Re: Authentication in preferencepanes

FROM : Deric Horn
DATE : Thu Apr 05 19:31:58 2007

Nick,

You may want to take a look at the SFAuthorizationView class referenced
here:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Security/Conceptual/Security_Overvi
ew/Security_Services/chapter_4_section_11.html

Deric Horn
Mac OS X Application Technologies Evangelist
Apple Worldwide Developer Relations
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> I have a PreferencePane that changes some system settings that
> requires admin privileges. Is there an easy way to get the standard
> apple "Click the lock to prevent further changes" widget and its
> functionality into your own PreferencePanes?
>
> This page here: http://www.dssw.co.uk/powermanager/ shows a custom
> PreferencePane with an Apple style "lock authentication widget" at
> the bottom. Have they "rolled their own," or is there some Apple code
> that they have leveraged?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick Forge
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