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Manage FileVault-Authorized Users

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The fdesetup utility can be used to manage which users are authorized to unlock FileVault encrypted boot volumes:

fdesetup add -usertoadd <username>

You will be prompted for the password of an existing FileVault-authorized user account, or the FileVault recovery key, and the password of the user account in question to be added.

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Similarly, you can remove users from being authorized to unlock FileVault encrypted boot volumes as well:

fdesetup remove -user <username>

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Originally published on by Lucas Cantor