Greetings, all.
There are two ways that I'm familiar with to check if MCX settings are
taking effect.
Go to System Profiler (Apple Menu -> About This Mac -> More Info) and
choose "Managed Client" under the "Software" disclosure triangle.Run `mcxquery` in a Terminal window
I've managed the background screen for a couple of test computers, using
different types of accounts. Here is what I'm finding.
In the Accounts pane of System Preferences, I see entries that indicate
"Admin, Managed" (cool), "Network" and "Mobile"
When I log in as a local admin,
- the preference takes effect
- System Profiler has no idea about the managed preferences
- mcxquery shows the managed preferences
When I log in as a network user,
- the preference takes effect.
- System Profiler still has no idea about the preference
- and mcxquery does not show any managed preferences either.
When I upgrade the network user to use a mobile account (note that
authentication is done using OD),
- the preference does not take effect, [This is disappointing, but not
unexpected, as the documentation says as much.]
- System Profiler and mcxquery don't show that any preferences are being
managed.
Aside from using a really obvious setting (like the background), how can I
verify that preferences are managed, especially for a network user, where
the setting did take effect but none of my diagnostic tools said that it
should?
Cheers,
Clinton Blackmore
