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Reputation: 399

Run terminal command within sandbox

I wrote a Mac app that turns Desktop icons visible/invisible. I use NSTask to run a terminal command to reset the Finder:

- (void)killFinder
{
    NSTask *killFinderTask = [[NSTask alloc]init];
    NSArray *killFinderArray = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"Finder", nil];
    [killFinderTask setLaunchPath:@"/usr/bin/killall"];
    [killFinderTask setArguments:killFinderArray];
    [killFinderTask launch];
    [killFinderTask waitUntilExit];
}

Before turning on Sandboxing, it runs alright. When I turn on Sandboxing, a message in console said:

killall: warning: kill -TERM 46676: Operation not permitted

My app still runs but the result is not correct. The part which reset the Finder is not run. How do I circumvent this issue so that I can still use Sandboxing but the task is still run?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2253

Answers (1)

pkamb
pkamb

Reputation: 34983

Use NSUserScriptTask to run the Script.

The script file must be placed (by the user) in the NSApplicationScriptsDirectory to be run outside of the Sandbox.

Upvotes: 1

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