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sshd-keygen-wrapper showing in security preferences?

I updated to Big Sur two days ago, and this has mysteriously appeared in my security preferences:



What is this program and why is it asking for full disk access?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.4

Posted on Jun 17, 2021 6:49 AM

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Posted on Jun 17, 2021 8:07 AM

I believe it is part of Bug Sur Certification of the Image File where Big Sur Resides and is totally normal. If you scroll down further in your screen shot - you will also find Terminal. That too is normal in Big Sur.

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Jun 17, 2021 8:13 AM in response to PRP_53

P. Phillips wrote:

I believe it is part of Bug Sur Certification of the Image File where Big Sur Resides and is totally normal. If you scroll down further in your screen shot - you will also find Terminal. That too is normal in Big Sur.

Terminal does not have Full Disk Access by default. However, this behaviour is normal for ssh-kegyen-wrapper.

Jun 17, 2021 2:17 PM in response to PRP_53

P. Phillips wrote:

Interesting regarding Terminal - Can only see from personal experience on my M1 and from day one March 17, 2021 Ver. 11.1 Terminal was In Security & Privacy. Not really important for my purposes anyways.

Actually, I forgot about something. Any app that makes some filesystem request that is blocked by Full Disk Access will be automatically added to the list. Full Disk Access has not been granted. The checkbox is not checked. This is just a convenience so that people don't have to click the + button and go find it.


The side effect to this behaviour is that some apps like sshd-kegyen-wrapper or Terminal that may not actually need Full Disk Access will likely show up in the list. All of these are legacy tools that have lots of old code that was never, and will never, be modified for modern security concerns.

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