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Python Script for Defender Onboarding- Help Please

  • May 17, 2022
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Since Apple depreciated Python 2 from all systems starting with 12.3 I cannot get any machine to onboard with our script. I installed python 3 and modified the script to point to that location. I get failed via Jamf and invalid syntax when dropping the script file in terminal after starting python. Below os the top part of the script.

 

#!/usr/local/bin/env python3

import sys, getopt, os, errno, json, plistlib, subprocess, tempfile

config_xml = '''<?xml version=\\"1.0\\" encoding=\\"utf-8\\"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \\"-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN\\" \\"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\\">
<plist version=\\"1\\">
<dict>

 

Before the top line was #!/usr/bin/env python

 

Any Help is greatly appreciated 

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  • May 17, 2022

I may not need the help. Just got a new onboarding file from my InfoSec dept and they changed from a .py to a .sh good old regular shell script


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  • May 18, 2022

You should also be able to pull the onboarding code for an MDM profile out of your Defender console. Using the profile instead of a script will ensure that users can't edit/change settings.

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/mac-jamfpro-policies?view=o365-worldwide


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  • May 18, 2022

We have a new onboarding file. They changed it to a shell script finally.