mojave man page for securityd

securityd(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 					      securityd(1)

NAME
     securityd -- Security context daemon for Authorization and cryptographic operations

SYNOPSIS
     securityd

DESCRIPTION
     securityd maintains security contexts and arbitrates cryptographic operations and Security Authorizations. Access to keychain items is routed
     through securityd to enforce access controls and to keep private keys out of user process address space.  Authorization calls also communi-
     cate with securityd to enforce rules contained in the /etc/authorization database.  All user interaction with securityd is mediated through
     the Security Agent.

     This command is not intended to be invoked directly.

HISTORY
     securityd was first introduced in Mac OS X version 10.0 (Cheetah) as the "Security Server" and was renamed in 10.4 (Tiger).

AUTHORS
     Perry The Cynic

Darwin								   May 31, 2019 							    Darwin