[Casper] Search and destroy apps

[Miles Leacy]

Thanks for the info!
So, am I correct that an item appearing in the "Applications" pane is
allowed even if its enclosing folder appears in the disallowed folders list?

Thanks again,

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On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 9:15 PM, John DeTroye <detroye1 at apple.com> wrote:

> Actually, if you use the "Applications" pane versus the "Folders" pane to
> assign allowed apps, you are allowing those applications to be
> dragged/copied anywhere on the user's system and launched. Use the "Folders"
> (which should really be called "Paths") to set up allowed and disallowed
> apps/locations(/paths).
>
> johnd
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> On Jan 12, 2009, at 2:47 PM, Miles Leacy wrote:
>
>  To have tight control of which apps can run and which can't, disallow
>> applications within "/" or "/Applications", and then add your allowable apps
>> to the "Always allow these applications:" list.  It could be tedious, but it
>> would be tightly controlled
>>
>
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