Objective-C AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges skeleton code

AuthExecObjc.m

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <Security/Security.h>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
    @autoreleasepool {
        AuthorizationRef authorizationRef;
        OSStatus status;

        status = AuthorizationCreate(NULL, kAuthorizationEmptyEnvironment, kAuthorizationFlagDefaults, &authorizationRef);
        if (status != errAuthorizationSuccess) {
            NSLog(@"failed to create auth request");
            return -1;
        }

        char* tool = "/usr/bin/touch";
        char* args[] = { "/etc/hosts", NULL };
        FILE* pipe = NULL;

        status = AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges(authorizationRef, tool, kAuthorizationFlagDefaults, args, pipe);
        if (status != errAuthorizationSuccess) {
            NSLog(@"failed to obtain auth priviledge %i", status);
            return -1;
        }

        AuthorizationFree(authorizationRef, kAuthorizationFlagDestroyRights);
    }
    return 0;
}