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• Other shared folders. You can set up other folders on the server to provide network
user access to applications, handouts, announcements, schedules, and other
information.
• Boot and install images. You can use boot images and install images located on the
server to automate the setup of network users’ computers.
A user’s computer can start up from a boot image stored on the server. In fact, you
can use the same computer for a science lab when it boots from one image and for a
French lab when it boots from a different image. Each time a lab computer restarts,
the system reflects the original condition of the selected boot image, regardless of
what the previous student may have done on the computer.
An install image automatically installs software on users’ computers, making it easy to
deploy the operating system, additional applications, and even custom computer
settings remotely and without user interactions.
Defining Preferences
You manage a network user’s work environments by defining preferences: settings
that customize and control a user’s computer experience. There are two tabs in the
Preferences pane, Overview and Details. The Overview tab manages predefined system
preferences while the Details tab can be used to manage preferences for any well
behaved application or utility in Mac OS X.
The Overview tab is identical for Users and Groups:
An additional item, “Energy Saver”, appears for computer lists.
Many factors, including user responsibilities and security issues, determine what
computer work environment a user should be presented with. In some cases, setting
up informal usage guidelines may be allowable. In other cases, extensively controlling
the computer experience, with each system setting defined and locked and each
application controlled, may be necessary. The preferences you define should
implement system capabilities that best support your user and business requirements.
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