In Swift Cocoa, how to ask for elevated permissions once and not need to ask again?

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I am trying to write an app that will edit a file that is stored in

/private/etc/hosts

Normally, from the Terminal, I must use sudo to write to this file, so I should think I need elevated permissions in my cocoa app.

I was hoping to ask for it once, and then somehow store the permission so I don't need to ask again. I am a little lost about where to start.

I have the same question. I want to run /usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/nvram boot-args="-v" but get exception [General] Couldn't posix_spawn: error 1 — Tomachi, Sep 06 '19 at 05:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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The normal way to do this is by using a helper program to make the required changes and then requesting administrator privileges when the helper is run.

See this question for some more information on requesting admin privileges.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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In Swift Cocoa, how to ask for elevated permissions once and not need to ask again?

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