[Casper] User-based shell scripts after self-service installation

[Ernst, Craig S.]

If you use Composer why wouldn't it just be part of the package, why does it need to be a separate file? Is this more for the security/licensing aspect so you don't go over your licenses by everyone just installing it since they see it?

To answer your question, as long as it's just a file you want to modify with defaults or copy down it should work. Right now there would be no trigger to make that second portion happen. You would have to initiate that unless you do more scripting. =)

Craig


On 8/14/08 12:26 PM, "Jeremy Matthews" <jeremymatthews at mac.com> wrote:

Actually, we have volume licensing on everything possible - even when there are only a few licenses....except Final Cut Pro.
All the consumer stuff doesn't seem to be bound by hardware...so far.

So, is it doable using either of those methods for the non-hardware-bound apps?

-j

On Aug 14, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:

The problem you might run into here is that the serialization that's created on one machine won't work on a another as it is bound to the hardware it was originally installed on. This is the case with many Apple software products. To get around this you typically need to purchase Volume licensing, which is 5 or more. And realisitically we do that to get the media that allows for a non-hardware bound install that can be packaged and deployed to multiple machines. I know that this is what we do for Final Cut Studio as well as Final Cut Express. I imagine that iWork is the same.

 Perhaps this will answer your question.

 Craig E


 On 8/14/08 12:09 PM, "Jeremy Matthews" <jeremymatthews at mac.com> wrote:


Lets say you have a self-service item, iWork for example.
 After iWork is installed by the user, you want to serialize iWork by
 way of either:

 1) writing user defaults to that users' preference file (assume you
 would choose to add a script in casper and run after the package is
 installed)
 2) Deposit a file into the users' /Library/Preferences/ directory

 I can't attempt yet (our Casper is offline) - but need to continue
 working to deploy these once it is online. Does either method work?
 They sure don't work in packagemaker as postinstall scripts....since
 installer runs as root it can't understand the concept of "~" outside
 of the root user itself.

 Thanks,
 jeremy
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