Authorization once, and .dmg
Authorization once, and .dmg
- Subject: Authorization once, and .dmg
- From: Jen Beaven <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:41:59 -0400
I have an application that is supposed to run once, either from a CD
or from a downloaded .dmg volume. It has to change the network
settings. I'm sure others on this list have done this using MoreSCF
and AuthSample, but how the heck do you distribute it?
I can't put the tool in the app as suid, because mounting the .dmg as
an external drive loses the privileges. The tool can't self-repair
for the same reason, and self-repair is kind of useless for a tool
that will only be run once.
I suppose I can just use AEWP on the tool, but then the user will
see the (helpfully not in focus) trampoline dialog, and have to enter
a userid as well as a password. That seems to circumvent the whole
"rights" process, anyway.
This is an app for people who are not expected to have to be able to
use system preferences, so I can't go telling them to logon as root
or authorize the disk or anything. It has to run once and just work.
It's the counterpart of a PC app, and so the idea of typing in userid
and password is _already_ making The Mac Way more complicated...
What's everyone else doing?
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