Mac OS X Server: Customizing Menu Items with Open Directory MCX
Recently I had a scenario where I wanted to disable all of the menu items using an MCX for some NetBoot clients. Â To do so, I ended up building a custom MCX. Â To do so, first open Workgroup Manager and click on the group in question. Â Then click on Preferences and then the Details tab. Â Next, click on the + sign and browse to /System/Library/CoreServices/ManagedClient.app. Â Next click on Menu Extras and click on the pencil. Â Here drop down the Always disclosure triangle and click on the New Key button. Â From here, name the key with menu item in question (or create multiple keys) and set the Type to Boolean and the Value to False. Â Keys that you can do this with include:
- AirPort.menu
- Battery.menu
- CPU.menu
- Classic.menu
- Clock.menu
- Displays.menu
- Eject.menu
- Fax.menu
- HomeSync.menu
- Ink.menu
- IrDA.menu
- PCCard.menu
- PPP.menu
- PPPoE.menu
- Sync.menu
- TextInput.menu
- TimeMachine.menu
- User.menu
- VPN.menu
- Volume.menu
- iChat.menu
You can also set the boolean to false to have Mac OS X show the end users the menu items. Â Notice that Bluetooth is not present in this list…
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