I need to make a helper app that will call the open() and read() commands on OSX 10.8. To use those the way I want, I need to be the root user. The purpose is to ultimately read and write to physical disks low-level, without regards of the file format.
Is this something that I do (or the user does, or the installer does) to the application file itself, or do I use AuthorizeMBS to throw up the Authentication dialog of Apple's, and once I have authority, that is for the lifetime of the app running? If it's to the app file itself, do I just do a chmod 777 myapp.app to it, either the user does it himself or I run a script from PackageMaker (yes, I use Packagemaker). If it's in AuthorizeMBS, again, is that for the running time of the app or is it to the function scope itself? Also, using AuthorizeMBS seems funky to me, I don't quite understand it. I looked at the examples but they didn't seem so clear to me. Also, Christian, I asked this on the REAL list, but extending the conversation here, can't I just use IPC? Why the new XPC? Would IPC work, why the mention of XPC, and does REAL or MBS support it? Garth Hjelte Sampler User _______________________________________________ Mbsplugins_monkeybreadsoftware.info mailing list [email protected] https://ml01.ispgateway.de/mailman/listinfo/mbsplugins_monkeybreadsoftware.info
