YOUR ACCOUNT

Totte
Übernerd

Posts: 1460
Filters: 107
Installer installs a directory in /Applications with


0 drwx------ 13 506 wheel 442 13 Sep 20:27 Filter Forge 4

and owner is "_unkown".
- I never expected the Spanish inquisition
  Details E-Mail
GMM
Moderator
Filter Forge, Inc
Posts: 3491
Oh, Mac permissions, again... Unfortunately we're stuck with an older version of the Mac installer because a newer version doesn't have the functionality we need.

Totte, could you recommend a good third-party installer? Something similar to Inno Setup we use on Windows.
  Details E-Mail
Totte
Übernerd

Posts: 1460
Filters: 107
Check out BitRock, seems to work very well for DAZ, and is cross platform as well.
http://installbuilder.bitrock.com/
- I never expected the Spanish inquisition
  Details E-Mail
Vladimir Golovin
Administrator
Posts: 3446
Filters: 55
That's a pretty impressive list of customers:
http://installbuilder.bitrock.com/customers.html

We'll definitely take a closer look.
  Details E-Mail
Totte
Übernerd

Posts: 1460
Filters: 107
If you go for it, tell them you got it from me smile;-)
- I never expected the Spanish inquisition
  Details E-Mail
Taper
taper
Posts: 1
To elaborate on this bug a little (since I just hit it -- on the v3 install as well as the v4 install) the installer seems to be creating some files with the user ID '506', where the standard 'root' user is 0 and the first user to be given a login on the machine is 501. My guess, then, is that on your development/packaging machine, the affected folders and files were created by the sixth user on the computer, and the packager didn't change the owner to "root" before the bundle was created. People with six or more users on their computer will see no problems, but anyone with less than six user will see the "unknown" user have ownership.

I'd wager that changing the ownerships on the devel machine and recreating the installers would fix it.

(The permission, in unix terms, of 700 / -rwx------ , on the directory is probably a separate issue.)

Files affected in the v4 installer:
/Applications/Filter Forge 4
/Applications/Filter Forge 4/FFCmdRenderer

Files affected in the v3 installer:
/Applications/Filter Forge 3/
/Applications/Filter Forge 3/InstallPlugins
/Applications/Filter Forge 3/license.rtf
  Details E-Mail
GMM
Moderator
Filter Forge, Inc
Posts: 3491
Thanks Taper! I've forwarded your post to the devs.
  Details E-Mail

Join Our Community!

Filter Forge has a thriving, vibrant, knowledgeable user community. Feel free to join us and have fun!

33,712 Registered Users
+19 new in 30 days!

153,533 Posts
+31 new in 30 days!

15,348 Topics
+73 new in year!

Create an Account

Online Users Last minute:

28 unregistered users.