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Re: Unable to install .kext in admine user

Subject: Re: Unable to install .kext in admine user
From: Iceberg-Dev <email@hidden>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:07:09 +0200


On Oct 28, 2010, at 7:43 AM, kiran kumar wrote:

Hi All,
I need to load kext in my MacBookPro ,i use these commands to load my kext. i am not in root, but i am using admin user i need to install the kext using admin user. Unable to install can any one give suggestions. sarah-640m:Release chengmerlin$ ls -l moschipUsbEthernet.kext/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 5 chengmerlin staff 170 Oct 28 13:14 Contents sarah-640m:Release chengmerlin$ sudo kextload -v moschipUsbEthernet.kext/ Password: Requesting load of /Users/chengmerlin/Downloads/moschipUsbEthernet/ build/Release/moschipUsbEthernet.kext. /Users/chengmerlin/Downloads/moschipUsbEthernet/build/Release/ moschipUsbEthernet.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) authentication failure (file ownership/permissions); check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8). sarah-640m:Release chengmerlin$ sudo kextutil -b kextload moschipUsbEthernet.kext/ moschipUsbEthernet.kext has problems: Authentication Failures: File owner/permissions are incorrect (must be root:wheel, nonwritable by group/other): /Users/chengmerlin/Downloads/moschipUsbEthernet/build/ Release/moschipUsbEthernet.kext /Users/chengmerlin/Downloads/moschipUsbEthernet/build/ Release/moschipUsbEthernet.kext/Contents /Users/chengmerlin/Downloads/moschipUsbEthernet/build/ Release/moschipUsbEthernet.kext/Contents/Info.plist /Users/chengmerlin/Downloads/moschipUsbEthernet/build/ Release/moschipUsbEthernet.kext/Contents/MacOS /Users/chengmerlin/Downloads/moschipUsbEthernet/build/ Release/moschipUsbEthernet.kext/Contents/MacOS/moschipUsbEthernet /Users/chengmerlin/Downloads/moschipUsbEthernet/build/ Release/moschipUsbEthernet.kext/Contents/Resources /Users/chengmerlin/Downloads/moschipUsbEthernet/build/ Release/moschipUsbEthernet.kext/Contents/Resources/English.lproj /Users/chengmerlin/Downloads/moschipUsbEthernet/build/ Release/moschipUsbEthernet.kext/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/ InfoPlist.strings

sarah-640m:Release chengmerlin$ sudo kextload -v moschipUsbEthernet.kext/Password: Requesting load of /Users/chengmerlin/Downloads/moschipUsbEthernet/ build/Release/moschipUsbEthernet.kext. /Users/chengmerlin/Downloads/moschipUsbEthernet/build/Release/ moschipUsbEthernet.kext failed to load - (libkern/kext) authentication failure (file ownership/permissions); check the system/kernel logs for errors or try kextutil(8). sarah-640m:Release chengmerlin$

It's probably documented somewhere that kernel extensions needs to be root:wheel 755/644


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