User Preferences Not Updating (WGM OS X Server 10.5.2)

[BlueC]

Hi folks, first post! Got some confusing behaviour...

Problem: When we set "user" based preferences in WGM they are not rolled out to the users (setting "computer", or "computer group" preferences works as expected). For example, if I set iCal as a login item for a specific user, then the user logs out and back in, iCal does not start as a login item. The preference *is* set on the server however because if the user unpairs their account from the server, then logs out, then logs in and re-pairs with the server, the preference is rolled out accordingly. What could be the reason for this? Why aren't user preferences being updated at every login? Is there a way I can force user preferences to be updated at login?

Background: We use WGM on OSX Server 10.5.2 with mainly Leopard OSX laptops and desktop machines on the network.

Hope you can help
Chris

[Go3iverson]

You could try deleting out the MCX information from the user account.

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mcx.manifests

The manifests are the MCX preferences.

You could also try deleting out the MCX cache via dscl:

dscl . -delete /Config/mcx_cache

Remember, you want to be doing this on the client machine, not the server! Always test out these suggestions on a non-critical machine with non-critical data!

Michael

[BlueC]

Hi, I don't have any file in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mcx.manifests

I do have ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.MCX.plist but deleting that doesn't do anything... it is just recreated as it was and preferences still aren't updated after a logout/in cycle.

The dscl command doesn't work either. There is no mcx_cache in /Config. Using dscl I did find an mcx_cache in /LDAPv3/server.name/Config/mcx_cache but I can't delete that because I get permission denied. I tried mcxdelete and that command succeeds, but it doesn't delete the file.

Still no clearer!