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security_authtrampolin... BSD System Manager's Manualsecurity_authtrampolin...

NAME
     security_authtrampoline -- Trampoline used by AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges from Security.frame-work. Security.framework.
     work.

SYNOPSIS
     security_authtrampoline

DESCRIPTION
     security_authtrampoline is used when programs use AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges from Secu-rity.framework Security.framework
     rity.framework to run another program with root privileges.  The security_authtrampoline command uses
     the authorization infrastructure to determine whether it should proceed.  You should not run it by
     itself.  Execution of other programs is logged with syslog(3) to channel LOG_AUTH at LOG_NOTICE level.

Darwin                           April 2, 2008                          Darwin

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