You don't seem to be listening. You were given the correct answer: use AuthorizationServices:
Please read, and understand, this page: <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Security/Conceptual/authorization_concepts/01introduction/chapter_1_section_1.html> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 7:47 AM, Mr. Gecko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess I will use applescript for this task > > > On Mar 25, 2008, at 8:19 AM, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote: > > > > > If you didn't find anything useful in the Chris Hanson post and in > > the link it provides, I'm not sure we can give you more help. > > > > NSTask cannot launch an executable with more privilege than your > > current task (except if it launches a setuid tool), and previous > > responses already give you everything you have to now to perform a > > privileged operation. > > > > > > Le 25 mars 08 à 13:47, Mr. Gecko a écrit : > > > >> I looked around there and found nothing useful. > >> Here is my code that I am tying to get root privileges with. > >> NSTask* download = [[NSTask alloc] init]; > >> [download setLaunchPath:@"/usr/bin/curl"]; > >> [download setCurrentDirectoryPath:@"/"]; > >> [download setArguments: [NSArray > arrayWithObjects:@"-O",@"http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-universal-apple-darwin8.11.0.tar.gz > >> ", nil]]; > >> [download launch]; > >> [download waitUntilExit]; > >> NSTask* uncompress = [[NSTask alloc] init]; > >> [uncompress setLaunchPath:@"/usr/bin/gnutar"]; > >> [uncompress setCurrentDirectoryPath:@"/"]; > >> [uncompress setArguments: [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"- > >> xzf",@"ImageMagick-universal-apple-darwin8.11.0.tar.gz", nil]]; > >> [uncompress launch]; > >> [uncompress waitUntilExit]; > >> NSTask* delete = [[NSTask alloc] init]; > >> [delete setLaunchPath:@"/bin/rm"]; > >> [delete setCurrentDirectoryPath:@"/"]; > >> [delete setArguments: [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"ImageMagick- > >> universal-apple-darwin8.11.0.tar.gz", nil]]; > >> [delete launch]; > >> [delete waitUntilExit]; > >> On Mar 24, 2008, at 10:18 PM, Michael Watson wrote: > >> > >>> Search the list. This comes up often. > >>> > >>> > <http://search.lists.apple.com/?q=root+privileges&cmd=Search%21&ul=cocoa-dev > >>> > > >>> > >>> When I say "it comes up often", I mean "this gets asked so often > >>> that it actually was talked about yesterday". Chris Hanson posted > >>> this: > >>> > >>>> (1) Use Authorization Services to create an authorization > >>>> reference for the right to unload your daemon. > >>>> (2) Use NSTask to run a setuid-root helper tool you've written > >>>> that can only unload your daemon. > >>>> (3) Pass the externalized form of the authorization reference > >>>> from #1 over a pipe to the task in #2. > >>>> (4) Verify in the task from #2 that the authorization reference > >>>> actually confers the appropriate right. > >>>> (5) Unload the daemon. > >>>> > >>>> If the setuid helper tool isn't setuid-root, > >>>> AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivilegs should be used to fix that from > >>>> within the tool itself -- in other words, the helper tool should > >>>> be self-repairing. > >>>> > >>>> THis is all described in "Performing Privileged Operations With > >>>> Authorization Services" at > <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Security/Conceptual/authorization_concepts/01introduction/chapter_1_section_1.html > >>>> >. Everyone who wants to perform privileged operations MUST read > >>>> and understand this document completely before attempting to > >>>> write code to do so, to preserve the security of their users' > >>>> systems. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> m-s > >>> > >>> On 24 Mar, 2008, at 23:07, Mr. Gecko wrote: > >>>> Hello I am needing to get root privileges with NSTask so my > >>>> program can install some items that will get downloaded from the > >>>> internet with curl is that possible I know I can do that with > >>>> applescript. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks for tips/help, > >>>> Mr. Gecko > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> > >>>> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > >>>> > >>>> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the > >>>> list. > >>>> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > >>>> > >>>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > >>>> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/mikey-san%40bungie.org > >>>> > >>>> This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > >> > >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > >> > >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > >> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/devlists%40shadowlab.org > >> > >> This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/clarkcox3%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Clark S. 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