Managed preferences: computer prefs work; user prefs don't work on Lion clients.

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Managed preferences: computer prefs work; user prefs don't work on Lion clients.

OK, so I'm running into a similar problem as before, but in reverse. On Snow Leopard clients, all of my MCX preferences work perfectly (computer and user). On Lion clients however, only computer/group preferences show up. User/group preferences are nowhere to be seen.

Server: OSX 10.6.8, OD (no AD)
Snow Leopard and Lion clients.
All clients bonded with server.
Most other services work.

Stuff I've tried:

Clearing/flushing MCX caches, unbonding/rebonding clients, restarting clients.
Deleting/recreating users and groups.
Restarting server.
Turning off all computer/group MCX preferences (so that only user preferences remained). No difference--accounts became unmanaged.

Goals:

Set Group sharepoint to automount for all users.
Set a Yearbook sharebpoint to automount for members of Yearbook group.
Set various preferences to Always Managed for students.

Xserve, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jun 25, 2012 11:35 AM

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nscreated Author

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Jun 25, 2012 1:41 PM in response to nscreated

Lots of discoveries.

The problem isn't MCX preferences.
It was a combination of two things.
- The preferences hierarchy was cancelling out some of the things I wanted to do.
- The Lion clients weren't reacting nicely to my custom Group folder. I was following Wazza's Server Notes on creating a universal Group folder to share between user groups. The Snow Leopard clients were fine with this; the Lions weren.
Solution: It's a little bit of a hack, but I added my Groups folder to the Login as a simple AFP URL instead of ticking the "Add Group Share Point" box, and I did it from the computer groups instead of the user groups.
Bonus: Other MCX user settings are working now, and I'm a happy camper.

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mr. pink

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Aug 28, 2012 11:40 AM in response to nscreated

Solution: It's a little bit of a hack, but I added my Groups folder to the Login as a simple AFP URL instead of ticking the "Add Group Share Point" box, and I did it from the computer groups instead of the user groups.

any way you could explain the specifics of this? i am having the same problem. is this being run as a script?

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