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This script runs upon login: Big IP Edge Client on Mac requires only part of McAfee to be running and jamfAgent
<!-- On line 16, replace 'MY_USERNAME' by your own username -->
<!-- Save as ~/Library/LaunchAgents/br.com.maat.vpn.plist -->
<!-- After creating both files, test it running: -->
<!-- $ launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/br.com.maat.vpn.plist -->
<!-- $ launchctl start br.com.maat.vpn -->
<!-- Check for error using: tail -f /var/log/system.log -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>br.com.maat.vpn</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Users/MY_USERNAME/prepareVpn.sh</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
# Save as ~/prepareVpn.sh and : chmod +x ~/prepareVpn.sh
# Stop McAfee - for performance
sudo /usr/local/McAfee/AntiMalware/VSControl stopoas
sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mcafee.agent.macmn.plist
sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mcafee.agent.ma.plist
sudo /Library/McAfee/agent/bin/masvc stop
sudo /usr/local/McAfee/WebProtection/bin/WPControl stop
sudo ps auxww | grep -i 'VShieldScanner\|VShieldScanManager\|masvc\|McAfee' | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }' | sudo xargs kill -9
kextstat | grep -i mcafee | awk '{ print $6 }' | sudo xargs -n1 -I{} kextunload -verbose 2 -bundle-id '{}'
# Start JamAgent
/usr/local/jamf/bin/jamfAgent
date > /tmp/prepareVpn.sh.output
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