FYI: For doc and tracking purposes, here's the GF Eclipse bundle issue:
https://glassfishplugins.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=257
Other pointers will be added to that issue after I eat some turkey (not
crow, turkey).
Chris
Christopher Kampmeier wrote:
>
>
> Ludovic Champenois wrote:
>> 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?
>
> That's a fundamental limitation here with pkg(5): shared group with
> appropriate file permissions is not sufficient. See further info below.
>
> pkg(5) and user images don't have any problem when the owning user
> performs the management tasks: be it root or a non-root. The problem is
> when trying to achieve shared management across users with a common group.
>
>>>
>>> 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?
>
> Within pkg(5).
>
>>> 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?
>
> No. That's insufficient.
>
> Package maintainers specify in their package specifications the
> ownership and permissions to apply to newly installed and updated files.
> If a file exists and is owned by root and an updated package calls for
> a change to the permissions on the file, pkg(5) will attempt to change
> the permission. That's fine when the managing user is the owning user.
> However, when the managing user is not the owner, but is still part of
> the shared group, depending on the extent of the permissions change, the
> chmod operation may fail. For example:
>
> $ id
>
> uid=501(ckamps) gid=100(_lpoperator) groups=80(admin),...
>
> $ ls -al sges-v3-prelude/pkg/javadocs/resources/inherit.gif
>
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root admin 57 Jul 8 22:36
> sges-v3-prelude/pkg/javadocs/resources/inherit.gif
>
> $ chmod 0660 sges-v3-prelude/pkg/javadocs/resources/inherit.gif
>
> chmod: Unable to change file mode on
> sges-v3-prelude/pkg/javadocs/resources/inherit.gif: Operation not permitted
>
> The UC team will be running the overall scenario by the pkg(5) community
> to see if there's some room for more flexibility to allow for at least
> shared management when a common group ID is involved. Since I don't
> believe that in general other adopters of pkg(5) for layered use will
> want to give up ability to specify and manage file level permissions
> capability, there might not be much that can be done at the pkg(5) level.
>
> I doubt that NetBean's use of NBMs supports use of file level
> permissions by package maintainers. If it did, it would have to deal
> with the same fundamental issue. Eclipse's update infrastructure may be
> similar in this respect.
>
> Chris
>
>>
>> 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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