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Backing-up without authentication
Where/how does SD! store our admin password when we have the 'padlock' unlocked?
I has assumed that it was kept in the Keychain, but I was surprised to see that SD! stays unlocked no matter which account we are logged in to. |
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We authenticate our copying tool the same way the system does (with "suid").
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I have no idea what that means Dave.
I guess I will re-lock the padlock and hope that my admin password wasn't ever written to disk... |
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Your password was not written to disk, nor was it ever recorded or seen by SuperDuper!, actually.
Instead, a single application on the drive was given System permissions. Your password is only used to *authorize* this action: it's just like unlocking a preference pane (like Sharing).
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I wasn't really worried that SD! was stealing my admin password, just that by leaving the padlock open that SD! might be tossing my password around in clear text.
After some googling, I think I understand the suid concept... Thanks. |
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No, we definitely aren't. As I said, we never even really know what it is, since it's all handled by the authentication framework in OSX itself.
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