Creating a login hook?

I am looking to create a script that runs each time when i log in to my mac.
Although I am stuck at what to write in the script?
I am looking for the script to open 'Safari' (2 tabs if possible) and 'Microsoft Messenger for Mac' at log in.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Hello, I can get you 2/3's the way there. Open System Preferences>Accounts then make sure your account is highlighted. Then, above your pic, click on "login Items".
These are the items that will automatically start when you boot. To add Safari and Messenger, click on the "+" in the lower left. Navigate to the Applications folder and choose the apps.
I will have to look at opening two tabs but that will get you started.
Cheers,
Glynn

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Debugging a non-working login hook

I'm setting up labs in a school, some have 2008 iMacs, 2007 iMacs, 2007 Macbooks and powerbook g4's. I have a new 2008 iMac as my master image and I've set-up a LoginHook in com.apple.loginwindow.plist that runs a script that works just great. It does what I expect it too. I need this LoginHook to work on all the platforms. So far, when I migrate accounts from the iMac 2008 to a Macbook or Powerbook, that LoginHook no longer works. Period.
The com.apple.loginhook.plist copies over, the filesize, permissions and ownerships are the same, the script copies over, permissions and ownerships are the same. I can manually sudo the script and it works. I've added echo statements to an output file in the script, but no output is created.
And I see in the system.log file, in the system where this works, entries for my echo statements like:
Aug 4 10:54:32 "hostname" com.apple.loginwindow[389]: this user is student
which lets me see the script is running.
I don't see mny messages like this on the system that doesn't work.
I've also tried migrating accounts from a machines of the same type (ex: macbook > macbook), but the LoginHook doesn't work.
What is in charge of launching the com.apple.loginwindow.plist? launchd?
Any ideas on why the LoginHook would just conk out like this?

did you make your login hook following these instructions? remember that the loginwindow plist that is used is the one in roots home directory not in /Library/Preferences. That said, I had some problems with login hooks too and never could figure out why mine didn't run so I created a separate launch daemon to run the script i wanted. you can put it in /Library/launchAgents and it will execute whenever anyone logs in. that worked for me.

Yosemite profile manager login hook

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Portable Home Directories and Login Hooks

We recently switched from Network Home Directories to Portable Home Directories. We used to use login hooks to do all kinds of nifty things to a user's home folder at login, but now it's complicated. I can't figure out at what point in the login+sync process the login hook executes.
If the login hook executes before syncing, then I need to modify the network copy of the home folder, i.e. Network/Servers/servername/.../username. If the login hook executes after syncing, then I need to modify the local copy of the home folder, i.e. /Users/username. Unless I'm mistaken, you can't just use the tilde (~) in the script to denote the path the home folder, so you have to list the path explicitly.
My testing seemed to result in inconsistent behavior. Can anyone give me some guidance?
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Thank you for the advice, Syth, but I'm already aware of the basics of writing and implementing login and logout hooks. I wrote a lot of them when we were using Network Home Directories. The root of my question has to do with Portable Home Directories and login hooks.
This is a computer lab environment where every user has their own account, network home folder, and "Mobility" preferences set in Workgroup Manager. When a user logs into a lab computer, syncing kicks in and they work from a local copy of their home folder which then syncs to the server at login and logout.
So the core question is: Do login and logout hooks execute before or after login/logout home syncing occurs?
For example, if a user with a brand new network account, i.e. who doesn't even have a network home yet, logs into a computer, what's the order of events? I would hope it would be:
1) server creates network home
2) computer creates local home, i.e. syncs
3) login hook executes
But my testing has been inconsistent. Anyone have any experience or insights to share?

Login hook question

I am trying to use login and logout hooks to mute the speaker after logout and unmute it at login in order to get rid of that startup chime (always wakes up my sleeping roommate). The problem is when I follow the procedures at: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301446 (i have tried both ways); however it seems as though my scripts are not run, is there something special that I have to do because I am running an Intel version of 10.4.8?
my scripts are as follows:
login.sh:
echo "test" >> /loginScriptHit.txt
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logout.sh:
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Thanks:
~Xavier

Good to hear you got it working.
If you don't mind me commenting, there are a few borderline security issues with your setup (related to login window hooks running as "root") that might be worth reviewing. In general, for things running as "root", it is good practice to specify the full path to the executable to avoid problems with aliases, functions or ambiguities in the PATH, so eg. using '/usr/bin/osascript' might be better (I'm not sure what to do with the 'echo' since it is a shell "built-in" command, but you could use '/bin/echo' I suppose).
The script, and the output file are both in areas potentially writable without a password. "/Users/Shared" is world writable, and "/" is writable by any admin user, without a password. In both cases, the "sticky bit" will provide some protection, but if the files were to be removed without removing the login hook, someone could potentially substitute their own files - their own script (which would run as "root") or a symbolic link to something important in the case of the output file, which could lead to data loss.
The script itself is writable by the owner (presumably you) without a password so if anyone were to sit down in front of the computer while you weren't looking, they could add their own code (no password required), which would again run as "root".
To exploit any of these issues would require inside knowlege that you have the hooks set up and how (since they are specified in a location that requires "root" access even to read), so it isn't likely that they would ever become a problem, but they might be good to keep in mind as things to avoid. In general, make sure anything that runs as "root" or can influence a process that runs as "root", is kept in a secure area that requires "root" privileges to modify any point on its path, and that any item itself is only modifiable by "root".

Login Hook

Does anyone have any experience creating Apple MAC OS X 10.5.6 Login Hook scripts?
I need to create one that maps a users network folder (stored on an Apple Xserve) to the desktop when they log onto a MAC. The Login Hook needs to work for roaming user accounts so that the network folder loads no matter what MAC the user logs onto...

..."unzip com.prefs.zip […]
the original owner is "user:staf" but change to "root:admin""...
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Another possibility is to run '/usr/bin/sudo -u username /usr/bin/unzip'... so that "unzip" is run as the user (and don't forget the $1 option to run as whatever user is logging in, although that fails in some network settings, or at least it did in earlier versions).
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It is possible to use Parenal Controls to limit which applications can be used be a particular user account.
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Matt

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I am working on a web site and the client needs a Login feature. How can this be achieved with MUSE?

Hi,
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hye frnz... plz help me m new to java
m using ms access as database and try to create a login page where user type username and pw
i had enter valid user entries in database i checked connectivity is working i want as user login the main window must open after checking username and pw field to database but
now there is an error class not found exception sun:jdbc...... error
plz help me i had stuck frm 4 days */
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
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JLabel jlb1,jlb2;
     JTextField jtf1;
     JPasswordField jpf1;
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          setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
          Dimension d= Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
          setBounds(d.width/2-175,d.height/2-100,350,200);
          gbc.insets=new Insets(7,7,7,7);
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          jlb1=new JLabel("User ID");
          gbc.gridx=0;
          gbc.gridy=0;
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          jlb2=new JLabel("Password");
          gbc.gridx=0;
          gbc.gridy=1;
          add(jlb2,gbc);
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          gbc.gridx=1;
          gbc.gridy=0;
          add(jtf1,gbc);
          jpf1=new JPasswordField(10);
          gbc.gridx=1;
          gbc.gridy=1;
          add(jpf1,gbc);
          jb1=new JButton("Login");
          gbc.gridx=0;
          gbc.gridy=2;
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                         Class.forName("sun.jdbc.driver.JdbcOdbcDriver");
                         String dataSourceName = "Inventory";
                         String dbURL = "jdbc:odbc:" + dataSourceName;
                         conn=DriverManager.getConnection(dbURL, "","");
                         stmt=conn.createStatement();
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                         while(rst.next())
                              System.out.println( rst.getString(1) +"/t"+ rst.getString(2));
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                                   found=true;
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                                   dispose();
                                   MainWindow mw= new MainWindow();     /*created min window object created to be opend after login but not working*/
                                   break;
                         rst.close();
                         stmt.close();
                         conn.close();
                    catch(ClassNotFoundException e){System.out.print(e);}
                    catch(Exception e){System.out.print(e);}
                    if(found==false) /*this portion is executing and dialog box appears invalid name and pw with class not found exception sun:jdbc.......on console */
                         JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Invalid username or password",
                              "Error Message",JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
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          gbc.gridx=1;
          gbc.gridy=2;
          add(jb2,gbc);
          jb2.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
               public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
                    jtf1.setText("");
                    jpf1.setText("");
                    jtf1.requestFocus();
          setSize(350,200);
          setVisible(true);
          jtf1.requestFocus();
     public static void main(String args[])
Login l=new Login();
}

http://forums.oracle.com/forums/ann.jspa?annID=599
Oh, and by the way, your keyboard seems to be broken as your words are not getting spelled correctly.

Plz help using ms access as database,i want to create a login page in java

hye frnz... plz help me m new to java
m using ms access as database and try to create a login page where user type username and pw
i had enter valid user entries in database i checked connectivity is working i want as user login the main window must open after checking username and pw field to database but
now there is an error class not found exception sun:jdbc...... error
plz help me i had stuck frm 4 days */
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.Statement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
class Login extends JFrame
//Component Declarations
JLabel jlb1,jlb2;
     JTextField jtf1;
     JPasswordField jpf1;
     JButton jb1,jb2;
     //Constructor
     Login()
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          setTitle("Login Dialog");
          setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
          GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
          setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
          Dimension d= Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
          setBounds(d.width/2-175,d.height/2-100,350,200);
          gbc.insets=new Insets(7,7,7,7);
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          jlb1=new JLabel("User ID");
          gbc.gridx=0;
          gbc.gridy=0;
          add(jlb1,gbc);
          jlb2=new JLabel("Password");
          gbc.gridx=0;
          gbc.gridy=1;
          add(jlb2,gbc);
          jtf1=new JTextField(10);
          gbc.gridx=1;
          gbc.gridy=0;
          add(jtf1,gbc);
          jpf1=new JPasswordField(10);
          gbc.gridx=1;
          gbc.gridy=1;
          add(jpf1,gbc);
          jb1=new JButton("Login");
          gbc.gridx=0;
          gbc.gridy=2;
          add(jb1,gbc);
          jb1.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
               public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
               Connection conn=null;
                    Statement stmt=null;
                    boolean found=false;
               try
                         Class.forName("sun.jdbc.driver.JdbcOdbcDriver");
                         String dataSourceName = "Inventory";
                         String dbURL = "jdbc:odbc:" + dataSourceName;
                         conn=DriverManager.getConnection(dbURL, "","");
                         stmt=conn.createStatement();
                         ResultSet rst=stmt.executeQuery("Select * from User");
                         System.out.println(jtf1.getText()+"/t"+jpf1.getPassword());
                         while(rst.next())
                              System.out.println( rst.getString(1) +"/t"+ rst.getString(2));
          if(jtf1.getText().equals(rst.getString(1).trim()) && new String(jpf1.getPassword()).equals(rst.getString(2).trim()))
                                   found=true;
                                   rst.close();
                                   dispose();
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                                   break;
                         rst.close();
                         stmt.close();
                         conn.close();
                    catch(ClassNotFoundException e){System.out.print(e);}
                    catch(Exception e){System.out.print(e);}
                    if(found==false) /*this portion is executing and dialog box appears invalid name and pw with class not found exception sun:jdbc.......on console */
                         JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Invalid username or password",
                              "Error Message",JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
          jb2=new JButton("Clear");
          gbc.gridx=1;
          gbc.gridy=2;
          add(jb2,gbc);
          jb2.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
               public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
                    jtf1.setText("");
                    jpf1.setText("");
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          setSize(350,200);
          setVisible(true);
          jtf1.requestFocus();
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Edited by: 795772 on Sep 19, 2010 4:44 AM

795772 wrote:
hye frnz... plz help me m new to java
m using ms access as database and try to create a login page where user type username and pw
i had enter valid user entries in database i checked connectivity is working i want as user login the main window must open after checking username and pw field to database but
now there is an error class not found exception sun:jdbc...... error
plz help me i had stuck frm 4 days */
<snip>The subject of this forum is Oracle databases. How does your problem relate to that subject?
Two bits of advice:
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Need help to create a login for maintenance of a single database in a multiple databases, single instance environment

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Databases are developed by outside vendors; they have to be able to install and support their databases but they shouldn't be able to do any thing with the other databases.
When I tried to migrate the first database, the vendor told me that on the former server he used the sa account in some batch.
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https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/dc1f802f-d8de-4e2b-87e5-ccb289593fb7/security-for-multiple-applications-on-a-single-sql-server-2012-instance?forum=sqlsecurity
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I don't recall exactly what we said last time, but it occurs to me that the application setup things on server level. Jobs is the prime thing that comes to mind, but there could be other things.
Now, here is an important observation. As long as the vendor's application was alone on the server, that was OK, and it was OK to give the vendor sysadmin rights. In this situation this is less OK, and as we said, you should only give the vendor db_owner
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Anu

Anu,
I've attached a really short example that does something like what you're talking about. It just compares the user's username and password a pre-determined username and password and then "logs the user in" based on that comparison. Like Greycat said, you probably want to store this username and password info in some sort of file on the PDA that's in an encrypted format for both security and flexibility of your application.
I hope this helps,
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Applications Engineer
National Instruments
Attachments:
LoginVI.vi ‏17 KB

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OK. This is weird--but I should be used to that, and just grateful that it seems to work (for now).
What I had done is FTPd some image files to my site using Filezilla, but when I had tried to access them, I was unsuccessful. I am almost sure that I used the same url (and variations of it) as you suggested, namely,  http://mysite.verizon.net/username/filename , and it either did not work, or gave me the "Page under construction", or, in some cases asked me for my username and password.
But, when I did it this time, it worked. So I probably had something off, but I can now do what I want.
By the way, if you'll permit another question, while on the site-builder site, it said that there was a "Web Photo Manager", and said that "To download the Web Photo Manager: Open the Site Builder application and go to the All My Sites page. Click on the Web Photo Manager link (listed under Advanced Building Tools )." I can't find it--would you happen to know where it is?
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