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Originally posted by lucx
Eric: yes there is a higher account level than "admin"...root

you can temporarily become the "root" user....OS X automically makes the root's password the same password that YOU chose when installing OS X the first time...

...ahhh the beauty of OS X's unix kernel.....a LOT of software will be easily recompiled to run on our superior (at least to Windoze) OS!!!!

Good Luck and Cheers!
Luc

Aloha Luc (Belgian?):

Merci buckets for the info re: root user. That su root (su=superuser?) clears up a bit of confusion. Yes, I have tried correct capitalisation (mentioned in one of the first posts). It gave exactly the same errors. The errors seemed to be installer-related. As for the UNIX kernel... I want it so bad now (OS 9 crashed 3 x this morning whilst I was fiddling with a disk image)... if only they'd made the GUI Mac OS 9-like I'd've been ecstatic (and made the GUI responsive rather than as thick as molasses on a cold January morning)!!!

PS if you can do a remote login to "root" with telnet/ftp services that's a beautiful security hole that could be exploited. Probably most people will, by default select no password on their main account (I certainly did and I will be livid if I ever have to use a password on my computer (I'm pissed off enough that Key-Chain under OS 9 doesn't work seemlessly but actually pops-up a password request the first time I try to access a network drive (and, of course, my keychain is not protected by password)). Thus, many a root login will not have a password on it :cool: :) :cool:... hehehehe... if so, Apple, you screwed up!!!

Will try "su root" next time I feel like playing with OS X.

Eric.

Belgian?? no....French-Canadian... (but NOT from Quebec ;-)

live in Windsor....

Cheers,
Luc

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Originally posted by lucx
Belgian?? no....French-Canadian... (but NOT from Quebec ;-)

Oops, should've looked at your info thingy at the side of your post.

Well, I tried installing under the default admin user: no luck. I re-installed OSX, reinstalled my OS 9.1 partition (only use OS 9.1 for OS X... OS 9.04 is more functional since I lose the ability to use my monitor's 1152x870 resolution under OS 9.1), and re-ran sh LimeWireMacOSX.sh SUCCESSFULLY!!! Now I have to fire up the Terminal and type sh limewire to launch it.

How do I write some sort of "program" to launch Limewire without having to fire up the Terminal (I've seen the instructions on how to create a Java app but I'd rather be familiar with writing something to launch Limewire)?

Eric.

We are currently working on a new installer for OSX that will be released with LimeWire 1.4c or LimeWire 1.5. The new installer is much easier to use, and is similar to other traditional Mac installers.

I posted on other threads that the new version would be released last week, but we have delayed it for several reasons (including putting the finishing touches on the OSX installer). It should be out sometime in the next several weeks, however (I want to avoid sticking to an exact date in case anything comes up).

The new version of LimeWire for OSX will also be a much smaller download, probably under 1 MB.