| 1. | List the directories where the system looks for preference lists. | | 2. | What is a Preference Manifest? | | 3. | List the four frequencies at which a preference setting can be applied to a user's session. | | 4. | What is the difference between a Simple Finder and normal Finder? | | 5. | What are some ways to limit a user's access to a UNIX command line? | | 6. | Name the three situations that might arise when similar preferences are managed by more than one account type. | | 7. | How do you set Software Update to recognize a different Software Update server if the account is not managed? |
Answers | 1. | ~/Library/Preferences/, /Library/Preferences/, /Network/Library/Preferences/. | | 2. | A Preference Manifest is a plist that describes the options and possible values for an application's preference list. | | 3. | Never, Once, Often, Always. | | 4. | The Simple Finder can only run items in the user's Dock, has no Desktop or file-navigation abilities, and has a much smaller set of pull-down menus. | | 5. | Use the Simple Finder, disallow use of the Terminal application, disallow UNIX tools to run, or set the user's shell to None. | | 6. | Inherit, Combine, Override. | | 7. | sudo defaults write com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL http://your.server.name:8088/index.sucatalog |
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