Hynek Schlawack • 1/9/2023

Surprising Consequences of macOS’s Environment Variable Sanitization

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This technical article details macOS's System Integrity Protection (SIP) and its sanitization of DYLD_* environment variables like DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH, which can break database drivers and other tools. It explores the problem's scope across shells, build tools like Make, and command runners, providing practical workarounds for developers needing to bypass this security feature.

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