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Sep
13

Command to show name and password fields at login window

Set the login window to show name and password fields:

 

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Sep
13

Disable iCloud message for new users on first login for OS X Mavericks

Launch Terminal and enter the following:

 

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Sep
13

How to set the "Ignore Ownership" for a volume from the terminal

To enable it:

sudo vsdbutil -d /Volumes/VolumeName

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Sep
13

How to disable automatic login via the command line

This will remove the autoLoginUser key from the loginwindow preference:
 
defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow autoLoginUser
 
The password file that holds the user's log-in password is called "kcpassword" and is located in the hidden /etc directory at the root of the hard drive. To remove it, you can run the following command:
 
rm /etc/kcpassword
 
You can run these commands via ARD or combine them into a script.
 

Sep
12

How to export parental control settings

Configure all desired parental controls for a user then run these commands as root:

To export the parental controls plist:

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