Hello. I'm developing on a cross-platform app to help user connect enterprise network and found it difficult in macOS. The issue is, I guided user to install profile, but the authentication won't start immediately even the cable is plugged in or the WLAN is connected. There is still some manual operation to be done: Ethernet: Select the correct profile, and click the Connect button. Wlan: Click the Connect button. (The profile contains SSID so need't select the correct profile) Obviously, the operation is still not easy for users to understand and follow. So, is there any method to auto connect 802.1x network using the selected profile in terminal or by code? I mean, the manual operation is not necessary, maybe you can tell me a better solution. BTW, I found it possible to connect WLAN and auto select the correct profile by using this command networksetup -setairportnetwork en1 MY_SSID, but it could be very slow since the authentication seemed start 30 sec after connecting the SSID. So I believe it not the best solution.

I am working on developing a client to complete 8021.x wireless authentication by python. According to the CoreWLAN Documentation scanForNetworks(withName:), I'm going to use scanForNetworksWithName_error_ and associateToEnterpriseNetwork_identity_username_password_error_ provided in CoreWLAN. And I wrote a script to have a try. import os import pwd from CoreWLAN import CWWiFiClient from Foundation import NSString def get_real_user(): sudo_user = os.environ.get('SUDO_USER') if sudo_user: return sudo_user return os.environ.get('USER', 'root') def run_as_user(username): if os.geteuid() == 0: uid = pwd.getpwnam(username).pw_uid gid = pwd.getpwnam(username).pw_gid os.setuid(uid) def connect_to_enterprise_network(ssid, username, password): try: real_user = get_real_user() if os.geteuid() == 0: run_as_user(real_user) client = CWWiFiClient.sharedWiFiClient() interface = client.interface() if not interface: print("no interface") return False print("scaning...") error = None scan_result, error = interface.scanForNetworksWithName_error_(ssid, None) if error: print(f"scan fialed: {error.localizedDescription()}") return False target_network = None for network in scan_result.allObjects(): if network.ssid() == ssid: target_network = network break if not target_network: print("no target network") return False success, error = interface.associateToEnterpriseNetwork_identity_username_password_error_( target_network, None, NSString.stringWithString_(username), NSString.stringWithString_(password), None ) if not success: print(f"connect failed: {error.localizedDescription() if error else 'unknown error'}") return False print("connect successfully") return True except Exception as e: print(f"exception: {str(e)}") return False if __name__ == "__main__": ssid = "ssid" username = "username" password = "password" success = connect_to_enterprise_network(ssid, username, password) However, I can only execute this script normally under non-root permissions. When I switch to root and execute it, the variable "scan_result.allObjects()" will be an object without any ssid and bssid. Finally the function prints "no target network" and returned. <CWNetwork: 0x107104080> [ssid=(null), bssid=(null), security=WPA2 Enterprise, rssi=-52, channel=<CWChannel: 0x11e8a1fd0> [channelNumber=44(5GHz), channelWidth={20MHz}], ibss=0] Compared with the value without sudo: [<CWNetwork: 0x144650580> [ssid=ssid, bssid=<redacted>, security=WPA2 Enterprise, rssi=-55, channel=<CWChannel: 0x1247040d0> [channelNumber=149(5GHz), channelWidth={20MHz}], ibss=0]] My python code will be included in an app that must be executed as a root user, so this issue can't be ignored and waiting for your help. THANKS!

It was possible to excute: sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/A/Resources/airport -s on previous mac os version to get all SSID list. But now on mac os 14.4 it returns like: WARNING: The airport command line tool is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. For diagnosing Wi-Fi related issues, use the Wireless Diagnostics app or wdutil command line tool. Is there any other way to list all SSIDs? It's important to me since my code depends on this feature. P.S. Seems other airport command like "airport -I" didn't work too. Is there any other tool could replace airport?