Re: Executing privileged work using exec
Re: Executing privileged work using exec
- Subject: Re: Executing privileged work using exec
- From: Quinn <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 12:48:19 +0100
At 20:33 -0700 13/5/04, OL&L Lists wrote:
Does the Authorization Framework really use exec to do its work?
Of course. There's no way to start a new executable on Mac OS X
without using exec.
I thought Apple's security team said this was a no-no.
I think you're confusing exec with "system" or "popen". Those calls
invoke a shell, which causes all sorts of unexpected security
vulnerabilities.
S+E
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Quinn "The Eskimo!" <
http://www.apple.com/developer/>
Apple Developer Technical Support * Networking, Communications, Hardware
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