AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges is deprecated

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I know it sounds crazy, but this actually works:

NSDictionary *error = [NSDictionary new]; 
NSString *script =  @"do shell script \"whoami > /tmp/me\" with administrator privileges";  
NSAppleScript *appleScript = [[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithSource:script]; 
if ([appleScript executeAndReturnError:&error]) {
  NSLog(@"success!"); 
} else {
  NSLog(@"failure!"); 
}

I’m executing an Applescript from Objective C. The only disadvantage is that you cannot gain permanent root privileges with this. It will ask for the password each time you run this.

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