site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com On Sep 22, 2008, at 5:36 AM, Adil Saleem wrote: Is it possible to put a password on the installer package ? So that only i can (or anybody who knows the password) can install using that package ? I have PackageMaker 3.0.2 On Sep 22, 2008, at 4:31 AM, David Watson wrote: Not as far as I know, but what you can do is to put it inside an encrypted DMG. You can do this manually through Disk Utility, or do it from the command line: hdiutil create -passphrase "$PASSWORD" -srcfolder $SOURCEFOLDER - volname $"VOLNAME" -encryption AES-128 $OUTPUT Anyone can "show package contents" and double-click the Archive file and get the contents out. (Things are only slightly more complex with flat packages.) So making an encrypted disk image is about as good as it gets. _______________________________________________ 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