Other possible solution for Mac OS X 10.7 and later: /bin/launchctl asuser $DESIRED_UID /bin/launchctl load -S Aqua pathto.plist And yes, the asuser option is still apparently not documented… https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPa... On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Mitchell J Laurren-Ring <lists@rynosoft.com> wrote:

I've recently added a launchd plist to my installer and need to load it during postflight (which is running as root). For it to work correctly (as a launch agent), I need to execute launchctl as the current user, not root. I tried using "sudo -u $SUDO_USER" but apparently this ENV variable is set to "launchctl" at postflight time.

How do execute something from postflight as "not root", preferably the installing user?

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