site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Installer-dev@lists.apple.com User-agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) -- Paul Miller | paul@fxtech.com | www.fxtech.com | Got Tivo? _______________________________________________ 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... Bill Coderre wrote: On Jul 10, 2008, at 10:40 AM, Paul Miller wrote: I need to pass some information from an installer plugin to a postinstall script. I tried using setenv() in my willExitPane: method, but the variable is empty when read in the postinstall script. Is there another way to do this? You must write into a known file name/path that is accessible to the logged in user and maybe root (if your script asks for root auth). Yes, this is a security problem. Be very careful that you can create the file safely. If not, a malicious hacker can put a symlink to /kernel there and the machine won't reboot. Or worse. Thanks, I was beginning to suspect this is what I would have to do. Wondering why setenv() wasn't working - surely Installer.app spawns the postinstall scripts? BTW - I looked for a specific solution to this for over a hour before asking here. What "official" documentation I could find was tagged as obsolete. I'm sorry if this is a FAQ. Only helpful if I can find the FAQ though. :-) This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com