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Call the BSD function getgroups() and look for the presence of the admin group (80).
This may not be useful, though. The human using the computer could have a user account that's not in the admin group, but that human still knows an admin-user's name and password.
This may not be useful, though. The human using the computer could have a user account that's not in the admin group, but that human still knows an admin-user's name and password.
Why don't you design your application with Authorization Services instead?
http://developer.apple.com/mac/libr...ion_concepts/01introduction/introduction.html
User's will get a consistent experience, understand what's going on when you need to elevate privileges for a certain operation, etc.
-Lee
http://developer.apple.com/mac/libr...ion_concepts/01introduction/introduction.html
User's will get a consistent experience, understand what's going on when you need to elevate privileges for a certain operation, etc.
-Lee