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Hi to all,

with catalina i used a python script to add favourite server under finder (command -k) now with monterey that has no python2 this script doesn't work. Here the script:

#!/usr/bin/python """ Overwrites server favorites with servers. Run as root to update all users or as normal user to update just that user. """ import os import getpass import subprocess import uuid import Foundation favorites_path = "/Users/{user}/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteServers.sfl2" # Use a tuple: ("<name>", "<path>") to set a name for the favorite. # Otherwise just use a string and the path will be used as the name servers = (( "smb://server1"), "smb://server2","smb://server3","smb://server4" ) def get_users(): "Get users with a home directory in /Users" # get users from dscl dscl_users = subprocess.check_output(["/usr/bin/dscl", ".", "-list", "/Users"]).splitlines() # get home directories homedir_users = os.listdir("/Users") # return users that are in both lists users = set(dscl_users).intersection(set(homedir_users)) return [u.strip() for u in users if u.strip() != ""] def set_favorites(user, servers): "Set the Server Favorites for the given user" # generate necessary structures items = [] for server in servers: name = server[0] if len(server) == 2 else server path = server[1] if len(server) == 2 else server item = {} # use unicode to translate to NSString item["Name"] = unicode(name) url = Foundation.NSURL.URLWithString_(unicode(path)) bookmark, _ = url.bookmarkDataWithOptions_includingResourceValuesForKeys_relativeToURL_error_(0, None, None, None) item["Bookmark"] = bookmark # generate a new UUID for each server item["uuid"] = unicode(uuid.uuid1()).upper() item["visibility"] = 0 item["CustomItemProperties"] = Foundation.NSDictionary.new() items.append(Foundation.NSDictionary.dictionaryWithDictionary_(item)) data = Foundation.NSDictionary.dictionaryWithDictionary_({ "items": Foundation.NSArray.arrayWithArray_(items), "properties": Foundation.NSDictionary.dictionaryWithDictionary_({"com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ForceTemplateIcons": False}) }) # write sfl2 file Foundation.NSKeyedArchiver.archiveRootObject_toFile_(data, favorites_path.format(user=user)) # loop through users and set favorites if __name__ == "__main__": # if running as root, run for all users. Otherwise run for current user user = getpass.getuser() if user == "root": users = get_users() else: users = [user] for user in users: try: set_favorites(user, servers) # fix owner if ran as root if user == "root": os.system(("chown {user} " + favorites_path).format(user=user)) print "Server Favorites set for " + user except Exception as e: # if there's an error, log it an continue on print "Failed setting Server Favorites for {0}: {1}".format(user, str(e)) # kill sharedfilelistd process to reload file. Finder should be closed when this happens os.system("killall sharedfilelistd")

  I don't want to use composer, there is someone that have an alternately script or solution?

Thanks a lot to everyone

Claudio

You could install Python on all of your managed systems that you want to be able to run this script. I know several Mac/Jamf Admins who have done this because they did not want to give up using Python. I never used Python much, so I was able to pivot quickly and just remove Python from my scripts. That's not something everyone else can do. When I used to manage a lot of Macs that needed to always connect to a server and mount shares, I used a configuration profile to do it. It worked really well. That might be a good alternative.

You could install Python on all of your managed systems that you want to be able to run this script. I know several Mac/Jamf Admins who have done this because they did not want to give up using Python. I never used Python much, so I was able to pivot quickly and just remove Python from my scripts. That's not something everyone else can do. When I used to manage a lot of Macs that needed to always connect to a server and mount shares, I used a configuration profile to do it. It worked really well. That might be a good alternative.


Hey Howie,

Do you have a resource I can use to do just that? With a Config Profile?

You could install Python on all of your managed systems that you want to be able to run this script. I know several Mac/Jamf Admins who have done this because they did not want to give up using Python. I never used Python much, so I was able to pivot quickly and just remove Python from my scripts. That's not something everyone else can do. When I used to manage a lot of Macs that needed to always connect to a server and mount shares, I used a configuration profile to do it. It worked really well. That might be a good alternative.


I don't know why but also with python installed (2.7 or 3) doesn't work anymore.

Configuration profile works but for our confort we want to make server available but not mounted automatically on startup, so i'm looking for a script that add favourite server after the enroll.

Thanks for your kindly reply

Abandoned Python and went with AppleScript apps.

https://community.jamf.com/t5/jamf-nation/help-with-applescript-mounting-home-directory-share-drive/td-p/263284

Thanks mvu,

my question is not oriented to mount server, this is possible with applescript and other bash, my question is to add our server to favourite window (command-k).

Is there anyway to do this without python?

i've notice that with python 2.7 installed my script doesn't work for "<module> import Foundation ImportError: No module named Foundation"

Thanks to all

Yes, you asked for an alternative solution above. This is the alternative I'm using.

Hi,

nobody has found another solutions to add favourite servers?

Thanks a lot

Claudio

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