How do I run the application as root?

Question

Please tell me how to provide my application to change / Library / Fonts folder as add new and delete font file. Thanks in advance.

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PVA 18 jul. '13 at 3:00

1 answer

cody · Answer 1 · 2013-07-18T05:31:47+0000

You can split the application into two parts, the service (daemon) and the user interface, and install them through the installer so that your service has root privileges.
You can execute some command from your application with AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges()

, but it is deprecated. Still it works
You can execute some command with using the NSAppleScript

command "do shell script \" some script \ "with admin rights". But this is more like a hack and the Apple documentation says the class NSAppleScript

should only be used from the main thread of the application. But it works too and personally I have no problem with that.
You can create a helper tool and use ServiceManagement.framework

andSMJobBless()

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