[Casper] User Environment for group of users

[NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org]

Craig,

Sorry, I'm not clear myself in some ways. 
when a user from an AD group called "online testers" logs in to a computer 
I want a policy activated by that login to set the desktop, dock, system 
settings and install the test application software package.   The dock 
will be empty except for that one test application, some finder prefs 
(don't show connected servers" and a different background desktop to show 
that it isn't a standard user.  So the Application package isn't unique to 
the user but the Dock and such are unique to the user who is a member of 
this group.  I don't want this online testing User Environment settings to 
be applied to other users on the computer or the User template on the 
computer.  Just these few testing users who will get local home 
directories made on the computer when they login-per the AD plugin 
settings.
Does that help?
-Nathaniel




"Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> 
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Hi Nathaniel,

Can you clarify the language here a bit for me...particularly the per user 
stuff.

Do you have additional settings that need to get applied to just these 
users (and not anyone who applies this particular package), AND a unique 
dock you want for these users as well?

Craig E


On 10/6/08 12:04 PM, "Nathaniel Lindley" <NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org> 
wrote:


We've started preparing for our online testing deployment and I'd like to 
trigger installs of software and user environment settings based on a 
login of certain users or a group of users. 
For example, when "testing1" logs in who is a member of the AD group 
"online testing users"  they should trigger the install of the testing 
software, User ennvironment settings and turn off some services (like 
anti-virus).   So I can get the policy to trigger at the users login and 
the software to install, but the User Environment stuff doesn't seem to 
work, because I created the package  in Compuser using a generic "student" 
account.  Then the desktop,dock plists get placed for the local student 
account and not for the "testing1" account.  I don't want to fill User 
Template or Existing Users on the machine b/c I only want it for this 
group of users.   Do I need to create a UEV package for each testing user? 
or can I apply the UEV package to a group of users based on login name or 
group membership?  and have it fill their user preferences? 
Do I need to write some custom scripts instead? 

Version 6.01 

Thanks 
-Nathaniel 


Nathaniel Lindley

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Educational Technology
Saint Paul Public Schools
Saint Paul, Minnesota
nathaniel.lindley at spps.org
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