How to hide/disable Spotlight on a client by using Workgroup Manager

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How to hide/disable Spotlight on a client by using Workgroup Manager

Dear Apple Pro's

I'm looking for a script or Policy whatever to hide/disable spotlight on a client. Iam using WGM for policy's to disable some applications, but I can not find an option disable spotlight on a client. I hide a lot directory's systemfiles but if I type in the spotlight "terminal" on the client and click on it the terminal will start.

I've 400 iMacs on a school it makes me desperate.

Hope to hear from you pro's!

Xserve, Mac OS X (10.6.7), Server

Posted on Jun 29, 2011 6:19 AM

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Jul 11, 2011 7:59 PM in response to roderikdehaar

One possible solution might be to change the permissions on the Spotlight app on all client machines. The command would be:

sudo chmod 600 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search

That way only root can run Spotlight. One may be able to roll that out via a startup script, too.

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