Stop "developer tools access needs to take control of another process for debugging to continue" alert
Solution 1:
There's a much simpler solution for this. Try running the following command:
sudo /usr/sbin/DevToolsSecurity --enable
Solution 2:
enable develoer mode: In Terminal run this: DevToolsSecurity -enable
Solution 3:
Per Zev Eisenberg's answer, reinstalling Xcode 4.2.1 worked. However, it might be easier to just patch the /etc/authorization
file with the following diff.
<key>system.privilege.taskport.debug</key>
<dict>
<key>allow-root</key>
<false/>
<key>class</key>
- <string>user</string>
+ <string>rule</string>
<key>comment</key>
<string>For use by Apple. WARNING: administrators are advised
not to modify this right.</string>
<key>default-button</key>
<dict>
...
</dict>
<key>default-prompt</key>
<dict>
...
</dict>
- <key>group</key>
- <string>_developer</string>
<key>shared</key>
<true/>
- <key>timeout</key>
- <integer>36000</integer>
+ <key>k-of-n</key>
+ <integer>1</integer>
+ <key>rule</key>
+ <array>
+ <string>is-admin</string>
+ <string>is-developer</string>
+ <string>authenticate-developer</string>
+ </array>
</dict>