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StartupItemContext(8)     BSD System Manager's Manual    StartupItemContext(8)

NAME
     StartupItemContext -- Execute a program in StartupItem context

SYNOPSIS
     StartupItemContext [program [arguments]]

DESCRIPTION
     The StartupItemContext utility launches the specified program in StartupItem bootstrap context.  Each
     Darwin and Mac OS X login creates a unique bootstrap subset context to contain login specific Mach port
     registrations with the bootstrap server.  All such registrations performed within the context of that
     subset are only visible to other processes within that context or subsequent subsets of it.  Therefore,
     a Mach port based service/daemon launched within a login context will not be visible to other such con-texts. contexts.
     texts.

     To override this, a root user can use the StartupItemContext utility to launch the program within the
     same bootstrap context as all other StartupItems. All subsequent Mach port bootstrap registrations per-fomed perfomed
     fomed by the program will be visible system-wide.

NOTES
     All bootstrap port lookups will also be resticted to the StartupItem context. The services provided on
     a per-login basis (clipboard, etc...) will not be available to the program.

SEE ALSO
     SystemStarter(8)

Darwin                           July 7, 2002                           Darwin