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mobileconfig
is a python3 module to parse .mobileconfig
files for better examination.
Usage:
Usage: python -m mobileconfig [OPTIONS] DIRECTORY COMMAND [ARGS]...
Parse .mobileconfig files in a given directory
Options:
--help Show this message and exit.
Commands:
consents Print all user consents
extract Extract the plists into given directory
payload-types print a summary of PayloadTypes to either a csv or md file
The extract command also gives all values for the keys inside payload-types
For your convenience, a link to the gist of all current profiles:
https://gist.github.com/yotamolenik/154d612900a2b3ce277226fcaebbb2ca
FAQs
Parse .mobileconfig files
We found that mobileconfig demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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