On Jun 19, 2009, at 7:30 PM, D Tim Cummings wrote:
> I am often logging in as different users both wanting to use
> eclipse. This has caused problems for eclipse since 3.2. I solved
> the problem by each user having their own eclipse install in their
> home directory. e.g.,
>
> /Users/tim/Applications/eclipse
Uhg. That must make updates and configuration incredibly painful
(redundant).
Can't you give the staff group write privileges to the /Applications/
eclipse directory? Won't that let _any_ user use it. Now, having two
users simultaneously using eclipse would still be a problem....
Dave
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> Tim
>
>
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> On 20/06/2009, at 1:38 AM, David Avendasora wrote:
>
>>>
>>> So I was thinking the installer should do the same, i.e. make sure
>>> the user owns everything in there.
>>>
>>> :-)
>>
>> But what if you log in as a different user than the one you
>> installed it as?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 19, 2009, at 8:19 AM, Jeremy Matthews wrote:
>>>
>>>> soooo....what should we do here (at least for the binary instaler)?
>>>> Anyone?
>>>> Bueller?
>>>>
>>>> We'd like to be careful about giving too many options, or doing
>>>> to much on a per-user basis...I suppose we could add a simple app/
>>>> script to change permissions, but it seems like more of an
>>>> eclipse thing...not sure if its wise to fight it.
>>>>
>>>> -j
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 19, 2009, at 8:12 AM, Mike Schrag wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 3.5 won't load them either, but with ZERO debug information. It
>>>>> shows that it knows they're there, but they just aren't
>>>>> activated. WTF.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 19, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Mike Schrag wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> verified btw ... no idea why it's failing now. yay for osgi.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 19, 2009, at 7:15 AM, Rudolf B. Blažek wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear Q, forgive me, if my reply is too long:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is what fails:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) Install Eclipse 3.4.2 into e.g. /Developer/Applications/
>>>>>>> eclipse
>>>>>>> 2) Change the ownership of the install folder to root:admin
>>>>>>> chown -R root:admin /Developer/Applications/eclipse
>>>>>>> 3) Start Eclipse as a non-admin user
>>>>>>> At this point Eclipse works OK. It will use ~/.eclipse/ for
>>>>>>> user-based config files
>>>>>>> 4) Install WOLips using the Software Manager in Eclipse
>>>>>>> Eclipse will fail to start when restarted at the end of the
>>>>>>> installation of WOLips
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is what works:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1) Install Eclipse 3.4.2 into e.g. /Developer/Applications/
>>>>>>> eclipse
>>>>>>> 2) Change the ownership of the install folder to your account
>>>>>>> (non-admin joeuser)
>>>>>>> chown -R joeuser:joeuser /Developer/Applications/eclipse
>>>>>>> 3) Start Eclipse as joeuser
>>>>>>> 4) Install WOLips using the Software Manager in Eclipse
>>>>>>> At this point Eclipse works OK.
>>>>>>> It will NEVER use ~/.eclipse/ for user-based config files.
>>>>>>> The folder ~/.eclipse/ is not even created.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for trying to reproduce this. I appreciate it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>> Rudy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jun 19, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Q wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 19/06/2009, at 4:32 PM, Rudolf B. Blažek wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That is the point --- it does NOT work with 3.4.2
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ok, just verifying that when 3.4.2 is installed manually (as
>>>>>>>> opposed to using the AIO installer) it still fails.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I will try to reproduce the problem when I get a chance.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Jun 19, 2009, at 2:06 PM, Q wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 19/06/2009, at 2:59 PM, Rudolf B. Blažek wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> B) If several users need to use Eclipse with WOLips, use
>>>>>>>>>>> Eclipse 3.4.1
>>>>>>>>>>> --- Install Eclipse 3.4.1 into e.g. /Developer/
>>>>>>>>>>> Applications/eclipse
>>>>>>>>>>> --- Change the ownership of the install folder to root:admin
>>>>>>>>>>> chown -R root:admin /Developer/Applications/eclipse
>>>>>>>>>>> --- Install WOLips using the Software Manager in Eclipse
>>>>>>>>>>> --- Eclipse 3.4.1 will use the ~/.eclipse folder
>>>>>>>>>>> correctly, AFAIK
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Does this technique not work with 3.4.2?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Seeya...Q
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Quinton Dolan - qdola..mail.com
>>>>>>>>>> Gold Coast, QLD, Australia (GMT+10)
>>>>>>>>>> Ph: +61 419 729 806
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Seeya...Q
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Quinton Dolan - qdola..mail.com
>>>>>>>> Gold Coast, QLD, Australia (GMT+10)
>>>>>>>> Ph: +61 419 729 806
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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