Mac Updates requiring password
We have a number of users who are complaining about needing to enter their password to allow updates to be run.
Since the prompt is coming from Endpoint Central rather than from MacOS, this looks like it could be a malicious attempt to get the user to enter credentials.
Our users are increasingly paranoid about threats as we promote vigilance.
Is there a way we can supress this so they system installs in a similar way to Windows (other than a notification allowing for postponing, this should be silent and invisible!)
Thanks.
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