Is there a way to write a distributable script that creates a new network location setting and configure the necessary proxy .pac file and proxy bypasses without disrupting other users configurations.
+1the command networksetup would be your friend here, will allow you to create locations and set proxy servers etc etc
however network locations are global to the system
EDIT - i screwed up VPN settings apply to the user domain thats what i was thinking of, proxy settings are global
+35@CheckMark, why worry about users current setup?
If the PAC file URL is specified via DNS & only internally accessible.. It won't affect them when offsite.
We run the following daily to push the right PAC URL to clients: external image link
+3bentoms, our parent company is switching proxy servers again, and it would be nice to be able to push out a change to their internal location settings, rather than visit machines
+1do they not simply want to keep the dns the same? isnt that one of the beautiful things about dns?
ie myproxyserver.com/proxy.pac
so you can change your proxy server to whatever the hell you want then just create a cname for it in dns to match what the clients are looking at?
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