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Re: Installer Restrictions Question
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Re: Installer Restrictions Question


  • Subject: Re: Installer Restrictions Question
  • From: Stephane Sudre <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:13:23 +0100

This would work and not require admin authorization.

But you mentioned installing both in /Applications and ~/

"
[…]
The package installed an app to /Applications and then to a directory
in the users home:

userhome/mydir/dir1/file1

[…]"

I don't see how you achieve this by selecting the User Home directory domain.


On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 3:15 AM, koko <email@hidden> wrote:
> I am not using any scripts.
>
> In PackageMaker in the Distribution Panel I specify User Home Directory
>
> In the Contents Section,Package Panel, Configuration Tab I specify  Destination as /MYDIR/DIR/
>
> The Contents is a Folder of Files.
>
> My expectation is that I would end up with:
>
> /userhome/mydir/dir1/folder of files/
>
>
> -koko
>
> On Nov 4, 2012, at 3:40 PM, Stephane Sudre wrote:
>
>> Assuming you use a post-installation script to move the files to the
>> user's folder (since with domains, you "can't" install both in / and
>> in ˜), have you checked whether the installation "works" when you
>> remove those scripts?
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 3:33 PM, koko <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> I require admin authentication
>>> The package is  signed
>>> I am installing from an admin account
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 3, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Andrew Keller wrote:
>>>
>>> On Nov 3, 2012, at 2:29 PM, koko wrote:
>>>
>>> On Nov 3, 2012, at 2:34 AM, Stephane Sudre wrote:
>>>
>>> Which authorization do you require?
>>>
>>>
>>> I do not understand the question.
>>>
>>>
>>> What type of authentication does your installer package prompt the user for?
>>>
>>> If you're installing anything outside of the current user's home directory,
>>> I suspect you would need elevated privileges - especially on newer versions
>>> of OS X.
>>>
>>> I would like to install files to the users home directory. So whatever
>>> authorization is required to make that possible.
>>>
>>>
>>> Installing into the current user's home directory does not require any
>>> additional permissions.  If you desire to place files anywhere else,
>>> however, then you need elevated permissions.
>>>
>>> When we test our installer packages, we test them in both admin and
>>> non-admin accounts.  Non-admin accounts have a habit of bringing to light
>>> permission problems.
>>>
>>> If you run your installer in a non-admin account, does the error message
>>> change?
>>>
>>> ~ Andrew Keller
>>>
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 >Re: Installer Restrictions Question (From: koko <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Installer Restrictions Question (From: Stephane Sudre <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Installer Restrictions Question (From: koko <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Installer Restrictions Question (From: Andrew Keller <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Installer Restrictions Question (From: koko <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Installer Restrictions Question (From: Stephane Sudre <email@hidden>)
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