Ensure Automatic Login Is Disabled

How it is checked

Audit method: Shell command

/usr/bin/osascript -l JavaScript <<'EOS'
function run() {
  let pref1 = ObjC.unwrap($.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.loginwindow').objectForKey('com.apple.login.mcx.DisableAutoLoginClient'))
  let pref2 = ObjC.unwrap($.NSUserDefaults.alloc.initWithSuiteName('com.apple.loginwindow').objectForKey('autoLoginUser'))
  if ( pref1 == 1 || pref2 == null ) {
    return("true")
  } else {
    return("false")
  }
}
EOS

Expected output

true

How it is fixed

Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch

Profile (preferred): com.apple.loginwindow com.apple.login.mcx.DisableAutoLoginClient = <true/>. Terminal: sudo /usr/bin/defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow autoLoginUser. GUI: System Settings > Users & Groups > Set Automatic login in as... to Off.

Check this host

Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.

tmaegis scan --target macos