Try setting enableOwnership in macOS install

For external hard disks where ownership is not enabled by default.
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Matthew Bauer 2021-08-24 19:23:18 -05:00
parent af94b54db3
commit 079bde2aef
2 changed files with 8 additions and 0 deletions

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@ -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]" -)" = "<false/>" ]; 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.

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@ -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]" -)" = "<false/>" ]; then
failure "This script needs a /nix volume with global permissions! This may require running sudo diskutil enableOwnership /nix."
fi
}