Run flat package postscript as root
Run flat package postscript as root
- Subject: Run flat package postscript as root
- From: Harald Dersch <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:44:43 +0200
- Acceptlanguage: en-US, nl-BE
- Thread-topic: Run flat package postscript as root
Hello,
I'm currently developing a setup targeting flat packages. The setup installs a browser plug-in to the user home folder (via current user domain), but needs to change a global registration. The registration is done by an executable included as an additional resource in the setup and supposed to be launched by the postinstallation script.
I did a project with one package where I enabled "Require admin password for installation". I get a credential prompt, and the plug-in is correctly installed to the current user folder. However, postinstallation is not executed as root, no matter which credentials I provide, hence the executable fails. If I try to launch the executable explicitly using sudo, I get "sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified" (in the log).
It doesn't matter, if I use PackageMaker or sudre's Packages.
From the Packages user manual (Section "Defining a package pre- and post-installation scripts"): " >> If the installation process requests an admin password, the pre- and post-installation scripts will be run as root." -> Obviously this is wrong, or do I miss something?
Thanks for any input,
Harry
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