How to disable System Integrity Protection in High Sierra?

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Joey.w Author

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How to disable System Integrity Protection in High Sierra?

Hi,

After I update to High Sierra 10.13, I can't find the "csrutil" command in Recovery mode so I'm unable to disable SIP.

Is there a new way to do that now?

Thank you.

Best Regards,

Joey

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), macOS High Sierra (10.13), null

Posted on Sep 26, 2017 10:59 AM

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leroydouglas

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Sep 26, 2017 11:17 AM in response to Joey.w

Not recommend unless you have a very specific reason. Re-enabling is import part of security protection

Restart your Mac.
From Recovery hold down Command-R and keep it held down until you see an Apple icon and a progress bar. ...
From the Utilities menu, select Terminal.
At the prompt type exactly the following and then press Return: csrutil disable /
```
csrutil enable
```

https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Security/Conceptual/Sy stem_Integrity_Protection_Guide/Configur…

there where report early on of a bug in executing the csrutil. YMMV

"...even with SIP officially "disabled" it was still active; preventing writes to /System and modifying Apple programs..."

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Answer 2

Nov 19, 2017 2:38 PM in response to leroydouglas

Hi Leroy,

I think there is a misunderstanding: the csrutil is not there. It's not available at all.

This is a problem I'm experiencing too, since it prevents me to installing reFind (to dual boot Ubuntu); after entering Recovery mode and operning a terminal, typing any prefix of "csrutil" won't trigger any TAB completition because the command is just not there.

If we try to execute the one available in /Volumes/MacBookPro HD/usr/bin/csrutil, it will be "Killed: 9" immediately.

So, that said, how can I disable the SIP on High Sierra?

Thanks

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