Mac OS X: Bash scripts series-10

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• 1.1 The Computer Administrator can set the function that requires admin to control the airport, which is provided for the first time in Mac OS X 10.5 leopard. It is easy to achieve in the GUI environment, see:
• 1.2 settings in Snow Leopard:
• 3. Disable finder from displaying the shared machine list in sidebar:
• 5. Force Safari 4 to open a new webpage in the tab

Mac OS X: Bash scripts series-10
-- Preferences examples

 

Here are several examples of modifying system behavior by modifying plist files:

 

1.1 The Computer Administrator can set the function that requires admin to control the airport, which is provided for the first time in Mac OS X 10.5 leopard. It is easy to achieve in the GUI environment, see:

 

 

Corresponding shell:

Plistbuddy-c "add $ currentset: Network: interface: EN1: Airport: requireadmin bool yes"/library/preferences/systemconfiguration/preferences. plist

 

1.2 settings in Snow Leopard:

 

Corresponding shell:

Plistbuddy-c "add $ currentset: Network: interface: EN1: Airport: requireadminpowertoggle bool yes"/library/preferences/systemconfiguration/preferences. plist

2. Forbid the user to open the shell of the preferences of the finder:

Defaults write com. Apple. Finder prohibitfinderpreferences-bool Yes

 

3. Disable finder from displaying the shared machine list in sidebar:

Plistbuddy-c "set: networkbrowser: customlistproperties: COM. Apple. networkbrowser. backtomymacenabled no"

Plistbuddy-c "Set
: Networkbrowser: customlistproperties: COM. Apple. networkbrowser. bonjourenabled
No"

Plistbuddy-c "Set
: Networkbrowser: customlistproperties: COM. Apple. networkbrowser. connectedenabled
No"

 

4. Automatic update prohibited

4. 1 disable automatic update of Mac OS X:

Softwareupdate -- schedule off

 

4.2 Disable Automatic Updates to MS Office 2004:

Defaults write com. Microsoft. AutoUpdate howtocheck-string "Manual"

 

4.3 Disable Automatic Updates to MS Office 2008:

Defaults write com. Microsoft. autoupdate2 howtocheck-string "Manual"

 

4.4 disable automatic update of Adobe CS3

Sed-I ""'s: <autocheck> 1 </autocheck>: <autocheck> 0 </autocheck> :'/
/Users/$ user/library/application/support/Adobe/updater5/adobeupdaterprefs. dat

 

4.5 disable automatic update of Adobe cs4

Sed-I ""'s: <autocheck> 1 </autocheck>: <autocheck> 0 </autocheck> :'/
/Users/$ user/library/application/support/Adobe/updater6/adobeupdaterprefs. dat

5. Force Safari 4 to open a new webpage in the tab

Defaults write com. Apple. Safari targetedclickscreatetabs-bool true