site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@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@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com