Running commands through MDM

[xirianlight]

Hey, glad you've built this tool - I can't get DUTI to work in Catalina, and so far swda seems to be getting the job done. I'm running commands in it through an MDM called Addigy and everything works except for setting browsers. Any time I push a command using the --web or --browser arguments, I get this response:

SwiftDefaultApps ERROR -10822: There was an error trying to communicate with the Launch Services Server.

Setting individual apps or even email clients works just fine, browser is the only one that doesn't. Using the same command on the computer locally in Terminal works just fine, it only fails when pushed through this external service. The command itself is:

/usr/local/bin/swda setHandler --web --app com.google.Chrome

Have any insight as to how the other arguments follow through for the current user while run via root in an MDM but this one doesn't?

Many thanks!

[Lord-Kamina]

I have no idea TBH. If I had to guess I'd say permissions issue due to Catalina. Maybe you have to give some special authorization to the MDM service or whatever is actually receiving the commands and calling swda?

Also you might want to try usinh swda setHandler --scheme http --app com.google.Chrome and see whether that works. If it does, it would suggest it might be an issue with argument handling (I doubt it though)

That error is a LaunchServices error code, not produced by swda itself; the app is merely forwarding to you the error it got from the LaunchServices api.

[xirianlight]

Thanks for the feedback - the command rejects --scheme as a usable option and kicks back an error. I'll try to figure out if there's something else I can do via permissions where Terminal is able to execute the normal command but this agent isn't. -r

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On Apr 28, 2020, at 5:00 PM, Gregorio Litenstein ***@***.***> wrote: I have no idea TBH. If I had to guess I'd say permissions issue due to Catalina. Maybe you have to give some special authorization to the MDM service or whatever is actually receiving the commands and calling swda? Also you might want to try usinh swda setHandler --scheme http --app com.google.Chrome and see whether that works. If it does, it would suggest it might be an issue with argument handling (I doubt it though) — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#29 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AA2QB43WL7RURWLPUDXB6YDRO5GYHANCNFSM4MTDYC6Q>.

[Lord-Kamina]

Thanks for the feedback - the command rejects --scheme as a usable option and kicks back an error. I'll try to figure out if there's something else I can do via permissions where Terminal is able to execute the normal command but this agent isn't. -r
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My bad, I gave you a bad instruction. It's not --scheme but --URL