RE: [Fed-Talk] Snow Leopard Security Guide - Scripts and .plist
RE: [Fed-Talk] Snow Leopard Security Guide - Scripts and .plist
- Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] Snow Leopard Security Guide - Scripts and .plist
- From: "Matheson, Seth (NIH/NCI) [C]" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 15:17:57 -0400
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Snow Leopard Security Guide - Scripts and .plist
Bob,
For dock changes (and some other items, like the 10.5 and 10.6 firewall) the process must relaunch to properly re-read the preferences. After you make that change, kill the Dock process. It will automatically re-launch with the new settings.
sudo killall Dock
As for setting these system wide; it depends on how you want your users to interact with these settings. Generally, MCX policy is a good way to set such items. The options there include once (user has ability to change), often (reverted at every login/logout), and always (user can't change). Depending on the setting, not all of these are available, but it can usually be tweaked to your preference.
Overall, if an setting has -currentHost in the defaults command, it's a user preference. If not, it's system wide. Both of these can be set via MCX or manually on the system. Also, if you're not in a directory environment (AD or OD), you can still use MCX locally. There is a good article on AFP548.com about this.
Thanks,
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Seth Matheson
Security Administrator
NCI Computer Services
Contractor, TerpSys
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