[Casper] Keeping Macs in a clean state

[Thomas Larkin]

What is the exact higher goal here?  I mean you could just make the whole volume read and execute only and then set a r-w-x volume for data, or if they have network/mobile homes and stuff like that.

You can do log in/out hooks.

You could use something like deep freeze.  I haven't used deep freeze since like OS X 10.2 and it wasn't very good back then.  I hear it is way better now, but I haven't touched it on the Mac side.  I run it on the Windows side and it does what it is suppose to do.  Cuts down on a lot of spyware issues.

>>> "Criss  Myers" <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk> 09/02/08 10:41 AM >>>
Hi, 

Ive used deep freeze, and it restores on a reboot not logout 

You can set thawed drives where files can be saved, all other changes will be lost on a reboot, its great for windows machines, but the mac version has a few more option, 

very good and cheap 

Criss


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>>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at  4:36 PM, in message <1D07847C-F373-498F-91C2-B5F3813B815F at venturethree.com>, Tom Welch <tom.welch at venturethree.com> wrote:

Hi Jim

There is some software called Deep Freeze Mac you'll find it on 
google. Sorry I don't have a url to hand on the iPhone. I've not used 
it myself but know a friend who does. To the best of my knoledge it 
restores the mac to a given state when a user logs out. And I think 
that's what your after.

Failing that you might be able to use self healing from Casper but I 
would think the CPU usage and network throughput would be huge 
checking the whole mac.

Last resort, have your macs boot to your restore image / neetboot at 
night and get them to rebuild.

Just a few thoughts.

t.

On 2 Sep 2008, at 16:18, "Jim Oring, Jr." <Jim.OringJr at schawk.com> 
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I manage somewhere between 50 to 75 Macs. Is there a way to keep my
> machines in a clean state with a script or some other form of
> management?
>
> Thanks,
>
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