On 2009 Aug 23, at 11:57, I. Savant wrote:
On Aug 23, 2009, at 2:31 PM, PCWiz wrote:
Basically I need to run the chown/chmod utilities and probably cp/
mv/mkdir as well using root privileges. What would be the best way
to do this?
http://developer.apple.com/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/GS_Security/
Pay particular attention to anything regarding "Authorization
Services".
Yes, you'll need a privileged helper tool. We had a discussion of
this over on [email protected] a couple months ago and I was
convinced that it made more sense to temporarily chmod them and then
cp/mv/mkdir/whatever. [1] Anyhow, I added two new tools,
HelperToolTaskDoSetPermissions and HelperToolTaskDoCopyFiles, to my
BetterAuthorizationSample wrapper. [2] Even if you can use my tool
and framework it's still quite messy, though -- privileges have a high
price.
A better place to discuss this further would be [email protected]
.
Jerry
1. http://lists.apple.com/archives/Apple-cdsa/2009/May/msg00002.html
2. http://sheepsystems.com/sourceCode/authTasksCocoa.html Note: The
new tools, HelperToolTaskDoCopyFiles and HelperToolTaskDoCopyFiles,
are not demonstrated in the demo app.
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