// This file is part of BOINC. // http://boinc.berkeley.edu // Copyright (C) 2008 University of California // // BOINC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it // under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License // as published by the Free Software Foundation, // either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. // // BOINC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. // See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License // along with BOINC. If not, see . // Mac_GUI.cpp #include #include #include #include "sandbox.h" // Determine if the currently logged-in user is auhorized to // perform operations which have potential security risks. // An example is "Attach to Project", where a dishonest user might // attach to a rogue project which could then read private files // belonging to the user who owns the BOINC application. This // would be possible because the BOINC Manager runs with the // effectve user ID of its owner on the Mac. Boolean Mac_Authorize() { static Boolean sIsAuthorized = false; AuthorizationRef ourAuthRef = NULL; AuthorizationRights ourAuthRights; AuthorizationFlags ourAuthFlags; AuthorizationItem ourAuthItem[1]; OSStatus err = noErr; if (sIsAuthorized) return true; // User is not the owner, so require admin authentication ourAuthItem[0].name = kAuthorizationRightExecute; ourAuthItem[0].value = NULL; ourAuthItem[0].valueLength = 0; ourAuthItem[0].flags = 0; ourAuthRights.count = 1; ourAuthRights.items = ourAuthItem; ourAuthFlags = kAuthorizationFlagInteractionAllowed | kAuthorizationFlagExtendRights; err = AuthorizationCreate (&ourAuthRights, kAuthorizationEmptyEnvironment, ourAuthFlags, &ourAuthRef); if (err == noErr) { sIsAuthorized = true; // We have authenticated user's credentials; we won't actually use the // privileges / rights so destroy / discard them. err = AuthorizationFree(ourAuthRef, kAuthorizationFlagDestroyRights); } return sIsAuthorized; }