DevToolsSecurity(8) BSD System Manager's Manual DevToolsSecurity(8)
NAME
DevToolsSecurity -- Change the security authorization policies for devel-
oper systems
SYNOPSIS
DevToolsSecurity
DevToolsSecurity [-status] [-enable] [-disable] [-verbose]
DESCRIPTION
This tool changes the security authorization policies for use of Apple-
code-signed debugger and performance analysis tools on development sys-
tems.
On normal user systems, the first time in a given login session that any
such Apple-code-signed debugger or performance analysis tools are used to
examine one of the user's processes, the user is queried for an admin-
istator password for authorization. DevToolsSecurity tool to change the
authorization policies, such that a user who is a member of either the
admin group or the _developer group does not need to enter an additional
password to use the Apple-code-signed debugger or performance analysis
tools.
Developers will typically not need to run this tool manually. If for
some reason it needs to be run manually, it can be run from /usr/sbin.
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