Forum Problems Installing LAMS: Re: applescript error from password

By: Ernie Ghiglione

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John,

> I am running 10.4 and logged lin as an administrator

Hmmm... That's odd.

OK, can you fire up a terminal (Go into Finder, Applications, Utilities, and there you'll find the terminal app) and type the following at the prompt:

sudo su -

(here it will probably ask you for your password, so type it there. If you type it correctly you will see that the prompt will change to a # character instead of a $ one)

(IN the # type:)

cd /usr/local/

(then)

chown {yourshortusername} -R lams-1.0.2

(note that yourshorusername is in my case ernieg not Ernie Ghiglione!. Make sure that you use your shortusername)

Now that should not return anything, so just close the terminal application.

Now, use the LAMS Application controller (in your Applications folder) and that should do the trick.

If this whole thing looks a bit too scary for you, let me know and I create a small little application that can do that for you

Ernie

Posted by Ernie Ghiglione