Adding targeted computers to the task list – Faronics Device Filter Mac User Manual

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Examples:

1.

status

task -

/Library/Application\ Support/Faronics/DeviceFilter/CLI “admin”

“password” status

Where

/Library/Application\ Support/Faronics/DeviceFilter/CLI

is the installation

location of the program,

admin

is the confgured user name,

password

is the confgured

password, and

status

is the desired command.

2.

setUSBOptions

task -

/Library/Application\ Support/Faronics/DeviceFilter/CLI

“admin” “password” setUSBOptions 0-3 size

Where

/Library/Application\ Support/Faronics/DeviceFilter/CLI

is the installation

location of the program,

admin

is the confgured user name,

password

is the confgured

password,

setUSBOptions

is the desired command,

0-3

(corresponding to the desired option

found on the USB tab of the preference pane -

0

=Disallow Mounting,

1

=Allow Mounting

Read Only,

2

=Allow Mounting Read/Write,

3

=Allow Mounting Read/Write if capacity less

than) is the frst parameter and

size

(corresponding to the desired maximum size of USB

device in MB, if 3 is chosen as the frst parameter) is the second parameter.

Te

uninstall

task must run as root on the target computer. Otherwise, it will not have

the sufcient permissions to uninstall all components of Device Filter Mac. If Device Filter

is installed on a machine that is also running Deep Freeze, the Mac must be in a Tawed

state for the uninstall to be successful. If Deep Freeze is in a Frozen state, Device Filter will

refuse the uninstall command and prompt the user with the reason.

Adding Targeted Computers to the Task List

Tis section has been written as a basic overview of how to use the Device Filter-specifc tasks in ARD.

For a more in-depth description of how to best utilize ARD and ARD tasks, please refer to your ARD

user manual or to the Help Files found within ARD itself.

In order to run a task, there must be computers targeted to run the task. To add one or more computers

to be targeted to run the task, complete the following steps:

1.

In the lef column, double-click the task to be targeted to the specifed computers.

Te Task Edit window appears. At the bottom of the window is a dialog listing the

designated computers assigned to the task. Before a computer is added to the list, it reads No

Computers

.

2.

Drag and drop the preferred workstations or group of workstations into the dialog from the

computers in the All Computers list. Te number of computers assigned to a specifc task

appears at the bottom of the window.

3.

Click Save.

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