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>- We never see or store your admin password. The dialog box you see is a native OS X API (i.e. made by Apple). Direct from the DB engineer at top of thread.
by plttn 10y ago
>- We never see or store your admin password. The dialog box you see is a native OS X API (i.e. made by Apple).
Direct from the DB engineer at top of thread.
- DINKDINK 10y agoIf that's the case, How is it that the accessibility preferences are changed without root authorization?
- gumby 10y agoPresumably with one of the suid executables you authorized when you typed your root password to the dialogue. And one of them is writable by anyone -- great security, guys!
- Dylan16807 10y agoDoes OS X not clear suid when a file is written to?