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.\" $Log: mDNSResponderHelper.8,v $
.\" Revision 1.1  2007/08/08 22:34:59  mcguire
.\" <rdar://problem/5197869> Security: Run mDNSResponder as user id mdnsresponder instead of root
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.\"
.\"
.Dd August 2007             \" Date
.Dt mDNSResponderHelper 8   \" Document Title
.Os Darwin                  \" Operating System
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.Sh NAME
.Nm mDNSResponderHelper
.Nd mDNS privilege separation helper  \" Name Description for whatis database
.\" 
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.\"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is an executable invoked by
.Nm launchd
to provide privilege separation
to the
.Nm mDNSResponder
daemon.
.Pp
.Nm
has no user-specifiable command-line arguments, and users should not run
.Nm
manually.
.Sh FILES
.Pa /usr/sbin/mDNSResponderHelper \" Pathname
.\"
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mDNSResponder 8
.\"
.Sh BUGS
.Nm
bugs are tracked in Apple Radar component "mDNSResponder".
.\"
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
first appeared in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).