Attempts to remove specific, duplicate profiles.

removeDuplicateVPNProfiles.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

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# removeDuplicateVPNProfiles.py ################################################
# 8/18/15, v0.1, todd.mcdaniel@utah.edu
#
# due to the way we're installing profiles in Mac OS X 10.10 with xhooks, multiple duplicate VPN profiles can appear.
# installing profiles by hand (terminal or finder) do not cause duplicates to appear, very odd.
# this script looks for duplicates and removes them.
#
################################################################################

import subprocess
from management_tools import loggers

logger = loggers.file_logger(name='VPN_dupe_removal')
logger.info("Running duplicate VPN profile removal")

# dump network services and break into individual lines
checkForDupes = subprocess.check_output(["/usr/sbin/networksetup", "-listallnetworkservices"])
checkForDupes = checkForDupes.split('\n')

# removes blank/empty lines
checkForDupes = [x for x in checkForDupes if x]

# copy out list of our VPN profiles
vpnProfiles = filter(lambda x: 'UofU VPN Profile' in x, checkForDupes)
logger.info("{} profiles found.".format(len(vpnProfiles)))

# if there's more than one, and it's got a number (ie "UofU VPN Profile 14") delete it and report
if len(vpnProfiles) > 1:
	for x in vpnProfiles:
		isDuplicate = any(c.isdigit() for c in x)
		if isDuplicate == True:
			logger.info("Deleting /usr/sbin/networksetup -removenetworkservice '{}'".format(x))
			clearingDupes = subprocess.check_output(["/usr/sbin/networksetup", "-removenetworkservice", x])
else:
	logger.info("No duplicate profiles found.")