Scripting "Exclude simple hostnames"

[Chris]

Hello you wizards,

is there a way to script the "exclude simple hostnames" option
in the Proxies options, preferably for all existing network locations?
Looks like networksetup doesn't do the trick.

[sean]

You'll need to use PlistBuddy to write to: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist

You'll need to add to:
NetworkServices:[Service Key]:Proxies

By adding:
ExcludeSimpleHostnames bool YES

Sean

[vrklgn]

I had to battle this one lately so here is the final script for that.

#!/bin/sh
####################################################################################################
# Exclude Simple Hostnames on Mac OS X by vrklgn (hello@vrklgn.net)
# 2015-03-04 
# 
# Ticks Exclude Simple Hostname on all Network Interfaces
#
# With some help from Asmus @ http://apple.stackexchange.com/ & Mattias H
####################################################################################################

#!/bin/sh
# Setting value on "SetUDIDSets" to define the "Sets" name as this will be different on each computer
SetUDIDSets=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "print :Sets" /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist | perl -lne 'print $1 if /^    (S*) =/')

IFS=$'
'
    # Loops through the list of network services and sets Exclude Simple Hostnames to 1.
    for i in $(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "print :Sets:$SetUDIDSets:Network:Global:IPv4:ServiceOrder" /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist | awk 'NR>2{ print l} {l=$0}' | perl -pe 's/^s+//');
    do

# If the setting Exclude Simple Hostnames never has been touched we need to create this
    sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "add :NetworkServices:$i:Proxies:ExcludeSimpleHostnames integer 1" /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
    sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "set :NetworkServices:$i:Proxies:ExcludeSimpleHostnames 1" /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist

    echo "Exclude Simple Hostnames is now set for $i" 

    done

unset IFS
defaults read /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist
echo "We're done!"

[Chris]

Holy thread resurrection Batman!

Looks nice, i'll have a look at it when i get a chance.
Thanks for sharing!

[msample]

Does this help with issues regarding constant prompts for proxy authentication under the three major web browsers (i.e.,firefox, safari, chrome) ?

[rodders]

Oh wow. Thats some dedication.
FWIW, I had one put together from someones help on the googlegroups (which I unfortunately dont have credits for: Credit to the person that helped me):

Its a bit dirty, but did the job:

echo "list Setup:/Network/Service/[^/]+"|scutil| awk '{print $4}' | cut -c 24-59 |while read serviceid; do /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :NetworkServices:$serviceid:Proxies:ExcludeSimpleHostnames integer 1" /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist ;/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set :NetworkServices:$serviceid:Proxies:ExcludeSimpleHostnames 1" /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist; done

Remove any carriage returns as this should be on one line for it to work.

[mottertektura]

Thanks for sharing, vrklgn! Sorry to resurrect this thread again but I'm having trouble scripting this as well. I've been testing and for the most part I think it does the trick, but I do have a computer that the script isn't working on and I see this in the log:

Script result: Print: Entry, ":Sets:184140ED-D1DE-4A9D-BF88-6F3087EA02D4
D19A6A68-4B79-4468-817C-0C113E886A6E:Network:Global:IPv4:ServiceOrder", Does Not Exist
Complete.

Any ideas why it might be failing on this one?

Thanks again, this was a big help!