Module: Panes

Defined in:
lib/panes.rb,
lib/panes/version.rb

Constant Summary collapse

PATHTOPLIST =

Variables

"/System/Library/PreferencePanes"
PreferencePanes = 
Dir.entries("#{PATHTOPLIST}")
VERSION = 
"0.3.0"

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.CFBundleIdentifier ⇒ Object

print CFBundleIdentifier for each item in /System/Library/PreferencePanes folder



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# File 'lib/panes.rb', line 25

def self.CFBundleIdentifier
	list_of_panes=[]
	PreferencePanes.each do |prePane|
		if !prePane.start_with?(".")
			list_of_panes << prePane
		end
	end

	final_list=[]
	list_of_panes.each do |prePane|
		plist = CFPropertyList::List.new(:file => "#{PATHTOPLIST}/#{prePane}/Contents/Info.plist")
		results=CFPropertyList.native_types(plist.value)
		final_list << results["CFBundleIdentifier"]
	end
	return final_list
end

.CreateProfile ⇒ Object

creates an empty com.apple.systempreferences in tmp folder



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# File 'lib/panes.rb', line 64

def self.CreateProfile
	profile = "/Library/preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist"
	new_profile = File.open(profile, "w")
	new_profile.puts '<?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>DisabledPreferencePanes</key>
		<array>
		</array>
	</dict>
	</plist>
	'
	new_profile.close
	FileUtils.chmod(0644,"#{profile}")
    FileUtils.chown 'root', 'wheel', "#{profile}"
end

.Disable(*prefs) ⇒ Object

to restrict access to a preference pane, put the CFBundleIdentifier as the argument example is Panes.Disable(“com.apple.preference.network”)



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# File 'lib/panes.rb', line 84

def self.Disable(*prefs)

	if File.file?("/Library/preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist")
		preference_panes_to_disable =[]

		prefs.each do |x|
			preference_panes_to_disable << x
		end

		plist = CFPropertyList::List.new(:file => "/Library/preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist")
		results=CFPropertyList.native_types(plist.value)

		results["DisabledPreferencePanes"].each do |x|
			preference_panes_to_disable << x
		end

		preference_panes_to_disable.each do |x|
			indexnumber = preference_panes_to_disable.index(x)
			results["DisabledPreferencePanes"][indexnumber] = "#{x}"
		end

		plist.value = CFPropertyList.guess(results)
		plist.save("/Library/preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist", CFPropertyList::List::FORMAT_BINARY)
	else
		Panes.CreateProfile
		preference_panes_to_disable =[]

		prefs.each do |x|
			preference_panes_to_disable << x
		end

		plist = CFPropertyList::List.new(:file => "/Library/preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist")
		results=CFPropertyList.native_types(plist.value)

		results["DisabledPreferencePanes"].each do |x|
			preference_panes_to_disable << x
		end

		preference_panes_to_disable.each do |x|
			indexnumber = preference_panes_to_disable.index(x)
			results["DisabledPreferencePanes"][indexnumber] = "#{x}"
		end

		plist.value = CFPropertyList.guess(results)
		plist.save("/Library/preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist", CFPropertyList::List::FORMAT_BINARY)

	end
	command="sudo killall cfprefsd"
	system(command)
end

.Enable(*prefs) ⇒ Object

to remove a restriction, put the CFBundleIdentifier as the argument



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# File 'lib/panes.rb', line 136

def self.Enable(*prefs)
	if File.file?("/Library/preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist")
		plist = CFPropertyList::List.new(:file => "/Library/preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist")
		results=CFPropertyList.native_types(plist.value)
		prefs.each do |check_a|
			results["DisabledPreferencePanes"].each do |check_b|
				if check_a == check_b 
					results["DisabledPreferencePanes"].delete(check_a)
				end
			end
		end
		plist.value = CFPropertyList.guess(results)
		plist.save("/Library/preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist", CFPropertyList::List::FORMAT_BINARY)
		command="sudo killall cfprefsd"
		system(command)
	else
		puts "Error: no plist. Try running 'sudo killall cfprefsd' from the terminal"
	end
end

.List ⇒ Object

Print .prePanes in /System/Library/PreferencePanes folder



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# File 'lib/panes.rb', line 14

def self.List
	list_of_panes=[]
	PreferencePanes.each do |prePane|
		if !prePane.start_with?(".")
			list_of_panes << prePane
		end
	end
	puts list_of_panes
end

.OptionalCFBundleIdentifier ⇒ Object

print CFBundleIdentifier for items installed by the user, typical installs would be flash or java



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# File 'lib/panes.rb', line 43

def self.OptionalCFBundleIdentifier
	optionalpanes=Dir.entries("/Library/PreferencePanes")

	list_of_panes=[]
	optionalpanes.each do |prePane|
		if !prePane.start_with?(".")
			list_of_panes << prePane
		end
	end

	final_list=[]
	list_of_panes.each do |prePane|
		plist = CFPropertyList::List.new(:file => "/Library/PreferencePanes/#{prePane}/Contents/Info.plist")
		results=CFPropertyList.native_types(plist.value)
		final_list << results["CFBundleIdentifier"]
	end
	return final_list
end

.Options ⇒ Object

to print all the availbe options to use with the Panes command



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# File 'lib/panes.rb', line 166

def self.Options
	puts (Panes.methods - Object.methods).sort
end

.Reset ⇒ Object

reset all disable panes



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# File 'lib/panes.rb', line 158

def self.Reset
	command="sudo rm -rf /Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist"
	system(command)
	cfprefsd="sudo killall cfprefsd"
	system(cfprefsd)
end