Once a group policy is set on a local computer, it remains in effect even if the computer leaves the Active Directory domain. Changing a policy to Not Configured has no effect for any Mac OS X group policies. In most cases, group policies can be Enabled to activate the policy or Disabled to deactivate a previously enabled policy. Note: The system preference updated on an individual computer must be closed, then reopened for the group policy setting to be visible. The description of each group policy indicates whether the policy can be applied “dynamically” at the next refresh interval or requires a re-login or a reboot. Once enabled, policies get applied at the next group policy refresh interval, after the user logs out and logs back in, or after the computer has been rebooted. On windows there is a command 'gpupdate' that forces the client machine to ensure that it has the current group policy from active directory, which ive found to be quite handy. These categories typically map to Mac OS X system preferences and individual policy settings map to specific system preferences settings. Managed Clients - command to refresh policy.
#Mac os active directory group policy for mac os x#
Like other group policies, policies for Mac OS X users and computers are organized into categories within the Windows Group Policy Object Editor under Computer Configuration > Centrify Settings or User Configuration > Centrify Settings. Enabling and disabling Mac OS X group policies