[Casper] disable Dashboard on lab computers

[Leacy, Miles]

I¹ve found that this plist alone is not enough to disable Dashboard.

When you use the script:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES;
killall Dock

Dashboard still exists as a component of Dock.app, and a standalone app in
/Applications.  It can still be invoked by hotkey, or by directly launching
either app.

The way I disable dashboard in Tiger is to run the following script:

#!/bin/sh

mkdir -p /Library/polo/disabled/Dock

cp -R /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock/Contents/Resources/Wid*
/Library/polo/disabled/Dock/
rm -R /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock/Contents/Resources/Wid*

cp -R /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock/Contents/Resources/wid*
/Library/polo/disabled/Dock/
rm -R /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock/Contents/Resources/wid*

cp -R /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock/Contents/Resources/Dash*
/Library/polo/disabled/Dock/
rm -R /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock/Contents/Resources/Dash*

cp -R /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock/Contents/Resources/dash*
/Library/polo/disabled/Dock/
rm -R /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock/Contents/Resources/dash*

cp -R /Library/Widgets /Library/polo/disabled/
rm -R /Library/Widgets

cp -R /Applications/Dashboard.app /Library/polo/disabled/
rm -R /Applications/Dashboard.app

chmod -R 700 /Library/polo/disabled

for i in $( ls /Users/ );
    do
    fn=$i
    if test ${i:FIRST:1} != "." -a $i != "Shared"; then cp -R
/System/Library/User\
Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
/Users/$i/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist; cp -R
/System/Library/User\
Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist
/Users/$i/Library/Preferences/com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist; chown -R $i
/Users/$i/Library/Preferences; fi


Done

# end script

The Dashboard hotkey must be turned off too.  If you leave the Dashboard
hotkey active after removing/deleting Dashboard, the Dock will crash and
relaunch when you press the hotkey.  It doesn¹t seem to have any ill effect
other than an annoying ³blinking² of the dock.

The ³for² statement at the end copies a hotkey plist from the user template
to all existing home folders.  The script was written before I adopted
Casper and was a postflight script in a .pkg that put the plist into the
User Template.  A .dmg package containing the plist and set to FUT and FEU
would accomplish the same thing, but you¹ll still need the rest of the
script to perform the Dashboard-ectomy.


On 3/5/08 3:49 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

> I think you need to include the full file path of where that plist
> lives, also can you show us the exact command?
> 
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> cell:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
>>>> >>> "Jeff Johnson" <jeff.johnson at glendale.k12.wi.us> 03/05/08 2:22 PM
>>>> >>>
> Hello -
> 
> Is there a way to use one of the Casper tools to disable Dashboard on
> lab
> machines (all Macs running 10.4.11)?
> 
> I've tried doing this via ARD (3.2) using these commands:
> 
> defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES;
> killall Dock
> 
> I paste that in the Unix window in ARD and try to run the command as
> root
> --
> 
> [Image:3508_15735_1.png]
> 
> -- but I get this error message "No matching processes were found"
> [Image:3508_15803_2.png]
> Any idea on what's wrong? Is there a better way to do this?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Jeff
> --
> Jeff Johnson
> Technology Coordinator
> Glendale-River Hills School District
> 2600 W. Mill Rd.
> Glendale, WI 53209
> 414-351-7170 x2195 office
> 414-351-8100 fax
> * 414-218-7096 mobile (new)
> jeff.johnson at glendale.k12.wi.us
> 
> 
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> 
> -- 
> Miles Leacy
> Senior Macintosh Technician
> Polo Ralph Lauren
> 212-318-7603
> miles.leacy at poloralphlauren.com
> 
> 


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