On Thursday, June 18, 2015, sqwarqDev <sqwarq...@icloud.com> wrote: > Thanks Sean > > That's certainly interesting, but seems like overkill in my case. > SMJobBless seems to be addressing a bigger problem - how to let an app run > privileged tasks without authorizing the entire app and without repeatedly > asking the user for a password. > > That's not quite what I want. I actually want the user to be prompted for > the password whenever it's needed just in the same way that Finder does. > > I don't see that as quite the same thing. All I'm trying to do is to get > the system to not fail the move with a permission denied error and to seek > that permission from the user. I can achieve this simply enough with > applescript, but I was hoping there was a Cocoa solution.
I would file a Radar. Typically that's the case when there appears to be missing functionality -- and if you're doing something wrong, an Apple engineer can sometimes point you in the right direction. > > > Best > > Phil > > > On 18 Jun 2015, at 09:13, Sean McBride <s...@rogue-research.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 08:16:48 +0700, sqwarqDev said: > > > >> Hi list > >> > >> I'm trying to move some files to the trash with my app, but I need OS X > >> to throw an authentication dialog when the requested file needs > >> permission to be moved. > >> > >> I need a solution that will work from 10.6 onwards, so I've been looking > >> at NSWorkspace's recycleURLs rather than NSFileManager's trashItemAtURL > >> (not available pre 10.8). > >> > >> My problem is that recycleURLs doesn't appear to offer an option to ask > >> the user for a password if it's needed. Is there another method I can > >> use that will, or a way to make recycleURLs throw the dialog? I know I > >> could probably run an NSTask and call "rm" but that's a bit more brutal > >> than what I'm looking for. I'd like the user to actually see the file in > >> the Trash and to know that they've authorised its removal. > > > > You should look at the SMJobBless sample code, which I think is the > current way to do things: > > > > < > https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/samplecode/SMJobBless/Introduction/Intro.html > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > -- > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Sean McBride, B. Eng s...@rogue-research.com > <javascript:;> > > Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com > > Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com <javascript:;>) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/sevenbitstech%40gmail.com > > This email sent to sevenbitst...@gmail.com <javascript:;> _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
