Re: Launch process as root from cocoa app
Re: Launch process as root from cocoa app
- Subject: Re: Launch process as root from cocoa app
- From: Charles Srstka <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:34:25 -0600
On Jan 25, 2010, at 9:18 PM, Nick Zitzmann wrote:
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> On Jan 25, 2010, at 12:57 AM, Nyxem wrote:
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>> 1 - Using the authorizationRef object of my SFAuthorizationView and call AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges() ("/bin/launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mydaemon.plist")
>> --> Failed. daemon not launched as root, but as current user.
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> As you've figured out, AEWP() launches apps with root privileges, but it doesn't run them _as_ root. If you need to launch an app as root for whatever reason via AEWP(), then search the archives for a workaround, because I'm pretty sure I've posted at least one workaround for this years ago...
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> Nick Zitzmann
> <http://www.chronosnet.com/>
It launches the process with an *effective* UID of root. You should be able to make it run as root by using the setuid() function.
However, a better way to go would probably be to use the BetterAuthSample code.
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