MacAdministrator 3.4 >> Features

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MACADMINISTRATOR 3 FEATURES LIST - FULL PRODUCT RELEASE DATED 25TH JUNE 2003

• Authenticate user accounts against any AFP or AFP/IP server: Windows NT 4.x; Windows 2000; Unix (running appropriate AFP or AFP/IP); Linux; Novell Netware; MacOS, Mac OS X

• Allow/Deny/Specify use of specific control panels or preference panes
• Allow/Deny/Specify use of specific Chooser Devices (Pre MacOS X only)
• Allow/Deny/Specify use of specific applications
• Lock specific folders on any partition (Pre MacOS X only)
• Allow/Deny/Specify use of specific Compact Disks
• Copy Control by File and Creator type (Pre MacOS X only)
• Disable individual menu items in any application
• Prevent shift key use at system start-up (Pre MacOS X only)
• Write protect HDD if booted from other drive (Pre MacOS X only)
• Prevent screenshots from being taken (Pre MacOS X only)
• Stop mounted servers from being remounted at startup (Pre MacOS X only)
• Prevent AppleTalk from being turned off (Pre MacOS X only)
• *New* - Automatic lockout / Login with any screen saver

• Create, delete, and edit user information
• Specify if a user can login
• Specify a number of print credits for the user
• Clear the 'running total' of print credits used
• View machine(s) the user is logged into View date/time user was logged in
• View date/time of the last password change
• View number of invalid password attempts
• View/change membership of user groups

• Create, delete and edit user groups
• Create, delete and edit user group profiles
• View users assigned to a user group
• Add a user to or remove from a user group

• Allow/prevent users login to multiple machines
• Allow/prevent start-up items launched at login (N/A to Mac OS X Clients)
• Quit all running applications at logout (N/A to Mac OS X Clients)
• Automatically logout users after specified period of inactivity
• Desktop Lockdown
• Allow user to change their password (passed through to any server, i.e. changing the password on a Windows 2000 server)
• Allow a maximum password length
• Expire passwords after specified number of days
• Grant a specific number of print credits
• Control the number of copies to be printed
• Specify a list of printers that can be used
• *New* - Specify volume mounting on a UserGroup basis

• View list of machines running the client
• Specify if users can log into a machine
• Specify a machine group profile
• View the date and time of the last login
• Change the Machine Group Profile
• *New* - Allow Software Distribution on a per machine basis

• Set the name of the client machine to the name of the machine as displayed in the machines list
• Specify whether the client machines will "speak" messages on the client machines (N/A to Mac OS X Clients)
• Date and time synchronization against any server
• Specify an agent control file
• Specify a Software Distribution Set
• Specify if machine is in Login/No Login mode
• *New* - Attach Distribution Server to a MachineGroup
• *New* - MachineGroup membership automatically assigned based on IP address range
• *New* - Attach Software Distribution Sets
• *New* - Ability to setup Distribution Servers for distributing network load across multiple servers

• Allow/prevent Guest access (N/A to Mac OS X Clients)
• Allow/prevent password changed at login
• Allow/prevent users to access machines if authentication servers are not found
• Specify if user's account is disabled after specified number of incorrect password attempts
• Specify a timetable file to be used
• Allow/prevent the client machines owner name to be set to the name of the logged in user
• Allow/prevent display of print dialog
• Allow/prevent printing if the shared MacAdministrator folder cannot be found
• Allow/prevent an access log being created
• Allow/prevent a print log being created

• Specify a per page cost on a per printer basis
• Control the number of copies to be printed
• Specify a number of 'print credits' to users
• Allow printing to a specific set of printers
• Monitor print jobs with full reporting
• Remotely change the users print credits

• Un-mount/eject volumes
• Self upgrade and heal client software
• Distribute software to client machines
• Delete items from volumes & folders by criteria
• Generate a hardware audit
• Generate a software audit
• Send audit reports to a central location
• Monitor application usage
• Listen for remote commands
• Distribute a common set of preferences (N/A to Mac OS X Clients)
• Distribute and restore user specific preferences
• Restore items on a specific user group basis
• Automatically mount a shared directory
• Close all open finder windows (N/A to Mac OS X Clients)
• Agent architecture for creation of custom agents
• Configure agents to run at specific times
• *New* - Configure agents remotely to run at a specific time and date.

• *New* - New interface for viewing and exporting the hardware, software, application usage, login usage

• Create, edit and delete timetables
• Restrict access of machines to specific groups
• Configure access periods for specific machines

• Distribute items - single file/complex folder structure
• Distribute software - on demand/specific times
• Upgrade and downgrade of software
• Check and heal damaged files
• Distribution by machine group
• Create software distribution sets
• Mirror a folder held on the server
• *New* - New interface for creating, populating and viewing the contents of single/multiple Distribution Sets
• *New* - Solves problem of storing OS X files, with long file names and Unix permissions, on non-OS X servers.

• Remote administration and settings
• Remote messaging of users, machines and groups
• Remote machine restart, shutdown or run agent
• Remote print credits administration

For further information, or to request an evaluation copy of the software, please complete the request form.