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Hello,



Just got a question about some users that travel frequently. They would like the ability to remove SSIDs because when they return to a site the WIFI password has changed and since they do not have admin rights, they cannot remove the SSIDs to re-add them with the new credentials.



I've done some research but I have not seen anything with a resolution for this issue.



All feedback is greatly appreciated.



Thank you

@mrperrott ,



I use the following commands below to (1) remove all SSID's from the preferred network list in system preferences and (2) then add any networks I like the user to have back. I would add this in Self Service because it does need admin rights to run.



Note the following:
- Removes all preffered networks (the user will need to reconnect to their home network overtime after running this).
- Then adds a specific network back. Make sure you define SSID, ENCRYPTION, PASSWORD of the network you are adding (quotes are not needed).
- Needs administrator rights.



networksetup -removeallpreferredwirelessnetworks en0

networksetup -addpreferredwirelessnetworkatindex en0 SSID 0 ENCRYPTION PASSWORD


Hope this solves your issue,
Jared

If this is a known SSID, then I do something similar, that might target what you're looking for. I run a EA that checks against 



#!/bin/sh

wifi=`networksetup -listpreferredwirelessnetworks en0 | grep 'WIRELESS NETWORK NAME' || echo "No"`

echo "<result>$wifi</result>"


and if it's found during a recon, gets added to a smart group tied to an ongoing policy that executes



#!/bin/sh

networksetup -removepreferredwirelessnetwork en0 'WIRELESS NETWORK NAME'

exit 0


But again, assumes you know the SSID. If you don't know the SSID, then yeah, dumping all of them would be the brute force way to do it.

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