[Casper] User Environment for group of users

[Ernst, Craig S.]

I get it now, it didn't click before.

You want the User Environment stuff to only apply to that user. I'm not certain there is a method to do that with the options in the JSS right now, which is why you are asking I assume. It's either apply the settings to the template, all existing user profiles, or both, and NOT just the user that logged on to trigger the policy. The dock isn't an issue of course.

Not sure how it would work, but the only options I can think of are to actually package up the preferences in a package that has folders and files for /Users/testing1/ so it really only does apply to those user accounts. Of course a single login would be best, but you may need multiples of course. Otherwise some scripting to copy files to a particularly logged on user would work as well. At least with anything run through the local binary it's easy to call the logged on user. Not sure if settings for background and finder when just applied with a file copy work unless Finder is restarted?

Smarter minds might have some better options. Workgroup manger comes to mind, and I don't use that at all so I won't be helpful, and it's not helpful unless you use it as well. More and more little things have been coming up to lead me back to having that second set of configuration tools available with JAMF's.

Am I helping, or not?

Craig E


On 10/6/08 12:40 PM, "Nathaniel Lindley" <NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org> wrote:


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



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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 <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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