One comment about MCX - from a complete non-expert mind you - I
think you'll find that MCX is a bit more granular than "whole plist
file", rather it can send down/control just certain keys listed
within that prefs file. This allows you to use MCX to control one
particular setting in something, but still allow the user to
customize/control everything else. Now, you can use it at the entire
file level if you so desire, but it can be more focused than that. I
don't know how that has evolved over Mac OS X versions. I think...
I read about MCX some one mailing lists but haven't implemented it so
I might have some of the mechanics wrong (and I welcome correction).
Both the MacEnterprise.org and the AFP548.com have good info about
MCX stuff.
Tom "Macintosh Doctor" Johnson
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On Jan 2, 2008, at 7:18 PM, Rene Schaetzl wrote:
Hi Robert,
I noticed the same thing about the question mark. Don't know when
this started exactly.
Anyway what I found out: Edit the com.apple.dock.plist file by
hand. For any of the persistent-apps there is a title-data->file-
data->_CFURLAliasData just delete this field in your prefs file for
each persistent app.
Once that is gone Dock will start up and show the correct icon. Any
remaining question marks now should hint of missing applications in
the install.
Talking Leopard Dock. I think from a preferences point that is a
little different to begin with. It still has the plist file (with
the _CFURLAliasData that might be worth deleting). But there is
also a com.apple.dock.db file. That is a sqlite3 database, from the
contents it looks like it has anything to do with files/folders you
put into the dock.
From the MCX simulation point of view: What MCX does is essentially
grab the .plist file from the server and copies that over the user
prefs based on your management settings (always/once/never) etc. So
copying things over manually should do after having it prepared as
I said above.
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I image quarterly at 3 different locations, with about 150 Laptops/
Desktops each, and I'm having a slight issue with the Dock.
Since I do not bind to any directory for authentication, I manage
all settings locally. To configure the proper dock for the school
the laptop is in, I have a post image action that copies a
dock.plist that I made into the proper location. It used to work,
but now I will usually get a lot of question marks in the dock,
and the only way to fix this is to recreate the dock on the proper
hardware, and then copy the plist to all the imaged computers.
Since I'm moving to Leopard I would like to know if anyone has had
any issues with this, as created each dock on the specific model
will not work for me.
Also, is there a way to create the Dock settings through the MCX
settings (i.e. WGM) though a terminal command? I would like to do
this, as I can then just have the terminal commands run as the
post-action. Other than that, is there a file I can copy after
manually setting the Dock MCX through WGM to get the target
computer to have the correct dock?
Robert Everson
ACTC
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