Allowednonadminpackagefamilynamerules =link= -

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sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.installer allowednonadminpackagefamilynamerules -array "com.microsoft.*" "com.google.*" Users without admin rights can install packages whose bundle family name matches any rule in the array. The installer will not prompt for admin credentials for those packages. allowednonadminpackagefamilynamerules

This key allows you to define for packages that non-admin users are permitted to install without admin credentials on macOS. Here’s a concise post suitable for a tech

In environments with managed or standard user accounts (no admin rights), you can still grant installation privileges for specific software families — e.g., com.company.* or org.openoffice.* . internal dev notice