25.08 MacEnterprise: System Framework Scripting

by Greg Neagle
Aug, 2009 Issue

Article Synopsis

Several common systems administration problems can often be solved through the use of creative scripting. You could have a script that runs system_profiler on all your Macs and uploads information about all your machines to a central database. Scripts can help with the initial setup of a machine, or initial application configuration. Scripts can monitor for problems and report them to you.

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