+1Hi All,
may I know is there any script to know what the value for default browser.
In the environment there are multiple browsers using, each one sited their own default browser. Need to know what is the default browser seted each Mac.
thanks in advace
Best answer by YanW
We use this EA
#!/bin/sh
loggedInUser=$(stat -f%Su /dev/console)
defaultBrowser=$(plutil -p /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure.plist | grep 'https' -b3 |awk 'NR==3 {split($4, arr, "\\""); print arr[2]}')
echo "<result>$defaultBrowser</result>"
+11I've been using this for the last couple of years with success.
#!/bin/bash
# set -x
# This script can be used within the JSS as an extension attribute script
# to reveal the last user's default browser identifier (e.g. com.apple.Safari).
# Author: Andrew Thomson
# Date: 07-08-2019
function lastUserName () {
if ! /usr/bin/defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist lastUserName 2> /dev/null; then
echo "ERROR: Unable to determine last user name."
return $LINENO
else
return 0
fi
}
function getDefaultBrowser() {
local USER_NAME="$1"
local PB="/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy"
local LS="/Users/$USER_NAME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure.plist"
local COUNT=0
# verify user name parameter
if [ -z "$USER_NAME" ]; then
echo "ERROR: No user name specified." >&2
return $LINENO
fi
# verify plist path
if [ ! -f "$LS" ]; then
echo "ERROR: Specified plist file not found [$LS]." >&2
return $LINENO
fi
# count array items for LSHandlers array
while true ; do
if ! $PB -c "Print :LSHandlers:$((COUNT++))" "$LS" &> /dev/null; then break; fi
done
# eunmerate array
for ((INDEX=0; INDEX<=$((COUNT-2)); INDEX++)); do
# get URLScheme for each item
SCHEME=$($PB -c "Print :LSHandlers:$INDEX:LSHandlerURLScheme" "$LS" 2> /dev/null)
# if URLScheme is http then get identifier
if [ "$SCHEME" == "http" ]; then
IDENTIFIER=$($PB -c "Print :LSHandlers:$INDEX:LSHandlerRoleAll" "$LS" 2> /dev/null)
break
fi
done
echo "$IDENTIFIER"
return 0
}
function main() {
local USER_NAME="$(lastUserName)"
local IDENTIFIER="$(getDefaultBrowser "$USER_NAME")"
if [ -z "$IDENTIFIER" ]; then
echo "<result>com.apple.safari</result>"
else
echo "<result>$IDENTIFIER</result>"
fi
}
if [[ "$BASH_SOURCE" == "$0" ]]; then
main $@
exit
fi
+11We use this EA
#!/bin/sh
loggedInUser=$(stat -f%Su /dev/console)
defaultBrowser=$(plutil -p /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure.plist | grep 'https' -b3 |awk 'NR==3 {split($4, arr, "\\""); print arr[2]}')
echo "<result>$defaultBrowser</result>"
+23We use this EA
#!/bin/sh
loggedInUser=$(stat -f%Su /dev/console)
defaultBrowser=$(plutil -p /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure.plist | grep 'https' -b3 |awk 'NR==3 {split($4, arr, "\\""); print arr[2]}')
echo "<result>$defaultBrowser</result>"
When I tried this out your command for the "defaultBrowser" variable returned a blank result. On further investigation the string 'http' wasn't in this plist file. I then toggled the default browser setting from Safari to another browser and that got the strings needed to generate. After that your command worked. For fun I used this instead. It also returned the correct result. How odd that the strings weren't there but my Mac still had Safari set as the default.
defaultBrowser=$(defaults read /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure.plist | grep 'https' -b3 | awk 'NR==3 {split($4, arr, "\\""); print arr[2]}')
+23I've been using this for the last couple of years with success.
#!/bin/bash
# set -x
# This script can be used within the JSS as an extension attribute script
# to reveal the last user's default browser identifier (e.g. com.apple.Safari).
# Author: Andrew Thomson
# Date: 07-08-2019
function lastUserName () {
if ! /usr/bin/defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist lastUserName 2> /dev/null; then
echo "ERROR: Unable to determine last user name."
return $LINENO
else
return 0
fi
}
function getDefaultBrowser() {
local USER_NAME="$1"
local PB="/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy"
local LS="/Users/$USER_NAME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure.plist"
local COUNT=0
# verify user name parameter
if [ -z "$USER_NAME" ]; then
echo "ERROR: No user name specified." >&2
return $LINENO
fi
# verify plist path
if [ ! -f "$LS" ]; then
echo "ERROR: Specified plist file not found [$LS]." >&2
return $LINENO
fi
# count array items for LSHandlers array
while true ; do
if ! $PB -c "Print :LSHandlers:$((COUNT++))" "$LS" &> /dev/null; then break; fi
done
# eunmerate array
for ((INDEX=0; INDEX<=$((COUNT-2)); INDEX++)); do
# get URLScheme for each item
SCHEME=$($PB -c "Print :LSHandlers:$INDEX:LSHandlerURLScheme" "$LS" 2> /dev/null)
# if URLScheme is http then get identifier
if [ "$SCHEME" == "http" ]; then
IDENTIFIER=$($PB -c "Print :LSHandlers:$INDEX:LSHandlerRoleAll" "$LS" 2> /dev/null)
break
fi
done
echo "$IDENTIFIER"
return 0
}
function main() {
local USER_NAME="$(lastUserName)"
local IDENTIFIER="$(getDefaultBrowser "$USER_NAME")"
if [ -z "$IDENTIFIER" ]; then
echo "<result>com.apple.safari</result>"
else
echo "<result>$IDENTIFIER</result>"
fi
}
if [[ "$BASH_SOURCE" == "$0" ]]; then
main $@
exit
fiYour EA and the one posted by @YanW both work for me.
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