[Casper] Search and destroy apps

[Daniel Farnworth]

We've not jumped up to Leopard yet (may skip directly to the whiter  
cat in fact). Could either of you guys clarify whether the Apps and  
Folders panes can be used together in conjunction?

Cheers
Dan

On 13 Jan 2009, at 02:23, Miles Leacy wrote:

> 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).
>
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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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