Christopher Kampmeier wrote:
> Hi Ludo,
>
> At least on Mac OS X,
Only Mac does this native protected install. All other installers use
the regular user that launches the installer.
> this bundle suffers from the same root install + pkg(5) issue as even
> the current NetBeans + GlassFish v3 bundles. ie. out of the box, use
> of Update Tool, the pkg(1) CLI and desktop notifier + Software Update
> doesn't work. (If these features are not part of the test plan, they
> need to be added).
>
> Assuming that the user managing the installation is usually not root,
> the post install workaround is to:
>
> $ sudo chown -R <user id>:<group id>
> /Applications/GlassFish-Tools-Bundle-For-Eclipse-1.1.7.app/Contents/MacOS/glassfishv3
>
Hum, for 1 single user, yes, maybe?
>
> Doing this will allow the non-root user to use the Update Tool GUI and
> pkg(1) CLI to manage the installation of v3. It will also enable the
> desktop notifier and Software Update GUIs, which run as the non-root
> user, to inspect and update the image.
>
> I am in the process of adding the gory details of why this is a
> problem when pkg(5) is involved to an existing bug report filed under
> Update Center.
So this is more on the UC side?
> I'll also update the v3 tracking bug once those details are updated.
>
> We should also file a tracking bug for the Eclipse + v3 bundle. Where
> is that issue tracker? (Same goes for NetBeans because it's not clear
> to me that there is a tracking bug for the NetBeans installer).
>
> I haven't downloaded and tried the bundles on other OS platforms, but
> a root install on those and an attempt to manage the install as a
> non-root user will result in the same issue. (Being in the same group
> ID doesn't help - which will be explained in the underlying UC bug
> report).
>
> It's not clear to me whether you have an option to wire your installer
> to install the content as non-root. I see about 15% of my apps under
> /Applications installed as non-root.
Let me see what I can do in the postflight script of our installer...Not
sure if there, at that time I can get the regular user name as the
installer has already asked for the root password to run the process. If
I can, it is an easy change.
Chmod a+w would not do the same?
Ludo
>
> Installing as non-root from the get go would certainly avoid the issue
> pkg(5) has with the combo of root ownership + non-root management. I
> know, NetBeans doesn't have an issue with the combo as long as a
> common group ID is in effect and permissions are proper, but pkg(5) is
> different in that it attempts to actively manages file permissions
> whereas NBM does not. More will be doc'd in the UC bug report.
>
> Chris
>
> Ludovic Champenois wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The latest nightly build (1.1.7) for GlassFish Tools Bundle For
>> Eclipse 1.2 is now available.
>>
>> It contains:
>>
>> * Latest Eclipse 3.5.1 IDE with WTP Java EE support
>> * JSF Facelet plugin (from the Eclipse incubator project) to help
>> the JSF 2.0 developer
>> * Latest GlassFish v3 Java EE 6 Build 74 pre-registered and configured
>> * JavaDB sample database pre-registered and configured
>> * GlassFish Plugin (1.0.41)
>> * Java EE 5 and updated Java EE 6 Javadoc code completion in the
>> Java Editor
>> * MySQL JDBC driver registered to the IDE
>> * Maven m2 plugins
>> * JAX-WS Metro plugin
>> * GlassFish documentation
>> * And optionally, a JDK 1.6. update 16
>>
>>
>> Get it from http://download.java.net/glassfish/eclipse/1.1.7/ and
>> give us feedback. The stable 1.2 version will be available soon after
>> the release of GlassFish Java EE 6 v3 release.
>>
>> The stable 1.1 version is still available at
>> http://download.java.net/glassfish/eclipse
>>
>> Ludo
>>
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