Custom SUM for OS X Prefs

1. Copy the Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac CID (Central Installation Directory)  ESOSX or ESCOSX directory (depending on your setup) from the Enterprise Console Server to the Desktop of the Mac.

2. Install SUM (Sophos Update Manager) for Mac if it is not already installed. You can download SUM for Mac from the Sophos website here. You will require your MySophos credentials to access the download.

3. Open SUM on the Mac (/Applications/Sophos Update Manager) and click on 'Choose' under: Software Update | General

4. Select the CID which was copied to the Desktop of the Mac and click 'Choose'.

5. Under: Software Update | General enter your EM/SBE credentials and untick 'Check for updates from Sophos every' and apply the changes.

Nota Bene: From this point forward do not press 'Update Now' under: Software Update | General otherwise this will overwrite the CID which was copied from the Enterprise Console server. If this is pressed you will need to restart the process from step 1.

6. Quit SUM on the Mac.

7. Open Terminal and run the following command:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.sophos.sum CID -string /Users/[USER]/Desktop/[CID]/

where [USER] is the name of the person currently logged on the Mac and [CID] is either ESOSX or ESCOSX depending on the name of the CID you copied to the Mac desktop.

8. Authenticate when prompted and press enter.

9. Once complete run the following command to check that the information has been written:

defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.sophos.sum CID

The above command should return the following result:

/Users/[USER]/Desktop/[CID]/

10. Open SUM again and check 'Download updates to' under: Software Update | General this will now reflect the result from the terminal command.