On 16 Mar 2012, at 19:17, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:

> 
> 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.

Ok, so let's forget about sandboxing. Not very important - not aiming for the 
Mac Store.
> 
> What are you trying to do that require to get an other process mach port ? 
Something like vmmap.



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