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Random Admin Credential popup.

  • December 19, 2023
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bcameron
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I have a random MacOS popup that has started.

I have tried watching the mail log file to try to figure out what is causing it but nothing shows up.

I have verified I do not have a virus or malware.

It pops up 3 times in a row then goes away for awhile if you keep hitting cancel....but it comes back.

Where else, other than the system.log can I look to figure out why this is happening?

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bcameron
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bcameron
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I'm trying to watch the system.log file, not mail log file.


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  • December 19, 2023

I haven't tried it, but here is a link where someone was asking the same question. It was answered with a python script to see what is requesting admin: catalina - Identify why macOS prompts me for an admin password - Ask Different (stackexchange.com)