Introduction to Authorization Services Programming Guide

Explains how to add fine-grained control of privileged operations in an application.

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Authorization Concepts introduces you to authorization in macOS and describes the difference between authorization and authentication. This chapter explores scenarios that use Authorization Services. Read this chapter to better understand whether your software could benefit from using Authorization Services.

Authorization Services Tasks explains in detail how to use Authorization Services in self-restricting applications, system-restricting applications, and privileged installers.

Glossary defines new terms introduced in this book.

Introduction to Authorization Services Programming Guide

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