[OS X TeX] TeX on Snow Leopard

[Herbert Schulz]

On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Peter Vamos wrote:

>
> Adam,
>
> I am sure that you know a lot more about UNIX than I do but still:  
> leaving aside the fact that you might want to let a visitor use  
> TeXShop via the guest account there is the question of  
> troubleshooting your system and/or operating from a non-admin  
> account yourself. In other words, IMHO, even in a single-user set-up  
> you want the option of logging in as an other user. It seems to me  
> to be good practice therefore to enable apps (e.g TeXShop) to be  
> able to run by all users.
>
>


Howdy,

TeXShop is a poor example since it doesn't use the system's path but  
rather the path to the TeX binaries set in its preferences.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)