Delete/Replace plist

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We need to replace the directory services plist on number of client
machines. What is the best way to do this using Casper? Thanks.

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Mary Fridley
Technology Support
Hampton-Dumont Community Schools
Hampton, Iowa
(641)456-4893 ext. 159
mfridley at hdcsd.org

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talkingmoose
Moderator
Moderator

Can you give some specifics? What are you trying to accomplish?
On 1/13/11 4:12 PM, "Mary Fridley" <mfridley at hdcsd.org> wrote:

A .plist file in a .dmg package will overwrite the destination .plist file
on machines. You can simply push that using Casper Remote.

However, if all you need to do is change one or two settings in the .plist
file then you may be better off using the defaults command to make the
change and using Casper Remote to simply run the command.

Some changes may require a restart too. That depends on what you need to
accomplish.

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William Smith
Technical Analyst
Merrill Communications LLC
(651) 632-1492

jarednichols
Honored Contributor

If it's for a particular setting in the Active Directory plugin you're
better off scripting it with the command line dsconfigad

j
-- Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Client Services
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436