Enable Location Services Programmatically - 10.13+

@franton to be clear the only thing that would change would be the variable correct everything else would stay the same.

From:

uuid=$(/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Hardware UUID" | cut -c22-57)

To:

uuid=$( /usr/sbin/ioreg -d2 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | awk -F" '/IOPlatformUUID/{print $(NF-1)}' )

@CorpIT_eB correct! that'd be the only change. (I just have this thing about not running system_profiler in scripts)

@sdagley Does this script require a reboot before it works?

@kericson I believe it does. I run this script with several others as part of my initial configuration process which ends in a restart to enable FileVault so I haven't tried it without rebooting.

@sateshb would you mind sharing how you read the value for location services? I'm trying to get an Extension Attribute so I can scope a smart group around it, but my scripting isn't good enough to grab that value.

#!/bin/bash
locationservices=(/usr/bin/defaults read /private/var/db/locationd/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.locationd LocationServicesEnabled)

if [[ $locationservices = 1 ]]; then
    result=Enabled
else
    result=Disabled
fi
echo <result>$result</result>

Edit: Got it sorted, I missed the space after the '1' and the ']]'.

i get a "does not exist" even though location services is enabled and the timezone is set to auto on my machine, albeit manually.
im reading as i dont want to commit and am testing to see if it sees anything before i make changes, just i case i want to make an EA to scope things

C02YJ17VJHD4:~ ME$ /usr/bin/defaults read /private/var/db/locationd/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.locationd LocationServicesEnabled
2020-01-08 12:14:37.504 defaults[88421:6521570] 
The domain/default pair of (/private/var/db/locationd/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.locationd, LocationServicesEnabled) does not exist

also this

C02YJ17VJHD4:~ ME$ /usr/bin/defaults read /var/db/locationd/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.locationd.2322ECE6-78B2-52A1-8F95-59C31793488A LocationServicesEnabled
2020-01-08 12:16:52.069 defaults[88432:6537060] 
The domain/default pair of (/var/db/locationd/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.locationd.2322ECE6-78B2-52A1-8F95-59C31793488A, LocationServicesEnabled) does not exist

any suggestions?

EDIT:
it seems to be a permission issue.

tested by giving myself permission to the locationd to test and i got a "1" result.
removed access and it got the error.
ran same command with sudo and i get a result of "1"

will continue to test.

Jamf is running the command as root hence no sudo in anything else above.

Create a blank package with the script below. Then add it to your prestage enrollment.

#!/bin/bash


## configure ntp server

/bin/cat > /etc/ntp.conf << 'NEW_NTP_CONF'
server time.apple.com
NEW_NTP_CONF

## configure automatic timezone

/usr/bin/defaults write /var/db/locationd/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.locationd LocationServicesEnabled -int 1

uuid=$(/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Hardware UUID" | cut -c22-57)
/usr/bin/defaults write /var/db/locationd/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.locationd.$uuid LocationServicesEnabled -int 1


## Set date and time automatically
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.timezone.auto Active -bool YES
/usr/bin/defaults write /private/var/db/timed/Library/Preferences/com.apple.timed.plist TMAutomaticTimeOnlyEnabled -bool YES
/usr/bin/defaults write /private/var/db/timed/Library/Preferences/com.apple.timed.plist TMAutomaticTimeZoneEnabled -bool YES
/usr/sbin/systemsetup -setusingnetworktime on
/usr/sbin/systemsetup -gettimezone
/usr/sbin/systemsetup -getnetworktimeserver

### Restart location services daemon (locationd)
/usr/bin/killall locationd

exit 0;     ## Success
exit 1;     ## Failure

@bwoods Does this require a reboot to apply?

@KyleEricson No reboot required, it works immediately. Perfect for DEP/ADE deployments.