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Accelerated Reader install summary
Here's a quick summary for getting Accelerated Reader installed and
working on a managed OS X network. This article is as much for my
documentation as anything; hopefully it'll help you too.
1. Be sure to follow the Renaissance Learning instructions on
updating, especially making a backup and running the data doctor, in
that order.
2. The data folder may be placed on any appropriate share point
on the system, provided users have full permission to every file on
that folder. (see
http://support.renlearn.com/techkb/techkb/4319466e.asp for instructions
but not an explanation)
3. It is extremely important that the "Update Mac" folder be in
place on the server, the application be run by an administrator, and
the preferences set in their entirety before running the permissions on
the application (step 4).
4. The application installation must have full access by every
user of the computer because of the way updates are installed as well
as the way preferences seem to be saved. The "Accelerated Reader"
folder and potentially the "Renaissance Learning" application support
folder need such access. While it
doesn't need to be rwx for every file, the GUI is not propagating
permissions as loosely as AR needs them to be. (BTW, I understand
why the GUI does that, but pity those non-propeller-heads that have to
run chmod recursively via the command line.) Here's a step by step. Changed the "777" to "770" if you want to prohibit everyone access and have set your groups properly.
- cd /Applications
- chmod -R 777 Accelerated Reader
(If you use tab filename completion it will automatically complete the filename including the escape character (backslash).
- cd /Library/Application Support
- chmod -R 777 Renaissance Learning
5. Following all this stuff, I typically broadcast the app (both
folders mentioned in step 4) out with ARD because the permissions
follow the distribution. If you install the app from the CD or
update folder, steps 3 and 4 have to be done on each machine.
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