Re: How to become root
Re: How to become root
- Subject: Re: How to become root
- From: Jean-Daniel Dupas <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:45:54 +0100
Le 16 mars 2012 à 13:27, Gerriet M. Denkmann a écrit :
>
> On 16 Mar 2012, at 19:17, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:
>
>>
>> Le 16 mars 2012 à 12:33, Gerriet M. Denkmann a écrit :
>>
>>> I have an app which needs to do (among other things) to call task_for_pid() which seems to work only for root.
>>>
>>> The modern way to do this is have a small companion tool which exchanges info with my app via XPC. Correct?
>>>
>>> I am also thinking about sandboxing (just as a learning experience). Or is root and sandboxing mutually exclusive?
>>>
>>> Then: how to make my companion tool run as root?
>>> Is there a sandboxing entitlement like: com.apple.security.rootAllowed?
>>> If not: what else to use?
>>>
>>
>> The short answer is don't expect to use task_for_pid with sandboxing. This function is restricted for good reasons.
>
> Ok, so let's forget about sandboxing. Not very important - not aiming for the Mac Store.
>>
>> What are you trying to do that require to get an other process mach port ?
> Something like vmmap.
So, I fear this is note the good list for such question. darwin-dev, will be a better place.
-- Jean-Daniel
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