[Casper] Displaying script progress to end users?

[Ernst, Craig S.]

I forgot a few other things to how I do the Self Service for Software Updates.

I also have a startup item package that just runs a recon cycle after a reboot so the system is officially updated after a reboot and is accurate in inventory.

Make 'em reboot.

Craig E

On 8/10/09 9:22 PM, "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> wrote:

A while back someone (I wish I could credit them) had suggested that instead of running a script for updates you can run the Software Update GUI as root.

Make a self-service policy and on the advanced tab put in the following Run Command:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Software\ Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software\ Update

This appears to work for me, the only caviot being applying firmware updates I think. I haven't put this out system wide yet so I haven't gotten much feedback.

So if you do it this way you get all the feedback you're asking for.

Craig E


On 8/10/09 9:15 PM, "Alan Benedict" <abenedict at integer.com> wrote:

I was wondering if anyone knows a way that I could pass the info being displayed in a script to the end user?  How I am wanting to implement this is by putting a software update script in my SelfService app, yet let end users see the status of the software update as well as what updates were applied. I would also like it to show me all of this live so that users can see the status as opposed to getting all of the text after the script has ran. Any thoughts?
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