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Hi JAMFNation!

I have spent the better part of the past hour wracking my brain trying to figure out a way to automate setting up supported users with an internal jabber server.

I know that if i do a user level configuration profile that it will auto populate $USERNAME with the login user value but the issue i have is that the chat server username is USER@chatserver.uncc.edu... And so for my attempts to use $USERNAME along with the server portion have resulted in it just using $username@chatserver.uncc.edu

Is there a means with which i can use the JSS value identifier and append the chat server section or should i start looking into other methods of automating this out?

You should look at the preference manifest for iChat. Pretty much everything in Messages is the same as iChat.

From memory, one would use %@@domain.com for autofilling a jabberid.

Alan.

You should look at the preference manifest for iChat. Pretty much everything in Messages is the same as iChat.

From memory, one would use %@@domain.com for autofilling a jabberid.

Alan.

@alanmcseveney][/url I'll take a look at that manifest to see if it will help any with initial set up. When i saw messages listed under the user level config profiles, i had hoped i could use it but it seems like it is geared more to a generic messages account.

If the manifest can't accomplish the automated set up, i may just keep that as part of the first day training users receive on their iMacs.

Thank you for the information!

One thing I've done for Mail that should work for Messages is write a script that calls plistbuddy and generates the plist for the user with all their account settings. Then I put the script in self-service so they can set up their own account without needing to know all the gory details.

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