Hi, here is the code;
[...]
// create the authorization reference...
AuthorizationRef myAuthorizationRef;
OSStatus myStatus;
myStatus = AuthorizationCreate (NULL,
kAuthorizationEmptyEnvironment, kAuthorizationFlagDefaults,
&myAuthorizationRef);
// if the folder isn't there, then don't try to remove it!
if ([NSFm fileExistsAtPath:@"/Applications/Folder" isDirectory:
&isDir] && isDir)
{
// set up authorization before attempting to remove the
folder...
AuthorizationItem myItems[1];
myItems[0].name =
"com.promethean.DeviceRegisterUninstaller";
myItems[0].valueLength = 0;
myItems[0].value = NULL;
myItems[0].flags = 0;
AuthorizationRights myRights;
myRights.count = sizeof (myItems) / sizeof (myItems[0]);
myRights.items = myItems;
AuthorizationFlags myFlags;
myFlags = kAuthorizationFlagDefaults |
kAuthorizationFlagInteractionAllowed |
kAuthorizationFlagExtendRights;
myStatus = AuthorizationCopyRights (myAuthorizationRef,
&myRights, kAuthorizationEmptyEnvironment, myFlags, NULL);
if ([NSFm removeFileAtPath: (NSString *)
@"/Applications/Folder" handler: nil] == NO)
{
[...]
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
om] On Behalf Of Robert Cerny
Sent: 08 July 2008 12:35
To: Cocoa Development
Subject: Re: Removing folder from /Applications
On 8.7.2008, at 12:52, Glover,David wrote:
> Hi there,
>
>
>
> I've create a little app that is required to remove an obsolete folder
> from /Applications. This works fine when the user is logged in as an
> Admin, but not when logged in as a Standard user, as they obviously
> require authorization.
>
>
>
> So, I added some code to request an Admin username and password using
> Authorization Services, immediately before calling removeFileAtPath to
> remove the folder. However, the folder still cannot be removed after
> inputting an Admin username and password.
>
>
>
> Please can anybody offer any insight into what I'm missing here?
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
>
> Dave
Hi Dave,
hard to help without any code.
Robert
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