RE: Installing/configuring new user through scripting
RE: Installing/configuring new user through scripting
- Subject: RE: Installing/configuring new user through scripting
- From: Adam Peck <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 14:55:55 -0700
- Thread-topic: Installing/configuring new user through scripting
You should just be able to copy the /Users folder and have all the same
settings.
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Subject: Re: Installing/configuring new user through scripting
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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