I have a situation to where a terminated user has not returned their MacBook and our HR department is having a hard time with this guy. It seems like he has set up a new account on the Mac aside from the domain login and is using the computer for personal/consulting services. My question is...Is there a way to completely lock out all user accounts on a MacBook via automox or completely make the MacBook unusable?
Thanks!
Hey Epp79,
You might be able to string together these 2 commands to assist with this:
pwpolicy -u "username" disableuser
sudo reboot
This will disable any account you choose then reboot the device. Be warned that this will lock out the device if you do not have a backup admin account on it.
The only other way is to initiate an EFI Lock, but sadly that requires an MDM to initiate this.
Hope this helps!
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