[UniMacTech] Bulk region set via ARD

[Terry Brady]

Hi Neil,

On 01/04/2008, at 8:37 AM, Neil Wiltshire wrote:
> I know this has been discussed sometime in the past but I am only  
> now needing to bulk set DVD region to 4 for quite a few intel imacs.
>
> I've tried "sudo /usr/bin/setregion 4" but this fails.
>
> Did anyone work a simple way of doing this in bulk?


As far as I know you cannot initiate a region change via a script - it  
actually requires putting a DVD in the drive to trigger the firmware  
code.

What you can do is allow the initial region selection for the drive to  
be performed by any user instead of requiring admin rights. This is  
done by modifying the /etc/authorization file. A quick web search for  
"dvd setregion /etc/authorization" gives you lots of examples to work  
from, and then there's <http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2095.html 
 > which explains what's going on behind the scenes.

The only real downside here is that if somebody sets a drive to a  
region other than 4, you'll have to manually visit the machine with a  
region 4 DVD and admin credentials in order to override it.

-- 
Terry Brady
Systems Engineer (Education)
Apple

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