Applescript (or shell script) to join Airport network in Leopard

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#1

Hi. I’ve been trying to find an Applescript or shell script using /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport that will let me simply join an Airport network using the password in the keychain. All the info I can find is for Tiger or earlier OSes. Why is this so difficult? Or am I just dense? Or both?

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#2

Hi,

try this


property BSSID : "myWirelessNetwork"

tell application "Keychain Scripting" to set myKey to password of first key of current keychain whose name is BSSID
do shell script "networksetup setairportnetwork " & BSSID & space & myKey
#3

Thanks for the prompt reply, Stefan. At first I ran the script and got a permission error:

So I just went to Terminal and did

and I got:

In any event, I’d like to avoid having to enter a password, just use the keychain

Also, thanks for tipping me to the networksetup command, all sorts of goodies there.

#4

strange, the script works flawlessly on my machine (in an admin account)
The first time you will be asked to confirm the keychain, but then no further password is required

#5

Strange indeed. I repaired permissions and restarted, and still the same problem. I will try it out later on another computer, to see if it’s just a problem on this one. Thanks

#6

Same permission error on the G5. Hmmm…

I was able to execute from the terminal with sudo, but that kind of kills the point.

I am logged in as admin.

#7

Still getting permissions error, but then more strange behavior:

When I run Stefan’s script as root, I get the “** Error: Error obtaining wireless information.” error.

First I checked if myKey is getting the correct password and it is.

So I tried just doing it straight up, just filling in the password and SSID within the script directly. That worked. A Ha!

So I tried this:

property BSSID : "myNetworkID"

tell application "Keychain Scripting" to set myKey to password of first key of current keychain whose name is BSSID
do shell script "sudo networksetup -setairportnetwork " & quoted form of BSSID & space & quoted form of myKey

That worked. No more permissions errors either.

Thanks again Stefan

#8

Sudo should not be used with “do shell script”. The preferred form is

set tResult to do shell script "my shell stuff" with administrator privileges
#9

thanks, good to know