Thanks for the reply --
Our product is a Parental Controls product. The kernel module is
responsible for traffic capture that, if it's interesting is then proxied
to/from the user space (running as root on *nix, system on Windows, etc.)
daemon. The daemon in turn occasionally needs to display UI t
On 2013 Aug 16, at 08:33, NuSkooler wrote:
> … daemon … occasionally needs to display UI to users … more than just
> notifications
I would say that you should write a little app (.app) to do that, and your
daemon should launch it as needed. If this is for Mac OS X 10.7 or later, you
should
On 16 Aug 2013, at 17:17, Jerry Krinock wrote:
> I would say that you should write a little app (.app) to do that, and your
> daemon should launch it as needed.
Please don't have your daemon launch an app; that's an exercise fraught with
compatibility liability. The most straightforward solu
Thanks again for your replies --
Maybe I didn't describe this well enough:
- The daemon is non-graphical of course and runs with or without a login
session as root.
- I *do* have GUI applications (the "agents") that are to show UI. As
mentioned, the "backup plan" is to use the plist system where
The supported and correct way is to use a Launch Agent for what you are
attempting.
What you do on Windows shouldn't be applied directly on the Mac for technical
and security model reasons.
-Shawn
On Aug 16, 2013, at 9:44 AM, NuSkooler wrote:
> Thanks again for your replies --
>
> Maybe I
On Aug 16, 2013, at 9:44 AM, NuSkooler wrote:
> I *do* have GUI applications (the "agents")
I'm sure that part of the trouble here is the ambiguity which has been baked in
to the documentation through history. The word "agent" in particular is a
frequent sower of confusion.
