There is no way to wrap the DashboardClient process. There is a preference
to turn the Dashboard off completely.
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
This is very easy for the user to workaround of course, since there are no
protections on the preference.
Thanks,
jl
> Hi,
>
> This is more an internal workings of Dashboard question, but I wasn't sure
> where else to post it. I maintain around 400 clients and need a way to secure
> Dashboard, ie users cannot install or run their own widgets. I tried writing a
> little wrapper for the DashboardClient.app which works for some widgets, and
> others will produce these messages in the syslog:
>
> 2005-11-25 21:36:29.290 DashboardClient.2[752] failed to create startup object
>
>
>
> My guess is its trying to do some sort of interprocess communication. Any
> ideas how to get around this, or alternative ideas would be great too?
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Kris
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