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Authenticating Users on Mac using Cocoa

If I have the following users on my MAC: test1, test2 and test3

And I am logged into test1. And I would like to enable certain feature for test2 through my application. Hence the user test1 has to authenticate by entering the credentials for test2. Is it possible via cocoa?

I tried dscl command, but i did not find anything useful.

As an example: When u click enable users in file vault, it shows a tableview with other users on the mac. And then when u click enable, it asks for the user name and password and authenticates the other user. I am trying ti achieve something similar to this.

Solution

  • I got a way of authenticating any user on the mac. This can be done using CSIdentity. The function CSIdentityAuthenticateUsingPassword does the needful.