Is there any graphical “sudo” for Mac OS X?

Question

I\'m designing a little software in Java. I don\'t know the term/definition to what I\'m doing, but I\'m prompting commands from Java to the terminal. Something like this:

Answer 1

One should use the native OS X authorization services instead of looking at sudo and/or a graphical interface to it.

Ref:

• Introduction to Authorization Services Programming Guide (apple)

• Authorization Services Tasks (apple)

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