I using IA 2008 for creating Unix installer/uninstaller. I want only root user to uninstall software and if any non root user attempts to uninstall, proper error should be displayed and uninstall process should be aborted immediately.
I have written Unix Uninstaller which checks for logged in user and if it is root then installation proceeds. If it is non root then using uninstall method, I am throwing FatalInstallException. Proper error is displayed on screen/logged into log but uninstallation still continues.
This is kind of corrupting some files and next time when root user tries to uninstall, its causing problem. I checked docs and it says throwing FatalInstallException does not stop uninstallation. There is no abortInstallation method for UninstallerProxy.
If there is some workaround where i can abort uninstallation for non root user in Unix?
I check for the user ID that has launched the installer in the pre-install task. If the ID is non-zero, meaning that the user is non root, I display a message that has the OK button which is set to end the installer. You can do the exact same thing in console mode.
Sorry, I haven't seen your post. I think that basically you must do the same thing, but just in the pre-uninstall task. And I think you've got an API function in order to abort uninstallation.
