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Re: Packages(.app) - open app folder script
by Mike Solin 04 Mar '17

04 Mar '17

I strongly recommend against doing this. If your package is deployed at the login window, when there is no user logged in, this can cause unexpected behavior. Mike -- mike(a)mikesolin.com / @flammable http://mikesolin.com > On Mar 3, 2017, at 8:33 PM, Stephen Kay <sk(a)karma-lab.com> wrote: > > I'm replacing a MindVision VISE X installer with Packages... > > My (ancient) app is installed in a folder in the /Applications directory > (I know, this is not the ideal way) but in any case, it was a simple task > in VISE to specify that the app folder be opened after installation. > > I gather that with Packages you would do this via a Post-installation > shell script on the application's package. > > I'm not very skilled with shell scripts, can any of you geniuses share how > to find the folder (when you don't know for sure where it might be > installed) and pass the result to the 'open' command? > > Thanks, > - Stephen > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/mike%40mikesolin.com > > This email sent to mike(a)mikesolin.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: https://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: Packages(.app) owner/group question
by Mike Solin 04 Mar '17

04 Mar '17

Do you know which file your application is trying to access? Can you check the permissions on that file? It should be root:admin, 644 (owner: read/write, group: read, other: read). In some cases, you might need to give execute permissions as well (which would make it 755). Run this command: ls -la /Applications/YourApplication.app/Contents/Resources/ Mike -- mike(a)mikesolin.com / @flammable http://mikesolin.com > On Mar 3, 2017, at 8:28 PM, Stephen Kay <sk(a)karma-lab.com> wrote: > > I am in the process of making my first Packages Installer and replacing a > MindVision VISE installer I've used for years. > > First, must say Packages rocks! I really like it, kudos to Stéphane Sudre, > great program. I built an installer that did most of what my VISE X one > did within an hour, including installing various pieces of a third-party > driver system that goes along with it in system level folders. > > But I do have a problem with privileges. When I have it install my app in > the /Applications folder, the default is that it gets installed with the > owner/group attribute of root : admin. When the application is launched, > it tries to open a Resources file that is in the app's package contents. > This now fails and returns an error of: > > afpAccessDenied = -5000; // insufficient access privileges for operation > > Whether or not my (old) app is trying to open this file in the best way or > not is not the issue, it's worked for 20+ years when installed with the > VISE installer, so I just want to get the owner/group right. > > When installed with VISE, the app ends up with owner/group "stephen/staff" > (stephen is my account, the current user I guess). > > So, in Packages, when I look at the Attributes in the Payload tab, for > owner there's a huge list of things, and at the bottom I see daemon, root > and stephen (my account). So if I select "stephen" and then "staff" in > group, is this equivalent to specifying the current user on the customer's > machine? > > I did build a test installer package with it set to this and indeed it > works as it used to, so I just want to make sure that this "fix" will > translate to users machines correctly. > > Thanks, > - Stephen > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/mike%40mikesolin.com > > This email sent to mike(a)mikesolin.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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Packages(.app) - open app folder script
by Stephen Kay 04 Mar '17

04 Mar '17

I'm replacing a MindVision VISE X installer with Packages... My (ancient) app is installed in a folder in the /Applications directory (I know, this is not the ideal way) but in any case, it was a simple task in VISE to specify that the app folder be opened after installation. I gather that with Packages you would do this via a Post-installation shell script on the application's package. I'm not very skilled with shell scripts, can any of you geniuses share how to find the folder (when you don't know for sure where it might be installed) and pass the result to the 'open' command? Thanks, - Stephen _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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Packages(.app) owner/group question
by Stephen Kay 04 Mar '17

04 Mar '17

I am in the process of making my first Packages Installer and replacing a MindVision VISE installer I've used for years. First, must say Packages rocks! I really like it, kudos to Stéphane Sudre, great program. I built an installer that did most of what my VISE X one did within an hour, including installing various pieces of a third-party driver system that goes along with it in system level folders. But I do have a problem with privileges. When I have it install my app in the /Applications folder, the default is that it gets installed with the owner/group attribute of root : admin. When the application is launched, it tries to open a Resources file that is in the app's package contents. This now fails and returns an error of: afpAccessDenied = -5000; // insufficient access privileges for operation Whether or not my (old) app is trying to open this file in the best way or not is not the issue, it's worked for 20+ years when installed with the VISE installer, so I just want to get the owner/group right. When installed with VISE, the app ends up with owner/group "stephen/staff" (stephen is my account, the current user I guess). So, in Packages, when I look at the Attributes in the Payload tab, for owner there's a huge list of things, and at the bottom I see daemon, root and stephen (my account). So if I select "stephen" and then "staff" in group, is this equivalent to specifying the current user on the customer's machine? I did build a test installer package with it set to this and indeed it works as it used to, so I just want to make sure that this "fix" will translate to users machines correctly. Thanks, - Stephen _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists… This email sent to site_archiver(a)lists.apple.com

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