Actually, these items have been part of my seminars since last
spring. Guess your local Apple team hasn't pushed hard enough to get
me out there.... ;-)
"StartupDelay" is a value assigned to loginwindow to hold it ay bay
until the network is up and running. You set it to some integer
number of seconds, and during boot/logout, the loginwindow will begin
tapping its feet waiting for the network to come up. If you get a
valid network connection prior to the time set, the loginwindow will
go ahead and continue launching. This is especially useful in crowded
networks where lots of systems are vying for the attention of the
DHCP, DNS, or Airport services.
"AdminHostInfo" is that series of string values you see on the
loginwindow underneath the Apple logo and "Mac OS X". The values are
Time, SystemVersion, SystemBuild, IPAddress, SerialNumber, Hostname
(the default), and DSStatus. DSStatus shows the availability of the
network accounts - are you bound or not? If you get a green light -
yes, red light - no, yellow light - partially (for multiple bindings,
such as an AD/OD setup). This is a great way to quickly see if if all
of your clients have attached to the directory and are ready for log
in. Just telling the students on Airport to wait for the green light
may help.
I am pretty sure this info is also in the Tiger seminar folder on my
home page. I'll also bug the documentation folks to include it in the
next update for the User Management guide.
johnd
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On Jul 31, 2006, at 8:39 AM, Simon Slavin wrote:
For the first Key, the name was “StartupDelay”, the type is
“integer” and the value is “30”
For the second Key, the name was “AdminHostInfo”, the type is
“string” and the value is “DSStatus”
I hope this is either fixed or documented soon. It looks useful.
Thanks for posting (and to John for so actively following the list).
