launchd question

[Christopher Hunt]

Hi Dan,

On 01/03/2007, at 2:26 AM, Dan Shoop wrote:

> At 10:04 PM +1100 2/28/07, Christopher Hunt wrote:
>> Latest update: I think that my problem has something to do with  
>> either the sequence of when Finder is launched and/or whether  
>> Finder is even present.
>
> Finder???
Finder is the application that runs upon logging in - it provides the  
ability to move and manipulate the file system. The application is  
located at:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app

A nice definition:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Finder

>
> As I said earlier this is all entirely inappropriate concepts to be  
> canting in the same breath as launchd.
Well, I'm not sure why - the Finder is not the WindowServer.  
Additionally the equivalent job works fine under crontab as I  
explained before. Apple have explained that there are problems with  
LaunchAgents in the current OS X.

>
>>  I didn't think it important to mention that the user B account is  
>> also a kiosk style of account i.e. a custom application is  
>> launched in place of Finder. Perhaps this is causing the problem...
>
> Kiosk?
A Kiosk is an application designed to keep the user in a captured  
environment generally such that they cannot manipulate the file  
system and operate the desktop in regular ways. An example of a kiosk  
is an Internet Kiosk in an airport.

Here's a link for you:

http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2062.html

...and another:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_kiosk

> I smell wool
You must live in New Zealand then. ;-)

Cheers,
-C