Posted on 09-08-2010 07:16 AM
Hello all. I'm a complete newbie to Casper. I have absolutely no programming knowledge, which is making my life more difficult than it needs to be when dealing with some of the Casper elements. I can make the packages, but updates and little specific things are proving elusive.
What I would like to know is if there is a way to set the itunes library name, and then lock it so it cannot be changed? I have 850+ High School students that enjoy naming their folders the most inappropriate things :/ Their login is their student ID number, and I would like that to be their library name.
Thanks for being patient with me.
Melinda Garrelts
melinda.garrelts at esu10.org
Posted on 09-08-2010 08:35 AM
Hi Melinda!
On 9/8/10 9:16 AM, "Melinda Garrelts" <melinda.garrelts at esu10.org> wrote:
Can I assume the reason this is a problem is because iTunes music sharing
is on and other students on the same network can see these "inappropriate
things"?
Someone may come along and correct me, but from what I can tell the iTunes
library name is stored in ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml. If this
is true then you cannot control this file and still allow students to
modify their libraries. It's not a manageable file.
You have a couple of alternatives, though.
This is already a template in the JSS. Log in to your JSS and go to
Management --> Managed Preferences --> Create Managed Preference -->
Create from template and search for iTunes.
Look for "Disable Music Sharing" and click the Create link and go from
there.
This is what I suggest you do. Music and video streaming can quickly clog
a network. I disable it for all users here at work.
--
William Smith
Technical Analyst
Merrill Communications LLC
(651) 632-1492
Posted on 09-08-2010 09:45 AM
Careful, IIRC if you have Open Directory managing preferences, Casper
will override those settings when you turn on its management. You can
only have one or the other.
- JD