I started at a new company and was given a powerful, but security managed MacBook Pro. This couldn't continue, especially as a lot of useful commands I run in Terminal start with `sudo`.
StackOverflow isn't quite dead yet and I was lead to this Q&A with the steps needed to give me the authority I needed!
Method
- Boot the Mac into Recovery Mode (see the method for your Mac here).
- Go to the Utilities menu and open Terminal
- Type `csrutil disable` to disable System Integrity Protection
- Reboot and login as normal
- Open Terminal
- Run
cd /var/db/ConfigurationProfiles
rm -rf *
mkdir Settings
touch Settings/.profilesAreInstalled- Reboot the Mac into Recovery Mode like in the first step
- Type `csrutil disable` to re-enable System Integrity Protection
- Reboot and login as normal
You should now have all the power you need to administer your Mac