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Re: CFURLWriteDataAndPropertiesToResource as root?
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Re: CFURLWriteDataAndPropertiesToResource as root?


  • Subject: Re: CFURLWriteDataAndPropertiesToResource as root?
  • From: Eli Bach <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:04:07 -0600

On Aug 7, 2011, at 10:07 PM, Stephen Blinkhorn wrote:

> It's a validation file containing registration details. My product is an AudioUnit plugin so there's no App Store potential but I'd prefer to keep things clean just in case.
>
> I don't care where I write the file much (previously I wrote it to "/Library/Preferences") but even the hard drive root path is off limits. Other suggestions include writing data into the keychain but this is just a Lion compatibility fix and I'm not sure how keychain access from within an AU would work out in practice.
>
> I register the whole machine rather than individual users. Any other suggestions as to where to write it?
> Stephen

Some apps, including iTunes, using /Users/Shared/ for DRM.  It may still be world-writable in Lion [which I can't confirm as I haven't switched yet...come on 10.7.2...].

Eli

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