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Asked: 2026-05-31T06:25:00+00:00

I am currently using Instruments via a bash script to initiate the command-line interface

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I am currently using Instruments via a bash script to initiate the command-line interface to start up runs of the Automation plug-in.

With 4.2, this worked well enough, however with the upgrade to Xcode 4.3, I am now being prompted for an authorized user to ‘analyze other processes’. No user is ever actually authenticated, even if the correct credentials are granted. I get the following error:

Failed to authorize rights (0x20) with status: -60007.
2012-02-27 19:30:37.232 instruments[54151:1c03] Failed to connect to local pid watcher     service: (os/kern) failure

Even with the authentication failure, the Automation plug-in executes, however this requires my script to have a physical babysitter enter credentials, which in many ways defeats the purpose of these command-line runs. Is it possible to add the user details as arguments? Or is there some other way to skip over this prompt without requiring a person at the keys?

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This authorization dialog appears when you try to run UIAutomation tests from the GUI for the first time.

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Filed a radar rdar://10945962.

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Once the authorization dialog has been answered in the GUI, the prompts stop appearing on the command-line. This kind of work-around doesn’t seem valid as an ‘answer’ though.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Here’s a wonderful command that may work for you:

    security unlock-keychain -p [password] "${HOME}/Library/Keychains/login.keychain"

    It’s the command-line way to gain access to a keychain on the Mac. I haven’t tested it with Automation, but it’s how I’ve integrated my iOS builds with Jenkins.

    (Replace [password] with the password)

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