Authorize a non-admin developer in Xcode / Mac OS

Question

I use a standard user account for my daily tasks on Mac OS. Since upgrading to Snow Leopard I am asked to do the following when a program is run from within Xcode:

"Type the name and password of a user in the 'Developer Tools' group to allow Developer Tools Access to make changes"

While I know the admin username/password, this is annoying (though only required once per login).

The developer tools access is asking for rights to "system.privilege.taskport.debug" from application gdb-i386-apple-darwin.

What is the best way around this?

Answer 1

Answer suggested by @Stacy Simpson:

We are struggling with the issue described in these threads and none of the resolutions seem to work:

• Stop "developer tools access needs to take control of another process for debugging to continue" alert
• Authorize a non-admin developer in Xcode / Mac OS

As I'm new to SO, I cannot post in either thread. (The first one is actually closed and I disagree with the localization reasoning...)

Anyway, we created a work-around using AppleScript that folks may be interested in. The script below should be executed asynchronously prior to launching your automated test:

osascript <script name> <password> &

Here is the script:

on run argv
    # Delay for 10 seconds as this script runs asynchronously to the automation process and is kicked off first.
    delay 10

    # Inspect all running processes
    tell application "System Events"
        set ProcessList to name of every process
        # Determine if authentication is being requested
        if "SecurityAgent" is in ProcessList then
            # Bring this dialogue to the front
            tell application "SecurityAgent" to activate
            # Enter provided password
            keystroke item 1 of argv
            keystroke return
        end if
    end tell
end run

Probably not very secure, but it's the best work-around we've come up with to allow tests to run without requiring user intervention.

Hopefully, I can get enough points to post the answer; or, someone can unprotect this question. Regards.

Answer 2

You need to add your OS X user name to the _developer group. See the posts in this thread for more information. The following command should do the trick:

sudo dscl . append /Groups/_developer GroupMembership <username>

Answer 3

Here is a better solution from
Mac OS X wants to use system keychain when compiling the project

1. Open Keychain Access.
2. In the top-left corner, unlock the keychain (if it is locked).
3. Choose the System keychain from the top-left corner.
4. Find your distribution certificate and click the disclosure triangle.
5. Double-click ‘Private key’ under your distribution certificate.
6. In the popup, go to the Access Control tab.
7. Select ‘Allow all applications to access this item’.
8. Save the changes.
9. Close all windows.
10. Run the application.

Answer 4

Finally, I was able to get rid of it using DevToolsSecurity -enable on Terminal. Thanks to @joar_at_work!

FYI: I'm on Xcode 4.3, and pressed the disable button when it launched for the first time, don't ask why, just assume my dog made me do it :)