From DuCharmeC at District279.org  Wed Nov  4 07:26:56 2009
From: DuCharmeC at District279.org (DuCharme, Cynthia (ESC))
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:26:56 -0600
Subject: [Composer] User Folder
In-Reply-To: <C6D65FF5.A7AD%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
References: <C6D65914.F35C%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>
	<C6D65FF5.A7AD%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <146FDAD69D1A1D4BA6492940077502420C59F1B0@escexc02.core.oas.ld>

I have found that you can only FEU if you create a .dmg, it is "greyed"
out for packages.   Am I missing something? 

Cynthia R. DuCharme
Technical Support Specialist
VM 763-391-7221
-----Original Message-----
From: composer-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
[mailto:composer-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Ernst,
Craig S.
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 9:27 AM
To: Smith, William; JAMF Composer List
Subject: Re: [Composer] User Folder

I felt compelled to clarify what Bill is saying in regards to the
caveat.

It won't work for Network Based Home Directories.

It can work for directory accounts, like AD and OD if they are not using
network homes and use local home directories.

Craig E


On 9/16/09 8:57 AM, "Smith, William" <william.smith at merrillcorp.com>
wrote:

>> From: Robert Hammen <rhlist1 at hammen.org>
>> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:54:44 -0500
>> 
>> On Sep 15, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Jan Dada wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hi everybody,
>>>> 
>>>> i got an problem with Composer.
>>>> When i create an package of any kind of software very often are
>>>> files included within the users folder, so when i want to
>>>> distribute this package i want these files of course to go in the
>>>> user folder of the machine im distributing to.
>>>> 
>>>> Is that even possible?
>> 
>> Yes, if you are using Casper for deployment, you can use the
>> "FEU" (Fill Existing Users) option... if you're not using Casper, I
>> don't think there's an easy way to handle this, no...
> 
> A caveat: this only works for local machine accounts but not directory
> accounts. The User Template folder will be populated just fine.

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