| Sherm Pendley 2005-06-14, 7:53 am |
| SM Ryan <wyrmwif@tango-sierra-oscar-foxtrot-tango.fake.org> writes:
> This short program
>
> #import <AppKit/NSApplication.h>
> int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
> [NSApplication sharedApplication];
> return 0;
> }
>
> when compiled and setuid root
>
> chown root daemon
> chmod a+x,u+s daemon
>
> gets on a SIGBUS when run as a daemon (outside of process manager) on
> some systems. Does anybody have any ideas how to deal with this?
Yes: Don't do that. GUI apps don't need root access, and daemons don't
have GUIS.
Factor your app into two parts, a root daemon that does just the bare
minimum task that requires root access to function, and a GUI app that
communicates with it.
sherm--
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