On Jan 17, 2007, at 2:23 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Ken Ray wrote:
J. Landman Gay wrote:
Richard Gaskin wrote:
But now I wonder: Is there a way to do this from within a
custom Rev-based installer? How does one trigger the OS X
authentication dialog?
Well, that's the deal. I couldn't find a way to do that without
using Apple's installer. Most users wouldn't trust a home-made
dialog that asks for their admin password; they want to see the
"official" one. Ergo, package installer time.
One thing you can do (and I have done this before) is to make a
mock duplicate of the authentication dialog and use shell() to do
the stuff that requires authentication.
With all due respect, eeewwww!
:)
The last thing I want to do is start a trend of third-party apps
mocking up the OS authentication dialog. I imagine that exploit
will start happening sooner or later if it hasn't already, but I
don't want anything with my name on it associated with such schemes.
What I'm hoping to find instead is an option for chmod which will
bring up the OS authentication dialog. I'll check the chmod's man
for that and report back what I find.
That's basically the problem as I see it, Richard - chmod will work
if you are logged in as root or with authority, but you need to get
the authority through other means - I don't think there's a way to do
it with just chmod - but I'd be very interested if you find out how
to do it.
Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_______________________________________________
use-revolution mailing list
[email protected]
Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription
preferences:
http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
