Adding items to Security & Privacy - via script

[pcw8256]

Hi there,
I've tried a bit of googling on this subject, but to no avail.

I manage 200+ Macs for a school and they have graphics tablets they want to use with their Macs.
The drivers are successfully installed, however it appears to use the devices on the Macs, I need to log on to each Mac, go into Security and Privacy > Accessibility and allow the driver to control the computer.

Is there any way of doing this via a script or automated process, or am I going to have to do this manually?

Thanks!

 

[chrfr]

Hi there,
I've tried a bit of googling on this subject, but to no avail.

I manage 200+ Macs for a school and they have graphics tablets they want to use with their Macs.
The drivers are successfully installed, however it appears to use the devices on the Macs, I need to log on to each Mac, go into Security and Privacy > Accessibility and allow the driver to control the computer.

Is there any way of doing this via a script or automated process, or am I going to have to do this manually?

Thanks!

You can either do it manually or apply the settings automatically using an MDM system, like Jamf. It's not possible to automate otherwise.

 

[pcw8256]

Hi, we have Profile Manager, is there anything I can apply with that?

 

[chrfr]

Hi, we have Profile Manager, is there anything I can apply with that?

Profile Manager isn't a full featured MDM, so you could use something like the ProfileCreator app to create the accessibility profile and then import the settings into Profile Manager. If your computers are actually enrolled in Profile Manager, you should then be able to push that profile to the computers.

 

[pcw8256]

That looks good. I can't see how I can possibly put those accessibility settings however.

 

[pcw8256]

So I've done more research, it appears I can indeed create custom Plist/Mobileconfig profiles and push them via profile manager, however this doesn't seem to work and apply the settings I create.
Is there any way I can find out why?