sims wrote:
At 8:48 PM -0800 1/17/07, Richard Gaskin wrote:
You mean Apple provides no way for any scripting language to request
authorization on its own? Not even AppleScript?
For the dialog use AppleScript:
do shell script "command" with administrator privileges
To pass other items use:
do shell script "command" user name "me" password "mypassword" with
administrator privileges
I'm having trouble with this. I do get the official Apple password
dialog, but can't execute a command.
I want to change permissions on a folder. This script fails with
"execution error":
put "chmod 777 /Library/Application Support/myfolder/" into tShellCmd
put "do shell script" &"e& tShellCmd "e&& "with administrator
privileges" into tCmd
do tCmd as applescript
put the result
So I figured I needed to escape the space. When I do that, this script
fails with "compiler error":
put "chmod 777 /Library/Application\ Support/myfolder/" into tShellCmd
put "do shell script" &"e& tShellCmd "e&& "with administrator
privileges" into tCmd
do tCmd as applescript
put the result
If I substitute colons instead of slashes I go back to "execution
error". Adding "sudo" to the front of the command doesn't help (but I'm
running as admin right now, so maybe that's why.)
What's the right command to allow any user, admin or not, to type in an
admin password and set the permissions on this folder? Am I using this
feature correctly?
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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