xgridctl(8) [osx man page]

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

NAME

     xgridctl -- Xgrid Daemon Control Interface

SYNOPSIS

     xgridctl [target] action

OPTIONS

     The optional target is one of the following:

     controller    perform the action for the xgricontrollerd daemon

     agent	   perform the action for the xgridagentd daemon

     The action is one of the following:

     status	   print status for the chosen daemon, or print status for all daemons if no target is specified

     start	   enable and start the chosen daemon, or start all enabled daemons if no target is specified

     stop	   disable and stop the chosen daemon, or stop all daemons if no target is specified

     restart	   stop and then enable and start the chosen daemon, or stop all daemons and then start all enabled daemons if no target is speci-
		   fied

RETURN VALUES

     0		   completed succesfully

     1		   an error occurred

FILES

     /usr/libexec/xgrid/xgridagentd
	     agent daemon

     /usr/libexec/xgrid/xgridcontrollerd
	     controller daemon

     /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.xgridagentd.plist
	     agent launchd control file

     /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.xgridcontrollerd.plist
	     controller launchd control file

EXAMPLES

     Print status of agent and controller:

	   $ xgridctl status

     Start the controller and set it to run at startup:

	   $ xgridctl controller start

     Stop the agent and set it to not run at startup:

	   $ xgridctl agent stop

SEE ALSO

     xgrid(1) launchd(8)

HISTORY

     This program was first introduced in Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger".  It was inspired by apachectl(8).  The "on" and "off" actions were deprecated in
     Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard".

BUGS

     Bug reports can be sent to bugreport.apple.com

Mac OS X							   April 2, 2009							  Mac OS X

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

NAME

     taskgated -- task_for_pid access control daemon

SYNOPSIS

     taskgated [-s] [-t timeout] [-i pid]

DESCRIPTION

     taskgated is a system daemon that implements a policy for the task_for_pid system service.  When the kernel is asked for the task port of a
     process, and preliminary access control checks pass, it invokes this daemon (via launchd) to make the decision.

OPTIONS

     -t timeout
	      The daemon will quit after that many seconds of inactivity. It will be relaunched by launchd as needed. A timeout of zero can be
	      specified to make the daemon quit after servicing each request, but a small positive timeout is better for performance.

     -i pid   Inject the service port of taskgated into the process with the given pid, rather than relying on launchd to install it system-wide.
	      This is for testing only, and requires the launchd configuration for taskgated to be removed.

AUTHORIZATION RIGHTS

     system.privilege.taskport	Authorization right used to check access of allowed (but not safe) callers.

INFO KEYS

     SecTaskAccess  A value of "allowed" is required for any program that wants access to task ports. A value of "safe" bypasses authorization
		    checks if so configured.  Code must be signed by any system-trusted signing authority.

FILES

     /etc/authorization  to configure the authorization used.
     /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.taskgated
			 startup configuration file for taskgated

SEE ALSO

     security(1), launchd(8)

HISTORY

     taskgated was first introduced in Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard).

     Procmod and procview support (-p) was removed in 10.11.

     Certain software updates of Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger) introduced the convention requiring membership in the procmod or procview groups to control
     task port access. Before that, any process could obtain the task port of any other process with the same user-id.

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