[Casper] dock problem

[John McLaughlin]

Thanks so much for the help.  I will try that.  

John McLaughlin
Technical Support Specialist
Newton Public Schools


Charlie Butters <charlie.butters at shopko.com> writes:
>John,
>
>Don¹t know if this will help, but here is another iteration to try. I
>think
>you definitely want to run the defaults command as the user, so using su .
>In my experience when doing that, I have always used the following syntax
>(your kidspiration iteration is closest to what I have used):
>
>if [[ -e "$kidspiration" ]]; then
>su - "$user" -c ³defaults write
>/Users/$user/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock
>persistent-apps -array-add
>Œ<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><dict><key>_CFURLString
></key><string>/Applications/Kidspiration 2/Kidspiration
>2.app/</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</integer></dict></dict>
></dict>¹²
>fi
>
>Don¹t know how the single/double quotes will come across in the email, but
>basically, here is what I suggest trying:
>
>* add a dash between su and $user
>* add the ­c flag after $user.
>* put the entire defaults command in double quotes
>* put single quotes around the <dict>....</dict> directive within that
>command
>
>Again, that¹s real close to what you have tried, so it may not make a
>difference, but that would be the next thing I would try.
>
>-- 
>Charlie Butters
>Shopko Stores
>charlie.butters at shopko.com
>
>
>
>Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:07:12 -0400
>From: "John McLaughlin" <John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us>
>Subject: [Casper] dock problem..
>To: "Casper List" <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
>Message-ID:
>    <fc.000f49c2052872be000f49c2052872be.5287400 at newton.k12.ma.us>
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>
>Okay, so this is the latest status on my dock problem.  I have this script
>which I can run locally on any given user and it will create a dock item
>for any of these programs that are present on the system.  However, it
>will not work if I launch it through Casper.  As you can see, I've tried
>many different methods to get defaults to work for the logged in user but
>all I see is the dock relaunching.  Does anyone have any ideas?  Has
>anyone done anything like this?
>
>
>#!/bin/sh
>
>
># Applications
>user=`ls -l /dev/console | cut -d " " -f 4`
>username=`/usr/bin/w | grep console | awk '{print $1}'`
>current_user=`/usr/bin/finger -s -l | grep Login | awk '{print $2}'`
>kid_pix="/Applications/Kid Pix Deluxe 4"
>ttl="/Applications/Type To Learn 3"
>kidspiration="/Applications/Kidspiration 2"
>inspiration="/Applications/Inspiration 8"
>
>echo "3=$3"
>echo "user=$user"
>echo "username=$username"
>echo "current_user=$current_user"
>#sleep 20
>
>if [[ -e "$kid_pix" ]]; then
>su $user defaults write /Users/macuser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock
>persistent-apps -array-add
>"<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><dict><key>_CFURLString
></key><string>/Applications/Kid
>Pix Deluxe 4/Kid Pix Deluxe
>4/</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</integer></dict></dict></di
>ct>"
>fi
>
>if [[ -e "$kidspiration" ]]; then
>su "$user" defaults write /Users/$user/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock
>persistent-apps -array-add
>"<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><dict><key>_CFURLString
></key><string>/Applications/Kidspiration
>2/Kidspiration
>2.app/</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</integer></dict></dict>
></dict>"
>fi
>
>if [[ -e "$inspiration" ]]; then
>defaults write /Users/"$user"/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock
>persistent-apps -array-add
>"<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><dict><key>_CFURLString
></key><string>/Applications/Inspiration
>8/Inspiration
>8.app/</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</integer></dict></dict>
></dict>"
>fi
>
>if [[ -e "$ttl" ]]; then
>defaults write /Users/$current_user/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock
>persistent-apps -array-add
>"<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><dict><key>_CFURLString
></key><string>/Applications/Type
>To Learn 3/Type To Learn
>3/</string><key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</integer></dict></dict></di
>ct>"
>fi
>
>killall Dock
>
>
>exit 0
>
>
>John McLaughlin
>Technical Support Specialist
>Newton Public Schools
>
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