On Nov 12, 2009, at 10:44 AM, JongAm Park wrote: > NSString *PlugInPath = [NSString stringWithString:@"/Library/Application > Support/Final Cut Pro System Support/Plugins/test3.valm"];
Apologies for being a little pedantic here, but calling +stringWithString: is almost never necessary and in this case is just cluttering the autorelease pool/garbage collector. You can set NSString pointers to NSString constants with no problems. > Although it returns "errAuthorizationSuccess" in "authorize" method, when a > file is to be copied, it returns "fail" state and the file is not copied. > Can anyone help me to figure out why? You cannot escalate the privileges of a running task on Mac OS X. So if a running task does not have root privileges, then it never will. > Should I use AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges() and invoke an external > command like "cp"? > I think it should be possible to copy files with proper privilege with Cocoa > calls. Yes. Apple actually wants you to use AEWP() to run your own helper tool for security reasons, though it's highly unlikely you'll run into problems by doing direct invocations. Check the list archives for details. Nick Zitzmann <http://www.chronosnet.com/> _______________________________________________ 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/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
