Anyone know the networksetup command for Auto Proxy Discovery?

Great question and I think the answer is it can't be done. I looked and could not find a setting to be able to turn that on either. We currently turn it on with managed prefs. If you do find it please post the info.

Hey Everyone,

Have you tried looking at MCX templates, or the defaults command to write to that file? Alternatively, you could also use the networksetup command to create an array of enabled network interfaces, and then loop through that array and then apply your settings to each interface.

I hope that points you in the right direction.

Thanks,
Tom

Hi All,

First post, new to Casper and am looking for a similar solution.

Tom, couldn't find an MCX template to toggle Auto Proxy Discovery on/off.

Which managed pref are people using to achieve this?

Many Thanks

T

Lion, for Ethernet 1:

networksetup -setproxyautodiscovery "Ethernet 1" on

10.5 or 10.6

Applescript:
You'll need to use the UI scripting. You may find the UIElementInspector useful. You'll also need to ensure 'Enable access for assistive devices' is turned on. To turn it on:

touch /private/var/db/.AccessibilityAPIEnabled

Objective C: You could start by checking this out:
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/Networking/RN-CFNetwork/_index.html

OK, so this I think will work, at least it looks like it is possible from my Lion laptop.

First get the array of existing network services enabled:

$ networksetup -listallnetworkservices | grep -v "*"
Bluetooth DUN
Ethernet
FireWire
Wi-Fi
iPhone USB
Bluetooth PAN
JAMFSW VPN

You can then loop through that data and set the proxy auto discovery. You may want to limit your loop with a more robust `grep -v` pipe to exclude some services you do not wish to add, unless you want to add it to everything.

from the networksetup man page:

[-setproxyautodiscovery networkservice on | off]

If you get a working solution please post it back here so everyone knows.

Thanks,
Tom

I used the following script to enable auto proxy discovery for the modes of connection within our enterprise.

#!/bin/sh

networksetup -setproxyautodiscovery "Display Ethernet" on
networksetup -setproxyautodiscovery "USB Ethernet" on
networksetup -setproxyautodiscovery "Thunderbolt Ethernet" on
networksetup -setproxyautodiscovery "Wi-Fi" on

I have a collection of scripts that we use to set or unset the Automatic Proxy setting: https://macmule.com/2014/12/07/how-to-change-the-automatic-proxy-configuration-url-in-system-preferences-via-a-script/