Download important updates automatically

[samv]

The command line utility softwareupdate seems to be missing a few features. I’d really like to be able to do the following:

1. Issue a command via Terminal or Apple Remote Desktop to turn on “Check for updates: Weekly”.
2. Issue a command via Terminal or Apple Remote Desktop to turn on “Download important updates automatically”.

Does anyone know a way to turn on (or turn off) these settings via the command line? I was expecting the command line utility softwareupdate to support this.

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_Update[/url]

I’m the System Administrator for a company of about 200 people working in two offices (Melbourne and Sydney). I have the file server in each office running Mac OS 10.5 Server and running the Software Update server service. The file server is also hosting Domain Name System server service and has a alias (CNAME) entry [b]softwareupdate.companyname.com.au[/b] (ie the Software Update server). Using Apple Remote Desktop I pushed out the following instruction to all staff computers:

[code]defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL http://softwareupdate.companyname.com.au:8088/%5B/code%5D

It doesn’t matter where staff are located. Software Update will collect the updates from the closest file server. Neat!

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