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Likewise Enterprise lets you set Managed Client Settings for Mac computers with Workgroup Manager, a free server administration tool from Apple for remotely managing user, group, and computer settings on Mac OS X machines. Likewise Enterprise integrates Workgroup Manager in Active Directory by saving the Managed Client Settings (MCX) as standard Microsoft Active Directory group policy objects, or GPOs.
By integrating Managed Client Settings in Active Directory as GPOs, Likewise preserves the familiar GPO model that makes it easy to review, back up, and copy policies. In short, Likewise lets you apply Managed Client Settings to Macs in the same way that you use GPOs to apply settings to Linux, Unix, and Windows computers.
The Likewise Enterprise 5.0 group policy features for Mac OS X computers are the most comprehensive available. Likewise includes Unix settings for managing syslogs, crontabs, sudoers files, and many other configuration files on a Mac. Likewise also includes additional Mac-specific policies for setting Mac system preferences and configuring security options such as the built-in firewall.
Likewise Enterprise 5.0 supports Managed Client Settings for Mac computers running OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) and 10.5.4 or later (Leopard).
To use Workgroup Manager to apply GPOs to Macs, you open the Group Policy Object Editor, define the Workgroup Manager group policy, and then use Workgroup Manager to configure the Managed Client Settings that you want.
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