Automator to change settings

Question

I'm working on creating an image for our company and I've got all the software installed ok.  But I want to create  workflow that will do the following:
- turn off automatic login
- change display login window as "name and password"
- make sure Show Input menu in login window is selected
- allow faster user switching
- require password immediately after screen saver begins
- turn on remote management
How much can be done in automator or am I expecting too much?

Answer 1

I think the last line is confusing.  I'm logged in with my userid and I don't see a Library folder in my user folder.
That confuses me. What do you get in a shell from "ls -ld@ ~/Library"?
Is there a folder that the Mac OS X uses when creating a new user to replicate that I could drop the settings in?  Or would I have to write a script to copy the settings from a shard safe location when the user first logs in?
There's a template for new user accounts at /System/Library/User Template. I've never tried to modify it, but I guess you could. If you're not going to go with Open Directory, I guess the next best option would be to distribute a LaunchAgent that would run a script at each user login to set the user preferences with defaults(1). I repeat, however, that this wouldn't prevent the users from changing the preferences you set.