I am using following code to fetch the path of the application. It works for all cases but fails for front row.
CFStringRef cfStrAppShortName = NULL;
FSRef appRef;
CFURLRef cfAppUrlRef = NULL;
CFBundleRef cfAppBundleRef = NULL;
CFDictionaryRef cfAppDictRef = NULL;
CFStringRef cfStrAppBundleName = NULL;
OSErr osErr;
cfStrAppShortName = CFSTR(Front Row);
if(cfStrAppShortName != NULL)
{
osErr = LSFindApplicationForInfo(kLSUnknownCreator,NULL,cfStrAppShortName,&appRef,NULL);
if(osErr == noErr)
{
cfAppUrlRef = CFURLCreateFromFSRef ( kCFAllocatorDefault, &appRef);
cfAppBundleRef = CFBundleCreate (kCFAllocatorDefault,cfAppUrlRef);
cfAppDictRef = CFBundleGetInfoDictionary (cfAppBundleRef);
cfStrAppBundleName = (CFStringRef)CFDictionaryGetValue (cfAppDictRef,kCFBundleNameKey);
}
I was expecting application path from Applications folder, but it comes from /system/coreservices/..
This happens for all items present in /system/library/coreservices/.. .
Is there any was that it should not look in /system/library/coreservices.. or any better solution?
Can anyone help me?
Thanks in Advance.
A more reliable way to identify an application is by bundle identifier. In the case of Front Row, for example, there are two separate applications with the same name:
/Applications/Front Row.app: com.apple.frontrowlauncher
/System/Library/CoreServices/Front Row.app: com.apple.frontrow
Looking at the bundle identifiers, it looks like this function is returning the path to the correct Front Row after all, since the one in /Applications is just a launcher.
But you shouldn't rely on that—the function could return the launcher's path at any time. Moreover, anybody could create an application bundle and name it “Front Row”.
Use the bundle identifier, so that you are always asking for the correct application.
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IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService failed w/ kIOReturnNoResources/0xe00002be
I am rewriting old FireWire based command line utility into XPCService. I need some help about an IOKit function.
Following part is to get IOCFPlugInInterface for FireWireAVCLibUnit.(almost same as original code; basic idea comes from legacy simpleAVC samplecode).
When I call IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService() in the XPCService, it always failed returning 0xe00002be = kIOReturnNoResources in IOReturn.h.
I have confirmed no sandbox, no hardened for the XPC Service.
Original command line utility works perfectly on macOS 10.14 though, would you someone give me a hint on this topic?
CFDictionaryRef dict = CFDictionaryCreateCopy(kCFAllocatorDefault, self.dict);
kern_return_t result = IOServiceGetMatchingServices(kIOMasterPortDefault, dict, &serviceIterator);
if (result == KERN_SUCCESS && serviceIterator != IO_OBJECT_NULL) {
while ((service = IOIteratorNext(serviceIterator)) != IO_OBJECT_NULL) {
SInt32 score = 0;
kern_return_t result = IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService(service,
kIOFireWireAVCLibUnitTypeID,
kIOCFPlugInInterfaceID,
&interface,
&score);
if (result != KERN_SUCCESS) continue;
// result 0xe00002be = kIOReturnNoResources in IOReturn.h
break;
}
}
Additional details
I have find IOCFPlugIn.c in opensource.apple.com. After basic verification,
- IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService() failed to IOCFPlugIn->Start() .
(*iunknown)->QueryInterface(iunknown, CFUUIDGetUUIDBytes(interfaceType),
(LPVOID *)&interface);
<snip>
kr = (*interface)->Probe(interface, plist, service, &score);
<snip>
haveOne = (kIOReturnSuccess == (*interface)->Start(interface, plist, service));
Probe() returned kIOReturnSuccess though,
Start() failed w/ kIOReturnNoDevice = 0xe00002c0. and haveOne = false.
Finally IOCreatePlugInInterfaceForService() returned kIOReturnNoResources = 0xe00002be.
Is this related to some security feature on macOS?
MODIFIED
I have found hardened runtime with Camera access was rejected FireWireAVCLibUnit (tccd shows error).
Even if no sandbox, no hardened for the XPC Service in Xcode was checked, XPCservice is handled via sandbox. (macOS 10.14.6 + Xcode 10.3)
I would appreciate if you have an advice.
I have found the solution.
- Add NSCameraUsageDescription in Info.plist, and IOFireWireAVCUserClient will work.
- If sandboxed, com.apple.security.device.firewire is also required.
Even if capabilities-sandbox is off, tccd verify info.plist.
If “Privacy - Camera Usage Description” is not available, sandboxd reject to use IOFireWireAVCUserClient device.
Information Property List Key Reference/Cocoa Keys
I have been trying to uninstall applications on devices or users using SCCM. I have been successful in creating an application assignment that would install applications, but I haven't been able to get it to uninstall. The code I have been using is:
IResultObject assignment = this.manager.CreateInstance("SMS_ApplicationAssignment");
IResultObject application =
this.manager.GetInstance("SMS_Application.CI_ID=16777339");
assignment["ApplicationName"].StringValue = application["LocalizedDisplayName"].StringValue;
assignment["AssignedCI_UniqueID"].StringValue = application["CI_UniqueID"].StringValue;
assignment["AssignedCIs"].IntegerArrayValue = new[] { application["CI_ID"].IntegerValue};
assignment["AssignmentName"].StringValue = "Deepak's deployment";
assignment["CollectionName"].StringValue = "Deepak's Collection of Devices";
assignment["DisableMomAlerts"].BooleanValue = true;
assignment["NotifyUser"].BooleanValue = false;
assignment["OfferFlags"].IntegerValue = 0;
assignment["DesiredConfigType"].IntegerValue = 1;
assignment["OverrideServiceWindows"].BooleanValue = false;
assignment["RebootOutsideOfServiceWindows"].BooleanValue = false;
assignment["SuppressReboot"].IntegerValue = 0;
assignment["TargetCollectionID"].StringValue = "UKN0000F";
assignment["EnforcementDeadline"].DateTimeValue = DateTime.Now.AddDays(1);
assignment["StartTime"].DateTimeValue = DateTime.Now;
assignment["UseGMTTimes"].BooleanValue = false;
assignment["UserUIExperience"].BooleanValue = false;
assignment["WoLEnabled"].BooleanValue = false;
assignment["RequireApproval"].BooleanValue = true;
assignment["OfferTypeId"].IntegerValue = 2;
assignment.Put();
This code will put up the application as an install deployment in SCCM. How do I get it as an uninstall deployment?
There is an AppAction enumeration, which I suspect is used by the client and not on the server.
typedef enum AppAction
{
appDiscovery = 0,
appInstall = 1,
appUninstall = 2
} AppAction;
Any help would be appreciated!
The setting that needs to be changed is DesiredConfigType.
For your code add the following before put():
assignment["DesiredConfigType"].IntegerValue = 2;
A value of 1 represents install (required) and 2 will uninstall (not allowed).
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh949014.aspx
The way I do it is first use uninstall.exe to determine the guid of the program, and then create a program for the package I wish to uninstall, and just call uninstall.exe /whatever as the command. This works for most apps that show up in Add/Remove, and if it doesn't show up there then it'll have to be a hack (or script) anyway to uninstall. I believe the reason you're falling short is because if there is no command to uninstall the deployment in sccm, then it has nothing to run.
After you create an uninstall program, you could just call that deployment from your code, and voila.
As long as the target program that you are trying to use was installed via an MSI (Microsoft Installer) then you can loop through the registry to find your product (Registry Location: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall") And just look at each DisplayName value.
In our environment, I accomplish this task by using Powershell, and we setup a program that specifically uninstalls whatever we are after.
Hope this helps...
Raged.
I have minimum exposure to xcode and I/Okit framework. I have seen device descriptor and configuration descriptor of a usb device in USB prober.
I have written an xcode program using I/O kit framework which gives the usb device name as output, when we give product id and vendor id of that device as input.
/*Take the vendor and product id from console*/
printf("\nEnter the vendor id : ");
scanf("%lx",&usbVendor);
printf("\nEnter the product id :");
scanf("%lx",&usbProduct);
/* Set up a matching dictionary for the class */
matchingDict = IOServiceMatching(kIOUSBDeviceClassName);
if (matchingDict == NULL)
{
return -1; // fail
}
// Create a CFNumber for the idVendor and set the value in the dictionary
numberRef = CFNumberCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, kCFNumberSInt32Type, &usbVendor);
CFDictionarySetValue(matchingDict,
CFSTR(kUSBVendorID),
numberRef);
CFRelease(numberRef);
// Create a CFNumber for the idProduct and set the value in the dictionary
numberRef = CFNumberCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, kCFNumberSInt32Type, &usbProduct);
CFDictionarySetValue(matchingDict,
CFSTR(kUSBProductID),
numberRef);
CFRelease(numberRef);
numberRef = NULL;
/*Get an iterator.*/
kr = IOServiceGetMatchingServices(kIOMasterPortDefault, matchingDict, &iter);
if (kr != KERN_SUCCESS)
{
return -1;// fail
}
/* iterate */
while ((device = IOIteratorNext(iter)))
{
/*Display the device names */
io_name_t deviceName;
kr = IORegistryEntryGetName(device, deviceName);
if (KERN_SUCCESS != kr) {
deviceName[0] = '\0';
}
printf("\ndeviceName:%s",deviceName);
/*Free the reference taken before continuing to the next item */
IOObjectRelease(device);
}
/*Release the iterator */
IOObjectRelease(iter);
return 0;
}
I need to modify this, so that on giving vendor and product id of usb device, i will get the device descriptor and configuration descriptor( as shown in USB prober) as output.
Here i just gave an example, code can change but the output must be the descriptor( atleast the device decriptor).
Thanks in advance...
I think u should download the source code of USBProber rather than figure it out by yourself.
All the information presents in the USBProber u could get sooner or later by analyzing the source code.
Here is link to download the source code of IOUSBFamily, with USBProber inside it.
http://opensource.apple.com/tarballs/IOUSBFamily/
To get the configuration descriptors you can use code like this:
IOUSBDeviceInterface650** dev = ...;
IOUSBConfigurationDescriptor* configDesc = nullptr;
// Get the configuration descriptor for the first configuration (configuration 0).
kern_return_t kr = (*dev)->GetConfigurationDescriptorPtr(dev, 0, &configDesc);
if (kr != kIOReturnSuccess)
return an_error;
// Now use configDesc->...
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a function to get the device descriptor. There are functions to get some of it:
kr = (*dev)->GetDeviceClass(dev, &desc.bDeviceClass);
kr = (*dev)->GetDeviceSubClass(dev, &desc.bDeviceSubClass);
kr = (*dev)->GetDeviceProtocol(dev, &desc.bDeviceProtocol);
kr = (*dev)->GetDeviceVendor(dev, &desc.idVendor);
kr = (*dev)->GetDeviceProduct(dev, &desc.idProduct);
kr = (*dev)->GetDeviceReleaseNumber(dev, &desc.bcdDevice);
kr = (*dev)->GetNumberOfConfigurations(dev, &desc.bNumConfigurations);
But I don't see a way to get iManufacturer, iProduct, iSerial, bMaxPacketSize0, or bcdUSB.
There is a way around this - instead of using the built-in functions you can just do a control request to get the device descriptor (and configuration descriptors if you like) manually using a control transfer.
The USB 2.0 spec describes how to do this. Basically you:
Do a control transfer with bmRequestType = Device | Standard | In, bRequest = USB_GET_DESCRIPTOR_REQUEST, wValue = (USB_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE << 8), wIndex = 0, wLength = 2. That will fail because the descriptor is longer than 2, but it gets you the descriptor header which includes its length.
Repeat that request but with the correct length.
For configuration descriptors, do a third request with length wTotalLength.
You can do it with one less request since you know the size of the descriptors in advance, but I like to do it like that because then you can wrap it up in a very general getDescriptor() method.
In theory you can do it as simply as this:
IOUSBDeviceDescriptor devDesc;
IOUSBDevRequest request;
request.bmRequestType = USBmakebmRequestType(kUSBIn, kUSBStandard, kUSBDevice);
request.bRequest = kUSBRqGetDescriptor;
request.wValue = kUSBDeviceDesc << 8;
request.wIndex = 0;
request.wLength = sizeof(devDesc); // 18
request.pData = &devDesc;
request.wLenDone = 0;
kern_return_t kr = (*dev)->DeviceRequest(dev, &request);
But for some reason that is giving me a kIOUSBPipeStalled error. Not sure why.
Edit: I forgot the << 8. Now it works. :-)
The header IOKit/usb/USBSpec.h has a documented list of property keys corresponding to values inside the different descriptors. You can use those with IORegistryEntrySearchCFProperty (or similar functions) to get the descriptor values. This way you don't need a device request from an IOUSBDeviceInterface, which is advantageous because:
the documentation (comments) say that all device requests require an opened USB device and you may not have permission to do that for all devices (it's possible the documentation is wrong, at least for descriptor requests, but I have no guarantee of that and it seems better to follow it anyway)
device requests can block for an indeterminate amount of time
the manufacturer, product, and serial number strings (which are referenced by the device descriptor, but are not technically part of it) are not retrieved in this request
For getting device descriptor and configuration decriptor, we can use functions in IOUSBDeviceInterface class
Link: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/IOKit/IOUSBLib_h/Classes/IOUSBDeviceInterface/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/com/intfm/IOUSBDeviceInterface/
For getting interface descriptor and end point descriptor, we can use functions in IOUSBInterfaceInterface class
Link: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/IOKit/IOUSBLib_h/Classes/IOUSBInterfaceInterface/
I recall there being a Cocoa framework or AppleScript dictionary to check if an Application bundle with a specific name is installed at all, anywhere on the computer.
How do I do this? Either Cocoa, AppleScript, or command line are useful to me.
You should use Launch Services to do this, specifically the function LSFindApplicationForInfo().
You use it like so:
#import <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>
CFURLRef appURL = NULL;
OSStatus result = LSFindApplicationForInfo (
kLSUnknownCreator, //creator codes are dead, so we don't care about it
CFSTR("com.apple.Safari"), //you can use the bundle ID here
NULL, //or the name of the app here (CFSTR("Safari.app"))
NULL, //this is used if you want an FSRef rather than a CFURLRef
&appURL
);
switch(result)
{
case noErr:
NSLog(#"the app's URL is: %#",appURL);
break;
case kLSApplicationNotFoundErr:
NSLog(#"app not found");
break;
default:
NSLog(#"an error occurred: %d",result);
break;
}
//the CFURLRef returned from the function is retained as per the docs so we must release it
if(appURL)
CFRelease(appURL);
From the command line this seems to do it:
> mdfind 'kMDItemContentType == "com.apple.application-bundle" && kMDItemFSName = "Google Chrome.app"'
You can also use lsregister.
on doesAppExist(appName)
if (do shell script "/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -dump | grep com.apple.Safari") ¬
contains "com.apple.Safari" then return true
end appExists
That's pretty fast and you can do it from other languages like Python quite easily. You would want to play around with what you grep to make it most efficient.
The MSI stores the installation directory for the future uninstall tasks.
Using the INSTALLPROPERTY_INSTALLLOCATION property (that is "InstallLocation") works only the installer has set the ARPINSTALLLOCATION property during the installation. But this property is optional and almost nobody uses it.
How could I retrieve the installation directory?
Use a registry key to keep track of your install directory, that way you can reference it when upgrading and removing the product.
Using WIX I would create a Component that creates the key, right after the Directy tag of the install directory, declaration
I'd use MsiGetComponentPath() - you need the ProductId and a ComponentId, but you get the full path to the installed file - just pick one that goes to the location of your installation directory. If you want to get the value of a directory for any random MSI, I do not believe there is an API that lets you do that.
I would try to use Installer.OpenProduct(productcode). This opens a session, on which you can then ask for Property("TARGETDIR").
Try this:
var sPath = this.Context.Parameters["assemblypath"].ToString();
As stated elsewhere in the thread, I normally write a registry key in HKLM to be able to easily retrieve the installation directory for subsequent installs.
In cases when I am dealing with a setup that hasn't done this, I use the built-in Windows Installer feature AppSearch: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367578(v=vs.85).aspx to locate the directory of the previous install by specifying a file signature to look for.
A file signature can consist of the file name, file size and file version and other file properties. Each signature can be specified with a certain degree of flexibility so you can find different versions of the the same file for instance by specifying a version range to look for. Please check the SDK documentation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371853(v=vs.85).aspx
In most cases I use the main application EXE and set a tight signature by looking for a narrow version range of the file with the correct version and date.
Recently I needed to automate Natural Docs install through Ketarin. I could assume it was installed into default path (%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Natural Docs), but I decided to take a safe approach. Sadly, even if the installer created a key on HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall, none of it's value lead me to find the install dir.
The Stein answer suggests AppSearch MSI function, and it looks interesting, but sadly Natural Docs MSI installer doesn't provide a Signature table to his approach works.
So I decided to search through registry to find any reference to Natural Docs install dir, and I find one into HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components key.
I developed a Reg Class in C# for Ketarin that allows recursion. So I look all values through HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components and if the Main application executable (NaturalDocs.exe) is found into one of subkeys values, it's extracted (C:\Program Files (x86)\Natural Docs\NaturalDocs.exe becomes C:\Program Files (x86)\Natural Docs) and it's added to the system environment variable %PATH% (So I can call "NaturalDocs.exe" directly instead of using full path).
The Registry "class" (functions, actually) can be found on GitHub (RegClassCS).
System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("NaturalDocs.exe", "-h");
startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
startInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
var process = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start (startInfo);
process.WaitForExit();
if (process.ExitCode != 0)
{
string Components = #"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components";
bool breakFlag = false;
string hKeyName = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE";
if (Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem)
{
hKeyName = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE64";
}
string[] subKeyNames = RegGetSubKeyNames(hKeyName, Components);
// Array.Reverse(subKeyNames);
for(int i = 0; i <= subKeyNames.Length - 1; i++)
{
string[] valueNames = RegGetValueNames(hKeyName, subKeyNames[i]);
foreach(string valueName in valueNames)
{
string valueKind = RegGetValueKind(hKeyName, subKeyNames[i], valueName);
switch(valueKind)
{
case "REG_SZ":
// case "REG_EXPAND_SZ":
// case "REG_BINARY":
string valueSZ = (RegGetValue(hKeyName, subKeyNames[i], valueName) as String);
if (valueSZ.IndexOf("NaturalDocs.exe") != -1)
{
startInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("setx", "path \"%path%;" + System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(valueSZ) + "\" /M");
startInfo.Verb = "runas";
process = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start (startInfo);
process.WaitForExit();
if (process.ExitCode != 0)
{
Abort("SETX failed.");
}
breakFlag = true;
}
break;
/*
case "REG_MULTI_SZ":
string[] valueMultiSZ = (string[])RegGetValue("HKEY_CURRENT_USER", subKeyNames[i], valueKind);
for(int k = 0; k <= valueMultiSZ.Length - 1; k++)
{
Ketarin.Forms.LogDialog.Log("valueMultiSZ[" + k + "] = " + valueMultiSZ[k]);
}
break;
*/
default:
break;
}
if (breakFlag)
{
break;
}
}
if (breakFlag)
{
break;
}
}
}
Even if you don't use Ketarin, you can easily paste the function and build it through Visual Studio or CSC.
A more general approach can be taken using RegClassVBS that allow registry key recursion and doesn't depend on .NET Framework platform or build processes.
Please note that the process of enumerating the Components Key can be CPU intense. The example above has a Length parameter, that you can use to show some progress to the user (maybe something like "i from (subKeysName.Length - 1) keys remaining" - be creative). A similar approach can be taken in RegClassVBS.
Both classes (RegClassCS and RegClassVBS) have documentation and examples that can guide you, and you can use it in any software and contribute to the development of them making a commit on the git repo, and (of course) opening a issue on it's github pages if you find any problem that you couldn't resolve yourself so we can try to reproduce the issue to figure out what we can do about it. =)