site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com I am creating my own package and currently I don't do anything in the install that requires admin authorization. Therefore, I am setting IFPkgFlagAuthorizationAction to NoAuthorization. When I install the package as an ordinary user, it appears to install correctly, but the Installer fails with an error message: "There were errors installing the software". When I viewed the installer log, I see an error message about how it is trying to move an existing receipt /private/tmp/.<my app name> to /Library/Receipts/<my app name>. The permissions of /Library/Receipts are rwxrwxr-x (owned by root), and since I'm not logged in as an administrator, it makes sense that it fails. Does every installer package created with PackageMaker attempt to write to /Library/Receipts? If so, does this mean that only administrators can install packages? Or is there something wrong with the permissions on my /Library/Receipts directory? -pmb _______________________________________________ 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... At 2:56 PM -0800 2/17/06, Fazan wrote: It's not PackageMaker, but any OS X installer package at all. This is a side effect of us tightening the permissions on /Library/Receipts/ This is usually not a problem, because there's very little software that can be installed somewhere other than in the home directory without admin privileges. If your NoAuthorization package is installed in a homedir, then the receipt should end up in ~/L/R/, which is not as restrictive. Where are you installing your software that's not a home dir but still doesn't require authorization? This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com