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Leopard Technical Notes: Security
Authorization grants an entity--such as a user or process--permission to make use of a particular service and determines exactly what the entity is permitted to do with that service. For example, Authorization Services is used to determine whether a specific user should be allowed to change a system preference. Developers can use authorization programming interfaces to control access to services provided by their applications. Both Objective-C and procedural C interfaces are provided.

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Running At Login (HTML)
TN2228: Describes how to write code that's coordinated with the login process.
2008-09-16
Debugging An Authorization Plug-In With Xcode (HTML)
TN2108: A tutorial on how to use Xcode to debug an authorization plug-in.
2008-09-08
Authorization for Everyone (HTML)
TN2095: Describes applications of Authorization Services beyond simple privilege requesting.
2008-01-30
Kernel Authorization (HTML)
TN2127: Describes the kernel authorization (kauth) subsystem and its associated KPI.
2007-01-16