Running SS behind login screen - issue with Big Sur update?
Hi, I updated to Big Sur yesterday on my Mac mini
I had to reboot the computer this morning b/c of some kind of crash and it seems that the script found here:
http://www.bensoftware.com/securityspy/helpfaq.html#RunBehindLoginScreen
generates this message in Terminal:
The default interactive shell is now zsh.
To update your account to use zsh, please run `chsh -s /bin/zsh`.
For more details, please visit https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208050.
Pulin-Mac:~ pulin$ /Users/pulin/Desktop/Go\ To\ Login\ Window.command ; exit;
/Users/pulin/Desktop/Go To Login Window.command: line 1: /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession: No such file or directory
and the Mac didn't return to the login screen
I haven't tried a second reboot yet to see if it was just a one off thing, but was wondering what I need to do to get the script working again? Does the script need to be updated?
Thank you
I had to reboot the computer this morning b/c of some kind of crash and it seems that the script found here:
http://www.bensoftware.com/securityspy/helpfaq.html#RunBehindLoginScreen
generates this message in Terminal:
The default interactive shell is now zsh.
To update your account to use zsh, please run `chsh -s /bin/zsh`.
For more details, please visit https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208050.
Pulin-Mac:~ pulin$ /Users/pulin/Desktop/Go\ To\ Login\ Window.command ; exit;
/Users/pulin/Desktop/Go To Login Window.command: line 1: /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession: No such file or directory
and the Mac didn't return to the login screen
I haven't tried a second reboot yet to see if it was just a one off thing, but was wondering what I need to do to get the script working again? Does the script need to be updated?
Thank you
Comments
(PS This is just a hack by someone with intermediate knowledge of macOS. I'm sure that there may be better ways. But it works )
So is the standard user account the one that you have login automatically and then return to the login screen?
I d/l'd your linked file above, right clicked it and selected Open; it asked for a single permission regarding Terminal I believe and that was it
I also saw the original instructions where it says to drag the d/l'd file into the Login Items in System Preferences Users and Groups, so I did that too
But, no luck
We have done more work on this, and now switched to a standalone utility app called Lock Screen to do the locking, rather than a shell script. This gives us more flexibility over implementation, and avoids the need for the ugly Terminal window. New info can be found in the FAQ Can SecuritySpy run behind the lock/login screen?
Please report back and let me know if this now works correctly for you.
A workaround is to enable the Accessibility keyboard is turned on (System Preferences > Accessibility > Accessibility Keyboard). We're hoping to update the tool to avoid the need for this workaround. Stay tuned...
Please report back once you've had a chance to test.
The update worked great! No issues since we installed this about a week ago.
Cheers,