I'm trying to understand how to fix my Mac package developed in Packagemaker (that comes with Xcode 2.4.1) to install on OS Lion 10.7 without requiring admin privileges when it.

Serial number rave report 8. Given the nature of certain Software Updates, and the fact they can change/overwrite system files, the Software Update process will require admin user rights on the host system.

That doesn't matter whether the update comes from Apple directly, or from some local software update server, the user still needs admin privileges on the host system in order to install them.

So there are two potential solutions. One is to give your users admin rights on their machines (and, of course, you might not want to do this), the other is to use Apple Remote Desktop (ARD).

ARD give a central administrator user the ability to control remote machines on the LAN, including pushing out software updates. It's really the preferred solution for this kind of setup.

It doesn't save the sysadmin from doing the install, but at least s/he doesn't have to walk the halls to touch every machine, and they can all be done in parallel.

Jul 26, 2013 1:13 AM