Hi Sean, Sandboxed apps can resolve aliases and follow symlinks, but unless the destination is within their sandbox already they do not gain access to it, sadly. I recommend filing a radar requesting this.
On 5 Oct 2012, at 20:40, Sean McBride <s...@rogue-research.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > NSOpenPanal takes care of resolving aliases/symlinks for you, which is > important with App Sandbox since you want access to the target not the alias > file itself. > > But NSPathControl, in its pathControl:acceptDrop: method, does not resolve > the alias for you, and try as I may, I can't find a way to resolve it under > App Sandbox. I get either: > > Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4 "The file doesn’t exist." > Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=259 "The file couldn’t be opened because > it isn’t in the correct format." > > depending on the exact contortions. > > If the user granted my app access to an alias file, do I inherit access to > its target? It seems not. As a programmer, I get that, but as a user, it > seems counter to my intentions. > > Am I missing a way to resolve the alias, or is this an NSPathControl bug? > > Thanks, > > -- > ____________________________________________________________ > Sean McBride, B. Eng s...@rogue-research.com > Rogue Research www.rogue-research.com > Mac Software Developer Montréal, Québec, Canada > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/cocoadev%40mikeabdullah.net > > This email sent to cocoa...@mikeabdullah.net _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
