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Converting "defaults write" scripts to configuration profiles?

  • November 16, 2021
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Is there a guide anywhere on how to convert "defaults write" scripts to configuration profiles, now that we can't run scripts on startup any more?

For example, this Sophos KB article says that to get the Mac to use the domain name instead of the computer name when reporting the username to Sophos Central, I need to type:

defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.sophos.mcs SMEMcsPreferDomainName -bool true; sudo launchctl stop com.sophos.configuration

Can this be converted to a configuration profile with a custom payload?

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    pkleiber
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    • November 16, 2021

    Hi @DanJ_LRSFC ,

    the script above has two parts:
    First part

    defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.sophos.mcs SMEMcsPreferDomainName -bool true

    Changes the variable

    SMEMcsPreferDomainName

    in an existing plist file to the value true. You could also do this with a configuration profile.

    The second part stops an existing launch daemon

    sudo launchctl stop com.sophos.configuration

     Stops the job. Opposite of start, and it's possible that the job will immediately restart if the job is configured to stay running.

    I think you cannot create this with a configuration profile.
    You could put those two lines from your KB article in a shell script, make a policy and let this policy run once per computer for example.

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