[X4U] Multiple Users-Panther

[Byron Gardner]

I have been installing all apps under my login which I am the 
administrator. Have not move over anything, I did not think was a good 
thing to do.

I have installed HP scanner software under my login as the admin. When 
I switch over to another account, a dialog window comes up saying it 
can't find scanner preferences. Do need to install the scanner software 
for every user?

Thanks,
Byron
On Nov 10, 2004, at 8:08 AM, Jerry Krinock wrote:

> on 04/11/06 21:22, B Gardner at mailmehere at mindspring.com wrote:
>
>> I need some information and details on setting up multiple users in
>> Panther. Just got an iMac G5 and trying to set it up for my family.
>> Keep getting sporadic dialogs that some application is not available 
>> to
>> one or the other daughters. I gave them "no limits" setting but they
>> are still seeing the "does not have permissions or privileges" 
>> dialogs.
>> And yes, I repaired permissions.
>
> I don't know if you ever got an answer on this, but I'd say there is
> something wrong with the installation of the application(s) that they 
> are
> having trouble with.  Either the application package(s) itself, or some
> support component, was probably installed with improper owner, group, 
> and/or
> privileges.  If this mistake was by design, "repair permissions" will 
> just
> set it it back to the incorrect design.  Indeed, some applications'
> installers are shipped with incorrect configuration.
>
> In general, system-wide applications and their components should be
> installed with:
>
> Owner=root or system
> Group=admin
>
> Privileges: Owner or admin can read and write, others can read.  This 
> is the
> octal number "775".
>
> If this is happening with a lot of famous applications known to have 
> good
> installers, maybe it's because you copied them from the /Applications 
> folder
> of another computer.  This often results in incorrect permissions, and 
> I
> don't think "repair permissions" because if the installer was never run
> there would be no "receipt" in the Library that could be used to 
> determine
> the correct permissions.
>
> You'll probably need to figure out which application(s) are causing 
> trouble
> and solve their permissions problems individually.
>
>
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