Apple Training Series Mac OS X v10.4 System Administration Reference, Volume 2

Lesson 9. Defining the User Experience

Time	This lesson takes about 3 hours to complete.
Goals	Understand the differences between parental controls, property lists (plist) files, and MCX settings
	Preconfigure a user’s environment
	Restrict the capabilities of a user
	Understand the three types of manageable accounts
	Use presets to save time when adding several users

There are three main reasons to define the control, the look, and the feel of your computers for the users. The most obvious reason is to prevent users from doing things you don’t want them to do, such as people using a kiosk station, students working in a computer lab, or children sitting at a home computer.

The second reason is to provide a preconfigured environment ...