mDNSMacOSX/mDNSResponderHelper.8

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  18 .\" Revision 1.1  2007/08/08 22:34:59  mcguire
  19 .\" <rdar://problem/5197869> Security: Run mDNSResponder as user id mdnsresponder instead of root
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  23 .Dd August 2007             \" Date
  24 .Dt mDNSResponderHelper 8   \" Document Title
  25 .Os Darwin                  \" Operating System
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  27 .Sh NAME
  28 .Nm mDNSResponderHelper
  29 .Nd mDNS privilege separation helper  \" Name Description for whatis database
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  31 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  32 .Nm
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  34 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  35 .Nm
  36 is an executable invoked by
  37 .Nm launchd
  38 to provide privilege separation
  39 to the
  40 .Nm mDNSResponder
  41 daemon.
  42 .Pp
  43 .Nm
  44 has no user-specifiable command-line arguments, and users should not run
  45 .Nm
  46 manually.
  47 .Sh FILES
  48 .Pa /usr/sbin/mDNSResponderHelper \" Pathname
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  50 .Sh SEE ALSO
  51 .Xr mDNSResponder 8
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  53 .Sh BUGS
  54 .Nm
  55 bugs are tracked in Apple Radar component "mDNSResponder".
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  57 .Sh HISTORY
  58 The
  59 .Nm
  60 first appeared in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).