Newbie needs help with Admin Privileges

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  • macOS-enterprise-privileges

    For Mac users in an Enterprise environment, this app gives the User control over administration of their machine by elevating their level of access to Administrator privileges on macOS. Users can set the time frame using Preferences to perform specific tasks such as install or remove an application.

  • My pilot of 5 MacBooks went well except 1 small hiccup. A lot of the work our users are doing requires occasionally elevation to admin. The previous tech claimed the were using Enterprise Privileges. In reality they were just creating a local admin profile.

  • macOSLAPS

    Swift binary that will change a local administrator password to a random generated password. Similar behavior to LAPS for Windows

  • I'm not sure about elevate themselves, but I've heard of folks having success with macOSLAPS: https://github.com/joshua-d-miller/macOSLAPS

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  • PPPC-Utility

    Privacy Preferences Policy Control (PPPC) Utility

  • NOTE: You will need a custom profile to allow /usr/bin/osascript to have access Apple system events, or the user will have to approve the pop-up. Use PPPC Utility to create it. (https://github.com/jamf/PPPC-Utility)

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