Shouldn't the the SMJobBless example be used? Although I am still struggling to 
get this to work - even have an open Apple support issue.

On 16/03/2012, at 11:45 PM, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:

> 
> Le 16 mars 2012 à 13:27, Gerriet M. Denkmann a écrit :
> 
>> 
>> 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.
> 
> So, I fear this is note the good list for such question. darwin-dev, will be 
> a better place.
> 
> -- Jean-Daniel
> 
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