applescriptmacospermissionsymlinkterminal
I'm creating a symbolic link with the following applescript:
on run
do shell script "rm /usr/bin/ant" with administrator privileges
do shell script "ln -s /Users/hordine/software/apache-ant-1.8.2/bin/ant /usr/bin/ant" with administrator privileges
end run
The symbolic link is created but when I try to execute ant -version from a terminal window, I get a permission denied error.
How can I create this link so that I DO have permission to execute it later?
Very old question but I thought I'd mention that some people (including me) chown the homebrew /usr/local/ directory so you can run everything in it without issue. I used:
sudo chown -R `whoami` /usr/local
AppleScript should let you do this by using with administrator privileges:
osascript -e 'do shell script "sudo -s launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist" with administrator privileges'
This doesn't pass the password, but prompts for it with a standard OS X prompt:
You can use this in your Automator workflow in one of the two following ways:
Best Answer
Do a
chmodon the symlink to give you the rights.