On second thought,

man security

Will probably get you farther and cause less head trauma.

Gil

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Gilbert Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
> You can use Applescript to create a Keychain entry for the wireless
> network.  To find the relevant commands specific to the task, in
> script editor go to:
>
> File -> Open Dictionary -> Keychain Scripting
>
> All you need to do is get your head around the mindblowingly awful
> syntax and grammar of Applescript. :)
>
> Gil
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Stefan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> see if:
>>
>> $man networksetup
>>
>> reveals anything of use ...
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:08 AM, Ski Kacoroski <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This should be a simple thing, but I keep running into walls.  We need
>>> to change the wireless password on one of our schools network (WPA2
>>> encryption) and move another network into production.  The server side
>>> is easy.  The problem I have is that I cannot figure out a way to add a
>>> wireless network and change a wireless network password on OSX without
>>> using the GUI as the local user (and I really do not want to touch 6000
>>> workstations by hand).
>>>
>>> I can use the networksetup and airport commands to set it temporarily,
>>> but once the machine reboots the changes are lost.  I can create
>>> passwords in the system keychain as root, but not in the user's login
>>> keychain and for some reason, the network chooser requires an entry in
>>> the user's login keychain.
>>>
>>> Any ideas or hints on how other people manage wireless passwords on OSX
>>> are most appreciated.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>>
>>> ski
>>>
>>> --
>>> "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it
>>>  connected to the entire universe"            John Muir
>>>
>>> Chris "Ski" Kacoroski, [email protected], 206-501-9803
>>> or ski98033 on most IM services
>>>
>>>
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