UNIX Commands to disable Expose and Dashboard

Teacher looking to block/disable Expose and Dashboard on iMac 2.2 gHz running 10.6.1
I use ARD 3.2 and want to use a UNIX command to disable features on the students computers. If you know other Commands, maintenance scripts, permissions, etc..those would be helpful as well.
Thanks for your time and help.
David

Hi David
To disable Dashboard:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
You have to restart the Dock afterwards:
killall Dock
You still have to tear Dashboard off the Dock although you could amend the com.apple.dock.plist If you wanted to? Amend the persistent-apps tile data settings. To re-enable Dashboard at a future date:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO
Restart the Dock again with the same command.
Not sure if there is a command to disable Expose? I think some of its settings can be found in com.apple.systempreferences.plist? If it looks like it has what you want you should be able copy it either using the Copy feature in ARD or sending a Unix command like cp (man cp) instead.
Alternatively apply the plist to an OD Group as a managed preference assuming you've an OD environment?
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