[Casper] Favorite Servers

[Miles Leacy]

I believe that's correct.
However the server items at ~/Library/Favorites/ are also plists, though
they lack the ".plist" extension.  Below is an example file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "
http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>URL</key>
<string>http://webdav.domain.ext</string>
</dict>
</plist>

You should be able to create these files with plistbuddy.  If you use $4 in
place of your string, you can have one script that can create any favorite
server.

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On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Nichols, Jared <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>wrote:

>  Isn't that just going to modify the "recent items" list in the apple
> menu?  It sounded like he wanted to put the favorites in Go -> connect to
> server
>
> j
>
> On 12/19/08 08:43 , "Miles Leacy" <miles.leacy at themacadmin.com> wrote:
>
> No surprise here... I recommend scripting it.
>
> If you deploy a plist file, you force every setting in your plist and
> effectively delete any other setting already stored in that plist.
>
> If you use `defaults` or `plistbuddy` to modify
>
> /Users/$3/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist
>
> then you can selectively modify the values you want to manage without
> interfering with any other values in that plist.
>
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>  Certified Technical Coordinator 10.5
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> Certified Casper Administrator
> ----------
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>
>
>
> 2008/12/19 Nichols, Jared <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>
>
> That should be easy to set up... All of those "favorites" for servers are
> just location files.  You'll find them in the user folder/favorites.  You
> should be able to wrap that up and distribute.  The only issue I can see you
> running into is needing to distribute into the user folder, but ticking off
> the Fill Existing Users and Fill User Template boxes on the package should
> solve that...
>
> j
>
>
>
> On 12/18/08 23:27 , "Lopez, Gregory" <Greg.Lopez at wunderman.com <
> http://Greg.Lopez@wunderman.com> > wrote:
>
> Greetings everyone.  Casper newb here.
>
> I would like to create a package for my mac users that contains 8-10
> standard SMB network shares.  The idea being a new user would have all
> necessary network shares saved in Connect to Network > Favorite Servers when
> they come on board.  Or if they delete a share the package could be pushed
> out to the user through Casper Remote.
>
> I tried to set this up through Composer and was able to build a package.
> But the package I built didn't list any of the shares I had saved in Connect
> to Network > Favorite Servers.
>
> So I'm wondering if this can be done and if so how?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gregory Lopez
> Sr. Mac/Network Analyst
> Wunderman - Seattle
>
>
>
> --
> Jared Nichols
> ISD Infrastructure and Operations – Desktop Engineering
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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