... of the managed
preferences compositing action and make sure the end result matches your intentions.
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Override
: Most managed preferences don’t ... the current managed preferences
are being cached in the /Library/Managed Preferences directory.
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The subdirectories in /Library/Managed Pre...
... with compositing preferences, including the hierarchy of
preferences, and how to write a plist for management using Workgroup
Manager and a Dock example
•
How and when to enforce managed preferences ... preferences, want to apply some to some machines, and other preferences to
other machines, and want the ability to modify or test a group of preferences without
affecting anothe...
... customers’ importance preferences
4.1 Weight estimation using ordinal regression techniques
between the derived
importance
(where
M
is the number of
following co
MODELLING PREFERENCES FOR ...
weaknesses of the company. An extension of the MUSA methodology for modelling customer
importance preferences for service characteristics is presented in this paper. Several approach...
...
6
Chapter
Delivering Managed
Preferences
In the previous chapter, you saw how to create preferences and how to store them in a
directory. But how do you deliver the preferences to the client machine ... and try to use the Preferences tab, you’ll be greeted with a dialog like that
in Figure 6-4.
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Figure 6-4. Attempting to set pref...
... useful to set
certain default preferences for your users, but allows them to change
the preferences later. Not all preferences can be managed ‘‘Once.’’
Specifically, preferences that affect the ... Preferences Configuration
When managed preferences data is coming from a network directory, it can be very
difficult or counterproductive for users to circumvent the management of cli...
...
Importing ‘‘Raw’’ Preferences
We mentioned early on that you can use Apple’s managed preferences system to
manage the preferences of any piece of software that stores its preferences in a
standard ... ByHost
preferences. ’’ If you take a look in your ~/Library /Preferences/ ByHost folder, you’ll see
preferences for a subset of the software installed on your computer. These are...
... managed preferences, 109
creating, 107
managed preferences for, 103
computers, Managed Preferences applied
to, 12
configd daemon, 10
configuration management, 7
configuration of managed preferences ... managed preferences
don’t usually take effect immediately. In many cases, changed managed preferences are
not applied until the next login. If you are testing some changes t...
... and restore
preferences. These preferences will be created in the user’s own ~/Library /Preferences
directory. It’s essentially these preferences that are being managed with Managed
Preferences ... managed
preferences even without a Mac OS X Server. This will be demonstrated in later
chapters.
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12
The Heart of Managed Pre...
...
X’’). The Managed Preferences system is very powerful and extensible. However, it’s
s o m e w h a t u n d e r - d o c u m e n t e d a n d w e f i n d misunderstood. Managed Preferences is
akin ... by managing machines
The need to deliver these preferences to client machines
Alternate ways to manage client machines outside of Managed
Preferences proper
CHAPTER 1: Why Manage?...
... an instant.
Configure your settings using Terminal's Preferences panel (Figure 16-8
), which you get
to by choosing Terminal Preferences (of all places).
16.5.1. Startup
The Startup ... control how Terminal looks
and acts. In fact, in Leopard's Terminal 2.0, you can manage your preferences in a whole
new way.
Instead of having a single set of options saved (as with othe...