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Adding a file to ~/.config

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New user - I'm not sure why this seems so obtuse/non-intuitive in all this searching.

I'm trying to have a single text file be added to every Mac in a specific place( ~/.config). The file is not dependent on anything weird, it's simply a .JSON file.

I tried doing this through composer but I am so confused. Do I have to make the file a DMG to drop it on all the computers or is there another way? Should I even be using Composer? I have tried asking others with them simply responding with vague, non-helpful responses that avoid the question. Can anyone help? Happy to expound upon anything else, but it's honestly as simple as that.

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    mvu
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    • mvu
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    • June 30, 2022

    A few ways you could do this. I'd try Composer and see if that works. Something like...
    1. Drag and drop the desired file into the correct location
    2. Open Composer
    3. Drag the desired into Composer's source window
    4. With a snapshot, create a .DMG file
    5. Upload to Jamf Admin
    6. Ensure you select FUT/FEU
    7. Save
    8. Create a Policy in JSS
    9. Push the .dmg like a normal package (Ensure you select FUT/FEU)

    Can't remember all the gotchas with FUT/FEU because of the macOS changes. Worth a try.

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    • AJPinto
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    • June 30, 2022

    You can use a DMG package with FUT/FEU as @mvu  detailed. It will work perfectly fine. You can also do this through CLI if you wanted. I would probably do it though CLI myself and run this with a policy so its easier to edit.

     

    Something like this will create the file, and write whatever you want to the file. 

    #!/bin/sh ## postinstall #*============================================================================= #* Define logged in user #*============================================================================= DIV1='echo ####################################################################' DIV2='echo --------------------------------------------------------------------' DIV3='echo ....................................................................' ActiveUser=`/bin/ls -l /dev/console \\ | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $3 }' \\ | tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]"` ActiveUserRealName=`dscl . -read /Users/$ActiveUser \\ | grep RealName: \\ | cut -c11-` if [[ -z $ActiveUserRealName ]]; then ActiveUserRealName=`dscl . -read /Users/$ActiveUser \\ | awk '/^RealName:/,/^RecordName:/' \\ |sed -n 2p | cut -c 2-` fi userInfo () { echo; $DIV1 echo "User Information:" if [[ "$ActiveUserRealName" == "$ActiveUser" ]]; then echo "$ActiveUserRealName (Local Admin)" else echo "$ActiveUserRealName ($ActiveUser)" fi $DIV1 } userInfo #*============================================================================= #* Relocate files #*============================================================================= if [ -d "/Users/$ActiveUser" ] then echo '/Users/$ActiveUser Valid. Writing Log' sudo touch /Users/$ActiveUser/.config echo "this is a line" > /Users/$ActiveUser/.config exit 0 else echo '/Users/$ActiveUser Not Valid. Do nothing' exit 1 fi exit 0 ## Success exit 1 ## Failure

    Something like this would be able to move a file. For example if you placed the file in a staging location with a policy, you could then move it to the users profile.

    #!/bin/sh ## postinstall #*============================================================================= #* Define logged in user #*============================================================================= DIV1='echo ####################################################################' DIV2='echo --------------------------------------------------------------------' DIV3='echo ....................................................................' ActiveUser=`/bin/ls -l /dev/console \\ | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $3 }' \\ | tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]"` ActiveUserRealName=`dscl . -read /Users/$ActiveUser \\ | grep RealName: \\ | cut -c11-` if [[ -z $ActiveUserRealName ]]; then ActiveUserRealName=`dscl . -read /Users/$ActiveUser \\ | awk '/^RealName:/,/^RecordName:/' \\ |sed -n 2p | cut -c 2-` fi userInfo () { echo; $DIV1 echo "User Information:" if [[ "$ActiveUserRealName" == "$ActiveUser" ]]; then echo "$ActiveUserRealName (Local Admin)" else echo "$ActiveUserRealName ($ActiveUser)" fi $DIV1 } userInfo #*============================================================================= #* Relocate files #*============================================================================= if [ -d "/Users/$ActiveUser" ] then echo '/Users/$ActiveUser Valid. Writing Log' sudo mv /some/staging/file/path/.config /Users/$ActiveUser/.config exit 0 else echo '/Users/$ActiveUser Not Valid. Do nothing' exit 1 fi exit 0 ## Success exit 1 ## Failure

     Both the scripts could be cleaned up a bit, but should get you going if you are interested. You may also want to add some chmod bits to set file permissions.

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    • June 30, 2022
    mvu wrote:

    A few ways you could do this. I'd try Composer and see if that works. Something like...
    1. Drag and drop the desired file into the correct location
    2. Open Composer
    3. Drag the desired into Composer's source window
    4. With a snapshot, create a .DMG file
    5. Upload to Jamf Admin
    6. Ensure you select FUT/FEU
    7. Save
    8. Create a Policy in JSS
    9. Push the .dmg like a normal package (Ensure you select FUT/FEU)

    Can't remember all the gotchas with FUT/FEU because of the macOS changes. Worth a try.


    Thanks, MVU! This was super helpful! I keep running into a weird issue though, it keeps trying to add it to a home folder with my username name.

    The goal here is to get it to add to the home folder of existing and new users to ~/.config/subfoldername/ but it keeps adding my username folder to the path. Is there a way to get it to not do this?

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    OSXCreative wrote:

    Thanks, MVU! This was super helpful! I keep running into a weird issue though, it keeps trying to add it to a home folder with my username name.

    The goal here is to get it to add to the home folder of existing and new users to ~/.config/subfoldername/ but it keeps adding my username folder to the path. Is there a way to get it to not do this?


    Do you have a local admin account you use in your Mac environment? If so, create the .dmg in this local account instead of your profile.

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    • July 1, 2022
    mvu wrote:

    Do you have a local admin account you use in your Mac environment? If so, create the .dmg in this local account instead of your profile.


    I will try this, but would it not just do the same thing and add that admin account name to the path? Also all users currently have admin access if that matters.

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