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The application remains open but its windows and menu bar remain hidden until the user activates the application (for example, by clicking its icon in the Dock).
8To automatically connect the user to a server, select the server and then select “Mount share point with user’s name and password.”
The server must use the same directory domain as the one the user logs in to.
9If you don’t want users to have the ability to add and remove items, deselect “User may add and remove additional items.”
This option is available only if Login Items preferences are always managed. If you only manage Login Items preferences Once, a user can remove any items added to the login list.
Users can’t remove items added to the login items list but they can remove items they’ve added themselves.
10To prevent users from stopping applications that open automatically at login, deselect “User may press Shift to keep items from opening.”
This option is available only if Login Items preferences are always managed.
11If you select Once, you can click “Merge with user’s items.”
This produces two results, depending on whether the user has items in their login list.
If the user has items listed in their login list, either by the user adding them or by having items previously added through preference management, merging only opens login items that appear on the user’s list and on your list.
If the user’s login list does not include items, all managed login items appear. If you do not select “Merge with user’s items,” all login items on either list open.
12Click Apply Now.
Providing Access to a User’s Network Home Folder
This setting is used primarily for mobile accounts on computers using Mac OS X v10.3 through Mac OS X v10.3.9. When a user logs in while connected to the network, the share point with the user’s original home folder (on the server) is mounted on the desktop.
Don’t provide access to a user’s network home folder to users with mobile accounts on Mac OS X v10.4 or later. Mac OS X v10.4 and later include portable home directories, which provide a synced subset of the user’s local and network home folders.
If a user modifies files in the local and network home folders, when the two home folders sync, the newer modifications take precedence, which could surprise and confuse the user. Additionally, users could be confused by having multiple folders titled with their user names and similarly named folders like Documents, Music, and others.
Chapter 10 Managing Preferences
