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How do I run a launchd command as root

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I have the following launchctl command as a .plist file. It's loaded and set to run once a day but, it needs to run as root and I'm not sure how to verify this. Also, this cron job basically CDs into a directory and runs a command. I'm sure launchd has a better way of specifying the directory where…

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist …

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What folder is the stored in? runs Daemons ( or ) as root, and will run them regardless of whether users are logged in or not. Launch Agents ( or ) are run when a user is logged in as that user. You can not use setuid to change the user running the …

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