On 2007-09-27 05:32:22 -0400, it01@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
> I'm quite new to this so apologies in advance if posted in the wrong
> place or inappropriately cross-posted
>
> I'm a syadmin on a Windows 2000 network with Win XP clients. Due to
> interest from specialist users I'm experimenting with integrating a
> newly acquired Mac Mini (Intel based) running OSX 10.4.10 onto the
> network.
>
> I've bound it to the Windows Domain and using Login Window Manager
> from bombich.com (great site!) I can login as any AD user and get my
> home directory. So far so good...
>
> This is where I need help:
>
> On the Windows network I can control a number of things such as
> mapping to network shares , addition of printers and setting the proxy
> server, all depending on group member****p or location.
>
> I'm familiar with some forms of scripting and, if there are some good
> examples of mac-compatible scripts out there, it would be a good start
>
> And on the subject of changing the Proxy Server depending on group
> member****p, I'm also having difficulty setting different proxy server
> settings for different purposes, for instance using one setting for
> Apple Updates and onother for Internet browsing.
>
> I also want to limit access to certain applications based on group
> member****p (this is a school and teachers are concerned about students
> keeping focussed). When I used Macs in a school many years ago, we had
> a product called "At Ease" which has long ago been discontinued. I did
> a bit of experimenting with Mac security on Tiger and kept getting
> "You cannot turn on parental controls for an administrative user or
> network account". Can someone point me in the direction of finding out
> how I can emulate this sort of thing under Tiger?
>
> As I said I'm new to this and would appreciate advice to get me over
> these issues
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
You would be better off going to the web site MacWindows:
http://www.macwindows.com/
. All they do is Macs in a windows
environment.
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