Hi there.
I am developing for Jailbroken iPhone. I need to write(copy) a file to iPhone System Folders (/Library/LaunchDaemons) to which only ROOT has write access. How can i write a file to such folders through my Code. I know i can use NSFileManager's copyItemAtPath:toPath method to copy the file, but i cant write as i dont have permission to write on such folders.

Any Suggestions??

well the way it sounds is you should be able to write to those folders on the device since jailbroken apps are mostly ran as root so u should have no issues

have u tried it?

Originally Posted by truehybridx

well the way it sounds is you should be able to write to those folders on the device since jailbroken apps are mostly ran as root so u should have no issues

have u tried it?

Who told you that?? Even the jailbroken apps (downloaded and installed through Cydia) are run as "mobile" and are not allowed to write to the folders to whom only root has write permissions.

If you SSH and then install your app to iPhone, then you are root and you can write to system folders, but that is because you are SSHing as root.

considering i just checked the ownership of all my jailbroken apps installed by cydia and the all say root.

the only thing that uses mobile is itunes and appstore so they can keep the official apps sandboxed