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Hi,

I am in the process of writing a utility to conduct the batch renaming of files in my user account. Unfortunately some files have "custom privileges" set and can not be renamed unless I enter my account password. My Livecode application just ignores them and moves along. I have checked with Apple and they suggest that the privileges should be left as is and that my application or my command should be granted SUDO privileges. I wonder if there is anyway of granting a Livecode Application the SUDO privilege ?

This is an example of a file with custom privileges which I now know means "too complicated for the get info window". They have probably come about by either being created on a Windows machine or round tripping via Windows.
This command works when issued in the Terminal but it requires a password :
So is there anyway of granting my application permission to rename all files ?

best wishes

Simon

if there is anyway of granting a Livecode Application the SUDO privilege

sudo (generally) requires a password. The standard way round this is to edit the sudoers file to stipulate that a particular account name should not require a password.

If this is for a convenience utility for yourself you could do this. If it was for a utility for other people to use, I suspect it's too complex/undesirable for most users to implement.

The entry in the sudoers file for nopasswd can point to an individual program to run.
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/li ... 05s04.html

Suggest you look further into sudoers file, particularly the issues with editing it correctly.