User manual FARONICS DEEP FREEZE MAC

[. . . ] This page intentionally left blank DeepFreezeMacSecurityNotice Apple provides an application called Open Firmware Password that can be used to ensure that all keys that affect the normal start up of the computer are disabled. This prevents users from pressing the keys necessary to boot into single-user mode or boot from an alternative volume at start up. To download the Open Firmware Password application, refer to Apple's instructions at: http://www. apple. com/support/downloads/openfirmwarepassword. html For Mac OS X 10. 4 or later, the updated version of this application can be copied from the software installation disc, located at Applications/Utilities on the disc. Intel-based Macintosh computers can be protected by firmware passwords as well. [. . . ] The Short Name must match the Home Directory name in System Preferences > Accounts > Account_Name > Advanced Options for mapping to work. 18 DFUsersTab The DF Users tab allows administrators to manage the Deep Freeze users present on a computer. There are a maximum of four users permitted on each computer, but only the first user (the admin user) can create, edit, and delete other DF Users. Adding, Deleting, andEditingDFUsers To add a new user, complete the following steps: 1. A properties dialog appears, as shown. 2. Enter the DF User Name and Password and verify the password. NOTE: If Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) is going to be used to manage Deep Freeze Mac deployments, ensure that only alpha-numeric characters are used in the password or the remote tasks will fail. Click OK to save the changes to the user profile, or click Cancel to exit with no changes saved. 3. To delete a DF User, click Delete. Click Cancel to exit the dialog, or click Delete to delete the DF User permanently. There must always be at least one DF User present; the first DF User created can not be deleted. Edit the User Name and Password in the properties dialog as needed. 19 UninstallTab A computer must be in a Thawed state for the Uninstall option to be available. If the computer is in a Frozen state, the Uninstall option is not available. If there are existing ThawSpaces on a computer, choose either to retain or delete them by selecting the preferred button. If the option to retain ThawSpaces is chosen, all existing ThawSpaces are moved to the boot volume (/ Volumes/username. dmg). To access the boot volume, launch the Terminal and change the directory to the boot volume /Volumes/username. dmg. To uninstall Deep Freeze, click Uninstall. The computer restarts and Deep Freeze is uninstalled. All program components are permanently deleted when Deep Freeze is uninstalled. Before removing a ThawSpace, remove its profile or folder mapping. ExportingandImportingConfigurations A file containing the configuration information set in the Deep Freeze Controller can be exported as a property list file. The property list can be imported into another Deep Freeze Controller and deployed to targeted computers. To export the configurations set in the Deep Freeze Controller, click Export and save the file to a preferred location. To import a configuration file, click Import and browse to the location of the saved file. The computer must be restarted for any changes to take effect from the imported file. Drives, ThawSpace, and mapping pages are not exported or imported since they are not relevant to other computers. 20 UsingDeepFreeze After Deep Freeze has been installed and a configuration has been assigned to a partition, the computer can be operated as usual. The only visual evidence that Deep Freeze is installed on a computer are the presence of a Deep Freeze icon in the menu bar (if configured), the Deep Freeze icon badge on each Frozen volume (if configured), or any configured Global or User ThawSpaces. Users can make changes to the computer, including renaming or deleting files and folders, downloading files from the Internet, changing the desktop, and more. [. . . ] ***= The single ThawSpace "name" must be specified as well as "global" for a Global ThawSpace. 31 AddingTargetedComputerstotheTaskList In order to run a task, there must be computers targeted to run the task. To add one or more computers to be targeted to run the task, complete the following steps: 1. In the left column, double-click the task to be targeted to the specified computers. At the bottom of the window is a dialog listing the designated computers assigned to the task. [. . . ]