[Macpartners] 802.1x Authentication

[Andy McPherson]

In the past, I've had a big problem with our shared classroom computers
prompting users to login via 802.1x and after users attempt to do so it
endlessly attempts to auto connect and disables all network access. I can
temporarily disable this by following these steps:
http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/istcontrib/Prevent+Mac+OS+X+10.7+and+above+from+trying+to+connect+to+MIT%27s+802.1x+network+when+using+a+wired+connection
but the issue always comes back after restarts and I have many different
users logging into the same workstations.

 I got around this in 10.10 by running this: chmod 644
/System/Library/SystemConfiguration/EAPOLController.bundle/Contents/Resources/eapolclient

but it won't work in 10.11 due to the new System Integrity Protection
feature.

Any ideas on a workaround? Also, why does this 802.1x prompt occur in the
first place and can it be disabled on a switch level?

Regards,
Andy

Andy McPherson

Systems Administrator


77 Massachusetts Ave., 14N-308, Cambridge, MA 02139
andymcp at mit.edu | p: 617.253.9776 | f: 617.258.6189
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