On 7/28/09 at 10:45 PM, Emmett Gray <[log in to unmask]> 
spake thusly:

>This only asks for the password, but if you want to actually 
>invoke administrator privileges inside a shell script, you 
>would write
>
>do shell script "sudo foo" with administrator privileges

Not true. See -

<http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2065.html>

Specifically see the question labeled -

"Q: How do I get administrator privileges for a command?"

J
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