From 079bde2aef6521b55f3e17e4601e878039611ead Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Bauer Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2021 19:23:18 -0500 Subject: Try setting enableOwnership in macOS install For external hard disks where ownership is not enabled by default. --- scripts/create-darwin-volume.sh | 4 ++++ scripts/install-darwin-multi-user.sh | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'scripts') diff --git a/scripts/create-darwin-volume.sh b/scripts/create-darwin-volume.sh index 8aff03199..1a17b3439 100755 --- a/scripts/create-darwin-volume.sh +++ b/scripts/create-darwin-volume.sh @@ -759,6 +759,10 @@ setup_volume() { await_volume + if [ "$(/usr/sbin/diskutil info -plist "$NIX_ROOT" | xmllint --xpath "(/plist/dict/key[text()='GlobalPermissionsEnabled'])/following-sibling::*[1]" -)" = "" ]; then + sudo /usr/sbin/diskutil enableOwnership "$NIX_ROOT" + fi + # TODO: below is a vague kludge for now; I just don't know # what if any safe action there is to take here. Also, the # reminder isn't very helpful. diff --git a/scripts/install-darwin-multi-user.sh b/scripts/install-darwin-multi-user.sh index f8d6c5e8f..a5166de64 100644 --- a/scripts/install-darwin-multi-user.sh +++ b/scripts/install-darwin-multi-user.sh @@ -206,4 +206,8 @@ poly_prepare_to_install() { EOF setup_darwin_volume fi + + if [ "$(diskutil info -plist /nix | xmllint --xpath "(/plist/dict/key[text()='GlobalPermissionsEnabled'])/following-sibling::*[1]" -)" = "" ]; then + failure "This script needs a /nix volume with global permissions! This may require running sudo diskutil enableOwnership /nix." + fi } -- cgit v1.2.3