Discussion Tell HN: Cisco WebEx on OS X uses the same pre-installer tricks as Zoom I noticed while installing WebEx today that the installer immediately terminated itself after popping up the pre-installation script.Running `strings` on the installation plugin (CWSPkgPlugin.bundle) shows why - it's using a similar process to what Zoom does [1] +[CWSUtilBase unzip:to:] /usr/bin/unzip Clean up temp unziped app done: %i unzip:to: [...] Cisco Webex pkg plugin, begin init work. Install CWS result: %i Launch CWS result: %i Terminate installer: %@ Terminate self: %@ [...] /usr/sbin/lsof forceTerminate Previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22736608[1] https://www.imore.com/zooms-preinstallation-script-workaroun... 673 points mmastrac 6 years ago 180 comments
Running `strings` on the installation plugin (CWSPkgPlugin.bundle) shows why - it's using a similar process to what Zoom does [1]
Previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22736608[1] https://www.imore.com/zooms-preinstallation-script-workaroun...