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The attached script runs fine when manually invoked...how can I get it to run as a login script as the current user (not as root)?



#!/bin/bash



IFS=':'

for pvm_file in $( "/Users/Shared/Parallels" | grep .pvm | tr '

' ':' ); do

prlctl register "/Users/Shared/Parallels/${pvm_file}" --preserve-uuid no

done

unset IFS


I know I need to add $3 but how do I add it to this script?



TIA,
Don

Hi All,



I've also needed this, but for me i had to amend the script.. we have 2 VM's called: Template 10.7.3 040512 & Template Win7 32BIT 040512



Amended script below:



user=`ls -la /dev/console | cut -d " " -f 4`



IFS=$'

'



for pvm_file in $( ls "/Users/Shared/Parallels" | grep .pvm ); 

    do

        sudo -u $user prlctl register "/Users/Shared/Parallels/${pvm_file}" --preserve-uuid no

        echo "Registered ${pvm_file}..."

    done



unset IFS



exit 0


oh & ty for this!

don't parse ls
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/ParsingLs



#!/bin/bash



user=$(stat -f %Su /dev/console)



while read -r -d $'' pvm_file; do

    su "${user}" -c prlctl register "${pvm_file}" --preserve-uuid no

    echo "Registered ${pvm_file}..."

done< <(mdfind -onlyin /Users/Shared kMDItemContentType = "com.parallels.vm.vmpackage" -0)



# or done< <(find /Users/Shared -name "*.pvm" -print0)

Hi, I'm trying to set up a new lab iMac image whereby our students can log in with their AD accounts and get my custom log in user template. But for some reason I can't get these suggestions to work properly.



Specifically, I'm trying to use a LaunchAgent to run a script that uses DockUtil to add a Downloads folder to the custom dock, but it keeps failing, seemingly on the sudo command given here.



This is the LaunchAgent .plist:



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

   <key>Label</key>

   <string>com.user.loginscript</string>

   <key>Program</key>

   <string>/usr/local/bin/UNE_Add_Dock_Icons.sh</string>

   <key>RunAtLoad</key>

   <true/>

</dict>

</plist>


This is the script:



#!/bin/bash



user=`ls -la /dev/console | cut -d " " -f 4`



sudo -u $user /usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Users/$user/Downloads --no-restart



killall cfprefsd



killall Dock



exit 0


I know I could just use a similar approach to add all my custom apps to the dock, but the script would still need to work!



Here I am running the code manually in terminal as root



sh-3.2# user=`ls -la /dev/console | cut -d " " -f 4`

sh-3.2# echo $user

jtremblay3

sh-3.2# sudo -u $user /usr/local/bin/dockutil --add /Users/$user/Downloads --no-restart

/var/root/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist does not seem to be a home directory or a dock plist


So it seems the user= code does return the console user, but for some reason sudo -u $user still runs as root. I'm at a loss there.



UPDATE: OK, I don't know why this works, but instead of putting the .plist in /Library/LaunchAgents, I put it in the User Template/Library/LaunchAgents so all new users will get it in their home folder, and I added a sleep 5 command right after the dock util.

@kboissonneault LaunchAgents run as the user, so no need to do the sudo -u or try & find the username.



IIRC, newer builds of dockutil are cfprefsd aware, so no need to kill it, maybe just kill the dock or leave the restart in.



Also, I'd remove the exit 0 as that will show the script as successful even when not.



So something like. 



#!/bin/bash



/usr/local/bin/dockutil --add ~/Downloads
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