Enterprise Connect 1.9 (9): "prepopulatedUsername"

[dan-snelson]

Leveraging a new feature of Enterprise Connect 1.9 (9), "prepopulatedUsername", started out as entering a string of code in a policy's Files and Processes > Execute Command field:

/usr/bin/defaults write /Users/`/usr/bin/stat -f%Su /dev/console`/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Enterprise-Connect.plist prepopulatedUsername -string `/usr/bin/stat -f%Su /dev/console` ; /bin/sleep 2 ; /usr/sbin/chown `/usr/bin/stat -f%Su /dev/console` /Users/`/usr/bin/stat -f%Su /dev/console`/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Enterprise-Connect.plist ; /bin/sleep 2 ; /bin/ln -s /Applications/Enterprise Connect.app/Contents/SharedSupport/eccl /usr/local/bin/eccl ; /bin/sleep 2 ; /usr/bin/su - "`/usr/bin/stat -f%Su /dev/console`" -c "/usr/bin/open '/Applications/Enterprise Connect.app'"

As the string of code became longer and more complex, it warranted its own script.

Set Parameter 4 to "yes" to launch Enterprise Connect after its configured.

#!/bin/bash
####################################################################################################
#
# ABOUT
#
#   Enterprise Connect Post-install
#
####################################################################################################
#
# HISTORY
#
#     Version 1.0, 16-Apr-2018, Dan K. Snelson
#
####################################################################################################

echo " "
echo "###"
echo "# Enterprise Connect Post-install"
echo "###"
echo " "



###
# Variables
###

loggedInUser=$( /usr/bin/stat -f %Su "/dev/console" )   # Get the logged in users username

# Check for a specified "launchApp" setting (Parameter 4); defaults to "no"
if [[ "${4}" != "" ]] && [[ "${launchApp}" == "" ]]; then

  launchApp="${4}"
  echo "• Using ${launchApp} as "launchApp" value ..."

else

  launchApp="no"
    echo "• Parameter 4 is blank; using ${launchApp} as "launchApp" value ..."

fi



###
# Commands
###

# Set "prepopulatedUsername" to the current logged-in user name
echo "• Set "prepopulatedUsername" to "${loggedInUser}" ..."
/usr/bin/defaults write /Users/${loggedInUser}/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Enterprise-Connect.plist prepopulatedUsername -string ${loggedInUser}

# Correct file permissions
echo "• Correct file permissions ..."
/usr/sbin/chown ${loggedInUser} /Users/${loggedInUser}/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Enterprise-Connect.plist

# Reload preferences
echo "• Reload preferences ..."
/usr/bin/su - "${loggedInUser}" -c "/usr/bin/killall cfprefsd"

# Create a link to the eccl script so it can be called like a regular CLI utility
echo "• Create a link to the "eccl" script so it can be called like a regular CLI utility ..."
/bin/ln -s /Applications/Enterprise Connect.app/Contents/SharedSupport/eccl /usr/local/bin/eccl

if [[ ${launchApp} == "yes" ]]; then
  echo "• Open Enterprise Connect ..."
  /usr/bin/su - "${loggedInUser}" -c "/usr/bin/open '/Applications/Enterprise Connect.app'"
fi

echo "Enterprise Connect Post-install script results:"
echo "• prepopulatedUsername: `/usr/bin/defaults read /Users/${loggedInUser}/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Enterprise-Connect.plist prepopulatedUsername`"
echo "• Launch Enterprise Connect?: ${launchApp}"



exit 0

[gda]

Nice script.
But why are you writing to the file in users home folder.
Write into the pref domain on behalf of the user is better, because you don't need to kill cfprefsd and you don't have to chown/chmod the pref file.

#!/bin/sh
sudo -u "${loggedInUser}" /usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.Enterprise-Connect prepopulatedUsername -string ${loggedInUser}

[dan-snelson]

Thanks, @gda.