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OS X doesn't have this problem usually, as most apps don't require admin rights to install, you just copy them to /Applications /Applications requires administ
by e40 10y ago
OS X doesn't have this problem usually, as most apps don't require admin rights to install, you just copy them to /Applications
/Applications requires administrative rights to update. I never use an admin account for every day activity, so I need to type in a password to update /Applications.
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y agoYes, dragging the application there requires admin rights, but it doesn't grant those to the app itself.
- pritambaral 10y agoWhat if the app had an suid binary? Disclosure: I'm not a mac user, and never have been one long enough to mess around with /Applications.
- TazeTSchnitzel 10y agoIt would run as your user. The files there aren't owned by root.