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Apple releases iPhone Configuration Utilities
Apple has just released a few tools that are going to make folks looking to deploy many iPhones at once very happy:- iPhone Configuration Web Utility 1.0 for Mac
- iPhone Configuration Web Utility 1.0 for Windows
- iPhone Configuration Utility 1.0 for Mac OS X
The iPhone Configuration Web Utility (for both Mac and Windows) simply let you create these config files (which are XML files) while the Mac only iPhone Config Utility lets you create config files, as well as access logs, and makes it possible to install apps on iPhones.
These apps are going to make any enterprise iPhone users happy, and best of all they are free.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Andre said 8:59AM on 7-10-2008
Great - but once installed, how do I run it? It seems to install as a service. I also have something called "Ruby" which my firewall asked if I should allow access to the Internet. Now I have a Ruby process running taking up 0.1% CPU.
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David B Turetsky said 9:06AM on 7-10-2008
That is just what my IT folks need to make their lives easier for the 3G deployment. THANK YOU APPLE!!!!
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asiftr said 9:17AM on 7-10-2008
Why a version for Mac and another for Mac OS X?
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ramii said 9:20AM on 7-10-2008
BC one is a web based config utility. One is Mac Native.
BB1219 said 9:20AM on 7-10-2008
There is suppose to be a deployment guide that tells you how to use it but it is not available yet.
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Ryan Worrell said 9:30AM on 7-10-2008
Finally! No longer having to type in 40+ character wep keys :-)
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Topslakr said 9:47AM on 7-10-2008
I installed the Mac version and it put an app in my Utilities folder. Andre, I'm guessing you installed the web version? Looks like a great utility, this will make my life easy. Configuring Treos remotely is a much much more horrible experience.
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NetMage said 10:01AM on 7-10-2008
Really? Mind telling me the URL where your going to post your WEP key in an XML file?
I don't see a good, secure way to wirelessly use this to deploy WiFi certificates or keys.
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Todd said 10:13AM on 7-10-2008
I've done some digging for the web interface. You can access it at http://localhost:3000/ and it asks for a username and password. Problem is when I look at the sqlite database in /var/db/iPhoneConfigurationWebUtility/ the users table is empty. so you must need to know some admin password to login. My adminstrator username for the computer didn't work
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An_asshole said 10:57AM on 7-10-2008
u: admin
p: admin
That worked for me anyway.
Endaff Bowen said 11:09AM on 7-10-2008
u: admin
p: admin
Andre said 11:15AM on 7-10-2008
OK, so I installed the web version, then the full client. Don't need both. Anyone know how to remove the web version? Thanks.
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Todd said 12:56PM on 7-10-2008
Not easily (hooray for non-simple uninstalls). You have to open the installer package, see what files were added, and reverse that. At the very least, if you open terminal you can run this to stop the service from starting. This is two lines that start with sudo, I put a line inbetween them:
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.iPhoneConfigService.plist
sudo rm /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.iPhoneConfigService.plist
Now it won't start. To completely get rid of it you also want to remove the following directories:
/private/var/db/iPhoneConfigurationWebUtility/
/private/var/log/iPhoneConfigurationWebUtility/
/usr/local/iPhoneConfigService/
There's also a user it creates called _iphonewebconfigutil you can remove but I don't remember how to remove users off the top of my head
Andre said 1:32PM on 7-10-2008
Thank you! It is all gone.
To delete a user, I found this useful:
http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2006/04/deleting_mac_os_x_users_remote.html
Jash Sayani said 11:17AM on 7-10-2008
Thanks Apple and TUAW !
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Todd said 1:01PM on 7-10-2008
The deployment guide is up now:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Enterprise_Deployment_Guide.pdf
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