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+/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2016,  Regents of the University of California,
+ *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
+ *                           Colorado State University,
+ *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
+ *                           Washington University in St. Louis,
+ *                           Beijing Institute of Technology,
+ *                           The University of Memphis.
+ *
+ * This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
+ * See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
+ *
+ * NFD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
+ * of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
+ * either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * NFD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
+ * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+ * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * NFD, e.g., in COPYING.md file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "nfd-manager-common-fixture.hpp"
+
+namespace nfd {
+namespace tests {
+
+NfdManagerCommonFixture::NfdManagerCommonFixture()
+  : m_authenticator(CommandAuthenticator::create())
+{
+}
+
+void
+NfdManagerCommonFixture::setTopPrefix()
+{
+  this->ManagerCommonFixture::setTopPrefix("/localhost/nfd");
+}
+
+void
+NfdManagerCommonFixture::setPrivilege(const std::string& privilege)
+{
+  this->saveIdentityCertificate(m_identityName, "ManagerCommonFixture.ndncert");
+
+  const std::string& config = R"CONFIG(
+    authorizations
+    {
+      authorize
+      {
+        certfile "ManagerCommonFixture.ndncert"
+        privileges
+        {
+          )CONFIG" + privilege + R"CONFIG(
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  )CONFIG";
+
+  ConfigFile cf;
+  m_authenticator->setConfigFile(cf);
+  cf.parse(config, false, "ManagerCommonFixture.authenticator.conf");
+}
+
+} // namespace tests
+} // namespace nfd