SandboxingI did the same for now. At the Developer forums I got this reply from someone who had the exact same issues with using sem_open in a Sandbox.

I'm on the lookout for any information about temporary exception entitlements that can be applied to named semaphores.

In keeping with the spirit of information wants to be free, I present here:

http://reverse.put.as/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Apple-Sandbox-Guide-v1.0.pdf

In particular, I'm looking for a solution that both works on 10.7.4 and Mountain Lion.

UPDATE: Here's an example of an entitlement for shared memory and semaphores:

  <key>com.apple.security.temporary-exception.sbpl</key>
    <string>
        (begin
            (allow ipc-posix-sem)
            (allow ipc-posix-shm)
    </string>



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