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Launchd scripts with root access


  • Subject: Launchd scripts with root access
  • From: Chris Waldrip <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:22:13 -0400

We have a script that we want to update automatically. The script checks for a new version when it runs, and it downloads a zip file, expands that, and installs the contents.

The script is executed from a plist in /System/Library/LaunchAgent/, so it should have root authorization.

Yet when the script runs and it executes the installer command line tool, the install fails for lack of root permission.

I modified the script to simply move (mv -f) the specific components to the appropriate locations (/System/Library/LaunchAgent, etc). But the move fails for lack of root permission.

What am I missing? :-(

-Chris Waldrip
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