You could also do defaults write
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate to specify the actual prefs
file to edit, with appropriate permissions of course.
On 11/28/05 10:25 AM, "Matt Rosenberg" <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Nov 28, 2005, at 4:24 AM, Ian Kelly wrote:
>> It's normally set as a managed pref through WGM in the form:
>> http://yourserverfqdn:8088
>> But you can also do it via terminal:
>> defaults write com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL "http://
>> yourserverfqdn:8088/index.sucatalog"
>
> In my experience, that will only set it for the user that runs the
> 'defaults' command. To set it for all users:
>
> defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate
> CatalogURL "http://server:8088/";
>
> To set it for the root user, which will enable you to use the
> softwareupdate command-line tool (which must be run as root):
>
> sudo defaults write com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL "http://
> server:8088/"
>
> Putting the "index.sucatalog" on the end is completely unnecessary.
>
> Matt
>
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