Merge pull request #344 from mangstadt/patch-1

[policy-templates.git] / mac / README.md

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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/mac/org.mozilla.firefox.
 If you want to set specific options from the command line, we also provide flattened shortcuts to any item that is nested in the plist file.
 
 For example, this policy:
-```
+```json
 {
   "policies": {
     "Homepage": {
@@ -19,18 +19,18 @@ For example, this policy:
 }
 ```
 which would be set in the plist file like this:
+```plist
+  <key>Homepage</key>
+  <dict>
+    <key>URL</key>
+    <string>http://example.com</string>
+  </dict>
 ```
-       <key>Homepage</key>
-       <dict>
-               <key>URL</key>
-               <string>http://example.com</string>
-    </dict>
-```
-can be set via the command line like this:
-```
-defaults write org.mozilla.firefox Homepage__URL -string "http://example.com"
+Correctly writing the nested value with the `defaults` command can be hard, so you can flatten the keys by separating them with `__`, like this:
+```bash
+sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox Homepage__URL -string "http://example.com"
 ```
 Before any command line policies will work, you need to enable policies like this:
-```
-defaults write org.mozilla.firefox EnterprisePoliciesEnabled -bool TRUE
+```bash
+sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox EnterprisePoliciesEnabled -bool TRUE
 ```