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Re: [sort of OT] PackageMaker help
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Re: [sort of OT] PackageMaker help


  • Subject: Re: [sort of OT] PackageMaker help
  • From: Charles Srstka <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 12:28:21 -0500

Well, if you set NeedsAuthorization to NO, installed items will belong to the current user, not root. However, you will not be able to put things in locations where you'd need root access, like the UNIX folders or /System (not that you should be putting things in /System anyway).

On Tuesday, May 7, 2002, at 03:00 AM, Angela Brett wrote:

At 12:03 PM -0500 6/5/2002, Charles Srstka wrote:
In reality, UseUserMask seems to do absolutely nothing at all. At least if it does, I haven't been able to figure out what it is.

Hmm... so that basically means that PackageMaker is useless unless I want to install things as root. Well, at least I'm not the only one who can't get Use Usermask to work. It's kind of annoying though because I guess users of my app will have to drag things into the appropriate folders themselves. :(

Can anyone from Apple explain why that function doesn't work? Is it actually possible to make a package which installs with no problems and doesn't install things as root? Do I need to set the permissions with a post install script or something?
-- Angela Brett email@hidden http://acronyms.co.nz/angela
"Anyone who cannot understand mathematics is not fully human. At best, he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to dress himself, bathe, and not make messes in the house." -- Robert Heinlein
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