[launchd-dev] Stopping and uninstalling a LaunchDaemon job

[Quinn]

At 8:08 -0700 27/8/08, Shawn Erickson wrote:
>We have no issues using the rights we are granted to remove files
>owned by root, etc. but we cannot use launchctl to stop the
>LaunchDaemon because the uninstall task runs as the current user and
>not as root (aka doesn't see the top level launchd instance).

I'm confused.  To remove a file from /Library/LaunchDaemons you have 
to be running as root.  Why can't you sublaunch launchctl from that 
context?

S+E
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