Launch Lync after install policy

[vcastro]

Hello,

I'm using LyncSetup 1.2 (http://www.officeformachelp.com/lync/administration/setup-script/) to deploy Microsoft Lync, and at the end of the policy, I'd like to have the application open as the user. I'm using this script (modified for Lync):

#!/bin/bash
declare -x UserName="$(/usr/bin/who | /usr/bin/awk '/console/{print $1;exit}')"
echo "Derived Console username: $UserName"
declare -x LoginWindowPID="$(/bin/ps -axww | /usr/bin/grep loginwindo[w] | /usr/bin/awk '/console/{print $1;exit}')"
echo "Found PID: $LoginWindowPID"
/bin/launchctl bsexec "${LoginWindowPID:?}" /usr/bin/sudo -u "$UserName" /usr/bin/open /Applications/Calculator.app

From https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=4117

But I'm getting a Microsoft error message when the script runs in the policy. Does anyone have a suggestion for how I might successfully launch Microsoft Lync, as the user, at the end of the Lync deployment policy? Thanks.

[talkingmoose]

Try this without trying to account for running it under the user account. I can send this command as "root" from ARD and launch the application for someone who is logged in to the Mac.

open -a "/Applications/Microsoft Lync.app"

[donmontalvo]

The "open -a..." method no longer works when using Casper policy (even if it works with ARD), thank you Apple and your "sandbox" philosphy. :)

So where an application is deployed and needs to launch, we followed Greg Neagle and Jared Nichol's method of deploying a user launch agent (run once) along with the package. Dump the *.plist into $currentUser/Library/LaunchAgents/ and load it. It'll run, launch the app, and never run again.

Can't recommend Lingon X (just released) enough...

http://sometimesitmatters.com/post/42269751388/lingon-x-released

Don