Opened 16 years ago

Closed 16 years ago

#519 closed Defect (invalid)

installing on OS X should not require admin

Reported by: beezel Owned by: charlief
Priority: Undetermined Milestone: Undetermined
Component: Client - Setup Version:
Keywords: Cc:

Description

it is generally a good practice to allow for the choice of an app to be installed for the current user only, or all users. many users deem it a good security practice to never install apps as admin. please allow boinc to be installed without the need for admin privileges.

Change History (3)

comment:1 Changed 16 years ago by Nicolas

Component: Undetermined → Client - Setup
Owner: set to romw

comment:2 Changed 16 years ago by Nicolas

Owner: changed from romw to charlief

comment:3 in reply to:  description Changed 16 years ago by charlief

Resolution: → invalid
Status: new → closed

Replying to beezel:

it is generally a good practice to allow for the choice of an app to be installed for the current user only, or all users. many users deem it a good security practice to never install apps as admin. please allow boinc to be installed without the need for admin privileges.

BOINC does _not_ have administrator privileges. The installer creates 2 new users boinc_master and boinc_projects and runs under "Sandbox" security as described in http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/SandboxUser and http://boinc.berkeley.edu/sandbox.php. The installer requires administrator privileges to set up these additional users to _protect_ the system.

This is all explained in the ReadMe.rtf file supplied with the BOINC installer; please read the supplied documentation before submitting bug reports based on incorrect assumptions.

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