IPConfigurationHelper(8)

IPConfigurationHelper8

Parsing helper for configd

Usage

takes no arguments, and users should not launch it manually.

Overview

IPConfigurationHelper is a an XPCService that launches on-demand upon request from the IPConfiguration agent of the configd daemon.

The IPConfiguration agent runs as the root user inside of configd, whereas IPConfigurationHelper doesn't run as a privileged user. It handles the downloading and/or parsing of system configuration data acquired from the network.

See the configd man page for more information on what IPConfiguration does.

Releases

Unchanged in 13 releases since macOS 15.0.

  1. 15.0–26.5

History

IPConfigurationHelper first appeared in macOS 15.0.

From bootp 534.120.2 in macOS 26.5. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.