Dock

=Put a Link to a Share Point in the Dock= The following is a generic set of steps to put a link to a share point in a users Dock with Workgroup Manager:

On a computer that is not a server – In the Finder, select Go>Connect To Server... Log into the share point that is to be distributed to a users Dock

In Workgroup Manager create a computer group named “Prefs - Dock_sharePoint” Select the Prefs - Dock_sharePoint computer group Click Preferences Click the Overview tab Click Dock Click Manage Always Delete all the Applications from the Applications list Drag the share point to the Documents and Folders list Click Apply Now Nest appropriate computer groups within this computer group to apply settings

When a user logs in, the share point icon will be represented by question mark in the Dock.

Once a user clicks the question mark and logs into the share point, the Dock icon will be represented by the icon of the share point.

If a user logs out and logs back in, the share point icon will again be represented by a question mark. This is normal behavior for Dock share points distributed via MCX.

**Put a Webloc File in the Dock** Here is how to distribute a webloc file with WGM:

On a computer that is not a server- 1. Open Safari 2. Go to the website to be distributed 3. Drag the websites favicon from the address bar to the Desktop

1. Open Workgroup Manager (WGM) 2. Create a computer group named “Prefs - Dock_webloc" 3. Select the Prefs - Dock_webloc computer group 4. Click Preferences 5. Click the Overview tab 6. Click Dock 7. Click Manage Always 8. Delete all the Applications from the Applications list 9. Click Add (+) Documents and Folders 10. Select the .webloc file 11. Click Add 12. Click Apply Now

When the users assigned to this group logout and log back in they will now have the webloc file in their Dock.

When you are done, remove the computers from this group, have the users logout and log back in. The webloc file will be gone.

Courtesy of Brent Hayward Thanks Brent!