[FAQ] [RFC] How can multiple users share an installed Wine a

[mcarthey]

I realize this is in the FAQ (and it's an old thread) but I have followed the instructions at the ubuntu link provided and I'm wondering about something. If a new thread has been started or there's a better place for this please let me know since I'm new to the forums and to WINE.

I believe I was able to follow the instructions fine even though I'm on a Mac (Mountain Lion) and the instructions were for ubuntu, but I am receiving the following error. It seems straightforward enough that permissions have been denied but I haven't been able to determine where.

$ sudo -u windows -H wine application.exe
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied
Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
err:menubuilder:init_xdg error looking up the desktop directory
wine: cannot find L"C:\\windows\\system32\\application.exe"

Can someone help point me in the right direction for this error?
Thanks for any help!

[dimesio]

I have split this from the thread it was originally posted in and moved it to the Mac OSX subforum. Macs have issues that do not occur on Linux. Hopefully one of our experienced Mac users can help sort this out for you.

[doh123]

no idea why you'd want to do that... but the only error I see causing problems is that your running "application.exe" and its not found .... looks like a basic terminal usage issue and nothing to do with Wine. You need to run the correct exe file and cd into the correct folder first.