Common writable folders

[Ken Ray]

On Jan 17, 2007, at 2:23 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Ken Ray wrote:
>>>> J. Landman Gay wrote:
>>>>> Richard Gaskin wrote:
>>>> But now I wonder:  Is there a way to do this from within a  
>>>> custom  Rev-based installer?   How does one trigger the OS X   
>>>> authentication dialog?
>>>
>>> Well, that's the deal. I couldn't find a way to do that without   
>>> using Apple's installer. Most users wouldn't trust a home-made   
>>> dialog that asks for their admin password; they want to see the   
>>> "official" one. Ergo, package installer time.
>> One thing you can do (and I have done this before) is to make a  
>> mock  duplicate of the authentication dialog and use shell() to do  
>> the  stuff that requires authentication.
>
> With all due respect, eeewwww!
>
> :)
>
> The last thing I want to do is start a trend of third-party apps  
> mocking up the OS authentication dialog.  I imagine that exploit  
> will start happening sooner or later if it hasn't already, but I  
> don't want anything with my name on it associated with such schemes.
>
> What I'm hoping to find instead is an option for chmod which will  
> bring up the OS authentication dialog.  I'll check the chmod's man  
> for that and report back what I find.

That's basically the problem as I see it, Richard - chmod will work  
if you are logged in as root or with authority, but you need to get  
the authority through other means - I don't think there's a way to do  
it with just chmod - but I'd be very interested if you find out how  
to do it.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
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