Re: Installing/configuring new user through scripting
Re: Installing/configuring new user through scripting
- Subject: Re: Installing/configuring new user through scripting
- From: Iceberg-Dev <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 22:38:22 +0100
On Dec 2, 2008, at 7:26 PM, email@hidden wrote:
Sorry if this is the wrong list - pointers to the right one or some
other site welcome.
I'm in a corporate environment. We have a standard build that we
use that has our apps installed and configured, etc. We use
SuperDuper to load the build. The Macs are not joined to the
domain, so they all get built with a generic account name.
We want to join the Macs to the domain and I can do that. The only
thing is that it creates a new account, and loses all the custom
application/network/printer/etc settings. I've seen people talk
about scripting these so as a new account is created, these things
fall into place (dock icons, prefs modified, proxies set, etc). I
need to do this.
What I am looking for is someone who has a similar script already
set up who could give me a copy to play with (obviously I would
have you nix any passwords, etc) so I can start playing with it a
bit and rebuilding it to suit my needs. I'm new to scripting and
feel more comfortable seeing something that works, then dissecting
it (read "breaking it and fixing it again") to learn how it works.
Thanks for any help/scripts to get me started. Sorry if this is the
wrong list.
AFAIK, on Mac OS X, when you create a new user account, it uses a
template to create the default home folder.
This template is available at the following location (at least on
Tiger):
/System/Library/User Template
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