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Re: Launch agent runs as root immediately after install
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Re: Launch agent runs as root immediately after install


  • Subject: Re: Launch agent runs as root immediately after install
  • From: Iceberg-Dev <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:11:04 +0100


On Mar 19, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Chris Adamson wrote:

We're installing a LaunchAgent that we want to get up and running immediately, so in a post-install script, we call "launchctl load / Library/LaunchAgents/path.to.our.agent.plist".

I've noticed that this runs the agent as root, whereas the agent will run as the user on subsequent logins.

Is there a way to get the agent running as the user who's performing the install, rather than root?

su $USER -c "launchctl load -S Aqua /Library/LaunchAgents/..."


As for the discussion regarding whether a user is logged in or not, if no users are logged in, you're probably performing the installation not through Installer.app so checking the environment var for a command line install should be enough.



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