Self Service Login Item issue

I would just create a launch daemon to launch the app at login or startup.

You can package it with the original install or make it a separate install.

You can use LaunchControl (link below) to create a global launch agent to launch the app at login. You can install the Launch Agent as a PKG to /Library/LaunchAgents.

http://www.soma-zone.com/LaunchControl/

Thank you both for your replies, quite new to Casper Suite...still learning really with a long way to go.

@pblake, how would I go about creating a launch daemon? would it be like this:

http://www.acousticwebdesign.net/programming/creating-start-up-items-in-mac-os-x/

@Abdiaziz, I have just download LaunchControl...had a play, £7 isn't a lot...is it something you use a lot?

Thanks again for your replies.

@Davies

Not really, I only want the bare minimum to open during login.

What I have run during login:

uniFLOW Mac Client, Network Home Drive mount script, and Geektool.

@Davies i use LingonX for my launch daemons and agents. I create it and then package it up. Great program if you are a sysadmin of macs and need to automate things often.

The app that @pblake uses looks much nicer than LaunchControl. I'll have to download it and try it out.

Thank you for all your responses, struggling here so I have the output using LaunchControl:

"/Applications/ESET Endpoint Antivirus.app/Contents/MacOS/esets_ctl"

I cannot find how to make this into a package and I didn't realise that you can create a self service with more than one installer. Where would I find this?

Sorry for all the noob questions :(

pblake, thank you so much for this...this will really help us out a lot. Would you be able to point me in the right direction how to add this package to the ESET antivirus package? I have looked but not not if i'm using the correct terminology when searching as I cannot find anything relating to this on JAMF Nation.

Again definitely appreciate all the help you have given me on this.

David

If you wanted or need a scripted way to add a login item this is an example

example

Thank you for that, will also have a try of the script you pointed to. Always great to learn new ways of doing things, especially with Casper as feels like we haven't scratched the surface with it.