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Enable Plugin's in Safari

  • May 13, 2019
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I'm attempting to deploy the Okta plugin for both Chrome & Safari. If anyone has any advice or methods to do this - advice is happily accepted!

Safari:

Downloaded the application from the App store. Created a composer package with a post install script. The issue is to get the extension to work it seems that I have to enable it through the Safari Preferences pane.

I started reading about the Safari PLIST and realized it was going to be inside a user folder for MacOS 10.14. I copied this file before enabling the extension manually then again after and I do not see a line entry that states that it is enabling the Okta plugin.

PLIST location: /Users/$USER/Library/Containers/com.apple.Safari/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist

Any advice where to enable a plugin/extension for Safari?

Thanks!

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    mm2270
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    • mm2270
    • Legendary Contributor
    • May 13, 2019

    I don't believe it's possible to enable Safari plug-ins in an automated/scripted fashion. Apple made the process pretty secure so it has to be done by the user directly. At least that's my understanding.

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    • JustDeWon
    • Contributor
    • May 14, 2019

    @doooglasss I'm with @mm2270 on that.. I did however, run across this... Not sure this will get you what you're looking for, but maybe it'll put you on the right path..

    lilylily
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    • lilylily
    • New Contributor
    • September 13, 2019

    Pushing the .mobileconfig template that @JustDeWon posted does successfully insert the Okta extension into the com.apple.Safari.plist, however, in Safari 12 it doesn't enable the Okta plugin. It's very frustrating that there's not a clear way to programmatically enable this plugin!

    easyedc
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    • easyedc
    • Esteemed Contributor
    • September 13, 2019

    Do you have AppleCare support? I've opened some tickets with them regarding some stuff that are "user privacy" controlled that need to be managed by a corp environment (especially around Safari settings). The more tickets they get, the more likely they will take action.

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    • R_C
    • Contributor
    • December 7, 2021

    Do you have AppleCare support? I've opened some tickets with them regarding some stuff that are "user privacy" controlled that need to be managed by a corp environment (especially around Safari settings). The more tickets they get, the more likely they will take action.


    Any luck with getting movement from Apple on enabling extensions?

    lilylily
    easyedc
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    • easyedc
    • Esteemed Contributor
    • December 7, 2021

    Not really.  And based on how they've treated the OS in the last few years, I'd be surprised if we see them.

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