Re: place a LaunchAgent on the filesystem, but prevent it from loading unless a boolean key is True
Re: place a LaunchAgent on the filesystem, but prevent it from loading unless a boolean key is True
- Subject: Re: place a LaunchAgent on the filesystem, but prevent it from loading unless a boolean key is True
- From: Allen Hancock - Watchman Monitoring <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 06:40:19 -0600
Subscribers have a default choice which can be reflected in our custom installer.
Then there is a toggle in their private server interface which can toggle the menu for a specific group of machines. Our agent checks periodically to see if the menu should remain visible or hide itself.
I'm looking for a way to ensure that if hidden, the menu item is truly quit.
I believe I have this worked out, however am still interested in hearing what you have to say on the matter.
Thank you as always.
-Allen Hancock
On Dec 2, 2013, at 4:12 AM, Stephane Sudre <email@hidden> wrote:
> When and how are the subscribers supposed to choose whether the menu
> item should be visible?
>
> On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 3:19 AM, Allen Hancock - Watchman Monitoring
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> We're preparing to release an option SupportMenu item, managed via
>> /Library/LaunchAgent. It'll be enabled for a computer, or disabled, as our
>> Subscriber chooses.
>>
>>
>>
>> Im trying to figure … what's the less of all evils:
>>
>> - Distributing the LaunchAgent as Disabled, then having the postflight set
>> the Disabled key to False as required.
>>
>> or
>>
>> - omitting it from the BOM and having the postflight copy it into place as
>> required.
>>
>>
>> It's not the worst abuse of the "package, don't write" guideline, but still,
>> if I can avoid it, I'd like to.
>>
>>
>> Is there another option, outside of having two versions of the installer?
>>
>>
>> I suppose I could have the Menu Item look for a key, and launchctl unload
>> itself , but then the app opens for a moment at every login.. seems worst of
>> all these options….
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any options I'm not seeing.
>>
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>>
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