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Programmatically enable browser plugin

  • September 12, 2012
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Anyone know how to programmatically enable a browser plugin? Our VPN solution requires the Java plugin to be active and upon first launch it's disabled. Due to general Safari behavior, enabling the plugin and restarting Safari can become a less than optimal experience. If the Java plugin were enabled to begin with, it would be great.

Thanks

Best answer by karthikeyan_mac

Hi,

Refer to the below Rich link for enabling JAVA at login. (Thanks Rich)

https://github.com/rtrouton/rtrouton_scripts/tree/master/rtrouton_scripts/enable_java_web_plugins_at_login

Regards,
Karthikeyan

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    • karthikeyan_mac
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    • September 12, 2012

    Hi,

    Refer to the below Rich link for enabling JAVA at login. (Thanks Rich)

    https://github.com/rtrouton/rtrouton_scripts/tree/master/rtrouton_scripts/enable_java_web_plugins_at_login

    Regards,
    Karthikeyan

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    • jarednichols
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    • September 12, 2012

    Sa-weet.

    Thanks. (Rich esp)

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    • nessts
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    • September 12, 2012

    i run this as a launch agent.

    #!/usr/bin/perl -w

    # config runtime environment
    use strict;
    use Getopt::Std;
    use Sys::Syslog;
    use Env qw(HOME);

    my $MAC_UUID =system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk -F" " '/UUID/{print $3}';
    chomp($MAC_UUID);
    my $byhostdir = $HOME . "/Library/Preferences/ByHost/";
    my $date = time - 978307200;
    my $javapref = $byhostdir . "com.apple.java.JavaPreferences.$MAC_UUID.plist";
    my $plistcmd = "/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy";

    (my $progname =$0) =~ s#.*/##;
    $ENV{PATH} = '/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin';
    umask 0022;

    main:
    openlog $progname, undef, 'user';
    system("mkdir -p $byhostdir") unless (-d $byhostdir);
    # Activates the "Enable applet plug-in and Web Start Applications" setting in Java Preferences
    syslog('notice', "ensuring Java WebPlugin is enabled.");
    system("$plistcmd -c "Add :GeneralByTask:Any:PrefsVersion string 2" $javapref");
    system("$plistcmd -c "Add :GeneralByTask:Any:WebComponentsEnabled bool true" $javapref");
    system("$plistcmd -c "Add :GeneralByTask:Any:WebComponentsLastUsed real $date" $javapref");
    syslog('notice', "startup script complete");
    closelog;
    exit 0;

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