Following on from mypost yesterday, in which I describe a method of creating an application using Automator to run shell scripts that require administrator privileges ( sudo ), I have now figured out how to achieve the same thing with AppleScript editor, with the improvement that the system dialog is used to obtain administrator privileges, rather than a custom dialog box.
To do this, create an Application in AppleScript Editor:
Open AppleScript Editor Click File > New Click File > Save Enter name, select a path, select File Format > Application, Save
Enter the following commands: set myPath to POSIX path of (path to resource "MyShellScript.sh") do shell script quoted form of myPath with administrator privileges Click on the toolbar button in the top right of AppleScript Editor that reveals the right side bar. Drag your shell script from a Finder window into the Resources list. Save the application
You may wish to sign the application with your Developer ID, and make it Run Only. To do this, click File > Export…, select the Developer ID and make any required other settings changes:
Once saved, add an icon to make the app appropriate for your organisation .
When running the application, you should be prompted with a system authentication dialog window:
Example Scripts
Below is the same example as my previous post, adapted to use AppleScript Editor.
Jamf Pro: check for new policiesAs a simple example, here is an application script that checks for connection to the JSS, and if successful, runs jamf manage and jamf policy :