Index: trunk/ChameleonPrefPane/Sources/ChameleonPrefPane.mm
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChameleonPrefPane/Sources/ChameleonPrefPane.mm	(revision 379)
+++ trunk/ChameleonPrefPane/Sources/ChameleonPrefPane.mm	(revision 380)
@@ -76,16 +76,19 @@
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -(bool) savePreferences: (NSDictionary*) dict
 {
-	std::string sPath = [kPreferencesFilePath UTF8String];
 	
-	if(dict==nil || sPath.length()==0) return false;
+	if(dict==nil) return false;
 	
 	AuthorizationRef auth = [self isUnlocked] ? [[authView authorization] authorizationRef] : NULL;
+	if (!auth) return false;
 	
-	PropertyList::chmodFile(sPath.c_str(), "0777", auth);
-	[dict writeToFile:kPreferencesFilePath atomically:YES];
-	PropertyList::chmodFile(sPath.c_str(), "0644", auth);
-	return true;
+	NSString* tmpPropName = @"/tmp/chamPrefPane.plist";
+	BOOL ret = [dict writeToFile:tmpPropName atomically:YES];
+	if (!ret) return false;
+	NSString* args = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ %@", tmpPropName, kPreferencesFilePath];
+	const char * cArgs = [args UTF8String];
+	ret = executePrivilegedCmd(auth, "/bin/cp", cArgs , NULL);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Index: trunk/ChameleonPrefPane/Sources/PropertyList.cpp
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChameleonPrefPane/Sources/PropertyList.cpp	(revision 379)
+++ trunk/ChameleonPrefPane/Sources/PropertyList.cpp	(revision 380)
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@
 		std::string args = chmodMask;
 		args += ' ';
 		args += path;
+		struct stat st;
+		if (stat(path,&st)!=0)
+			executePrivilegedCmd(auth, "/usr/bin/touch", path, flags);
 		if(!executePrivilegedCmd(auth, "/bin/chmod", args.c_str(), flags))	
 			return false;
 	}
Index: trunk/ChameleonPrefPane/bin/OSX106/Chameleon.zip
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Index: trunk/ChameleonPrefPane/bin/version
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChameleonPrefPane/bin/version	(revision 379)
+++ trunk/ChameleonPrefPane/bin/version	(revision 380)
@@ -1 +1 @@
-r378
+r380