[Feat]: Get empty BSSID string in macOS Monterey (> 12.1)

[pf895929]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I have an issue when trying to get the BSSID from getCurrentConnection. As a new Apple security update since macOS Monterey 12.1, we are not able to get the BSSID from /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport without sudo.

Describe the solution you'd like

Add a flag when running getCurrentConnection to use under sudo. If the app has right privileges, shall return the BSSID; otherwise will thrown an error that needs upper privileges while using it with the sudo flag.

Describe alternatives you've considered

There is no other way to get the BSSID without sudo.

Teachability, Documentation, Adoption, Migration Strategy

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[wobsoriano]

Mac and BSSID will not return without sudo privileges now.

My proposal is to let the users update their sudoers file or better add a file inside sudoers.d.

> sudo visudo -f /private/etc/sudoers.d/airplane

and add this to that airplane file.

yourusername ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport

Also, update the commands to

const command = () => ({
  cmd: 'sudo',
  args: ['/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport', '--scan']
});

More info on sudoers https://osxdaily.com/2014/02/06/add-user-sudoers-file-mac/

[keypuncherlabs]

Any updates on this? Seems like a very useful feature to have this implemented or fixed.