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How do I determine if a user has a password set on Mac?

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I need to determine if a user has a non-empty password set on Mac. Anything will work: a command line call, AppleScript, Carbon, Cocoa, etc.

I want to inform the user whether or not they have a password set.

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Tyler Avatar asked Aug 16 '11 16:08

Tyler

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I've found the answer to my question. Thanks anyway.

dscl . -authonly <username> ""
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Tyler Avatar answered Oct 03 '22 22:10

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