Acrobat Prompts for Admin Password

[Jacob_Baranski@adobeforums.com]

Sometimes when Acrobat is started up it prompts for an administrator password. We have it implemented in a lab environment and do not want this to be popping up for users. Is there a way to once and for all turn this off instead of dealing with it on a case by case basis?

[MarkATS@adobeforums.com]

What version of Acrobat?

[dayhox@adobeforums.com]

Same problem here. Version 7 Std for me.

[MarkATS@adobeforums.com]

Are you using OS X parental controls to restrict application access?
Are the users home folder on the local machine or on a server?

[dayhox@adobeforums.com]

No parental controls, Home is local

thanks,
d

[MarkATS@adobeforums.com]

Well, for whatever reason, Acrobat is trying to repair itself either by adding the browser plug-in, the Adobe PDF printer, or some color profiles, all installed in areas that standard users can't write to.

Under normal circumstances, you need only launch Acrobat once under the admin account in order for these files to get copied. Subsequent launches under standard accounts shouldn't be prompted to authenticate.

In my testing, i've never been prompted to authenicate as a standard user except in the case when Acrobat is installed as part of the Creative Suite, and even then, that has been fixed with the Acrobat 7.0.8 update.