September 2011 - Installer-dev

Re: Adding KeepAlive in LauchDaemon plist
by Karthikeyan M 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

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=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=Zn+VdG/d5+goqBQLLFMXk4YCK0oTX7JE/jVhGxoXuQk=; b=T9notNzi4idhk6Mzu2sRuvoomylQ2RnfccQwkuyU59BNARdrRg5uSrdjjwAYvxpO+S zlbV4MzdM+E/QjmT4o5efFakhV6lz3wO1Huxlrysh4R2mgOuNsTq/AS2+ozWWMw8tVLI 00nhDgJCYxFQhrN5ib+bTrIpHZ2O9haq4LcbA= User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20110902 Thunderbird/6.0.2 I am by no means an expert, but have you tried this: <key>Program</key> <array> <string>/usr/local/encase/Encase</string> </array> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>start</string> </array> …which gives launchd a clue as to which binary it needs to keep alive. -Christian On Tue, September 20, 2011 6:20 am, Karthikeyan M wrote: Hi, I am trying to create a Launch Daemon for EnCase binary file. I have to add KeepAlive to the Launch Daemon plist. The process should be alive even if it exists normally (with exit 0) or crashes with error. I tried adding <key>KeepAlive</key> in the Launch Daemon(below) created but this keeps on running the Program Arguments resulting in multiple process of the same binary. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>KeepAlive</key> <true/> <key>Label</key> <string>com.guidancesoftware.encase</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/usr/local/encase/Encase</string> <string>start</string> </array> <key>QueueDirectories</key> <array/> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> <key>WatchPaths</key> <array/> </dict> </plist> Someone help me in changing the LauchDaemon plist so that the process kickstart again if it exits? Thanks & Regards, Karthikeyan M _______________________________________________ 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/lindemer%40apple.com This email sent to lindemer(a)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/karthikeyan.mac%40gmai… This email sent to karthikeyan.mac(a)gmail.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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Re: Adding KeepAlive in LauchDaemon plist
by Christian Lindemer 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Importance: Normal User-agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.15 I am by no means an expert, but have you tried this: <key>Program</key> <array> <string>/usr/local/encase/Encase</string> </array> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>start</string> </array> which gives launchd a clue as to which binary it needs to keep alive. -Christian On Tue, September 20, 2011 6:20 am, Karthikeyan M wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to create a Launch Daemon for EnCase binary file. I have to > add KeepAlive to the Launch Daemon plist. The process should be alive > even if it exists normally (with exit 0) or crashes with error. > > I tried adding <key>KeepAlive</key> in the Launch Daemon(below) created > but this keeps on running the Program Arguments resulting in multiple > process of the same binary. > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" > "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> > <plist version="1.0"> > <dict> > <key>KeepAlive</key> > <true/> > <key>Label</key> > <string>com.guidancesoftware.encase</string> > <key>ProgramArguments</key> > <array> > <string>/usr/local/encase/Encase</string> > <string>start</string> > </array> > <key>QueueDirectories</key> > <array/> > <key>RunAtLoad</key> > <true/> > <key>WatchPaths</key> > <array/> > </dict> > </plist> > > > > Someone help me in changing the LauchDaemon plist so that the process > kickstart again if it exits? > > Thanks & Regards, > Karthikeyan M > _______________________________________________ > 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/lindemer%40apple.com > > This email sent to lindemer(a)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

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Adding KeepAlive in LauchDaemon plist
by Karthikeyan M 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

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Adding KeepAlive in LauchDaemon plist
by Karthikeyan M 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

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Re: Question: Is OS Lion more restrictive when running installations?
by Stephane Sudre 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

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Question: Is OS Lion more restrictive when running installations?
by Brian Din 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

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Re: Shouldn¹t allow to install on non-Macintosh Volumes
by Satyanarayana Chebrolu 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: Acxsea057imO2RLxjk+j4OsC9HJDlw== Thread-topic: Shouldn¹t allow to install on non-Macintosh Volumes User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.20.0.090605 Ok. Once again, thank you. On 06/09/11 2:42 PM, "Stephane Sudre" <dev.iceberg(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Depending on the weather conditions in the Arctic, the Select > Destination pane is displayed or not. This is, now, a very old bug in > Installer.app. The Select Destination pane should, in theory, always > be skipped when only the root volume is allowed (and there are no > issues with using it). > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:31 AM, Satyanarayana Chebrolu > <satyanarayanac(a)ivycomptech.com> wrote: >> Yes, it is working fine now. >> >> But one problem I could see with that is, during installation, entirely >> select destination pane is skipped. >> >> >> Anyways thanks for your quick response. >> >> >> >> >> On 05/09/11 4:52 PM, "Stephane Sudre" <dev.iceberg(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Satyanarayana Chebrolu >>> <satyanarayanac(a)ivycomptech.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> I have an application, which is bundled in some Package. Lets say >>>> MyApp.pkg. >>>> Now, >>>> I need to restrict the user not to allow installing the application on >>>> other >>>> non-Macintosh volumes during MyApp.Pkg installation. >>>> i.e Lets say I have 2 volumes >>>> a) Macintosh- where I have Snow Leopard got installed. >>>> b) Movies- which has movies data. >>>> Now during the application installation, if the user selects >>>> ³Movies² volume, the installation shouldn¹t be continued further. Should >>>> show some alert or some message to the user that you cant¹ install on this >>>> Volume. >>>> >>>> >>>> I saw, iTunes is working/checking in that way. >>>> >>>> Please help me out of this issue. >>> >>> If by the Macintosh Volume, you mean the Startup Disk, you just need >>> to allow the package to install only on the root volume. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/satyanarayanac%40ivycom >>> pt >>> ech.com >>> >>> This email sent to satyanarayanac(a)ivycomptech.com >> >> >> >> This email is sent for and on behalf of Ivy Comptech Private Limited. Ivy >> Comptech Private Limited is a limited liability company. >> >> This email and any attachments are confidential, and may be legally >> privileged and protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient >> dissemination or copying of this email is prohibited. If you have received >> this in error, please notify the sender by replying by email and then delete >> the email completely from your system. >> Any views or opinions are solely those of the sender. This communication is >> not intended to form a binding contract on behalf of Ivy Comptech Private >> Limited unless expressly indicated to the contrary and properly authorised. >> Any actions taken on the basis of this email are at the recipient's own risk. >> >> Registered office: >> Ivy Comptech Private Limited, Cyber Spazio, Road No. 2, Banjara Hills, >> Hyderabad 500 033, Andhra Pradesh, India. Registered number: 37994. >> Registered in India. A list of members' names is available for inspection at >> the registered office. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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/satyanarayanac%40ivyco… > ech.com > > This email sent to satyanarayanac(a)ivycomptech.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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Re: Shouldn¹t allow to install on non-Macintosh Volumes
by helpcrypto helpcrypto 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

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Re: Shouldn¹t allow to install on non-Macintosh Volumes
by Stephane Sudre 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

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Re: Shouldn¹t allow to install on non-Macintosh Volumes
by Satyanarayana Chebrolu 06 Sep '11

06 Sep '11

site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev(a)lists.apple.com Thread-index: AcxsVjihSRDyCxTCmk2Q2Q3K1kaVxA== Thread-topic: Shouldn¹t allow to install on non-Macintosh Volumes User-agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.20.0.090605 Yes, it is working fine now. But one problem I could see with that is, during installation, entirely select destination pane is skipped. Anyways thanks for your quick response. On 05/09/11 4:52 PM, "Stephane Sudre" <dev.iceberg(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Satyanarayana Chebrolu > <satyanarayanac(a)ivycomptech.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> I have an application, which is bundled in some Package. Lets say MyApp.pkg. >> Now, >> I need to restrict the user not to allow installing the application on other >> non-Macintosh volumes during MyApp.Pkg installation. >> i.e Lets say I have 2 volumes >> a) Macintosh- where I have Snow Leopard got installed. >> b) Movies- which has movies data. >> Now during the application installation, if the user selects >> ³Movies² volume, the installation shouldn¹t be continued further. Should >> show some alert or some message to the user that you cant¹ install on this >> Volume. >> >> >> I saw, iTunes is working/checking in that way. >> >> Please help me out of this issue. > > If by the Macintosh Volume, you mean the Startup Disk, you just need > to allow the package to install only on the root volume. > _______________________________________________ > 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/satyanarayanac%40ivyco… > ech.com > > This email sent to satyanarayanac(a)ivycomptech.com This email is sent for and on behalf of Ivy Comptech Private Limited. Ivy Comptech Private Limited is a limited liability company. This email and any attachments are confidential, and may be legally privileged and protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient dissemination or copying of this email is prohibited. If you have received this in error, please notify the sender by replying by email and then delete the email completely from your system. Any views or opinions are solely those of the sender. This communication is not intended to form a binding contract on behalf of Ivy Comptech Private Limited unless expressly indicated to the contrary and properly authorised. Any actions taken on the basis of this email are at the recipient's own risk. Registered office: Ivy Comptech Private Limited, Cyber Spazio, Road No. 2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500 033, Andhra Pradesh, India. Registered number: 37994. Registered in India. A list of members' names is available for inspection at the registered office. _______________________________________________ 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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