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Re: Test if app run by Guest account?
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Re: Test if app run by Guest account?


  • Subject: Re: Test if app run by Guest account?
  • From: Karl Moskowski <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:07:36 -0500


On 26-Feb-09, at 6:04 PM, Gerd Knops wrote:


On Feb 26, 2009, at 4:29 PM, Andrew Farmer wrote:

On 26 Feb 09, at 14:05, Karl Moskowski wrote:
I'm looking for a way to disable some features in my application if it's being run by the Leopard Guest account.

I tried using CSIdentityQueryCreateForCurrentUser() as outlined in the Identity Services Programming Guide to determine the current account running the app, and when run by an admin account, it returns the expected identity.

However, when run by Guest, the returned array of entries contains no objects. Would that be sufficient to reliably establish that the Guest account is current?

Comparing NSUserName() against @"guest" seems rather more straightforward, as well as less likely to break if Apple changes the way guest accounts are implemented.

But will that work in non-english speaking locales?

Gerd

I hadn't thought of that.

Also, it's possible to change the short-name of the Guest account, along with its User ID, Group ID, etc. in the Accounts PrefsPane. That's why I started looking at Identity Services.

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Karl Moskowski <email@hidden>
Voodoo Ergonomics Inc. <http://voodooergonomics.com/>



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