Running Macintosh Installer from a Package Subfolder (121234)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.0
- Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.1
This article was previously published under Q121234 SYMPTOMS
If a Macintosh software package is created that contains the actual
Installer in a subfolder of the root of the original source package, and
the package is then distributed to a Macintosh client, the following
message appears and Installer cancels:
The files needed for this installation could not be found on your server
volume "SMS_SHR." Please contact your network administrator.
CAUSE
This problem can be caused by a path name syntax error in the Command Line
box in the Command Line Properties dialog box of the Systems Management
Server Administrator program for the package.
RESOLUTION
Make sure that if there is an executable file inside a subfolder of the
package root, that the path begins with a colon (:), followed by the folder
names and ending with the name of the executable file. If there are spaces
in any of the folder or file names, then the entire path needs to be
surrounded by quotation marks. For example, ":Master Set 1:Installer" for a
package named "Mac Fonts," which includes folders Master Set 1, Master Set
2, and so on, and the Installer application inside Master Set 1 is the
executable file.
The path needs to begin with a colon because while MS-DOS, PC-DOS, and
clone operating systems use a backslash (\) to delimit paths, Apple
Macintosh System software uses a colon (:). Without the leading colon, the
Macintosh System software interprets any path as starting with a volume
name.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 6/14/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbnetwork kbsmsAdmin KB121234 |
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