Accessing iCloud keychain using /usr/bin/security

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chrismatheson OP

Created May ’18

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Is it possible to access the iCloud keychain using /usr/bin/security on macOS ?

for the default keychain this utiltiy seems to work perfectly. But i cannot seem toa ccess the iCloud keychain.

there is a `list-keychains` command which lists the system level and user leve keychain, however whn using the "Keychain Access" GUI application there is also an iCloud keychain listed.

Is it simply a case of specifying the location of the iCloud keychain as part of the args to `security` ?

Some context to my question .... im trying to programatically access the iCloud keychain for website passwords from annother application, and shelling out to the `security` util seemed a simple way to achieve this.

Any help here would be amazing.

Regards

Chris

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

May ’18

im trying to programatically access the iCloud keychain for website passwords from annother application, and shelling out to the
security
util seemed a simple way to achieve this.

That’s not going to work. The security model of the iCloud keychain is very different from the security model of the original file-based keychain, and the new model is very specifically designed to prevent exactly what you’re trying to do.

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