Previously, I showed how to install Luggage, and how to package a drag and drop app.  In this installment, we will look at how to package up a LaunchAgent script.

We will work with a simple script to mount a couple of file shares when a user logs into their computer.  To set it up as a LaunchAgent, we need two pieces.  First, the script itself (connectshares.sh) needs to be copied to /Library/Scripts/Myorg and everyone should have read and execute permissions.  Second, a plist (com.myorg.connectshares.plist) file which controls the execution of the script needs to be copied to /Library/LaunchAgents and and everyone should have read permissions. Continue reading →