I want to stop App Store and other software updates for all user accounts. Administrator accounts should still be able to do Software Updates.
Is there a terminal command that can do that i can push out through ARD?
Thanks
Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), IT Manager for an Ad Agency
Managed preferences are the best bet. You could use Profile Manager or use the mcx command from the command line. I'd strongly suggest browsing over this before delving into MCX though...
http://macadmins.psu.edu/2011presentations/PSUMAC301-MCX-John_DeTroye.pdf
(the Workgroup Manager application shown is deprecated, but it's essentially the same with Profiles and running MCX from the command line)
Managed preferences are the best bet. You could use Profile Manager or use the mcx command from the command line. I'd strongly suggest browsing over this before delving into MCX though...
http://macadmins.psu.edu/2011presentations/PSUMAC301-MCX-John_DeTroye.pdf
(the Workgroup Manager application shown is deprecated, but it's essentially the same with Profiles and running MCX from the command line)
If you set the security settings for the Macs so that locked preferences require an administrator password then 'normal' users will not be able to use Software Update.
That sounds great, I'd Love a way to better manage the user accounts and how they are set up. I don't use a OSX Server though for Users. All it does is host the Netboot and DeployStudio Builds. all Users are managed by AD. I'll look into this more though...
Is that done in Parental Controls? I'm not seeing it in Seucrity... I always have trouble getting those to stick since the user accounts are Managed Mobile Profiles created and tagged to AD.
Robman wrote:
Is that done in Parental Controls? I'm not seeing it in Seucrity... I always have trouble getting those to stick since the user accounts are Managed Mobile Profiles created and tagged to AD.
Apple moved it to the Advanced button in the bottom right for Lion.
You don't need to do anything. An admin password is required by default to install software updates or App Store apps.
Yeah, I gotcha. I was hoping there was a way to stop the App Store from displaying however many updates were needed. Now that i write this, there's really no need for the users to even HAVE the App Store on the dock. DOH! I'll just remove it.
Now, I'll need a ARD command to remove appstore from the dock, and restart the dock. :-)
Unix command to stop Software updates for all users except admins?
