Many systems administrators on the Mac need a way to manage machine configuration after initial setup and deployment. Apple’s Managed Preferences system (also known as MCX) is under-documented, often misunderstood, and sometimes outright unknown by systems administrators. MCX is usually deployed in conjunction with an OS X server, but it can also be used in Windows environments or where no dedicated server exists at all. Enterprise Mac Managed Preferences is the definitive guide to Apple’s Managed Client technology. With this book, you’ll get the following:      An example-driven guide to Mac OS X Managed Preferences/Client technology      Recipes for common use case studies and patterns      A targeted approach appropriate for any sys admin that manages Macs in an OS X or Windows environment   This is the only book that focuses on this facet of OS X exclusively. If you’re a sys admin, this book will take away much of the pain of working with OS X client systems. Even better, both of the authors are very involved in the Mac community—Greg Neagle is part of the MacEnterprise steering committee, and Ed Marczak is the executive editor and an author for MacTech magazine and a member of the Apple Consultants Network. What you’ll learn     The Managed Preferences system and how to manage it      All about Directory Services and Local Directory Services      How to work with property list files      How to deliver files with Open Directory, ActiveDirectory, local scripts, third-party utilities, Puppet, LANRev, Casper, and more      How to work with compositing preferences, including the hierarchy of preferences      How to write a Plist for management, using Workgroup Manager and Dock Example      How and when to enforce Managed Preferences      How to understand manifests      What recipes to use and when      When, how, and where to use mcxquery, System Profiler, and MCX Cache flushing   Who this book is for             This book is for systems administrators using Mac clients.               Table of Contents     Why Manage?        What Is the Managed Preferences System?        Understanding Directory Services        Property List Files        Writing a Property List for Management        Delivering Managed Preferences      Local MCX         Compositing Preferences        Enforcing Managed Preferences       Preference Manifests and “Raw” Preferences       Recipes         Managing Mobile Accounts        Troubleshooting Managed Preferences

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