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On Mac OSX, the third-party command line tool I have needs to run as super user unfortunately. I'm building a front-end GUI for it. My Qt/C++ application is using QProcess to shell out to Bash and run this command via echo "{PASS}" sudo -l "{USER}" -S {COMMAND}. I'm successful with that -- just as long as I have the Apple ID user/pass.

Is there a way my PKG installer can graphically prompt for Apple ID user/pass? Second, how would you recommend I store this securely?

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  • You could possibly add a postinstall/preinstall action asking for the username and password.
    – At0micMutex
    Sep 20, 2015 at 3:24
  • I can use echo "{PASSWORD}" | sudo -l "{USERNAME}" -S {COMMAND}, but the problem is how to graphically prompt for that during the setup wizard of the PKG installation process?
    – Volomike
    Sep 20, 2015 at 3:27
  • you may be able to add a script which executes an app to get the user's password: (here's a helpful link on pkg scripts)
    – At0micMutex
    Sep 20, 2015 at 3:33
  • @IronCraftMan I may have found the answer. Can you confirm? When I read some documentation about Apple's PackageManager tool, when I scroll down in that, I think it says that if I choose the Admin Authorization flag on the installer, then all Bash scripts that run from that will run as root and will not require sudo authorization.
    – Volomike
    Sep 20, 2015 at 3:35
  • the should run as root, as all installer pkgs require an admin authorization.
    – At0micMutex
    Sep 20, 2015 at 3:38

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From this documentation...

http://s.sudre.free.fr/Software/documentation/Packages/en/Package_Settings_Customization.html#6

...it states that Apple PackageManager files (.PKG) files have an option to run with Administrator privileges. It specifically states:

If you install anything in /Applications or /Library, this option should be enabled.

Also, in this documentation...

http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/PackageMaker_Howto.html

...it states that Bash scripts that you run will run under Administrator privileges (root) and therefore will not require sudo authentication to do powerful tasks.

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