I built a custom binary which requires elevated privileges to execute. I wrote a launchd plist file and loaded it. On loading , the app is working as expected but lot of apps were corrupted. Apps like chrome, slack, zoom etc became un openable . Even my mouse right click stopped working. When I looked at the contents of the chrome in application directory it was missing few files.
contents of chrome before launching my custom app
-rw-r--r--@ 1 myusername admin 2556 May 14 16:49 CodeResources
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername admin 96 May 14 15:59 Frameworks
-rw-r--r--@ 1 myusername admin 11851 May 14 16:17 Info.plist
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername admin 96 May 14 15:59 Library
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername admin 96 May 14 16:17 MacOS
-rw-r--r--@ 1 myusername admin 8 May 14 15:59 PkgInfo
drwxr-xr-x@ 61 myusername admin 1952 May 14 15:59 Resources
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername admin 96 May 14 16:17 _CodeSignature
-rw-r--r--@ 1 myusername admin 12551 May 14 15:59 embedded.provisionprofile
contents of chrome after launching my custom app
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername admin 96 May 14 15:59 Frameworks
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 myusername admin 96 May 14 15:59 Library
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 myusername admin 64 May 16 13:48 MacOS
drwxr-xr-x@ 58 myusername admin 1856 May 16 13:48 Resources
drwxr-xr-x@ 2 myusername admin 64 May 16 13:48 _CodeSignature
my custom app plist file
<?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 version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.zzzz.xxxx</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/path/to/app</string>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
If i run my custom app as a standalone process everything works as expected, no corruption or data loss.
To restore the apps, I reinstalled them. But cant figure out why this is happening. Also not sure how to make secondary click work again. I tried with multiple mouses , same issue.
Any help on this is appreciated.