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Config profile to require admin password to change WiFi

  • April 8, 2025
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Hello,

Has anyone found a way to configure this using a config profile or script now that the airport command has been deprecated? I'm trying to configure this setting:

 

 Thanks!

 

--Josh

 

Best answer by snowfox

This was working.  We use it to manage these settings in student labs.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>RequireAdminForAirPortNetworkChange</key> <true/> <key>RequireAdminForIBSS</key> <true/> <key>RequireAdminToTurnAirPortOnOff</key> <true/> </dict> </plist>

 

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  • April 8, 2025

This was working.  We use it to manage these settings in student labs.

Domain: com.apple.MCX

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>RequireAdminForAirPortNetworkChange</key> <true/> <key>RequireAdminForIBSS</key> <true/> <key>RequireAdminToTurnAirPortOnOff</key> <true/> </dict> </plist>

 


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  • April 8, 2025

This was working.  We use it to manage these settings in student labs.

Domain: com.apple.MCX

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>RequireAdminForAirPortNetworkChange</key> <true/> <key>RequireAdminForIBSS</key> <true/> <key>RequireAdminToTurnAirPortOnOff</key> <true/> </dict> </plist>

 


Thanks, snowfox! This works great.