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TouchID Status Not Working with macOS Sonoma

  • April 4, 2024
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Ever since we upgraded to macOS Sonoma, the following script is no longer working that is used as an Extension Attribute within Jamf Pro to report if TouchID is Enabled and Disabled:

#!/bin/sh

TouchIDStatus=`bioutil -rs | grep functionality | awk '{print $4}'`
if [[ "$TouchIDStatus" = "0" ]]; then
result="TouchIDDisabled"
elif [[ "$TouchIDStatus" = "1" ]]; then
result="TouchIDEnabled"
else
result="Error"
fi
echo "<result>$result</result>"

What I see for TouchID is Error.

Any advice is very much appreciated!

Best answer by jamf-42

looks like your $4 needs to be $3 

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    jamf-42
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    • jamf-42
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    • April 4, 2024

    looks like your $4 needs to be $3 

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    • Starlord
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    • April 4, 2024

    looks like your $4 needs to be $3 


    Success! This resolved my issued and thank you SO very much!!

    aparten11
    sdagley
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    • sdagley
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    • April 4, 2024

    looks like your $4 needs to be $3 


    Not to quibble but using $NF instead of $4 would work better since it grabs the last field and will work in macOS Ventura or Sonoma.

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    • Starlord
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    • April 4, 2024

    Not to quibble but using $NF instead of $4 would work better since it grabs the last field and will work in macOS Ventura or Sonoma.


    Thank you for this additional suggestion!

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    • scottb
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    • May 23, 2024

    So, just been looking for something, but this one in Sonoma anyways, doesn't seem to work.

    I get "TouchIDEnabled" even though it's off.

    Rebooted and ran two more recons, same result.

    Anyone reporting otherwise?  I double-checked TouchID setup on my test Mac and it's definitely off.

    scottb
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    • scottb
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    • May 23, 2024

    So, just been looking for something, but this one in Sonoma anyways, doesn't seem to work.

    I get "TouchIDEnabled" even though it's off.

    Rebooted and ran two more recons, same result.

    Anyone reporting otherwise?  I double-checked TouchID setup on my test Mac and it's definitely off.


    OK, was helped on MacAdmins, and got this nifty piece.

    Works well, if you're looking to see if Touch ID has been actually setup.

    Kudos to @franton for the code 🙏

    #!/bin/zsh touchIDstatus=$( /usr/bin/bioutil -s -c | /usr/bin/awk 'NR==1{ print }' | /usr/bin/tr -d '\\t' ) if [[ "$touchIDstatus" == *"no fingerprints"* ]]; then echo "<result>Not configured</result>" else echo "<result>$touchIDstatus</result>" fi
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