bluetoothctl-admin(1) Linux System Administration bluetoothctl-admin(1)

# [Name](#Name)

bluetoothctl-admin - Admin Policy Submenu

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**bluetoothctl** \[--options] \[admin.commands]

This submenu configures administrative policies using the [**org.bluez.AdminPolicySet(5)**](/man/os/bluez/org.bluez.AdminPolicySet.5) and [**org.bluez.AdminPolicyStatus(5)**](/man/os/bluez/org.bluez.AdminPolicyStatus.5) interfaces.

# [Admin Policy Commands](#Admin_Policy_Commands)

## [allow](#allow)

Allow service UUIDs and block rest of them.

[**Usage**](#Usage)

**> allow \[clear/uuid1 uuid2 ...]**

[**Uses**](#Uses)

[**org.bluez.AdminPolicySet(5)**](/man/os/bluez/org.bluez.AdminPolicySet.5) property **ServiceAllowList**

**\[clear/uuid1 uuid2 ...]**

List of service UUIDs to allow, or "clear" to remove all restrictions

[**Example Get current allowed UUIDs list**](#Example)

```
> allow
```

[**Example Allow Serial Port Profile only**](#Example~2)

```
> allow 0x1101
```

[**Example Allow Serial Port Profile and LAN Access Profile**](#Example~3)

```
> allow 0x1101 0x1102
```

[**Example Allow Serial Port Profile, LAN Access Profile, and Dialup Networking Profile**](#Example~4)

```
> allow 0x1101 0x1102 0x1103
```

[**Example Allow Advanced Audio Distribution Profile only**](#Example~5)

```
> allow 0x110e
```

[**Example Allow A2DP Source and Sink profiles**](#Example~6)

```
> allow 0x110e 0x110f
```

[**Example Allow Serial Port Profile using full UUID**](#Example~7)

```
> allow 00001101-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
```

[**Example Allow SPP and LAP using full UUIDs**](#Example~8)

```
> allow 00001101-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb 00001102-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb
```

[**Example Remove all UUID restrictions**](#Example~9)

```
> allow clear
```

[**Example Allow SPP, LAP, and DUN using mixed UUID formats**](#Example~10)

```
> allow 0x1101 00001102-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb 0x1103
```

# [RESOURCES](#RESOURCES)

<http://www.bluez.org>

# [REPORTING BUGS](#REPORTING_BUGS)

<linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org>

# [Copyright](#Copyright)

Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licenses (LGPL).

November 2022 BlueZ

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Document: bluetoothctl-admin(1) from bluez 5.87-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/bluez/bluez