Topic
Authentication is Disabled error
Environment
MAC
Instructions
When attempting to sign in to mac with credentials if given the error “Authentication is disabled” (In our case a user granted with administrator was attempting make a change requiring administrator access) The solution for this problem is to run these commands within the kernal
`
#checks to see if secure token is enabled or disabled
#Disables and then reenables the securetoken
sysadminctl -secureTokenStatus <username>
sysadminctl -secureTokenOff <username> – password – -adminUser <adminusername -adminPassword –
sysadminctl -secureTokenOn <username> – password – -adminUser <adminusername -adminPassword –
diskutil apfs UpdatePreboot /
#after running do a reboot
`
Hopefully after running this in terminal you should no longer get this error when attempting to change something with admin needs