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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 1"""
+ date="2017-04-13T21:36:20Z"
+ content="""
+I got a patch some years back to make propellor compile on OSX.
+I merged it. You might want to get in touch with its author, as
+he may be doing something with propellor on OSX.
+<https://github.com/tittoassini/propellor>
+
+Anyway, I'd probably merge OSX patches, if they were not super
+intrusive. And I don't see why it would be, as propellor already supports
+FreeBSD.
+
+Since `Property` is parameterized by the operating systems it
+supports, it should be easy to start by only porting the core parts
+of propellor, and then port over individual Properties one by one as
+needed. See the commits for the recent FreeBSD port for a nice walkthough
+of the changes you'll want to make.
+"""]]
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joelmccracken"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/45175015b9eb3dd3f6c740b3fe920fed"
+ subject="comment 2"
+ date="2017-04-17T17:47:30Z"
+ content="""
+Sounds good. I contacted the person you linked to, have not heard back yet. 
+
+
+
+The first issue I ran into is that propellor wants to connect to \"root@<hostname>\", and it doesn't look like this is configurable.
+Would you accept a patch to make this configurable?
+
+Additionally, is this the best place to ask questions about what you would/would not accept?
+
+Thank you!!!
+"""]]
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 3"""
+ date="2017-04-18T00:08:13Z"
+ content="""
+Yes, this is the place. Or you can email me directly, but I prefer to keep
+discussions public.
+
+`propellor --spin` needs a way to run commands as root on the remote host.
+If ssh as root on OSX is not allowed, it would need a way to get to a user
+who can get root, and it would be very annoying if a password needed to be
+entered since each `propellor --spin` actually makes several ssh connections to
+the remote host. Anything that works within these constraints would be ok.
+"""]]
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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joelmccracken"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/45175015b9eb3dd3f6c740b3fe920fed"
+ subject="comment 4"
+ date="2017-04-20T02:23:06Z"
+ content="""
+So, it turns out that yes, root is a thing on os x... but it is complicated. I'm going to put what I learned here because I think it will be useful, at least for telling folks how to use propellor on os x.
+
+1. Enable the root account. Steps are here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204012
+2. password-authentication as root is disabled -- if you try to `ssh root@localhost`, it wont work. you need a key pair. 
+3. use su/sudo to install a public key (probably at `.ssh/id_rsa.pub`) to roots authorized_keys. adapted from: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4078360?start=0&tstart=0
+4. copy the the pub file to authorized keys: `sudo cp /Users/joel/.ssh/id_rsa.pub /var/root/.ssh/authorized_keys`
+5. you should now be able to `ssh root@localhost` without a password.
+
+I'm not super sure that this is even the best way forward, but lets get this working first, then we'll see.
+"""]]