BigSur 11.1 issue: The authorization was denied since no user interaction was possible

[kotapeter]

If macOS asks password more than 1 it'll fail with the error message in the title.

For example if we want to save an x509 certificate into keychain. On Apple machines with BigSur 11.1 asks password twice. (who knows why..)

(I've tested with Intel mac and it works properly)

Reproduce:

Here is our command:

security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain "/Users/user/ssl/mysite.local.crt"

If you run this in terminal with sudo prefix then terminal'll ask your password and after that an OS dialog will be prompted and asks your password again. (video attached)

If you'd like to run the command with sudo-prompt (video attached) then you will get the following error:

The authorization was denied since no user interaction was possible

Because sudo-prompt hides the second dialog.

UPDATE

On the first video you cannot see password dialog because screencast app hides it. After I typed my pass in terminal an OS dialog came up and asked my pass again.

Screen.Recording.2021-01-14.at.19.04.26.mov

Screen.Recording.2021-01-14.at.19.06.37.mov

[alectrocute]

This is macOS’s issue, not sudo-prompt IMHO.

But to help out, maybe try unlocking the user’s keychain first via node child_process and then execute the sudo command after. Other relevant stuff in that SO thread.