John,
Don't know if this will help, but here is another iteration to try. I think
you definitely want to run the defaults command as the user, so using su .
In my experience when doing that, I have always used the following syntax
(your kidspiration iteration is closest to what I have used):
if [[ -e "$kidspiration" ]]; then
su - "$user" -c 'defaults write
/Users/$user/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock
persistent-apps -array-add
Œ<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><dict><key>_CFURLString
</key><string>/Applications/Kidspiration 2/Kidspiration
2.app/</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</integer></dict></dict>
</dict>''
fi
Don't know how the single/double quotes will come across in the email, but
basically, here is what I suggest trying:
add a dash between su and $user
add the c flag after $user.
put the entire defaults command in double quotes
put single quotes around the <dict>....</dict> directive within that
command
Again, that's real close to what you have tried, so it may not make a
difference, but that would be the next thing I would try.
--
Charlie Butters
Shopko Stores
charlie.butters at shopko.com
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:07:12 -0400
