<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">create a server admin tools package and deploy that.<div><br></div><div>on one machine configure your dock settings via wgm and then in terminal export the mcx settings:</div><div><br></div><div>sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -mcxexport /Users/"account name here' > ~/Desktop/mcx.txt</div><div><br></div><div>package up this mcx file and deploy it to the machines. </div><div><br></div><div>run this script via casper to import the mcx settings:</div><div><br></div><div><div>#!/bin/sh</div><div><br></div><div>/usr/bin/dscl . -mcximport /Users/"account name here" /path/to/mcx.txt</div><div>rm -f /mcx.txt</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>jorge</div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 5, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div marginleft="10" marginright="10" margintop="10" marginbottom="10" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; "><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Geneva" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Geneva; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">If you are not using Open Directory I don't think theres any downside to turning on Casper Managed Preferences.</font></div><br><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Geneva" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Geneva; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">You could probably use plist buddy to modify the contents-immutable key in com.apple.dock to True and run it on login, but that seems like a lot more work.</font></div><br><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><font face="Lucida Grande" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Kathie Iorizzo <<a href="mailto:kiorizzo@latinschool.org">kiorizzo@latinschool.org</a>> on August 5, 2009 at 10:36 AM -0800 wrote:</b></font></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">I need to do this without OD</font></span></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Without Casper Managed Prefs as we have that turned off right now.</font></span></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">I need to do this via Casper. </font></span></div><br><br><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Is this an impossible task?</font></span></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:</font></span></div><br><br><br><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Geneva" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Geneva; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">You can do it using Open Directory or Casper Managed Preferences.</font></span></div><br><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Geneva" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Geneva; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">In Casper create a Managed Preference. Create Setting from Template > com.apple.dock and do "Changes Disabled"</font></span></div><br><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Geneva" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Geneva; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">You want the contents-immutable key changed to true.</font></span></div><br><br><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Lucida Grande" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Kathie Iorizzo <</b></font></span><a href="mailto:kiorizzo@latinschool.org"><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Lucida Grande" size="+0" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 10pt; "><b>kiorizzo@latinschool.org</b></font></span></a><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Lucida Grande" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>> on August 5, 2009 at 10:29 AM -0800 wrote:</b></font></span></div><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes </font></span></div><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes </font></span></div><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">forever on 100 machines. I tried just doing it on one machine and </font></span></div><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!</font></span></div><br><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">_______________________________________________</font></span></div><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Casper mailing list</font></span></div><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><a href="mailto:Casper@list.jamfsoftware.com"><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Arial" size="+0" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; ">Casper@list.jamfsoftware.com</font></span></a></div><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><a href="http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Arial" size="+0" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; ">http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper</font></span></a></div><br><br><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">_______________________________________________</font></span></div><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Casper mailing list</font></span></div><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><a href="mailto:Casper@list.jamfsoftware.com"><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt; ">Casper@list.jamfsoftware.com</font></span></a></div><div align="left" style="padding-left: 45px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: left; "><a href="http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Helvetica" size="+0" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt; ">http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper</font></span></a></div><br><br><br><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" color="#A42067" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(164, 32, 103); ">___________</font></span></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" color="#A42067" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(164, 32, 103); "><b>Kathie Iorizzo</b></font></span></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" color="#A42067" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(164, 32, 103); ">Lower School Technician</font></span></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" color="#A42067" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(164, 32, 103); ">The Latin School of Chicago</font></span></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><a href="mailto:kiorizzo@latinschool.org"><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt; ">kiorizzo@latinschool.org</font></span></a></div><div align="left" style="text-align: left; "><span style="background-color: rgb(208, 208, 208); "><font face="Helvetica" size="-1" color="#A42067" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(164, 32, 103); ">312.582.6136</font></span></div><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Casper mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Casper@list.jamfsoftware.com">Casper@list.jamfsoftware.com</a><br><a href="http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper">http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>