[Sparkle] Non-Administrators

[Dean Shavit]

My application is useful when run as a non-admin from  the user¹s home
directory. I am counting on Sparkle to be able to update the app in that
instance, so if all that¹s required is a file permissions check, then sure,
do away with authentication. But in certain environments, especially ones
with a lot of computer management, authentication support might be a good
thing to have.

on 5/13/08 5:58 PM, Andy Matuschak at andy at andymatuschak.org spake:

> Guys, I just realized that the whole authentication support thing in Sparkle
> might be kind of dumb. I mean, should we even be bothering users who don't
> have privs to update the apps? Sure, they might have the password and could be
> intentionally running an unprivileged account, but that doesn't seem like the
> common case.
> 
> Should I just make it not check for updates unless explicitly told to do so if
> Sparkle doesn't have permission to overwrite the current app?
>  
> - Andy Matuschak 
> 
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