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Non admin users unlock Security & Privacy System Preference Pane

  • April 24, 2017
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I'm trying to allow non admin users the ability to unlock the Security & Privacy System Preference Pane. I have to push out a plug in that requires the user to add it to the Accessibility field in the Privacy tab.

I’m looking to do what I did to enable non-admin users to add printers via this command…

sudo dseditgroup -o edit -n /Local/Default -a everyone -t group lpadmin

So far I haven't found a similar command to allow me to do this. I did come across this article in a blog, but am not familiar with the tool...

http://www.dssw.co.uk/reference/authorization-rights/system-preferences-security.html

Has anyone else been able to do this or perhaps have an alternative method for me to get this done? All suggestions are welcome

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      • hkabik
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      • April 24, 2017

      This should do it.

      #!/bin/sh

security authorizationdb write system.preferences allow
security authorizationdb write system.preferences.security allow

      Related request: If any one knows a way to ONLY allow access to that Privacy tab of Security, I'd really like to hear how to do that.

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      • tknight-MSCG
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      • April 25, 2017

      I am assuming I can reverse this after the "push" is complete??

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      • hkabik
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      • April 25, 2017
      security authorizationdb write system.preferences.security admin

      To reverse.

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        • tknight-MSCG
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        • April 25, 2017

        I tried this, got a response YES (0) two times and was still unable to unlock the system pref.

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        • tknight-MSCG
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        • April 25, 2017

        Found a few other threads about the same issue...

        https://list.jamfsoftware.com/jamf-nation/discussions/20713/allow-security-preference-pane-non-admin

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        • hkabik
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        • April 25, 2017

        I'll take a look at it, not sure what I got wrong there...

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        • hkabik
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        • April 25, 2017

        Ah, interesting... didn't know that was limited.

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