Common writable folders

[Trevor DeVore]

On Jan 17, 2007, at 8:48 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

> Trevor DeVore wrote:
>
> > On Jan 17, 2007, at 10:55 AM, 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?
> >
> > Last weekend I played experimented with an external that will
> > display the OS X authentication dialog and then let you execute
> > shell commands if the credentials are correct.
>
> You mean Apple provides no way for any scripting language to  
> request authorization on its own? Not even AppleScript?

I'm not sure.  I didn't research a means of authorizing via  
AppleScript.  I have an external that I use in my projects already  
and there was lots of sample code for coding Authorization in C so I  
went that route.

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Trevor DeVore
Blue Mango Learning Systems - www.bluemangolearning.com
trevor at bluemangolearning.com