RE: Moving a preference to multiple users network homedirs

You could do it with a script pretty easily:

in your home directory create a fileusing terminal: nano cptoall
put the following commands in it

#!/bin/sh

FILE_TO_COPY=/full/path/to/preference/file.plist

USER_LOCATION=/Users

for i in `ls $USER_LOCATION`; do cp $FILE_TO_COPY “$USER_LOCATION”/”$i”/Library/Preferences/; done

then do a chmod 770 cptoall
and sudo ./cptoall

From: client-management-bounces+rberrill=email@hidden [mailto:client-management-bounces+rberrill=email@hidden] On Behalf Of Matthew Roe
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:29 AM
To: email@hidden
Subject: Moving a preference to multiple users network homedirs

I have a 4k file (Sibelius preference file) that I need to send out to multiple home folders (~/Library/Preferences). I tried moving it to the local machines /Library/Preferences folder with no luck.. ( have a call into them to see why this is).

So.. how can I copy a 4k file to a few thousand home directories? I have tested both the cp and ditto command with no luck.. (it seems to copy to only one then stop. I did a wildcard at the student number on the copy (/Volumes/XRAID1/2006/*/Library/Preference) and it was of no help.

I am sure I am missing something silly.. I don't see a 'managed preferences' (like we had in MacOS 9/Macintosh Manager) where I can put a pref in one place... All the desktop machines are 10.3.X thru 10.4.X running Workgroup Manger.... servers are 10.4.3

TIA!

Matt

"Yes.. I use a Mac"