diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8fbe02a..8e1fa5d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
         "role-agent-exec" => {
             runtime::role_agent_exec(&args).map_err(|message| ("role-agent-exec", message))
         }
+        "authority-supervisor-exec" => supervisor::authority_supervisor_exec(&args)
+            .map_err(|message| ("authority-supervisor-exec", message)),
         "snapshot" => snapshot::run(&args)
             .map(|_| ExitCode::SUCCESS)
             .map_err(|message| ("snapshot", message)),
diff --git a/src/role_sandbox.rs b/src/role_sandbox.rs
index c0f7665..86c3756 100644
--- a/src/role_sandbox.rs
+++ b/src/role_sandbox.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ pub fn gate_setuid_invocation(command: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
 
 fn privileged_command_allowed(command: &str, real_uid: u32) -> bool {
     command == "role-agent-exec" && real_uid == crate::config::ORCHESTRATOR_UID
-        || matches!(command, "container-bootstrap" | "launch")
-            && real_uid == crate::config::CONTROL_UID
+        || matches!(
+            command,
+            "authority-supervisor-exec" | "container-bootstrap" | "launch"
+        ) && real_uid == crate::config::CONTROL_UID
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(unix))]
@@ -243,7 +245,7 @@ fn drop_identity(uid: u32, gid: u32, supplementary_gids: &[u32]) -> Result<(), S
     groups.extend(supplementary_gids.iter().map(|value| *value as libc::gid_t));
     groups.sort_unstable();
     groups.dedup();
-    if unsafe { libc::setgroups(1, groups.as_ptr()) } != 0 {
+    if unsafe { libc::setgroups(groups.len() as _, groups.as_ptr()) } != 0 {
         return Err(format!(
             "set role supplementary groups: {}",
             std::io::Error::last_os_error()
@@ -264,6 +266,17 @@ fn drop_identity(uid: u32, gid: u32, supplementary_gids: &[u32]) -> Result<(), S
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn exec_as_identity(
+    uid: u32,
+    gid: u32,
+    supplementary_gids: &[u32],
+    command: &str,
+    args: &[String],
+) -> Result<ExitCode, String> {
+    drop_identity(uid, gid, supplementary_gids)?;
+    exec(command, args)
+}
+
 #[cfg(not(unix))]
 fn drop_identity(_uid: u32, _gid: u32, _supplementary_gids: &[u32]) -> Result<(), String> {
     Err("role-exec uid isolation requires Unix".into())
@@ -469,6 +482,14 @@ mod tests {
             CONTROL_UID
         ));
         assert!(privileged_command_allowed("launch", CONTROL_UID));
+        assert!(privileged_command_allowed(
+            "authority-supervisor-exec",
+            CONTROL_UID
+        ));
+        assert!(!privileged_command_allowed(
+            "authority-supervisor-exec",
+            ORCHESTRATOR_UID
+        ));
         assert!(!privileged_command_allowed("launch", ORCHESTRATOR_UID));
         for command in ["role-exec", "subagent", "snapshot", "workflow"] {
             assert!(!privileged_command_allowed(command, ORCHESTRATOR_UID));
diff --git a/src/supervisor.rs b/src/supervisor.rs
index 8df2bd0..81ad7b0 100644
--- a/src/supervisor.rs
+++ b/src/supervisor.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,36 @@ pub fn run(args: &[String]) -> Result<ExitCode, String> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub fn authority_supervisor_exec(args: &[String]) -> Result<ExitCode, String> {
+    if !args.is_empty() {
+        return Err("authority-supervisor-exec does not accept arguments".into());
+    }
+    if env::var("MULTIAGENT_UID_SANDBOX").as_deref() != Ok("1") {
+        return Err("authority-supervisor-exec requires MULTIAGENT_UID_SANDBOX=1".into());
+    }
+    let real_uid = unsafe { libc::getuid() };
+    if real_uid != 0 && real_uid != config::CONTROL_UID {
+        return Err("authority-supervisor-exec is reserved for root or the control UID".into());
+    }
+
+    let executable = env::current_exe()
+        .map_err(|error| format!("resolve authority supervisor executable: {error}"))?;
+    let command = executable.display().to_string();
+    crate::role_sandbox::exec_as_identity(
+        config::SUPERVISOR_UID,
+        config::ROLE_GID,
+        &[config::SUPERVISOR_CREDENTIAL_GID],
+        &command,
+        &["supervisor".into(), "serve".into()],
+    )
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+pub fn authority_supervisor_exec(_args: &[String]) -> Result<ExitCode, String> {
+    Err("authority-supervisor-exec requires Linux".into())
+}
+
 fn bootstrap_test() -> Result<ExitCode, String> {
     if env::var("MULTIAGENT_TEST_MODE").as_deref() != Ok("1") {
         return Err("supervisor bootstrap-test requires MULTIAGENT_TEST_MODE=1".into());
@@ -909,17 +939,7 @@ pub fn start(state: &Path, executable: &Path) -> Result<u32, String> {
         command.env("HOME", &home).env("CODEX_HOME", &home);
     }
     let child = command
-        .arg("role-exec")
-        .arg("--uid")
-        .arg(config::SUPERVISOR_UID.to_string())
-        .arg("--gid")
-        .arg(config::ROLE_GID.to_string())
-        .arg("--supplementary-gid")
-        .arg(config::SUPERVISOR_CREDENTIAL_GID.to_string())
-        .arg("--")
-        .arg(executable)
-        .arg("supervisor")
-        .arg("serve")
+        .arg("authority-supervisor-exec")
         .stdin(Stdio::null())
         .stdout(Stdio::from(log_stdout))
         .stderr(Stdio::from(log))