SSH to create custom Location and proxy

[CheckMark]

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.

[calum_oac]

the 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

[bentoms]

@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

[CheckMark]

bentoms, 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

[calum_oac]

do 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?