On Jun 17, 1:34 pm, Jason Meyer <jasonmeyer...@yahoo.de> wrote: > after doing a bit of research I've gotten very curious: > Where are the permissions stored which were granted to apps installed > in /system/app? > > I checked out my phone's packages.xml file (located in /data/system/ > packages.xml). "User apps" stored in /data/app/ have <perms>, but none > of the APK files stored in /system/app has a <perms> block.
I haven't checked exhaustively, but it would appear that they are using the sharedUserID mechanism (even if only one app package is doing the sharing). The pemissions for shared user ID's are listed in their own sections, probably found towards the end of packages.xml Non-system apps which use a sharedUserID seem to also get their permissions relocated to the shared UserID section of packages.xml with none listed under the package itself - which is logical, since the permissions then go with the userid rather than the individual app package. Permissions defined by system apps (for use by other apps) seem to be in individual files under /etc/permissions -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
