On Dec 30, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Mr. Gecko wrote:

> This is basically for Parental Controls, I know I could ask for a password at 
> first, but then any kid could grab a copy and set their own password. What 
> I'm doing is I'm asking for them to authenticate with Mac OS X, and then once 
> they are authenticated, I'm allowing them to set settings that are encrypted 
> with a key in AES.

You might consider using Authorization Services for this, instead of rolling 
your own.  See:

http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2002/tn2095.html

It uses a parental-control mechanism as an example of one of the things that 
Authorization Services can be used for.

Cheers,
Ken

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