated app into the Applications folder. If the buggy
automatic updated feature doesn't work and bothers you, disable it. Big
deal.

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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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