Admin password on .pkg

Koelling

Koelling

I Think Different
I just downloaded the Cimera Browser and I got a problem I've had once or twice before. It opens the installer (the file is .pkg) and says "you need an administrator password to instal this software" I click on the little lock in the corner and it turns blue for about 2 seconds, then goes clear again without asking for my password. Anyone know what this could be?

I'd also like to know how to unpack this file in the terminal if anyone could tell me. I am betting I could sudo _____ chimera.pkg if I knew what that blank was.

Any ideas?
 
For some odd reason, the installer .pkg has its permissions screwed up. The command that should enable you to unlock it is:
sudo chmod -R 775 [path_to_chimera_installer]
 
I want to tell you how much I appreciate your help and others who have helped me before but that didn't work. I changed it to 777 or drwxrwxrwx just for good measure but no go on that either. I can access and read the file fine and I am the admin but I think its something within the installer somehow. Thats why I was wondering how to unpack within the terminal because it shouldn't have that bug.

Also, on a whim I looked at the contents of the package and there was a .gz file and some others so if that gets anyone closer to a solution. Thanks again everyone!
 
this is interesting...... when I try to extract using pacifist, it gives me an error

An error of type -60007 occurred while attempting to authorize to launch tools with root privileges.

something is really weird with my permissions or something. Just brainstorming here... maybe some kind of corruption with keychain access? could it be something wrong with my user files?

On a happier note, I convinced my room mate to download and expand chimera and then I transfered it from his computer and I love it! Its obviously not there yet but it is cool anyway. My problem still affects other .pkg files so if anyone else has ideas I would be open to trying something.
 
Create another user with admin privileges and see if that user can authenticate.

That's where I would start.
 
Well thanks everyone, I'm getting lots of good ideas to check and I'm narrowing it down. I set up an account with admin privs and it didn't work either. I decided to run Console and it showed no strage occurances.

My biggest clue thus far is in process viewer. It shows Security Agent starting when I click the lock but it immediatly closes down.

Also I don't know if this is related but when I start up I get about 4 nsfiod processes run by root. Why so many?
 
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