Scripting some Settings

[Laura]

Hi All

Am compiling a preflight script for InstaDMG to set various things up. I have a couple of settings I don’t seem to be able to make stick. For some of them if I run the command from the terminal I am getting the desired result so I know the file and syntax of my command is correct its just when I use it in a preflight script and I am wondering if I am just missing something simple.

The settings I have issues with are these:

In System Preferences:

General: “Double Click a windows title bar to minimze” – turn this on
Mission Control: “Show Dashboard as Space” & “Automatically rearrange spaces based on most recent use” – turn these off
Language & Text: “Formats” – Set Region to Australia
Security: disable “Automatically update safe downloads list” – Turn this off – this is a biggy as we have an authenticating proxy for internet access and it constantly pops up proxy boxes if this is left on.

I’ve pretty much managed to crack all the other settings I need using fseventer and Xcode to inspect the plists and using plistbuddy or defaults to write out the plist files, but these couple are driving me up the wall

Thanks for any assistance you can give!

— Laura

[Allister Banks]

Hey Laura,

Good questions! I’m still stumbling around in the dark a lot. Howsabout we(me included) fix turning on:
1. ARD(currently only ‘send unix command’ works)
2. SSH(haven’t sussed out)

Lion is still almost completely undocumented, and I think InstaDMG has other localization issues to speak to one of your points.
I’ll add these two enhancements to the instaDMG project’s createLionUser once I get some answers, and will create a new page on osxdeployment.com for us to collaborate on(haven’t even updated ‘my’ LocalMCX package on github for Lion yet).

[foilpan]

have you tried prefixing some of your commands with $3 in the path? that will ensure the changes are made to the target path and not the booted volume.

here’s an explanation of some of the default variables the installer will handle: [url]http://s.sudre.free.fr/Stuff/PackageMaker_Howto.html[/url]

also, it may be better to deal with these prefs with mcx.

[Laura]

Hey Allister, for ARD and SSH I used a first boot script rather than a preflight script. Here are the commands

Turn on all ARD priv for admin user:

kickstart=”/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart”

$kickstart -configure -activate -clientopts -setmenuextra -menuextra yes
$kickstart -configure -allowAccessFor -specifiedUsers
$kickstart -configure -access -on -privs -all -users admin

Turn on SSH for all users

systemsetup=”/usr/sbin/systemsetup”

$systemsetup -setremotelogin on

foilpan:

I’ve basically cannibalised the post flight script provided here so all the variables to paths are as such:

PREFS_DIR=”$3/Library/Preferences”
USERPREFS_DIR=”$3/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences”

And as I said most other settings I’ve tried work perfectly just not those few I’ve listed =/

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