Parental Controls prevents execution of Firefox

Hi,
I've two mac minis, each one with a different OS X (10.5.8 and 10.6.5).
I've set up a "managed" account and restricted which applications to use.
Under 10.5, I selected firefox from the Parental Controls' Internet menu, and it's working without problems.
Under 10.6, I also selected firefox from the Parental Controls' Internet menu, but whenever I try to run it complains with "you don't have permission to use the application firefox".
I've tested with different versions of Firefox and still the same behaviour.
I've recreated the account several times without luck.
Any hint?
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Andreas

Thanks for the tip, but the odds of anyone from Apple picking this up are nil. To report this to Apple, send Feedback and a bug report via its Bug Reporter system. To do the latter, join the Apple Developer Connection (ADC)—it's free and available for all Mac users and gets you a look at some development software. Since you already have an Apple username/ID, use that. Once a member, go to Apple BugReporter and file your bug report/enhancement request. The nice thing with this procedure over submitting feedback is that you get a response and a follow-up number; thus, starting a dialog with engineering.

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