Comments on: Mountain Lion and MCX http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/mountain-lion-and-mcx/ Trials and Tribulations of an OS X Administrator Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anonymous http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/mountain-lion-and-mcx/#comment-13519 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:18:49 +0000 http://managingosx.wordpress.com/?p=679#comment-13519 […] […]

]]> By: Sandboxing vs. LocalMCX | Denison Mac http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/mountain-lion-and-mcx/#comment-12253 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:53:34 +0000 http://managingosx.wordpress.com/?p=679#comment-12253 [...] you use LocalMCX to manage machines, this post by Greg Neagle is probably very familiar to you. In it, Greg outlines some of the changes that came [...]

]]> By: CMG http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/mountain-lion-and-mcx/#comment-11928 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:12:08 +0000 http://managingosx.wordpress.com/?p=679#comment-11928 Well, right now they’re just pushing me to stay on 10.7.x for the academic year. Path of least resistance and all. :) Thank goodness we haven’t bought any new hardware this year.

I’ll use this year to get used to the new world of profiles and all the other “joys” that Mountain Lion brings. (Yay?)

]]> By: GregN http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/mountain-lion-and-mcx/#comment-11926 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:26:59 +0000 http://managingosx.wordpress.com/?p=679#comment-11926 “Does dscl’s inability to write to a non-default node also affect Workgroup Manager as well?”

Almost certainly!

I think the method you used to create an mcxadmin account is the “right” way.

Apple is really pushing us toward profiles…

]]> By: CMG http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/mountain-lion-and-mcx/#comment-11912 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 05:03:23 +0000 http://managingosx.wordpress.com/?p=679#comment-11912 Does dscl’s inability to write to a non-default node also affect Workgroup Manager as well? The reason I ask: we’re moving directly from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion, and I’ve got a working prototype using the managed preferences from our Snow Leopard setup.

I want to now go and edit them, but I’m getting an error (sorry, don’t have the error in front of me here) every time I attempt to do so.

Additionally, what is the best way to create a mcxadmin account? I created the account in the default node, edited it to change the default group to 80, then moved it into the MCX node. It seems to work, I think, but I’m wondering if this is the best way to do it.

]]> By: David Haines http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/mountain-lion-and-mcx/#comment-11044 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:05:58 +0000 http://managingosx.wordpress.com/?p=679#comment-11044 Ah, *now* I see it. Thanks again !

]]> By: GregN http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/mountain-lion-and-mcx/#comment-11040 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:22:59 +0000 http://managingosx.wordpress.com/?p=679#comment-11040 The “meat” of my LocalMCX implementation is in ComputerGroups, which are installed on local machines by simply installing the relevant plist file. The group membership is by GeneratedUID, so they need to be specific values. Thus the hard-coded values.

]]> By: David Haines http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/mountain-lion-and-mcx/#comment-11005 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:08:30 +0000 http://managingosx.wordpress.com/?p=679#comment-11005 Thanks for this, Greg !

Question: What are you accomplishing with the hard-coded laptop & desktop GUID(s) ?

]]> By: Roy http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/mountain-lion-and-mcx/#comment-10998 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:54:02 +0000 http://managingosx.wordpress.com/?p=679#comment-10998 Thanks, I will check it out, I am running local MCX on some boxes and softwareupdateserver is one of those managed prefs, thats how I think google directed me here.

]]> By: GregN http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/mountain-lion-and-mcx/#comment-10997 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:44:16 +0000 http://managingosx.wordpress.com/?p=679#comment-10997 Not sure what that has to do with Local MCX, but I’d recommend checking out Reposado: http://github.com/wdas/reposado. That will definitely host Mountain Lion updates on SL server.

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