I put RXTX installer that will install everything (and will create /
var/lock if necessary and add
user to the uucp group) for mac os x from Java
into the rxtx's CVS repository
it could be easily modified to install files for any platform
it uses Greg Guerin's AuthKit for authentication and authorization
Greg released that kit under artistic license, so Trent, please take
a look
we, probably, can negotiate license with Greg if it's necessary
Michael Hall (mikehall at spacestar dot net) had a suggestion to make
implementation of the jaas LoginModule
based on Greg's AuthKit
(his modification of the Greg's AuthKit could be found at http://
www.spacestar.net/users/mikehall/authkit.dmg)
but Michael's AuthKitLoginModule does only half a job:
it does authenticate
but it can not run any external unix process in privileged mode (at
least I wasn't able to do so)
possible explanation could be found in conversation between Greg and
Michael at Apple's java-dev list
(look for archives)
so I didn't use jaas API for rxtxinstaller
I created folder MacOSX in the contrib folder
comment
1. if you want to run that installer as standalone application all
you need that
RXTXInstaller.jar
2. if you want to use webstart you have to add Greg's
libAuthKit.jnilib to the mac os x's resources
in theory RXTXInstaller.jar doesn't need it, but there is a problem
with loading libAuthKit.jnilib from webstart
authkit uses loadLibrary method to load library and it failed (from
webstart)
for standalone application I extract libAuthKit.jnilib from the
RXTXInstaller.jar and put it
into the /Library/Java/Extensions or ~/Library/Java/Extensions folder
that file will be deleted after installer quit
unfortunately I didn't have time to put documentation there
but it is mostly self-explanatory
I took installer code from my gl4java installer that I did about 3
years ago
(with small modifications)
it would be very nice if Apple will release LoginModule that really
will do the job (com.apple.security.auth.module package????? )
(UnixLoginModule is pretty useless)
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