The Adobe AIR silent install method does not seem to work anymore if the Mac is at the Logout Screen (no logged in user).
We push the Adobe AIR Installer.app to /private/tmp/ and invoke with a script that run the Adobe AIR silent install command:
# /private/tmp/Adobe\ AIR\ Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe\ AIR\ Installer -silent -eulaAccepted
Result on logged off Mac:
SSH'd in to a remote, logged off Mac, weare SSH'd in from a remote computer. Invoking the Adobe AIR silent in stall command, the install hangs.
Note we are unable to exit the process using CONTROL-C so are forced to SSH in again and reboot the computer.
This is very unacceptable condition, which is the case whether we SSH in or deploy the installer and invoke via script.
# /private/tmp/Adobe\ AIR\ Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe\ AIR\ Installer -silent -eulaAccepted Password: Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Warning>: Untrusted apps are not allowed to connect to Window Server before login. Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Error>: Set a breakpoint at CGSLogError to catch errors as they are logged. Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Error>: This user is not allowed access to the window system right now. _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL. Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Warning>: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID. Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Warning>: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID. Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Warning>: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID. Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Warning>: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID. Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Warning>: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID. Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Warning>: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID. Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Warning>: Invalid Connection ID 0 Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Warning>: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID. Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Warning>: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID. Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Warning>: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID. 2016-12-11 11:23:25.890 Adobe AIR Installer[257:2124] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data 2016-12-11 11:23:25.890 Adobe AIR Installer[257:2124] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data 2016-12-11 11:23:25.891 Adobe AIR Installer[257:2124] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data 2016-12-11 11:23:25.892 Adobe AIR Installer[257:2124] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Warning>: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID. Dec 11 11:23:25 Adobe AIR Installer[257] <Warning>: CGSConnectionByID: 0 is not a valid connection ID. ^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C
Result when a user is logged in Mac:
The errors, but completes...deployment tools flag these kinds of errors, so they should not be considered insignificant or spurious.
Again, an unacceptable condition, that needs to be resolved.
# /private/tmp/Adobe\ AIR\ Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe\ AIR\ Installer -silent -eulaAccepted 2016-12-11 11:55:59.706 Adobe AIR Installer[2943:24586] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data 2016-12-11 11:55:59.707 Adobe AIR Installer[2943:24586] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data 2016-12-11 11:55:59.707 Adobe AIR Installer[2943:24586] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data 2016-12-11 11:55:59.708 Adobe AIR Installer[2943:24586] CFPasteboardRef CFPasteboardCreate(CFAllocatorRef, CFStringRef) : failed to create global data Adobe AIR is currently not installed Installing version 22.0.0.153 Done #
Did the Adobe AIR silent install workflow break?
Are we forced to deploy only when user is logged in?
Is this issue going to get resolved?
PS, note all commands are run as root (# prompt).
Thanks,Don