Le 16 mars 2012 à 12:33, Gerriet M. Denkmann a écrit :

> I have an app which needs to do (among other things) to call task_for_pid() 
> which seems to work only for root.
> 
> The modern way to  do this is have a small companion tool which exchanges 
> info with my app via XPC. Correct?
> 
> I am also thinking about sandboxing (just as a learning experience). Or is 
> root and sandboxing mutually exclusive?
> 
> Then: how to make my companion tool run as root?
> Is there a sandboxing entitlement like: com.apple.security.rootAllowed?
> If not: what else to use?
> 


The short answer is don't expect to use task_for_pid with sandboxing. This 
function is restricted for good reasons.

What are you trying to do that require to get an other process mach port ? 


-- Jean-Daniel





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