I have think of authorization code but it seems now Apple does not want others to write into this directory. Better to change code to adapt to new settings.
Peter C On 21 Jul 2011, at 10:30 AM, Stephen J. Butler wrote: > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Peter C <peterchan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Some of the programs I wrote save a preference file into >> /Library/Preferences via NSDictionary. This serves as a general settings for >> all users. Many other 3rd party software (Skype, Microsoft and etc) saves >> preferences file into this directory too. This works from 10.0 to 10.6. > > It was a bad design decision to assume you could ever write to this > directory. What if your user isn't running as admin? > > The way to solve this issue is to use the BetterAuthorizationSample library: > > http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#samplecode/BetterAuthorizationSample/Introduction/Intro.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS10004207-Intro-DontLinkElementID_2 > > Basically, you write a helper tool that runs as root, and comunicate > with it what settings get what values. Then the helper tool, as root, > saves the plist. > > Read and understand all the included txt files before you just dive > into the code! _______________________________________________ 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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
