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Launchctl-use-cases
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#!/bin/bash | |
#Script loads the deployed user.launchkeep.GoogleDrive.plist that came from a Casper PKG. Using because Google Drive is randomly crashing on end-user devices. | |
#Get User Name | |
loggedInUser=`python -c 'from SystemConfiguration import SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser; import sys; username = (SCDynamicStoreCopyConsoleUser(None, None, None) or [None])[0]; username = [username,""][username in [u"loginwindow", None, u""]]; sys.stdout.write(username + "\n");'` | |
#Confirms working | |
echo $loggedInUser | |
#Need to kill Google Drive - found is open load the .plist, the Google Drive Finder window continiously opens. | |
killall Google\ Drive | |
sleep 5s | |
#moves the .plist to user's folder & ensures correct permissions. | |
sudo -u $loggedInUser mkdir /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/LaunchAgents | |
cp /var/mbca/user.launchkeep.GoogleDrive.plist /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/LaunchAgents | |
chown -R $loggedInUser /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/LaunchAgents | |
chmod 744 /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/LaunchAgents | |
#user needs to be able to rx the script | |
chmod 755 /private/var/mbca/KeepGoogleDriveAlive.sh | |
#loads the .plist. Must be loaded as the user, not root. | |
sudo -u $loggedInUser launchctl load /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/LaunchAgents/user.launchkeep.GoogleDrive.plist | |
exit 0 |
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