This really isn’t a InstaDMG issue but wanted to ask the ? here

[kb2ehj_1]

Hello all.

To start with I’m sad to see that instadmg might not be further developed with the developer leaving for greener pastures. The couple weeks I’ve been playing with it, I’m really liking what it can do.

On with the question.

I’ve created a ‘standard’ image with a couple add on applications like fire fox and VLC with no problems. The next thing I’d like to do is have some standard (for our business) machine settings added also to the image.

For example, after 29 minutes the screen saver will kick in and one minute later it requires a password to unlock the system.

I’ve been playing with Workgroup Manager from the developer pack and I’ve figured out how to make these changes to the computer that it is installed on but I’m not sure how to take that setting to another computer.

So, would somebody be willing to do a little bit of hand holding on these two speed bumps with me?

1. How to save a preference, in this case the screen saver timer, so that it can be ‘moved’ to another computer.
2. How to incorporate question #1 into the instadmg image.

Thank you from the imaging newbie.

Mark

[dead2sin]

What you would want to do is figure out which preference is getting changed and then apply that to the image using a firstboot package. Some examples of what can be done with a firstboot package’s postflight scripts are here: [url]http://www.osxdeployment.info/wiki/Firstboot_Postflight_Commands[/url]

I set all my settings using either a firstboot script, or a postflight script that modifies the Image directly at build time. Most things that are set in a standard plist can be modify when you build the image, but I have several settings I change when the image boots up for the first time.

Here is a guide for applying these types of settings: [url]http://www.osxdeployment.info/wiki/Firstboot_Package_Guide[/url]

I have two pages of commands that can be done at first boot or at build time. There is a command to start a screensaver over the login window and I know you can do a screensaver and lock the screen using a plist, but I don’t have that documented at the moment.

Nate

[kb2ehj_1]

Thanks Nate,

I’ll give this a try and see were I end up.

I wish I knew more about scripting/programing, it would make these tasks so much easier for me. LOL

Mark

[dead2sin]

I had done pretty much no scripting before I started doing Mac Images about 1.5 years ago. I can say that learning how to do stuff in bash will make your life a lot easier. It’ll suck at first, but once you get it down, it is VERY handy 🙂

Nate

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