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  • October 19, 2018
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Wondering if anyone had a EA that looks to see if the feature to allow non-admin users to install updates is enabled or not. I know its in the ServiceConfig file, I just don't know how to create an EA to read this.

Mac OS: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/Configs/ServiceConfig.xml

In the file, locate the <feature> element and set the content of the <enabled> childelement to True or False (Default) to enable or disable Elevated privileges.

<feature>

<name>SelfServeInstalls</name>

<enabled>true</enabled>

</feature>

Best answer by kendalljjohnson

Great idea, hadn't thought of an EA to monitor that. Here's something I just threw together, happy to take suggestions of making it cleaner!

#!/bin/sh

if [ ! -f /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/Configs/ServiceConfig.xml ]; then
  echo "<result>Not Installed</result>"
else
  adminEnabled=$(cat /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/Configs/ServiceConfig.xml | sed -ne '/enabled/{s/.*<enabled>(.*)</enabled>.*/1/p;q;}')
  echo "<result>$adminEnabled</result>"
fi

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    mm2270
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    • mm2270
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    • October 19, 2018

    I don't use the product, but if you can post an example of what the entire file looks like, we can probably help build a script to grab that info. I just don't know what the rest of the xml(?) looks like so it's hard to know how to script it from the bits in your post.

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    • poormatt
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    • October 19, 2018

    Is this what your file looks like?

    <config><panel><name>AppsPanel</name><visible>true</visible></panel><feature><name>SelfServeInstalls</name><enabled>true</enabled></feature></config>

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    • kendalljjohnson
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    • October 19, 2018

    Great idea, hadn't thought of an EA to monitor that. Here's something I just threw together, happy to take suggestions of making it cleaner!

    #!/bin/sh

if [ ! -f /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/Configs/ServiceConfig.xml ]; then
  echo "<result>Not Installed</result>"
else
  adminEnabled=$(cat /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/Configs/ServiceConfig.xml | sed -ne '/enabled/{s/.*<enabled>(.*)</enabled>.*/1/p;q;}')
  echo "<result>$adminEnabled</result>"
fi
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    • mm2270
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    • October 19, 2018

    Something like this, if the data posted above is accurate, should be able to grab just that "enabled" string (true or false)

    cat /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/Configs/ServiceConfig.xml | xpath '/config/feature[name="SelfServeInstalls"]/enabled/text()'

    I can't effectively test since I don't have it installed.

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    • csanback
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    • October 19, 2018

    Thanks @kendalljjohnson and @mm2270 I'll give those a go and see what I get. Never ceases to amaze me how awesome this community is. I'll let you know what I get.

    @poormatt yeah that is exactly what it looks like

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    • mm2270
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    • October 19, 2018

    Just a slight modification to my post above, which gets rid of the cat as it's not necessary for this. This avoids using 2 utilities and a pipe for one command.

    /usr/bin/xpath /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/Configs/ServiceConfig.xml '/config/feature[name="SelfServeInstalls"]/enabled/text()' 2>/dev/null
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    • csanback
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    • October 22, 2018

    Those both worked! Thanks for the assist.

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