Getting Started with Shell Scripts & Custom Payloads
- 28 Oct 2024
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Getting Started with Shell Scripts & Custom Payloads
- Updated on 28 Oct 2024
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Shell Scripts
Scalefusion offers support to remotely deploy and execute Shell scripts. Shell scripts are a great way to automate the management of systems and let IT Admins perform various actions remotely from the Scalefusion console. We have created a library of frequently used scripts that IT Admins can use to create the scripts as per their needs and deploy from the Scalefusion portal on their managed macOS devices. Click on the script title to load the related help document.
Notes:
1. Some of the scripts and their contents are sourced from the internet and various help documents of different vendors.
2. Please validate the scripts on a test machine before deploying them on all your managed devices.
3. Scalefusion has tested these scripts, however, Scalefusion will not be responsible for any loss of data or system malfunction that may arise due to the usage of these scripts.
| Script Title | Description |
| Install DMG Files | Helps IT Admins install DMG files remotely via Shell scripts. |
| Manage Users and Passwords on Mac devices | Use this script to remotely add a user on the managed macOS device. |
| Set Wallpaper on macOS device | User this script to download and set an image as a wallpaper image on macOS devices. |
| Installing SophosInstaller on Macbook | Helps the IT Admins to install the SophosInstaller on their Scalefusion-managed Mac devices. |
| Allow Network Pane for Standard user | Helps IT Admin to allow Standard users access to Network Pane without Admin password. |
| Manage Folder Access | Helps IT Admins control user's access to Desktop, Documents, and Downloads folder. |
| Apple ID of the logged in user | Helps IT Admins to see the Apple ID of the current logged in user. |
| Hide/Unhide desktop icons on Mac devices | Helps IT Admins to hide or unhide the icons on the desktop. |
| FileVault: Seamless Toggle On/Off and Key Rotation | Helps IT Admins to toggle on/off the FileVault and rotate Filevault key. |
| Install SentinelOne on macOS devices | Helps IT Admins to install SentinelOne on macOS devices along with activating the token for it. |
Custom Setting Payloads
Apple MDM protocol offers various payloads to control different policies on the device. These policy payloads or configuration profiles are used by MDM providers like Scalefusion to provide device management capabilities. However, there are quite a lot of payloads that control various settings and policies on the device. Since it is practically impossible to include support for all payloads by providing a form or a UI, Scalefusion provides advanced IT Admins the option of creating their own custom payloads and pushing them to the devices via Scalefusion.
By using the Custom Settings feature of a Scalefusion macOS Profile, IT Admins can use a top-notch plist editor and push an MDM payload supported by Apple directly to the devices.
Payload Title | Description |
| Disable Find My Mac on macOS devices | Helps the IT Admins to disable the "Find My Mac" option on Mac devices. |
| Change Time Server in Mac devices | Helps IT Admins to set up a Time Server on their Mac devices. |
| Set Safari homepage URL | Helps IT Admins to set up a homepage URL on Safari. |
| Auto-assign permissions for Sophos software | Helps IT Admins to auto-assign permissions for Sophos software. |
| Helps the IT Admins to restrict the users from taking screenshots on the managed Mac devices. | |
| Block URLs in Chrome browser | Helps IT Admins to block access to listed websites. |
| Allow URLs in Chrome browser | Helps IT Admins to allow access to listed websites while blocking access to all others. |
| Microsoft Single Sign On (SSO) for macOS | Helps IT Admins to enable single sign-on experience across all apps and websites that use Microsoft Entra ID for authentication. |
| Block access to Erase all Content and Settings on Mac devices. | Helps the IT Admins to block access to Erase all Content and Settings option on the Mac devices. |
| Customize apps on Dock on Mac devices | Helps the IT Admins to set apps on the Dock. |
| Block account modification in Mac devices | Helps IT Admins to block modification of Apple ID on macOS Devices. |
| Block Websites on Firefox browser on Mac devices | Helps IT Admins to block websites on Firefox browser with exceptions. |
| Allow Standard user to add printers and use them for printing in their Mac devices | Helps IT Admins to allow Standard user to add printers and use them for printing in their Mac devices. |
| Microsoft’s Platform SSO integration with Scalefusion | Outlines the process to deploy a configuration profile for enabling Platform SSO on macOS. |
| Set up policies for managing the SentinelOne application on macOS devices | Help IT Admins to enforce necessary permissions and access. |
| Restrict the primary account in Google Chrome Browser | Helps IT Admins to restrict user from setting any Google account as a browser primary account in Google Chrome browser. |
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