[jasonkstupski]

Solved this by not using the lpoptions command and rolling it in at the same time as using the lpadmin command.

Ended up like this:

[code]#/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p “Printer Name” -E -v lpd://”xxx.xx.xx.xx”/ -P “ppdlocation.gz” -D “Printer Name” -o printer-is-shared=false -o HPOption_Tray3=Tray3_500 -L “Location”
[/code]

Works for me. Couldn’t figure out why using the lpoptions command after the fact didn’t work, but oh well.

Thanks,
Jason

[jasonkstupski]

I’ve got it.

I needed to run this line:

/usr/sbin/networksetup -detectnewhardware # just to make sure that it is done

As shown in this post: https://www.afp548.com/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=45&showtopic=23782

Thanks!
Jason

[jasonkstupski]

Okay, took out the delete line, but it’s still making the field blank. Not sure what could be causing this – is it that at startup, the command

MAC=`ifconfig en0 | awk ‘ /ether/ {print $2}’`

is pulling back a blank address?

Thanks,
Jason

[jasonkstupski]

Thanks Rusty.

No change here. I now see that it must be doing something – when I run dscl . read /Computers/local_laptop, it now populates ENetAddress with a blank field. Not sure what’s going on there. Perhaps my script is busted?

Strangely enough, if I run the script by itself, it populates it correctly. Then, when I restart, it wipes ENetAddress out every time. Testing now by taking out the “delete” line. Totally confused..

Thanks,
Jason

[jasonkstupski]

Hey all,

Here’s my plist and shell script file. Any help would be so appreciated!!

[code]

Disabled

Label
com.stupski.ActivateMCX
ProgramArguments

/Applications/Utilities/Scripts/ActivateMCX.sh

RunAtLoad
[/code]

Here are the permissions on that file:

[code]-rw-r–r–@ 1 root wheel 423 Jul 14 08:50 ActivateMCX.plist[/code]

And here’s the shell script. I even mega-simplified it from my original one:

[code]#!/bin/sh
MAC=`ifconfig en0 | awk ‘ /ether/ {print $2}’`
dscl . -delete /Computers/local_laptop ENetAddress
dscl . -create /Computers/local_laptop ENetAddress $MAC
[/code]

And the permissions on that file:

[code]-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 164 Jul 13 17:27 ActivateMCX.sh[/code]

Thanks!!
Jason

[jasonkstupski]

You’d have to get a copy of Server up to 10.6.4, image it, and then push it onto the Mini. At least that’s what I have to do right now for a Mid-2010 (i5) Macbook Pro. The issue is likely that 10.6.0 doesn’t have the proper information to run the new Mac Mini. Do you have an external or a partition somewhere that you could install up to 10.6.4 (on older hardware), and then image it to push onto the Mini?

Hope that helps,
Jason

[jasonkstupski]

Thanks Allister. Updating to the 1.5rc1 fixed the problem (with the added bonus that it’s faster too!).

Jason

[jasonkstupski]

Hey Fraser,

Rusty in the InstaDMG forum gave me a solution to this – follow the link he put over there: https://www.afp548.com/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=24979

Essentially, you can create a shell script that would enable ARD. You could push it out as a login script or some other method via MCX, I think.

Hope that helps,
Jason

[jasonkstupski]

Thanks for the tip.

I set that up to change the uid, but now when I boot up, the user isn’t hidden from the login window or the accounts pane.

I checked com.apple.loginwindow, and it doesn’t have the proper values set. Perhaps I made a mistake in editing the postflight script inside createUser.pkg?

Here’s what I did:

[code]if [ $hide_user -eq 1 ]; then
/usr/bin/defaults write “${TARGET_DIR}/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow” HiddenUsersList -array $shortname
/usr/bin/defaults write “${TARGET_DIR}/Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow” Hide500Users -bool TRUE
fi[/code]

Let me know if I did anything incorrectly.

Thanks!
Jason

[jasonkstupski]

Solved my own question by managing the individual keys in the Details section of that preference. I removed the key that assigned the version number to the computer name.

Thanks,
Jason

[jasonkstupski]

I ended up creating a snapshot package of the 12.2.1 update using InstallEase, and it worked just fine.

Thanks,
Jason

[jasonkstupski]

Thanks Rusty, that worked for me!

[jasonkstupski]

I’ve been able to create working images with at 10.5.7 disc that came with a new macbook pro plus the 10.5.8 combo updater. Everything seems to work a-ok.

I did have an issue with a 10.5.6 retail disc and the 10.5.7 combo updater (no audio upon boot).

– Jason

[jasonkstupski]

Jeff –

I can verify the same issue happening with my latest build – the log just says “Installing Quit Microsoft Applications….”

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks,
Jason

[jasonkstupski]

If you’re talking about the output volume (the name of the volume when it’s deployed), then it’s:

sudo ./instadmg.bash -n “Macintosh HD”

If you’re talking about the output name of the .dmg file, then it’s:

sudo ./instadmg.bash -m “myimage.dmg”

Hope that helps,
Jason

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