site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com Thanks, Howard Hi, No, you don't need to change the permission of the original file to set the permission in the payload. The question is: is this a first install or a previous version of the plugin was already installed with the drwxr-xr-x permissions? If it's a first install, the permissions set in the payload should be the ones after installation. _______________________________________________ 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... Ah, that's probably it. I had run the plug-in myself in that folder before, with the "wrong" permissions, and was installing over that existing file, I bet. Oh well, I modified the permissions on my copies and re-built the installers anyway, and the permissions are correct after manually deleting the file and then installing (i.e., a "first" install). So whatever caused it, it's working as expected now. It will be a first install for users, so it should work fine for them, too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephane Sudre" <dev.iceberg@gmail.com> To: "Howard Moon" <howard@antarestech.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 8:06 AM Subject: Re: Permissions not copying? On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Howard Moon <howard@antarestech.com> wrote: I've got an Iceberg installer project which creates a meta-package. One of the Components of the package copies a VST audio plug-in to the /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST folder. The permissions for the plug-in, as set in the Iceberg project, are drwxrwxr-x, but in the target machine they are set to drwxr-xr-x. I had thought that just setting them in Iceberg itself would set the permissions I specify. But that does not seem to be the case. Do I need to set the permissions on my own copy of the file before building the installer, in order to get the correct permissions set on the target? If it's not a first install, you may use the Overwrite directory permission option but this does not work on Mac OS X 10.6 (a bug in Installer.app AFAIK). This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com