[X4U] strange authentication

[John Baltutis]

On 12/02/04, Xavier Noria <fxn at hashref.com> wrote:
>
> I don't know why, since I think yesterday a dialog saying that
> "Applications cannot be modified" shows up if I try to drop an
> application into Applications (the user is the admin, this never
> happened before). I took a snapshot:
>
>      http://www.hashref.com/img/authenticate.png
>
> Another dialog requiring the password shows up if the admin user tries
> to delete an application from Applications.
>
> In addition, I don't know whether this could be related, but Gimp.app
> does not launch. That startup rectangle whith the logo and a progress
> bar appears as a grey rectangle and the launching seems stalled.
>
> Do you know what can be happening?

Probably some screwed up permissions. Launch Disk Utility, select Repair
Permissions, and see if the problem continues. If so, then the next time it
happens, click on the Authenticate button, enter the admin password, and be
done with it. Did this occur after installing Gimp.app?