[izpack-devel] Need a bit of info on the Mac

[Aaron Mulder]

On 1/10/06, Hal Vaughan <hal at thresholddigital.com> wrote:
> So if you're trying to install a program on the Mac with IzPack and it needs
> admin rights, the OS will ask for a password automatically?  In other words
> is installing on a admin/superuser account not an issue on Mac?

No, I said I'm not sure whether the OS will do it automatically or
whether the installer needs to make some OS calls to force the prompt
and privilege elevation to happen.  But I've never done any Mac
programming per se -- I'm sure you could find someone who would know
for sure.

Aaron


> > On 1/10/06, Hal Vaughan <hal at thresholddigital.com> wrote:
> > > For you Mac users out there, I have a question:
> > >
> > > On Linux and Windows I know there are some programs you can't install
> > > unless you are root or Administrator.  What is the Mac equivalent of
> > > this?  I know the Mac root account in OSX is disabled by default.  Can
> > > any user install any program?
> > >
> > > I also know that for other flavors of *nix, it would be root, but are
> > > there any other OSes out there that IzPack works on with a different name
> > > for the equivalent of the root account?
> > >
> > > Hal
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