mcxquery(1) BSD General Commands Manual mcxquery(1)NAMEmcxquery — Managed Client (MCX) compositor query tool
SYNOPSISmcxquery [options] [-user recordName] [-group recordName]
[-computer spec]
options:
-o path Writes output to a file at the speci‐
fied path.
-format space | tab | xml Specifies the format of the output.
-computerOnly Ignore values for -user and -group.
-useCache Return the cached computer settings
in the local node if they are avail‐
able.
-raw Dumps Directory Service data for
records contributing to managed pref‐
erences.
-forApple Convenience for specifying options
when sending bug reports to Apple.
Currently enables "-raw" and "-format
xml". See usage example below.
DESCRIPTIONmcxquery is a utility to determine the effective managed preferences for
a user logging in to a workgroup from a specific computer.
-user Specify the short name of the user record to read managed
preferences from. If this parameter is omitted, or a value of
"=" specified, the short name of the currently logged in con‐
sole user will be used.
-group Specify the short name of the group record to read managed
preferences from. A value of "=" may be specified to mean the
name of the workgroup (if any) chosen for the current login
session.
-computer Specify the computer record to read managed preferences from.
The computer can be specified using either an Ethernet MAC
address (e.g. "11:22:33:44:55:66"), a Hardware UUID (e.g.
"00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF") or the short name of
the computer record itself (e.g. "lab1_12"). If this parameter
is omitted, or a value of "=" specified, the record for the
current computer will be used.
EXAMPLESmcxquery-user jane -group science -computer lab1_12
Displays the managed preferences that would be in effect if user
"jane" logged in using workgroup "science" from the computer
specified in the "lab1_12" computer record.
mcxquery-user jane -group science -computer 11:22:33:44:55:66
Displays the managed preferences that would be in effect if user
"jane" logged in using workgroup "science" from a computer with
an Ethernet MAC address of 11:22:33:44:55:66.
mcxquery-user = -group = -computer guest
Displays the managed preferences that would be in effect if the
current user logged in using the current workgroup into a com‐
puter not specified by any computer record (i.e. a "guest" com‐
puter).
mcxquery-user jane -group math
Displays the managed preferences that would be in effect if the
user "jane" logged into the "math" workgroup on the current com‐
puter.
mcxquery-o /tmp/report.txt -format xml -user jane
Writes the managed preferences that would be in effect if user
"jane" logged into the current computer without a workgroup.
The report is written in XML format to /tmp/report.txt.
mcxquery-computerOnly -computer lab1_12
Displays the managed preferences for the computer specified in
the "lab1_12" computer record only. Useful for determining man‐
aged settings when computer is at login window.
mcxquery-computerOnly -computer 00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF
Displays the managed preferences for the computer with the Hard‐
ware UUID "00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF". Supported on
Mac OS X 10.6 and later.
mcxquery-forApple -o results.plist
Creates a plist, suitable for submitting along with bug reports
to Apple, containing the managed preferences for the current
user on the current computer. Also includes relevant records
from Directory Services. Supported on Mac OS X 10.7 and later.
SEE ALSOdscl(1)MacOSX November 30, 2010 MacOSX
