Installing Flash Without Admin Password

I'm trying to install the flash player plugin without being required to give it an admin password.
Unfortunately, Adobe won't let me download it; the only thing they have for download is some "flash installer" application that demands an admin password.
Click show package contents on the application, open Resources, find the installer package, show that package's contents, and open up the Archive.pax.gz file; inside, is a file called Flash Player.plugin.lzma which I have no idea how to extract.
So how do I extract the flash player plugin from the lzma archive thing?
Also, does anybody know what the latest version of Flash Player is anyway? Every time I think I've found the latest version, something tells me it's out of date; does the latest version require Leopard or something?

I could use the single-user hack to gain admin access to the machine in question, but I don't think its owner would like me very much if I did that.
You know the way to get an additional administrative account?
see the second post in this thread. Look for additional administrative account:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8398480
A second admin account lets you do what you need, but doesn't compromise their password. Let them know about it. Delete it after use.
Should be able to delete from single user mode. See:
http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/04/deletingmac_os_x_usersremote.html
Robert

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