I daresay XP VMs in WSUS is easier than manually updating a large number of MACs
On 25 May 2011 16:19, Guyer, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > We gave them XP VMs to use at my last gig. You still have to keep them > patched, etc. Can’t ignore that just because they’re running a Windows > virtual desktop. > > > > > > *Don Guyer* > > Windows Systems Engineer > > RIM Operations Engineering Distributed – A Team, Tier 2 > > Enterprise Technology Group > > *Fiserv* > > [email protected] > > Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 > > Fax: 610-233-0404 > > www.fiserv.com > > > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 25, 2011 11:14 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Managing Mac's > > > > Just put them on a separate VLAN, install this ( > http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/subfeature.asp?contentID=2300384) > and make them use a Windows published desktop from a Citrix server running > through the web interface. No more worrying about updating Macs :-) > > On 25 May 2011 16:10, S Powell <[email protected]> wrote: > > don't let regular users we don't let them run as admin and just do updates > manually. > > most of the Macs that we use are used by our admins. Otherwise we're all > MS. > > > > > ----------------- > Who'd you rather be, the Beatles or the Rolling Stones? > > > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 07:47, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am using this news: > http://blog.intego.com/2011/05/02/intego-security-memo-macdefender-fake-antivirus/to > leverage a “we really need to manage our Mac OS’s like we do Windows” > argument that I’ve had for some time. We have a couple dozen Mac OS’s here > and none of them are managed the same way we do Windows machines. > > > > Do any of you manage (or work with folks that manage) multiple Mac OS > machines? Ideally something that can do GPO-ish and SMS-ish kinds of things. > Specially patch and protect. > > > > Additionally, does anyone have any experience with this product? > http://www.likewise.com/solutions/mac_linux_desktop_management/index.php > > > > TIA, > > *David Lum* > Systems Engineer // NWEATM > Office 503.548.5229 //* *Mobile 503.267.9764 > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' 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