Enterprise Mac Administrators Guide

Table of contents :
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Table of Contents13
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About the Authors --
About the Technical Reviewer --
Acknowledgments --
Preface --
Chapter 1 Why Manage? --
Predictability Means Less Work over Time --
Maintaining Company Policy --
Removing Unused Functions --
Keeping Your Sanity --
Preference Delivery --
Client Management Alternatives --
Scripting --
Managing Everything Else --
Summary --
Chapter 2 What Is the Managed Preferences System? --
How Did We Get Here? --
Where Are We Now? --
The Heart of Managed Preferences --
What Can You Manage? --
What You Will Need --
Summary --
Chapter 3 Understanding Directory Services --
What Are Directory Services? --
Directory Services and Managed Preferences --
Directory Services Supported by Mac OS X --
Open Directory --
Active Directory --
LDAPv3 --
NIS --
Local Directory Services --
Directory Service Configurations --
Local Only --
Network Directory Service --
Multiple Network Directory Services --
Summary --
Chapter 4 Property List Files --
What Are Property List Files? --
Property List Example --
Digging Deeper ... --
Working with Property List Files --
Property List Editor.app --
Creating a Property List from Scratch with Property List Editor --
Command-Line Utilities --
Cocoa for Scripters --
Altering .plist Files in Memory --
Summary --
Resources --
Chapter 5 Writing a Property List for Management --
Where Do Managed Preferences Reside? --
Preferred Tools for Creating, Testing, and Deploying Managed Preferences --
Using Workgroup Manager --
The dscl Command --
The defaults Command Refresher --
Summary --
Chapter 6 Delivering Managed Preferences --
Directory Choices --
Delivery with Open Directory --
Binding Mac OS X Clients to Open Directory --
Accessing the Directory --
Delivery with Active Directory --
Binding Mac OS X Clients to Active Directory --
Extending the Active Directory Schema --
Importing the LDIF File --
Managing Preferences in Active Directory --
Delivery with OpenLDAP --
Add the Apple Schema to OpenLDAP --
Consider Indexing --
Bind Mac OS X to OpenLDAP --
Further OpenLDAP Considerations --
Delivery Without a Centralized Directory --
Help! I Can't Use MCX at All --
Summary --
Additional Resources --
Chapter 7 Local MCX --
Delivery Without a Centralized Directory --
Introducing Local MCX --
Getting Started --
Creating a Computer Group --
Adding Managed Preferences --
Extending the Managed Preferences to Other Machines --
Local MCX Checklist --
Advanced Local MCX --
Dynamic Group Membership (or 8220
Smart Groups8221
) --
Local MCX Issues --
MCX in Alternate Directory Nodes --
More Local DS Node Tricks --
Summary --
Chapter 8 Compositing Preferences --
Managed Preference Interactions --
Preferences Precedence --
Preferences and Group Hierarchy --
MCXCompositor --
Viewing Composited MCX Data with mcxquery --
Viewing Composited MCX Data with System Profiler --
Summary --
Chapter 9 Enforcing Managed Preferences --
Management Frequency --
Choosing a Management Frequency --
Enforcing the Managed Preferences Configuration --
Protecting Your Managed Preference Configuration --
Summary --
Chapter 10 Preference Manifests and 8220
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Preferences --
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