Re: Entitlements Questions
Re: Entitlements Questions
- Subject: Re: Entitlements Questions
- From: Scott Ribe <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:23:50 -0700
On Nov 15, 2011, at 7:47 AM, Matt Neuburg wrote:
> I don't know the answer, but isn't this exactly the problem with sandboxing? Apple apparently thinks every application can be reduced to only editing its own little documents in its own little area. The notion that an application is going to do the sort of thing the Finder does, or that any self-respecting Unix tool does, or that an AppleScript or Ruby script does, creating and destroying files and folders, is completely alien to this notion of computing.
It seems there really really ought to be a way for an application to request, and the user to grant or deny, access to the overall file system, or portions thereof. (Note: I'm currently not that familiar with sandboxing because it doesn't really affect me, so maybe I've missed something.)
I understand the reasoning behind not allowing an app to get elevated privileges, and even though it does lock out some useful stuff, I'm on the fence about that one. But even for "ordinary" users, I think barring all apps that need wide access to the file system is going too far.
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