Re: Onyx Question

2005-12-22 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 22, 2005, at 4:07 AM, Barry Muller wrote: Based on an earlier thread I downloaded Onyx to do some house keeping. I have run it twice and each time it asks for my system password. Is that usual? Yes, it's perfectly normal because it needs to do things as root. -- Bruce Johnson This

Re: Onyx Question

2005-12-22 Thread themacuser
That is 100% normal. Yep, you're exactly right. Onyx needs the password to be able to mess with system files, and the fact that you have to re-enter it means that it does in fact not save the password. On 22/12/2005, at 9:37 PM, Barry Muller wrote: Based on an earlier thread I downloaded On

Onyx Question

2005-12-22 Thread Barry Muller
Based on an earlier thread I downloaded Onyx to do some house keeping. I have run it twice and each time it asks for my system password. Is that usual? I know that to install software I get asked to provide the PW, so I know I'm open to comment as to what am I worried about, but this constant r