Initial Setup Post-Install

[kalikkalik]

Just wondering about what some folks have done to skip the process after an InstaDMG image is applied to a mac – after we apply the image and reboot the mac it still goes through its startup routine…asking for user info, timezone, registration, etc.

Normally in the past I would just touch /var/db/.AppleSetupDone and set the rest of the items using a payload-free package.

…and make sure everything is set in the config files.

I do this using a variety of methods…creating payload-free packages and dropping them into the custom packages component of InstaDMG would appear to be the most logical..but nothing appears to be working.

Am I missing something?

Thanks,
j

[Patrick Fergus]

clearReg should fix that:

[url]https://www.afp548.com/filemgmt/index.php?page=2[/url]

– Patrick

[trondah]

Include this in your payload free package script:

/usr/bin/touch $3/var/db/.AppleSetupDone
/usr/bin/touch $3/Library/Receipts/.SetupRegComplete

Then after you create the image, mount it and check that those two files exist. Your new deployments should now skip the setup assistant and registration information.

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