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Possible to specify things in Users' Home Directories in a Template dock.plist?
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I'm setting up a Dock plist file for distribution to the home directories of some 3000 users. I need to put things on the right-hand side of the Dock that are in their Home Directories.
We're using Workgroup Manager and managed prefs, but unfortunately there's no way to do that with that app, so I've had to resort to hacking the com.apple.dock.plist file.
Even this, though, has been less-than-successful. Does anyone know of a way to reference things in "~" in the Dock and have them work for more than one user, so I can just distribute one pref file and have everything be happy?
Thanks!
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It's not much help now, but Panther Server solves that problem.
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Vandelay Industries
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Originally posted by Art Vandelay:
It's not much help now, but Panther Server solves that problem.
So I'm hearing from our Apple Reps. And indeed, it ain't much help now. 
Any ideas, though?
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not to state the obvious, but have you tried just using "~"?
just a stab...
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cpac
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Originally posted by cpac:
not to state the obvious, but have you tried just using "~"?
just a stab...
Yup; the problem isn't the URL portion, it's that strange Alias data that's above the URL in the .plist file. That stuff seems to be messing things up.
If I specify ~/Documents as the URL (changing my template .plist from /Users/<whatever>/Documents to ~/Documents), leaving the Alias data alone, I get a question mark in the Dock when I distribute that .plist file out to the home directories. If I just delete the alias data altogether, the Dock thinks its pref file is corrupt and regenerates a fresh one.
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enable root, log in via the GUI as root, then go to /System/Library/User Template/English.lproj
you'll see a home directory in english (you can go to other languages too, of course). i believe you can then mess around with those folders (including the dock .plist in the Preferences folder) then create a new user.
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We're actually using Network users, and Home directories have already been generated.
In truth, I'd be facing the same problem even if I were modifying the user template (I've done it before, for another OS X master under different circumstances).
The Dock is a very inflexible beast when it comes to specifying things within Home Directories -- quite the pain in the butt.
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