Why the installer needs admin privileges

boot2docker / osx-installer

Docker installer for Mac OS X

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Why the installer needs admin privileges #44

Closed alimoeeny closed 10 years ago

alimoeeny commented 10 years ago

What does the installer do in addition to what is available in home brew that it needs admin privileges? Is it possible to make the installer work without admin? or make it an option?

SvenDowideit commented 10 years ago

the installer installs virtualbox, but I have not yet looked to see who and why we make you be admin.

in future I do plan on adding and starting a daemon though - which will need root.

alimoeeny commented 10 years ago

Thanks Seven, If at all possible, making this optional would be greatly appreciated. Like if a user does not want or do not have access to admin account, they can select things off (deselect running the demon for example) and install the basic stuff. Cheers.