You don't have permission to use the application "ksfetch"

When i finished install Google update software, It pop up "You don't have permission to use the application "ksfetch"" many times one day, I closed it, it pop up again.

The pop up said"You don't have permission to use the application"ksfetch", For more information,contact the person who set up account"

How can i fix it, does someone know? Thanks very much in advance.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Jan 7, 2015 6:32 PM

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Dec 20, 2015 1:28 PM in response to Eric Root

"ksfetch is Google’s software updater." see: http://www.rawinfopages.com/mac/content/what-ksfetch-and-how-do-you-stop-it

I don't have a problem with this, so I (as an Administrator) allow "ksfetch" to always run under my "kids" very restricted login privileges.


Remember, the application states:

You don't have permission to use the application "ksfetch."

For more information, contact the person who set up your account.

[Always Allow...] [Allow Once...] [OK]

So, if you click [OK], then the "ksfetch" application/request (above) will repeat waaaaay too often! 😟

ANSWER: The easy road is to simply select [Always Allow...] 🙂

... and then type in your user name and Administrator password!

Jan 8, 2015 9:41 AM in response to Jacob-Rachel

You may need to rebuild permissions on your user account. To do this,boot to your Recovery partition (holding down the Command and R keys while booting) and open Terminal from the Utilities menu. In Terminal, type: ‘resetpassword’ (without the ’s), hit return, and select the admin user. You are not going to reset your password. Click on the icon for your Macs hard drive at the top. From the drop down below it select the user account which is having issues. At the bottom of the window, you'll see an area labeled Restore Home Directory Permissions and ACLs. Click the reset button there. The process takes a few minutes. When complete, restart.


Repair User Permissions

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You don't have permission to use the application "ksfetch"

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