On Apr 3, 2014, at 7:47 PM, Varun Chandramohan <varun.chandramo...@wontok.com> wrote:
> I understand what you mean, but are you saying that I should not use any > Foundation library functions when running as root user? I’m saying you shouldn’t run *anything*, Foundation or not, as root unless there is a very good reason to. > There are sometimes needs to have super user permission, how do we address > that? I mean, lets say we need to add a rule in fw (ipfw) which requires to > be root user right? That’s exactly what the Authorization Services API is for — letting a normal process request the ability to temporarily do something with root privileges. You see it all the time, whenever an app pops up a “This app needs to do such-and-such, please enter an administrator password” panel. —Jens _______________________________________________ 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
