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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Editing System Preference in Terminal Post 302466072 by tlarkin on Monday 25th of October 2010 10:35:32 AM

10-25-2010

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The main caveat with what you want to do, is once you set a preference the end user can just change and/or delete your property list file (.plist) and you will just be back to square one.

A lot of what you can do, you can do via MCX. Here is what I would do in a nutshell, and I am sure if you Google this you will find better examples.

1) - download server tools
2) - Configure you client with Work Group Manager on the local Directory Services node
3) - Manage the computer exactly how you want to with the server tools running locally
4) - Once it is set up how you like it, export the MCX file for that user via dscl (directory services command line), and then you can write a log in hook script that imports that file when a user logs in

MCX cannot be modified or delete by the end user. Since Directory Services is very similar local client side as it is server side you can do this. The other option is to set up OS X Server running OD and then bind the client to the server and manage it that way.

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gnome-mouse-properties

gnome-mouse-properties(1)					   User Commands					 gnome-mouse-properties(1)

NAME

       gnome-mouse-properties - set your mouse preferences

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-mouse-properties [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       The Mouse preference tool allows you to configure your mouse for right-hand use or left-hand use. You can also specify the speed and sensi-
       tivity of mouse movement.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5).

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching the Mouse preference tool

       example% gnome-mouse-properties

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-mouse-proExecutable for Mouse preferences tool

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	     ATTRIBUTE VALUE	    |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-desktop-preferences |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			    |
       +-----------------------------+------------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Preference Tools Manual

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       gnome-control-center(1), gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems  Inc., 2003.

SunOS 5.10							    2 Oct 2003						 gnome-mouse-properties(1)