System/Library/User Template/English.Iproj

When repairing permissions I get a warning about ACLs found but not expected at this folder level. I'm guessing this is why I can't open it to see what's in it.
Did this belong to MS Office trial by chance?
(I can't remember how I ditched that program - whether I uninstalled or dragged to trash. I'm thinking the latter...)

It's what the system uses to create new user accounts. Search the forums for ACL and review the posts. Ignore the messages or manually install the 10.5.1 update. That fixes most, if not all, SUID and ACL permission warnings.

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[warn] mod_bonjour: Cannot read template index file '/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Sites/index.html'.

Operating System: Lion 10.7.5
I was getting this warn in the logs
[warn] mod_bonjour: Cannot read template index file '/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Sites/index.html'.
and looking to the System directory on;
System/Library/User Template
User Template was locked and onwned by the System.
I went to the terminal and type;
sudo mkdir "/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Sites/"
sudo touch "/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Sites/index.html"
re-started Apache
The warn went away gracefully

I am adding here that this seems to be a permissions bug since the "User Template" is owned by the system and no one else have access to it. The warn went away temporarily because the permissions still wrong in that directory. I changed the permissions on the User Template directory to read and see what is inside and it loops to the user system structure. Most of the directories in the system structure are locked leaving only the public and sites directory with the correct permissions. Inside of the sites folder have a blank index.html file with read access.
So I am not sure if what I did until now will resolve the warn issue.
What I did was to get info on the User Template directory, authenticate as root and change the permission to the admin to read only. That is harmles since not even the admin can change its content. The warn seems to have gone away for now. However, the point here is to find out if the permissions should be read and write for the admin instead of read only or some other conf. More latter!

How do i set up System/Library/User Template/English.lproj on 10.8 a file server using workgroup manager.

any suggestion will be appreciated

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Location of User Template - English.lproj for AD Plugin

When OSX creates accounts on a local machine, it pulls the default set of account folders (/Library, /Pictures, /Music, etc) from /System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/... This is an excellent way to pre-configure new user accounts with specific prefs, etc.
When setting up the AD plugin to authenticate from an AD server, one checks the "Use UNC path from Active Directory to derive network home location" button to have the users' home folder mounted as a sharepoint from whatever is specified in the AD for the user. This works as expected for both WIN and OSX users.
BUT
New users' home folders (empty) are populated with a /Library folder which does not come from /System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/...
Can anybody point me to 'real' location of these template files?
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My Bad. A Loginhook script was causing all sorts of weirdness. No problem now.

New account not picking up template from "User Template" folder.

With past OS'es I've successfully managed to create a new "Staff" account on my main staff image-maker Mac, drag and copy all of that account's folders into: System>Library>User Template>English.lproj
This is very helpful when a staff member leaves, I can simply create a new account, and the Mac would/should pick up all the settings and items found within the English.lproj folder in order to complete the creation of a new "Staff" account.
This is not working for me in Snow Leopard for some reason. I'm assuming it's a rights issue on either the User Template folder or the English.lproj folder...or both.
Problem: The original "Staff" account and all new "Staff" accounts pick up a generic set of folders for that account, even though my self-created account folders are still located in the English.lproj folder mentioned above.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, Gramps.

Can you share which permissions you ended up looking at? I'm having the same issue. I'm doing exactly what I've always done but for some reason 10.6 is giving me grief.

Problems customizing the user template

Hi,
I'm trying to customize the user template on 2 laptops. I've done this before with no problems, but this time it doesn't appear to be working correctly. I'm using the following command
cp -R /Users/TEMPLATE/* /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj
where TEMPLATE is the name of the user account I want to use as my custom template.
When I enter this command I receive the following:
usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-pvX] source_file target_file
cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-fi | -n] [-pvX] source_file ... target_directory
Can anyone help me?
I'm using Leopard and am logged in as root.

I thought a typo may have been possible too. So I even copied and pasted the command string from the website which gave the directions for customizing the user template and it still wouldn't work. I ended up finding a post somewhere where someone else had problems with this and they simply suggested logging in as root and manually copying the files to the User Template folder which worked for me. Still like to know why it didn't work through the Terminal. Strange. Anyway, I have a workaround if I run into it again. Thanks for your help and the advice about the keychain!

Leopard Default User Template

Hi,
I used to be able to create a customised default user template in Tiger by copying my customised account to the /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj folder.
In leopard however new accounts are not getting the customised settings.
My method is as follows:
Create temp account
Login to temp account and customise all my settings such as desktop image, icons, finder preferences, dock, program preferences, printers, etc.
before logging out I delete the login keychain, references and files. Clear out the ~/Library/Caches folder.
logout and into and admin account.
Run terminal
su - to enable root user
copy the current default template to a backup area using..
cp -R /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj/* /backup are path
Then clear it out
rm -R /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj/*
Then copy the new one in
cp -R /Users/Temp/* /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj
All the files and folders copy over but when I login with a new account none of the customised settings are used.
Any ideas on how to get this working?

Situation I can authenticate network users to LDAP on our Novell server. Our Novell server does not have mappings for Apple computers though so it is just basic authentication. I was able to script mapping of the appropriate volumes as a start up item in the dock because some of our servers can connect as AFP servers.
The problem is after they authenticate through LDAP at the login screen they all get dumped into the root users profile and they have root user powers. Even after I disabled the root user.
I wanted them to use the custom default profile I made. I created a temp user called student customized it copied its profile to the default user profile location. With the instructions you posted above. If I create a new user in account preferences it uses that custom profile fine BUT network users always login as the / a root user.
I could possibly use the root user because we want to lock down the harddrive with deepfreeze. BUT the Novell iPrint program required for users to print does not work at all in this crazy Fake Root user environment.
What am I missing to get my Mac to use my custom profile.

Require wake password on User Template

I am building an image for all of our Macs and have created a user template by copying specific ~/Library/Preferences/ files to /System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/ and setting the correct permissions. So far everything is great except for one thing.
I want the System Preferences Security option "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver" and it is not setting it. Does anyone know which preference or config file stores this setting and how to set it on the User Template? Using OS 10.4.5.

Cool, the help text might need an update:
"Enter a positive integer to be used as the maximum number of days an end-user account password may be used before the account is expired. If you do not specify a value in this field, the site-level Account Password Lifetime Environment Setting will be used."
to
Enter a positive integer to be used as the maximum number of days an end-user account password may be used before the password is expired. If you do not specify a value in this field, the site-level Account Password Lifetime Environment Setting will be used.

User Templates

On Mac OS X 10.4.x I have used the User Template folder (/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/*) to create a common screen for any user logging on to the campus network of my university. This seems to have changed with 10.5: I have found two template folders (User Templates and user.template); and neither seems to work.
Is there any way to create and save a set of common settings for network users -- and for the Guest Account, which seems to hold so much promise?

I found that if I copy folders and settings to both the User Template folders English.lproj and non-localized, then this would let everyone -- even those with lower-case aliases -- log on to the Macs.

Migration Assistant doesn't respect User Templates

Hi everyone,
I work doing Information Technology support for a small (of about 30-40 people) communications department. We just ordered about 9 computers, and they all came with Lion.
Some people that I work with are very change-phobic, and I've created a default user template that respects what they've been doing for a long time and includes what I need to do my job. The main things I've changed include reversing the natural scroll direction (I know, I know, I like it myself, but like I said, some people I work with are incredibly change-phobic) remote login settings, showing the Library folder, and including default login software (such as new backup software we've decided to deploy at the same time as new computer deployments).
I've found that creating new users on the system respects the user template:
(found at /System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/).
But when I migrate users (either choosing to migrate settings, or not migrate settings), it doesn't matter, as the OS defaults back to not including the new login software and reverting scroll direction.
I can't hold off much longer in deploying these computers, but I know that I'll immediatly get a lot of requests about how to put settings back to the way they were.
Is there a way to have Migration Assistant respect the default user template (when not migrating settings)?
Best,
Allen

Hi John,
While your link was certainly informative, it isn't really addressing my problem, though I appreciate your response.
I don't know if this may interest you, but you can force the Setup Assistant to run without reinstalling Lion. Just boot into single user mode (command+s), then remove this file:
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
You see, your mac, upon every boot, checks to see if that file is present. Its not really even a file that holds any information (its just a file named .AppleSetupDone). If the file is not present, your computer will run the "first-run wizard," or Setup Assistant.
It's also a trick you can use if you don't have an administrative account on a computer.
Anyway, I'm still hoping I can get answers about why migration assistant refuses to respect the defaults I've set at:
/System/Library/User\ Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/
Best, and thanks again,
Allen

User Template Not Being Used 10.8

Im trying to setup a user template that will be used to create profiles for AD users logging into machines on our network. I used the procedure found in this post: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15951647#15951647 to use the root user to replace the contents of the system/Library/user template/english.lproj folder with the contents of the user profile of the default user I created. I have done this before on some 10.6 machines and it worked great.
The trouble I'm now having is that on this 10.8 machine I follow that procedure and then I create a new account either locally or using an AD login and the profile that is generated is the default profile that existed prior to my having replaced it. I cant figure out where it is coming up with this profile configuration because I had thoght that it had been blown away when I replaced the contents of user template.

You can alter the generated package body to include the following function in the header and footer sections.
Header:
PORTAL.wwv_headings.show_header(
p_template => 'PUBLIC.TEMPLATE_3',
p_heading => 'Dynamic Page',
p_help_link => 'PORTAL_DEMO.EXAMPLE_DYNAMIC_PAGE.help',
p_about_link => 'PORTAL_DEMO.EXAMPLE_DYNAMIC_PAGE.about');
Footer:
PORTAL.wwv_headings.show_footer(
p_template => 'PUBLIC.TEMPLATE_3',
p_help_link => 'PORTAL_DEMO.EXAMPLE_DYNAMIC_PAGE.help');
where
<PORTAL_DEMO> indicates application schema
<PORTAL> indicates the name of the portal (normally this will be portal30 by default).

What is the User Template folder in the /System/Library? Can I delete it?

hi, looking for a little help. i was just perusing stuff on my macbook pro and came across this in finder:
macintosh>system library>user template. it's a folder with a little red circle and minus sign in the corner and the dates it was created, modified and last used were before we bought the computer. clicking on 'more info' tells me i don't have access to it. does anyone know what it is and if it can be trashed without adversely affecting my laptop? the size says 'calculating size' but it never gets off of that. thanks.

does anyone know what it is
The source files for all newly created user accounts.
if it can be trashed without adversely affecting my laptop?
No, and nothing else in System can be unless instructed otherwise.
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User template in Lion?

Hello everybody..
Why can't i make user templates in Lion like i could with snow leopard and leopard etc.
I follow the same guide as Snow Leopard but, it won't work?
/System/Library/User Templates
Do anybody know, what i am doing wrong?
Greetings Alex...

What up fellow MacHeads. Try this:
Found it on MacWorld
1: Still valid for 10.7 Lion.
2: Remeber to NOT copy(or remove) the Login.keychain on the account you use to set it up.
Otherwise the login will complain that it could not unlock the keychain, and promt for your setup-password.. ;-)
The first login will auto-create the login.keychain anyway, so simply delete it in the Template.
3: Don't leave Finder windows open. They will point to your setup account, and not have access.. ;-)
4: On Lion, clear out ~/Library/Saved Application State
Otherwise the apps you had open under the setup user will open in states not so good (like web sessions etc..)
5: Remember to copy the files into the language of the Login Window language!!!
Pr. default, that is English, but if you selected something else during the OS install, like Danish, you need to copy the files into "User Template/da.lproj" and not "User Template/English.lproj" !!
/Marook
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20011010033851924

Altering default user template in 10.6

Hello,
Can anyone post explicit instructions for the simplest way of altering the default new user template in Snow Leopard? I need to alter the template so when a new account is created, it already has the bookmarks, settings, desktop image, etc that my office requires.
I'd prefer to do it Terminal because I'm guessing it will be a lot quicker than any GUI method (if there even is one). I've gotten conflicting information whether it's necessary to log in as root for this. Can it be done with sudo commands? I'm a relative UNIX noob, so explicit directions are appreciated!
Thanks!

The only thing UNIX about it is to make sure you get all the permissions correct.
Run "sudo bash" to get a root shell. Then copy the folder "/System/Library/User Template" somewhere else so you can work on it. Change permissions on the COPY so that you can work on it. You could use the Finder or "chmod". After adjusting all the settings the way you want, copy it back, adjusting permissions to match the original.

Trying to create user template and login script

I'm trying to setup a machine at work that's got an Admin account and a Student account.
I want the student account to have limited privileges and to reset the desktop, dock etc. (user template) upon login.
I've got a document here that was created by a former employee that states the following:
Create a user template: (do this from the admin account)
*Sudo ditto /Users/Student /Student/Library/User\ Template/Student.lproj*
Upon entering this into terminal I was getting a message saying the real path was wrong, and now nothing happens when I enter the above.
Ok, so in: "system/Library/User Template" there is a folder called Student.lproj
Within Student.lproj there are no files.
Should Student.lproj even exist there with no contents for this to work? When Terminal creates a template, does it copy this information into Student.lproj or does it create a new folder for the template?
The account is hanging for quite a while on Login and logout now as well.
Once I create this template for the Student account, I need to create a login script that will restore the template upon login of the Student account.
please help

It's /System/Library/... not /Student/Library
Also, if you want it to reset at log out, just have them log in as Guest.
See this article: http://www.michaelsmac.com/modules.php?file=article&name=News&sid=394

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