[teog]

Hi, In a jailbreak 2.2 iPhone is it possible execute inside an objective-c app a system Script or a system command as: cp, mv, etc with root credential?

Please help me!
Many thanks!
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Des.

The recommended method is to create helper applications that execute your privileged tasks, and are installed with setuid bit and owner set as root. When your program calls the helper, it will run as root.

Alternatively, you can have your application installed with setuid bit and owner set as root. This can create problems with user preferences, etc, as the iPhone OS will think your application is running as root (i.e. your home dir is /private/var/root, etc.).

[teog]

Many thanks for your good informations!

What kind of API can I use to start helper app inside main app?

system(path_of_helper_app);

could be work?

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Matteo

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I think system() is probably your best bet... though I haven't done this