[launchd-dev] Accessing keychain in a launchd process

[Brad Reynolds]

Thanks for the reply Quinn.  I haven't seen that tech note.  I've got
some reading to do.

But to clarify, I don't necessarily want it to run in a GUI context.
I'm just wanting to authorize this script, when run via launchd, to
access the keychain.  A symptom of the my current problem is that it
can't display the GUI.  This occurs because the script doesn't have
access to the keychain.  I'd like to give it access beforehand so that
it is authorized and the GUI is avoided altogether.  When I run the
script from the command line it doesn't prompt for the password since
I've given it access.  But when run from launchd it tries to prompt,
thus the problem.

I'll give the document a read and if I can't figure it out I'll reply
again.  Thanks.

-bradr

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 3:28 AM, Quinn <eskimo1 at apple.com> wrote:
> At 20:55 -0700 10/8/08, Brad Reynolds wrote:
>>Any ideas on what the program might be when run from launchctl?
>
> What context is your "launchd process" running in?  Is it a daemon or
> an agent?  If it's an agent, what type of agent (see Table 1 in
> TN2083 for the list of options)?
>
> <http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2005/tn2083.html>
>
> I would only expect this to work from a GUI launchd agent.  Daemons
> and other agents run outside of the GUI login context, and thus can't
> safely display UI.
>
> S+E
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> Quinn "The Eskimo!"                    <http://www.apple.com/developer/>
> Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware
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