BLAuthentication/BLAuthentication.h

   1 //  ======================================================================      //
   2 //  BLAuthentication.h                                                                                                          //
   3 //                                                                                                                                              //
   4 //  Last Modified on Tuesday April 24 2001                                                                      //
   5 //  Copyright 2001 Ben Lachman                                                                                          //
   6 //                                                                                                                                                      //
   7 //      Thanks to Brian R. Hill <http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/>             //
   8 //  ======================================================================      //
   9
  10 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
  11 #import <Security/Authorization.h>
  12
  13 @interface BLAuthentication : NSObject
  14 {
  15         AuthorizationRef authorizationRef;
  16 }
  17 // returns a shared instance of the class
  18 + sharedInstance;
  19 // checks if user is authentcated forCommands
  20 - (BOOL)isAuthenticated:(NSArray *)forCommands;
  21 // authenticates user forCommands
  22 - (BOOL)authenticate:(NSArray *)forCommands;
  23 // deauthenticates user
  24 - (void)deauthenticate;
  25 // gets the pid forProcess
  26 - (int)getPID:(NSString *)forProcess;
  27 // executes pathToCommand with privileges
  28 - (BOOL)executeCommand:(NSString *)pathToCommand withArgs:(NSArray *)arguments;
  29 // kills the process specified by commandFromPS
  30 - (BOOL)killProcess:(NSString *)commandFromPS;
  31 @end
  32
  33 // strings for notification center
  34 extern NSString* BLAuthenticatedNotification;
  35 extern NSString* BLDeauthenticatedNotification;
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