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# AEAssessmentBinaryExecutable

A non-bundled, non-UI executable (e.g. a launchd daemon) designated as an assessment participant
by its on-disk path.

```
class AEAssessmentBinaryExecutable
```

## Overview

Use this for a participant that has no bundle identifier and so cannot be expressed as an
[`AEAssessmentApplication`](/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentApplication). It feeds only the app-launch allowlist under
[`allowsOnlyParticipantsToRun`](/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentConfiguration/allowsOnlyParticipantsToRun) and, when its configuration permits,
network access; UI policies do not apply.

Matching is by exact on-disk path. At runtime the executable must also satisfy
[`requiresSignatureValidation`](/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentBinaryExecutable/requiresSignatureValidation) (and the team identifier, if set), so a swapped or re-signed
binary is not silently trusted.

With [`requiresSignatureValidation`](/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentBinaryExecutable/requiresSignatureValidation) enabled (the default), an unsigned or invalidly signed binary
is treated as unavailable: a participant that isn’t
[`isRequired`](/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentBinaryExecutableConfiguration/isRequired) is dropped from enforcement, while a
required one prevents the assessment session from beginning.

> SeeAlso: ``doc://com.apple.automaticassessmentconfiguration/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentConfiguration/allowsOnlyParticipantsToRun`` for why the launch allowlist
> requires a signature, and ``doc://com.apple.automaticassessmentconfiguration/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentApplication`` for bundled participants.

## Topics

### Initializers

[`init(binaryExecutableURL: URL)`](/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentBinaryExecutable/init(binaryExecutableURL:))

[`init(binaryExecutableURL: URL, teamIdentifier: String?)`](/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentBinaryExecutable/init(binaryExecutableURL:teamIdentifier:))

### Instance Properties

[`var binaryExecutableURL: URL`](/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentBinaryExecutable/binaryExecutableURL)

On-disk path of the executable.

[`var requiresSignatureValidation: Bool`](/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentBinaryExecutable/requiresSignatureValidation)

Whether the running executable’s code signature is validated. Defaults to `YES`.

[`var teamIdentifier: String?`](/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentBinaryExecutable/teamIdentifier)

Team identifier the running executable’s signature must match, or `nil` to skip the team check.

## Relationships

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

### Conforms To

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`NSCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCopying)

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg)

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