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Post-Enrollment Autologin w/ PYCREATEUSERPKG

  • October 31, 2018
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I’ve started working on a depNotify workflow for our computer labs, and decided to use the pycreateuserpkg ( https://github.com/gregneagle/pycreateuserpkg ) tool for creating a temp user account w/ autologin enabled. I’m installing the package with an Enrollment Complete trigger, which works, but the system won’t autologin to that account upon exiting the Setup Assistant. However, if I click the restart button from the login screen, the computer will autologin with the account when it comes back up, so the account package / settings seem fine.

Any ideas on how I can get the autologin to work without having to restart after the Setup Assistant completes? I’ve been testing on a 10.14 MBP system.

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    • tjhall
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    • December 3, 2018

    Hello and good afternoon.

    I'm trying use this as well as a first run on Mojave 10.14.1. so it get's the secure token. I can't get the account to auto login after it's run. Did you find a solution to this?

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    • Nix4Life
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    • December 4, 2018

    @jsmith-ppu

    that sounds like expected behavior since you are running setup assistant. Have tried including a reboot in your script?

    @tjhall

    not sure if that is possible.

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    • rquigley
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    • December 4, 2018

    I'm in the same boat.

    I currently have it setup that after the installation of the user, that the machine completes a reboot which then logs in as the user and starts the DEP process.

    If there is a way to prevent this reboot and jump straight into this user, I'd be happy to see it.

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    • tjhall
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    • 166 replies
    • December 4, 2018

    Got it working by using this: https://github.com/MagerValp/SkipAppleSetupAssistant
    I tried a couple of different variations but it seems that adding it last to our re-install process (adding a product ID to it first) works.
    So it now re-installs and 'flips' into the login screen after finishing the install.
    It doesn't auto-login but it's close enough...

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    • steveadams
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    • January 16, 2019

    @tjhall Thanks this worked for me

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    • Cranappras
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    • January 17, 2019

    @rquigley How are you forcing the reboot immediately after the Setup Assistant? I tried doing that as well, but couldn't get it to do so automatically.

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    • trevnottrevor
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    • January 17, 2019

    We use a slightly modified version of the workflow listed here. It works in both 10.12 and 10.14:

    [https://github.com/jmahlman/DEPNotify-automated](link URL)

    If you have questions, I would be happy to assist you offline. The workflow does include a reboot however.


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