Run stuff as admin in normal accounts!

menikai · 12-07-2003, 02:40 AM

This is a little trick that I found with applescript! If you tell a application to launch via applescript "In the editor" Then it will open the app without restrictions! Here is another tip that i sent as a hint but never made it. See if you like it!

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How to open installer packages as an administrator.

Here is a little hack that will work on most if not all installer packages .pkg . To open a .pkg as an administrator....

1: Copy the package to the desktop
2: Show the package contents "Under the context. menu"
3: Find the file "Info.plist"
4: Open it with TextEdit
5: Find the string...

<key>IFPkgFlagAuthorizationAction</key>
<string>RootAuthorization</string>

6: Change "Root" to "User"
7: Save and close Info.plist
8: Close the package contents
9: Open the .pkg
You will notice it will not ask you for a password. If it says there is an error. It is probably really installed and ready to go. If you can't open the installed item. Then that means that you did something wrong in the editing. Redo steps 2 through 9. If this still does not fix the problem. Then there is a deeper and the installer can't be hacked.

I hope this was useful!
starwind@sunflower.com

hschickel · 12-07-2003, 06:52 PM

These sound more like bugs than hacks. Has anyone tried them? If they work did you file them?

Hugh

blb · 12-07-2003, 07:09 PM

Note that all this does is tell the installer it doesn't need to gain root privs for the install. If you try to install something which truly does need root (eg, something with a kernel module), this will fail.

If you don't mind something being owned by you, this otherwise should do the job. However, if the producer of the package listed root as a requirement, there may be a reason...

12-07-2003, 02:40 AM	#1
menikai Prospect Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 2	Run stuff as admin in normal accounts! This is a little trick that I found with applescript! If you tell a application to launch via applescript "In the editor" Then it will open the app without restrictions! Here is another tip that i sent as a hint but never made it. See if you like it! ---------------------------------------------------------------- How to open installer packages as an administrator. Here is a little hack that will work on most if not all installer packages .pkg . To open a .pkg as an administrator.... 1: Copy the package to the desktop 2: Show the package contents "Under the context. menu" 3: Find the file "Info.plist" 4: Open it with TextEdit 5: Find the string... <key>IFPkgFlagAuthorizationAction</key> <string>RootAuthorization</string> 6: Change "Root" to "User" 7: Save and close Info.plist 8: Close the package contents 9: Open the .pkg You will notice it will not ask you for a password. If it says there is an error. It is probably really installed and ready to go. If you can't open the installed item. Then that means that you did something wrong in the editing. Redo steps 2 through 9. If this still does not fix the problem. Then there is a deeper and the installer can't be hacked. I hope this was useful! starwind@sunflower.com __________________ we are JP - Electronica Music http://www.soundclick.com/bands/ wearejp

12-07-2003, 06:52 PM	#2
hschickel All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NY, NY Posts: 776	These sound more like bugs than hacks. Has anyone tried them? If they work did you file them? Hugh __________________ First they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

12-07-2003, 07:09 PM	#3
blb All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: CO, USA Posts: 908	Note that all this does is tell the installer it doesn't need to gain root privs for the install. If you try to install something which truly does need root (eg, something with a kernel module), this will fail. If you don't mind something being owned by you, this otherwise should do the job. However, if the producer of the package listed root as a requirement, there may be a reason...