The firewall switch is OFF and I can't enable the switch, because the switch is greyed out.
MacBook Pro TouchBar and Touch ID, macOS Sierra (10.12.6)
sven7 wrote:
One note, I have a company notebook. So my company has greyed out the switch and I want enable it.
Then you will have to ask your company's IT department to enable it.
They apparently found its functionality superfluous, why do you want to enable it?
I want to know, which command/feature/settings is able to grey out this switch permanent.
And then I know how to reenable this switch.
If your company manages the Mac, there is nothing you can do to alter that. You have to have them allow it in the profile or configuration management system they use.
If there was a method to bypass the configuration management, it wouldn't be much of a configuration management tool.
When the company installs a new MacBook, they do some settings, e.g. some "defaults" commands.
What is the command, to permanent grey out the "Firewall" Switch in Mac OS Settings.
I don't know. You should ask your IT department as it appears that they know.
You have to have an admin account to change it.
Just to add, if you have an admin account click the lock on the bottom left.
Please install EtreCheck and post the report.
http://etrecheck.com/
I don't want to discuss about the meaning of a working firewall on a notebook.
I want to know, which command/feature/settings is able to grey out this switch permanent.
And then I know how to reenable this switch.
I was able to solve the problem.
Sometimes Google is a better friend than your IT Department.
These pages have all information to know how to re-enable the firewall.
https://www.jamf.com/jamf-nation/feature-requests/3230/enable-firewall
http://krypted.com/mac-security/command-line-firewall-management-in-os-x-10-10/
http://krypted.com/mac-security/command-line-alf-on-mac-os-x/
One note, I have a company notebook. So my company has greyed out the switch and I want enable it.
Sorry, but also when I unlock, the switch keeps still grey.
When the company installs a new MacBook, they do some settings, e.g. some "defaults" commands.
There is no Client application (Configuration Management Tool) running on the Mac to monitor if the settings are still active. To change the settings, this is a one time job.
So, the question still keeps.
What is the command, to permanent grey out the "Firewall" Switch in Mac OS Settings.
There must be a way to change this "grey OFF/ON" setting. This could not be a rocket science.
Firewall switch is greyed out
