[X4U] strange authentication

[Michael J. Amato]

Just authenticate it. When you press the OK button it will ask for your
password. This is a protective device to prevent anyone else from altering
your basic programs. No problemo.
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Mike Amato

mailto:cantab at comcast.net


> From: Xavier Noria <fxn at hashref.com>
> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user."
> <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:32:33 +0100
> To: Mac OS X for Users <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [X4U] strange authentication
> 
> 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?
> 
> -- fxn
> 
> 
> 
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