How to obtain dscl output for Mac Authenticator troubleshooting


This article applies to:

  • Authenticator 2.x

Question:

  • How can we obtain dscl output for troubleshooting issues with the Mac Authenticator not authenticating users properly?

Procedure:

In order to produce a dump of the DSCL info (which is what the Authenticator parses to authenticate users), run the following from terminal:

 

dscl localhost -read /Search/Users/$USER >dscl-dump.txt

 

This will create the specified text file and write the info into it.


Last Modified 1/21/2013.
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