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I think Chrome supports allowing an administrator to enable updates by all users, including those who are not administrators. I've used Sparkle before (as a de
by moduspol 7y ago
I think Chrome supports allowing an administrator to enable updates by all users, including those who are not administrators.
I've used Sparkle before (as a dev) and it's great, but I'm not sure it does that.
- saagarjha 7y agoSparkle works with sandboxed applications, and it doesn't muck around with /var.
- moduspol 7y agoBut can you put an application in /Applications (requires administrator privileges), then have a non-administrator user run the app and complete an update?
- kccqzy 7y agoNope, of course not. You will get an admin password prompt.
- moduspol 7y agoRight. But Chrome allows you to do that if the administrator has enabled it. To handle that securely, though, would likely require a specifically restricted daemon or setuid process that is well beyond most normal update use cases. And that might explain why they couldn't just use Sparkle.
- kccqzy 7y agoThe point is this shouldn't need to be done. If an administrator has installed an app, then it's the administrator's responsibility to update it. If I want to update an app myself, I'd install it in ~/Applications instead.
- protomyth 7y agoWhy is my non-Admin user doing an update? If they are locked down then they are locked down. Other means are probably being used. Plus, thinking about it, how does Google deal with Carbon Freeze?