Re: AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges deprecated
Re: AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges deprecated
- Subject: Re: AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges deprecated
- From: Charles Srstka <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:34:39 -0500
On Sep 11, 2013, at 5:53 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <email@hidden> wrote:
> I have this code:
>
> AuthorizationRef auth;
> OSStatus aa = AuthorizationCreate( NULL, kAuthorizationEmptyEnvironment, kAuthorizationFlagDefaults, &auth);
>
> const char *pathToTool = [ theHelperPath fileSystemRepresentation ];
> const char *const arguments[] = { "--self-repair", NULL };
> FILE *communicationsPipe;
> aa = AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges ( auth,
> pathToTool,
> kAuthorizationFlagDefaults,
> (char * const *)arguments,
> &communicationsPipe
> );
>
> int fileDescriptor = fileno( communicationsPipe );
> NSFileHandle *readHandel = [ [ NSFileHandle alloc ] initWithFileDescriptor: fileDescriptor ];
>
> ... some reading from readHandel
>
> int yy = fclose( communicationsPipe );
>
> works fine, but Xcode is telling me that AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges is deprecated since 10.7.
>
> I asked Xcode about this (expecting something like: "use this instead") but got no answer.
>
> So what to do?
> My HelperTool needs to run as root. How is this to be done?
You have to use SMJobBless to install the tool as root, and then pick your favorite form of IPC to communicate with it (XPC is best, if you can require 10.7).
Charles
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