> On Jun 29, 2020, at 15:24, Sandor Szatmari <admin.szatmari....@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> On Jun 28, 2020, at 22:29, じょいすじょん via Cocoa-dev <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> >> wrote: >> >> One way to do this is with the command line tool: >> caffeinate >> >> You could run a background task that starts it with something like >> caffeinate -dimsu >> >> You can probably also find its source code on opensource.apple.com to >> understand what it does and how. >> >> Like here is a version: >> >> https://opensource.apple.com/source/PowerManagement/PowerManagement-637.20.2/caffeinate/caffeinate.c.auto.html >> >> You certainly still want a user to approve things. > > I would say that if the user has the checkbox selected in system preferences > that ties sleep/screensaver to security (prompt for password on > sleep/screensaver activation) they have already answered this question. In > this situation any app that calls caffeinate in the background (or uses an > API) to circumvent this security settings without informing the user should > be considered dubious at best and perhaps even malware. In effect this is > disabling that security choice. If the user has not selected this setting in > system prefs then there is no issue preventing screensaver from activating. > I’d recommend this criteria for the basis of whether to interfere with normal > system operations. > > Sandor
Nobody said circumvent anything. I believe a user would have to authorize an NSTask or similar usage anyway, unless they have disabled SIP. I just provided reference to a tool that is already built and bundled that does this (less code) and the source to that tool (inspiration for other code). I will not make any claims as to how that works with sandboxing. I whole-heartedly expect and want any such functionality to be made clear to users. That said, it is easy to understand loads of legitimate use-cases for this. _______________________________________________ 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
