[launchd-dev] GUI app before loginwindow post Tiger

[Kyle Crawford]

What is the recommended way to run a GUI app before loginwindow post Tiger?
In Panther I could set dependencies in StartupItems

In Tiger I called my script from rc.local so it would run before
loginwindow.

I see that rc.local is still supposed to work post Tiger, but it does not
seem to be able to force it to run before loginwindow and seems to be lumped
in with StartupItems.

Also, perhaps a separate issue is that I get a message that untrusted apps
can not attach to or launch WindowServer on demand before loginwindow.   Is
this somehow related to LimitLoadToSessionType?

I am a scripter/sysadmin attempting to run iHook to display progress of a
script before a user can login.  I do plan on doing more on demand, but some
tasks like installing software that requires a reboot don't make sense
post-login since the user would be interrupted and told to reboot soon after
they logged in anyway.


Kyle Crawford
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