How can I find exactly what my codesign identity is?

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I need to know exactly what my codesign identity is. Where can I find that? And what is the usual format for a codesign identity? Thank you!

Taras Tsugrii · Answer 1 · 2017-03-09T17:21:10.370

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You can run following command in your terminal to get a list of all codesign identities installed on your system:

security find-identity -v -p codesigning

The output will contain lines like:

1) 482348ADF834384843884934734 "iPhone Developer: John Smith (YTHGJFKTHG)"
2) 49u343943943943494387348738 ...

where the first part (482348ADF834384843884934734) is your codesign identity, which is passed as an argument to the --sign flag of codesign tool.

edited Mar 09 '17 at 17:21

answered Mar 08 '17 at 03:12

Taras Tsugrii

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When I run that command I get no identities, any clue on how whould I fix that? Thanks – rekans Sep 22 '17 at 13:46

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 11 '19 at 08:54

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In Xcode, you can access the Code Signing Identity by selecting your target, going to build settings and it's right under "Code Signing Identity".

For more information, you can access Apple's Documentation.

edited Oct 11 '19 at 08:54

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answered May 15 '13 at 23:38

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 13 '21 at 15:11

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On macOS 11 Big Sur, @Taras answer above does not return any identities. However, by removing -v for verbose, it does, and while it doesn't make any sense:

λ security find-identity -v -p codesigning
     0 valid identities found

λ security find-identity -p codesigning

Policy: Code Signing
  Matching identities
  1) B21272CXXXXXXCDBC562C0E0XXXXXX89 "Apple Development: Haakon Storm Heen (9X9X3XKX5X)"
     1 identities found

  Valid identities only
     0 valid identities found

answered Jun 13 '21 at 15:11

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In this case `-v` is not for _verbose_ but it means that only _valid_ identities should be displayed. – Oldes Sep 08 '21 at 13:51
Wow, thank you @Oldes for the correction. Depending on context `-v` can mean verify but also verbose. How odd. Thanks for pointing this out. – haakonstorm Sep 09 '21 at 14:04

score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 06 '15 at 13:36

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Also, you can find it in the full name of installer certificate. Run KeyChain app, find you (e.g Mac Developer) certificate with name like "3rd Party Mac Developer Application: DUMMY INC (NJ2XXXXXXX)", the "NJ2XXXXXXX" will your codesign identity.

answered Mar 06 '15 at 13:36

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This is your team id – Christoph Jul 19 '18 at 11:46

How can I find exactly what my codesign identity is?

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