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jacobsalmela/os-x-login-user-to-gui-via-script.sh

Created June 11, 2014 19:10
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(OS X) Enters a user's credentials into the GUI login window fields and logs them in (access to assistive devices needs to be enabled for osascript to work)
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os-x-login-user-to-gui-via-script.sh
osascript -e <<EOF 'tell application "System Events"
tell process "SecurityAgent"
set value of text field 2 of window "Login" to "username"
set value of text field 1 of window "Login" to "password"
end tell
tell application "system events" to keystroke return
tell application "system events" to keystroke return
end tell'
EOF
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