Keep showing "Action Required" when nothing can be done

And I just found in the tab "General", there is an option related to Sophos. So I hit "Allow", as the followings. However, nothing happened, and the message still keeps popping up.

Hi Ying,

Could you please reboot your machine and check if the issue persist? Also, please run the command in terminal and share with us the output.

Hi, I typed in the path you pasted and it didn't work. Not sure if there were space missed due to the way your image looks. It's been so frustrated. Could you type the path instead, so I can do it more accurately? Thanks.

Ying

Hello Ying,

Pasted command

>cd /

>sqlite3 /var/db/SystemPolicyConfiguration/KextPolicy "SELECT * from kext_policy”

I did it but nothing happened. This is what I do:

- opened Terminal

- typed: >cd /

- hit enter

- typed: >sqlite3 /var/db/SystemPolicyConfiguration/KextPolicy "SELECT * from kext_policy”

- hit enter again

Did I do it right?

Ying-Fang

This is wrong. The author of these commands is creating unnecessary confusion. Should have explained not to enter the character > only the characters following. Do not include the character >

For example, for the first entry just enter cd/ without the >

And be careful to only copy and paste, as an extra or missing space will invalidate a command.

Thanks for the clarification. I typed as instructed, and still didn't any happened. Here is the screen capture:

Is there still something wrong?

Ying

Sorry, can't help much more than this. Looks like you typed the commands correctly, but this is foreign to me ("SKEL" Secure Kernel Extension Loading), since I'm still running 10.12, not 10.13 High Sierra, where it was first introduced.

You might want to have a look at the following article, although a bit technical:

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2459/_index.html

And it would be nice if the Sophos staff, Aditya Patel, were a bit more helpful, instead of making suggestions and then leaving this thread alone for days on end.

See also

https://community.sophos.com/kb/en-us/132813

community.sophos.com/.../395384

On further research looks like you will have to do this manually:

First, boot into recovery mode: restart while holding down CMD and R keys. This can take a little while.

Next, when booted into recovery mode, open Terminal from menubar at top.

Next, in Terminal, run the following command  :

/usr/sbin/spctl kext-consent add 2H5GFH3774

(Note, IMPORTANT, in recovery mode you won't be able to copy/paste, so first write down the command EXACTLY as it appears above, paying attention to spaces and case (everything is in lower case except for the number 2H5GFH3774 at end)

Hit enter after typing in the command, wait for a new cursor prompt, quit Terminal, then select restart from Apple menu.

Sophos article on this here

community.sophos.com/.../132813

This fixed the issue for me! Thanks!!

For future visitors,

type: cd /

hit enter

type: sudo sqlite3 /var/db/SystemPolicyConfiguration/KextPolicy "SELECT * from kext_policy"

hit enter

type in your admin password (in terminal it will not indicate on the screen that you have entered anything)

hit enter, even if you don't see anything next to password prompt.

You will then see a list of xxxxxxx|com.softwaremanufacturename.kext.xxxxx|number|manufacturename|number

ie 2H5GXXXXXX|com.sophos.kext.oas|1|Sophos|1

For future visitors,

type: cd /

hit enter

type: sudo sqlite3 /var/db/SystemPolicyConfiguration/KextPolicy "SELECT * from kext_policy"

hit enter

type in your admin password (in terminal it will not indicate on the screen that you have entered anything)

hit enter, even if you don't see anything next to password prompt.

You will then see a list of xxxxxxx|com.softwaremanufacturename.kext.xxxxx|number|manufacturename|number

ie 2H5GXXXXXX|com.sophos.kext.oas|1|Sophos|1