site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com On Oct 2, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Greg Neagle wrote: user/group info for filesystem items is _always_ stored as numeric values. When you create your user, specify the UID at that time as well. Actually I think there should be 3 ways of specifying ownership: Jakub _______________________________________________ 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... Hi Greg, I was thinking about this in the first place, but I don't think it is a correct solution, as there is no guarantee that the UID is not already taken on target system. That's why I think it should be possible to specify the user/group by names. If there is no such user or group on the system, the installation will fail, so it is the responsibility of the installer to create such user/group. 1. UID/GID number, installed software will be owned by exactly this user/group. (good for well known users/groups: root, admin, wheel) 2. user/group name, installed software will be owned by user/group specified by this name. (good for newly created users/groups by the installation process) 3. no user/group specified, meaning that the files should be owned by user/group running the installer. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com