How do I access the Password Assistant dialog?
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Does anyone know how to access the Password Assistant dialog that was added to OS X since 10.3?
You can see it being used in Accounts in system preferences and also in the keychain app. It opens in a dialog just like the font and special characters dialogs.
Any help would be great!
Happy Holidays,
Jerry -
On Dec 25, 2005, at 10:16 PM, Jerry Brace wrote:
> Does anyone know how to access the Password Assistant dialog that
> was added to OS X since 10.3?
> You can see it being used in Accounts in system preferences and
> also in the keychain app. It opens in a dialog just like the font
> and special characters dialogs.
It appears to be a private API, so an enhancement request is probably
in order.
Jim -
This may be a good starting point for trying to uncover this mystery:
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=10366
On 12/25/05, Jim Correia <jim.correia...> wrote:
> On Dec 25, 2005, at 10:16 PM, Jerry Brace wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know how to access the Password Assistant dialog that
>> was added to OS X since 10.3?
>> You can see it being used in Accounts in system preferences and
>> also in the keychain app. It opens in a dialog just like the font
>> and special characters dialogs.
>
> It appears to be a private API, so an enhancement request is probably
> in order.
>
> Jim
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On Dec 25, 2005, at 10:55 PM, Hex Star wrote:
> This may be a good starting point for trying to uncover this mystery:
> http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=10366
Reverse engineering the OS is prohibited by the EULA and use of
private API strongly discouraged if you want to develop robust
applications that are reliable across all versions of the operating
system...
It would be more appropriate to ask what the OP actually wants to
achieve -- there is an entire Security framework which may provide
the required functionality, see <http://developer.apple.com/
documentation/Security/Conceptual/Security_Overview/index.html>.
mmalc
