Removal - macadmins/escrow-buddy GitHub Wiki
If you no longer need or want to use Escrow Buddy, or if you decide to transition to a tool like Crypt that handles FileVault key regeneration, you can remove Escrow Buddy by deploying the uninstall script below.
#!/bin/bash
AuthDBTeardown() {
# Create temporary directory for storage of authorization database files
# Using hyphen to prevent escape issues in PlistBuddy commands
EB_DIR="${TMPDIR:=/private/tmp}/com.netflix.Escrow-Buddy"
mkdir -pv "$EB_DIR"
AUTH_DB="$EB_DIR/auth.db"
# Output current loginwindow auth database
echo "Reading system.login.console section of authorization database..."
/usr/bin/security authorizationdb read system.login.console > "$AUTH_DB"
if [[ ! -f "$AUTH_DB" ]]; then
echo "ERROR: Unable to save the current authorization database."
exit 1
fi
# Check current loginwindow auth database for desired entry
if ! grep -q '<string>Escrow Buddy:Invoke,privileged</string>' "$AUTH_DB"; then
echo "Escrow Buddy is not configured in the loginwindow authorization database."
return
fi
# Create a backup copy
cp "$AUTH_DB" "$AUTH_DB.backup"
echo "Removing Escrow Buddy from authorization database..."
INDEX=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print :mechanisms:" "$AUTH_DB" 2>/dev/null | grep -n "Escrow Buddy:Invoke,privileged" | awk -F ":" '{print $1}')
if [[ -z $INDEX ]]; then
echo "ERROR: Unable to index current loginwindow authorization database."
exit 1
fi
# Subtract 2 from the index to account for PlistBuddy output format
INDEX=$((INDEX-2))
# Remove Escrow Buddy mechanism
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Delete :mechanisms:$INDEX" "$AUTH_DB"
# Save authorization database changes
if ! security authorizationdb write system.login.console < "$AUTH_DB"; then
echo "ERROR: Unable to save changes to authorization database."
exit 1
fi
}
# If in-bundle AuthDB teardown script exists on disk, prefer using that
echo "Removing Escrow Buddy from authorization database..."
"/Library/Security/SecurityAgentPlugins/Escrow Buddy.bundle/Contents/Resources/AuthDBTeardown.sh" || AuthDBTeardown
echo "Deleting Escrow Buddy bundle..."
rm -rf "/Library/Security/SecurityAgentPlugins/Escrow Buddy.bundle"
echo "Deleting Escrow Buddy preferences..."
defaults delete "/Library/Preferences/com.netflix.Escrow-Buddy.plist"
echo "Forgetting receipt..."
pkgutil --forget "com.netflix.Escrow-Buddy" 2>/dev/null
echo "Escrow Buddy successfully uninstalled."