[Casper] Leopard Core OS build

[Leacy, Miles]

Cool.

I have the ³time machine nag killer² as a script, largely because when
something requires CLI, I generally use scripts.  The settings I incorporate
in the core build are clicks in System Preferences.

Have you got a listing of the necessary fonts in Leopard?  I have weeded out
fonts in my Tiger builds, but I don¹t have a definitive list of necessary
Leopard fonts.

Thanks,

-- 
Miles Leacy
Senior Macintosh Technician
Polo Ralph Lauren
212-318-7603
miles.leacy at poloralphlauren.com

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On 4/16/08 4:49 PM, "Eric Winkelhake" <eric.winkelhake at us-resources.com>
wrote:

> 
> defaults write com.apple.TimeMachine DoNotOfferNewDisksForBackup -bool YES
> 
> Stops time machine from barking when you connect an external disk.  I also
> kill all the unnecessary fonts.
> 
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> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I think it would be beneficial for us all to share what we feel needs to be
> done to the core OS image for Leopard and why.  I¹ll start.
> 
> 1.        Install on newest hardware in production, in my case MacBookPro4,1 ­
> long accepted best practice, gives most compatibility with Mac models
> 2.        Erase & install ­ long accepted best practice, cleans out the hard
> drive of any junk before installing a system
> 3.        Custom install, uncheck all optional components ­ keeping it lean
> and keeping it modular
> 4.        Create admin account(s) for IT staff & casper tools ­ needed to
> perform admin tasks and manage via casper
> 5.        Set a computer name that will be recognizable as an unconfigured
> machine ­ easily spot problem machines on the network
> 6.        Disable the guest account ­ security consideration
> 7.        Disable automatic login, password hints, display login window as
> name & password ­ security considerations
> 8.        Require password to unlock each system preference pane ­ security
> consideration 
> 9.        Turn off Bluetooth ­ security consideration
> 10.        Turn off Software Update checking ­ to keep this under control of
> casper policies 
> 11.        Turn off Time Machine status icon ­ In my environment, we don¹t use
> Time Machine 
> 12.        Set default energy saver settings for power adapter ­ keep machines
> from sleeping or spinning down hard disks while plugged in
> 13.        Run critical software updates, OS, security ­ security
> consideration, OS comes out of the gate as up to date and patched as possible
> without waiting for a policy to run.
> 
> Several of the above items could be accomplished with scripts, policies,
> packaged plists, etc..  I choose to set them in the core OS package since
> these are the values we want, they have to be set to something, and if we
> change our minds later, its easy enough to change them with policies.
> 







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