Permission denied problem on Mac

I am having an AIR installed application with me. If I run it, it works. Now I zip the application and send it to someone. The application stops working. AIR is installed on the system. Same process works fine with Windows but not on Mac.
The error I get when checking the Mac system logs is: posix_spawn("Users/user/[APP_FOLDER]/[APP_NAME.app]/Contents/MacOS/[APP_FILE.exec]", ...): Permission Denied

hi,
have you zip-ped .air (distribution format) or .dmg native installer? or maybe you just zip-ped installed application in your /Applications and then send it to other machine? (I'd suggest sending .air or .dmg so installed .app has correct permissions set via installing process),
regards,
Peter

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It can easily be disabled or overridden by the user.
A malware attacker could get control of a code-signing certificate under false pretenses, or could simply ignore the consequences of distributing codesigned malware.
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Software from an untrustworthy source
Software of any kind is distributed via BitTorrent. or Usenet, or on a website that also distributes pirated music or movies.
Software with a corporate brand, such as Adobe Flash Player, doesn't come directly from the developer’s website. Do not trust an alert from any website to update Flash, your browser, or anything else.
Rogue websites such as Softonic and CNET Download distribute free applications that have been packaged in a superfluous "installer."
The software is advertised by means of spam or intrusive web ads. Any ad, on any site, that includes a direct link to a download should be ignored.
Software that is plainly illegal or does something illegal
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7. Never install any commercial "anti-virus" or "Internet security" products for the Mac, as they all do more harm than good, if they do any good at all. If you need to be able to detect Windows malware in your files, use one of the free security apps in the Mac App Store—nothing else.
Why shouldn't you use commercial "anti-virus" products?
To recognize malware, the software depends on a database of known threats, which is always at least a day out of date. Research has shown that most successful attacks are "zero-day"—that is, previously unknown. Recognition-based malware scanners do not defend against such attacks.
Their design is predicated on the nonexistent threat that malware may be injected at any time, anywhere in the file system. Malware is downloaded from the network; it doesn't materialize from nowhere.
In order to meet that nonexistent threat, the software modifies or duplicates low-level functions of the operating system, which is a waste of resources and a common cause of instability, bugs, and poor performance.
By modifying the operating system, the software itself may create weaknesses that could be exploited by malware attackers.
Most importantly, a false sense of security makes you more vulnerable.
8. An anti-malware product from the App Store, such as "ClamXav," has the same drawback as the commercial suites of being always out of date, but it does not inject code into the operating system. That doesn't mean it's entirely harmless. It may report email messages that have "phishing" links in the body, or Windows malware in attachments, as infected files, and offer to delete or move them. Doing so will corrupt the Mail database. The messages should be deleted from within the Mail application.
An anti-virus app is not needed, and cannot be relied upon, for protection against OS X malware. It's useful only for detecting Windows malware, and even for that use it's not really effective, because new Windows malware is emerging much faster than OS X malware. Windows malware can't harm you directly (unless, of course, you use Windows.) Just don't pass it on to anyone else.
A Windows malware attachment in email is usually easy to recognize by the file name alone. An actual example:
London Terror Moovie.avi [124 spaces] Checked By Norton Antivirus.exe
You don't need any software to tell you that's a Windows trojan. Software may be able to tell you which trojan it is, but who cares? In practice, there's seldom a reason to use recognition software unless an institutional policy requires it. Windows malware is so widespread that you should assume it's in every unknown email attachment until proven otherwise. Nevertheless, ClamXav or a similar product from the App Store may be useful if an ill-informed network administrator says you must run some kind of "anti-virus" application.
The ClamXav developer won't try to "upsell" you to a paid version of the product. Other developers may do that. Don't be upsold. For one thing, you should not pay to protect Windows users from the consequences of their choice of computing platform. For another, a paid upgrade from a free app will probably have all the disadvantages mentioned in section 7.
9. It seems to be a common belief that the built-in Application Firewall acts as a barrier to infection, or prevents malware from functioning. It does neither. It blocks inbound connections to certain network services you're running, such as file sharing. It's disabled by default and you should leave it that way if you're behind a router on a private home or office network. Activate it only when you're on an untrusted network, for instance a public Wi-Fi hotspot, where you don't want to provide services. Disable any services you don't use in the Sharing preference pane. All are disabled by default.
10. As a Mac user you don't have to live in fear that your computer may be infected every time you install software, read email, or visit a web page. But neither should you assume that you will always be safe from exploitation, no matter what you do. The greatest harm done by security software is precisely its selling point: it makes people feel safe. They may then feel safe enough to take risks from which the software doesn't protect them. "Hmmmm, this torrent is a crack of that new game I want. I think I'll download it. It could be a trojan, but the antivirus will warn me if it is." Then they wonder why their Mac is so slow all of a sudden. It's slow because it's running flat out mining Bitcoins for a hacker who has already sold their credit card number and banking passwords to a criminal gang. Maybe a week later the antivirus does warn them, but what good does that do?
Nothing can lessen the need for safe computing practices.

WRT610N - Samba Storage Problem with Mac OS X Leopard

Hello there,
I've set up a USB drive to be shared via the router (tried both a fat32 and an NTFS drive). When I login from a windows machine I can use the share point without any problems. When I try to use it from a Mac (mounted via smb://192.168.1.1/sharepoint) I can access the folders and download files. I can even create folders. When I try to copy a file onto the share point (normal file name, small file size) I get an error saying "The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items." The console log says: "7/3/09 1:01:06 AM kernel smbfs_composeacl: smbfs_setattr 13, ignored "
If I try to copy the file directly via a terminal window I see this:
Macintosh-3:tc user $ cp ~/test.plist ./
cp: ./test.plist: fchmod failed: Permission denied
As I see it there is a problem with leopard trying to set permissions when copying and the router refusing. Any ideas of how to get this to work?

I found this solution in another link on this web site, I would be curious to know if this works with NTFS also.
Routers and Access Points : Wireless Routers : WRT610 USB Harddisk and Mac osx 10.5 Finally, i got it to work.
Here is my step.
1. Format the external HD with mac with the fat format.
2. plug in the HD to the router.
3. In the storage setting>Administration, create a group named "root" with r/w permission and a user "root" with the group "root. Save the setting.
4. Last, create a share on the drive. Assign the group "root" to it.
Boom! Its work now. I can use it with time machine and share my itune library. Hope this can help someone stuck with this issue.

Why is permission denied on trying to download the GB English version of Firefox 3.6.10?

I am trying to roll back to the previosu version of Firefox - v3.6.10 - the GB English version - too see if the problem of Firefox hanging when you search bookmarks goes away. I get permission denied from the FTP site.

Firefox 4 requires at least OS X 10.5 and an Intel Mac.
* http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/4.0/system-requirements/
For Mac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.8 you can look at:
* http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
Download a new copy of the Firefox program
* Firefox 3.6: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
* Trash the current Firefox application to do a clean (re-)install
* Install the new version that you have downloaded
Your profile data is stored elsewhere in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Firefox Profile Folder], so you won't lose your bookmarks and other personal data.

Re: The operation couldnʻt be completed. Permission denied

Aloha- We recently installed a shared storage server for two Final Cut Pro X systems. Working from our Mac Pro copying FCP X events to new server, 2 problems occur. 1. Server connections interrupted error then FCP X crashes. 2. Re-start Final Cut Pro, then try to open library on server and error message appears, The operation couldnʻt be completed. Permission denied
Is this a setting problem on the Mac Pro? Is this a software issue in Final Cut Pro X? Please, help and suggestions welcome. Thank you.
OS X V. 10.9.5
Mac Pro 2 x 2.66 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon, 32 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
Final Cut Pro X v. 10.1.4
Maxx Digital shared storage system

Hi Tom, A tech setup the connections remotely between the 2 Macs and the storage server. I think that he did set the read/write permissions for the server. However, (Iʻm an idiot) this is beyond my knowledge. Can you guide me as to where to look? Thank you!

Javascript Application Permission denied to access property '$'

I can't figure out what is causing this error message. At first I would get JavaScript Application $ is not defined so I disabled plug ins and add-ons (only two of those on this computer) and I thought I had figured out what was causing the second error message but then today the permission denied message popped up. I only have two plugins activated, one for adobe and one for shockwave. As for the addins, I use the same ones on my laptop and don't get this error message.
Any help would be extremely appreciated!
Computer is 32bit Windows 7 Dell PC

To avoid confusion, JavaScript isn't related to a plugin:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/JavaScript_is_not_Java
Is this happening on secure (https) web pages or on a page opened via a normal connection?
You can try basic steps like these in case of issues with web pages:
Reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files.
*Hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button
*Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
*Press "Command + Shift + R" (Mac)
Clear the cache and the cookies from websites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
*Firefox/Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"
"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
*Firefox/Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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