security_privportserver(1)

NAME
security_privportserver - Authorization-based trampoline to acquire privileged ports

SYNOPSIS
security_privportserver

DESCRIPTION
security_privportserver is used by the Authorization framework call AuthorizationBindPrivilegedPort() to allow a process to bind to a privileged port without requiring the client application to run as root. The tool will acquire the requested ports if the client is granted system.privilege.port.connect and system.privilege.port.accept rights in a Security Authorization evaluation.

This command is not intended to be invoked directly.

FILES

/etc/authorization

    The authorization database can be configured to allow or disallow the use of this function.

HISTORY
security_privportserver was first introduced in Mac OS X version 10.3 (Panther).

AUTHORS
Perry Kiehtreiber