May 2010 - Installer-dev - lists.apple.com

RECEIPT_PATH in postflight giving incorrect path in 10.6
by Sachin Porwal 10 May '10

10 May '10

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Re: Environment variable availability within post-install script
by Xochitl Lunde 10 May '10

10 May '10

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com <installer-dev-bounces+xochitl_lunde=tripplite.com(a)lists.apple.com> wrote on 05/09/2010 05:14:18 PM: > > On May 9, 2010, at 8:10 PM, Tim Streater wrote: > > > My post-install script (written in PHP) must write a file on the > > user's desktop, and so needs the user's shortname in order to > > construct the path. The script also modifies the apache config file > > and so needs admin priv. I appear to be able to give it that by > > ticking "Require admin authentication". > > > > In my PHP, I appear to be able to do: > > > > $user = getenv ("USER"); > > > > to have the logged-in user's name. This seems unexpected to me, I > > would have thought that I would get "root", if anything at all. It > > also seems at variance with the documentation that lists the > > environment variables available to the scripts. Can I rely on what > > I've done or is there a better way of getting the user's shortname? > > I didn't know you could use PHP code in a post-install script but > that's the correct environment variable. > _______________________________________________ I had some issues doing user-specific stuff in my scripts. I noticed that the preflight script gets different environment variables and I couldn't rely on the SUDO_USER or other user variables and have it work for command line and GUI install. I also had to change my script to work when no users were logged in, which seemed to fix the problems I had with ARD installation. I ended up doing something like this which works for all cases for me, but I don't have a way of knowing if it's an OK practice or a long term solution. What I do is check if the user is not the root user (which happens in a GUI installation) and if I'm not root use the $USER variable. Otherwise if I am root (command line install) then I use the HOME environment variable to compare to 'users' logged in who have a console session on the machine. If I try to use launchctl to start a program for a user I don't have access to, then launchctl doesn't give me permission. In the event of a failure, I just make sure that my later parts of the script don't count on the program having started since in my case it will start on the next reboot anyway. (This next stuff might have a typo or two, I had to retype it for this email) if [ ! "${USER}" = "root" ] ; then su $USER -c 'launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/com.mycompany.product.plist' || : # dont' hang else home_user=""; for user in `who | grep console | awk {'print $1'}` do user_in_home="`echo "{$HOME}" | grep $user`" if [ -n ${user_in_home}" ] ; then $home_user=$user echo "Home user is '${home_user}'." fi done #if there's a home_user discovered start the program. otherwise the home user is not logged in or is using a terminal session. if [ -n "${home_user}" ] ; then su $home_user -c 'launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/com.mycompany.product.plist' || : # don't hang fi fi

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RE: Environment variable availability within post-install script
by Adam Peck 10 May '10

10 May '10

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcrvxQX50ukLU70rQRmpnpKLoPS+eAAglSWA Thread-topic: Environment variable availability within post-install script The $USER environment variable will always be the logged in users short name. It is the same as running 'sudo echo $USER'. -Adam -----Original Message----- From: installer-dev-bounces+adampeck=smarttech.com(a)lists.apple.com [mailto:installer-dev-bounces+adampeck=smarttech.com@lists.apple.com] On Behalf Of Iceberg-Dev Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 4:14 PM To: Installer-Dev mailing-list Subject: Re: Environment variable availability within post-install script On May 9, 2010, at 8:10 PM, Tim Streater wrote: > My post-install script (written in PHP) must write a file on the > user's desktop, and so needs the user's shortname in order to > construct the path. The script also modifies the apache config file > and so needs admin priv. I appear to be able to give it that by > ticking "Require admin authentication". > > In my PHP, I appear to be able to do: > > $user = getenv ("USER"); > > to have the logged-in user's name. This seems unexpected to me, I > would have thought that I would get "root", if anything at all. It > also seems at variance with the documentation that lists the > environment variables available to the scripts. Can I rely on what > I've done or is there a better way of getting the user's shortname? I didn't know you could use PHP code in a post-install script but that's the correct environment variable. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/adampeck%40smarttech.c… This email sent to adampeck(a)smarttech.com _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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One way installl dependencies
by Jon Hodgson 10 May '10

10 May '10

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Re: Environment variable availability within post-install script
by Iceberg-Dev 09 May '10

09 May '10

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:mime-version:in-reply-to :references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from :subject:date:to:x-mailer; bh=P0sKb7ZcFWur6VXafhbxOGHGtpPK+yYP1yfcwkpKPLM=; b=F6557lwA1K+0TatIEkfDi95uof7krW8bxxRoh1qsACBgcsLHt0skT/FyxcmyQ4yhgL JcksTkE9ukMGq+mZ3MFaJt9hqtwwQTtqd2kB4EswMxH+ec0eIDS/ktCe0qGinvrtcdmd pzIGZwN8klBiF8sQTBqq+nBnSdN8wUs+qQfhw= Domainkey-signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id :content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=Q5FiICpcEcB104Urj8vu+0p1z7i+rlNAFi1x+uqDnqvFjwjGTbiard4mHDOlHHAKWN 1NEDTEjRn1Qbw8bJUOOvgEpeQNvDY/j974OEGhCjkX/HJt+wt2soJgQCkMGpVH7eEzeN 3wuE+374Repv9xwWXGzkgOTmijzchZT/PbL+g= On May 9, 2010, at 8:10 PM, Tim Streater wrote: In my PHP, I appear to be able to do: $user = getenv ("USER"); My post-install script (written in PHP) must write a file on the user's desktop, and so needs the user's shortname in order to construct the path. The script also modifies the apache config file and so needs admin priv. I appear to be able to give it that by ticking "Require admin authentication". to have the logged-in user's name. This seems unexpected to me, I would have thought that I would get "root", if anything at all. It also seems at variance with the documentation that lists the environment variables available to the scripts. Can I rely on what I've done or is there a better way of getting the user's shortname? I didn't know you could use PHP code in a post-install script but that's the correct environment variable. _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Environment variable availability within post-install script
by Tim Streater 09 May '10

09 May '10

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com My post-install script (written in PHP) must write a file on the user's desktop, and so needs the user's shortname in order to construct the path. The script also modifies the apache config file and so needs admin priv. I appear to be able to give it that by ticking "Require admin authentication". In my PHP, I appear to be able to do: $user = getenv ("USER"); to have the logged-in user's name. This seems unexpected to me, I would have thought that I would get "root", if anything at all. It also seems at variance with the documentation that lists the environment variables available to the scripts. Can I rely on what I've done or is there a better way of getting the user's shortname? Thanks, Tim Streater _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Signed Package Validation
by Darmawan 07 May '10

07 May '10

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