Re: Save authentication to keychain
Re: Save authentication to keychain
- Subject: Re: Save authentication to keychain
- From: Jerry Brace <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 22:05:20 -0200
Hey James,
Thanks for that info - I am now working through that sample code. I have one question for you. Am I right in assuming that every-time the app is run it will prompt for authentication once and not time out, and if the app is closed and reopened it will prompt again? Or should the user only ever be prompted once and never again - unless their root password changes? I just need to know this to be sure that I'm on the right track. Either of these outcomes would be great for my situation - I just need to eliminate the time out. Just as a FYI - the unix binary I need to run as root is called "wakein" it is from the Power Manager DDK.
Many thanks,
Jerry
On Saturday, August 06, 2005, at 06:13PM, James Bucanek <email@hidden> wrote:
>Jerry Brace wrote on Saturday, August 6, 2005:
>
>>Does anyone know how to save authentication information to the keychain?
>>My app requires access to a unix binary as root and after prompting for authentication it times out after a period
>>of time. I'd like to save that information where the app can retrieve it whenever it needs it. Any ideas?
>
>You can't save an authentication. An authentication is a "ticket" that expires after a period of time. To authorize a binary to run as root forever, you need to authorize the user once and use that privilege to install the binary as a set-UID executable with an owner of root. Once installed, the binary can run as root whenever it needs to, without any additional authorization. Sample code for how to do this can be found here: <http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/MoreAuthSample/MoreAuthSample.html>
>--
>James Bucanek
>
>
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