Re: Launchd scripts with root access
Re: Launchd scripts with root access
- Subject: Re: Launchd scripts with root access
- From: Harald Wagener <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:28:08 +0200
LaunchAgents run in user context. Move your launchd job to
/Library/LaunchDaemons to get it run as root.
On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Chris Waldrip <email@hidden> wrote:
> 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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