Remotely Configuring Mac Teacher Console after Installation

Remotely Configuring Mac Teacher Console after Installation

Overview

If changes need to be made to the LanSchool Teacher Console settings after installation is complete, the lstconfig utility is a tool that can be used to aid in the remote configuration. The lstconfig utility is provided in the LanSchool product download under Mac>> Utilities folder.

Using the lstconfig Utility

This utility can be used in conjunction with ARD. 
Run this tool using sudo in order to change global settings for this device. Otherwise, run lstconfig as user to change Teacher-specific settings.

Usage: lstconfig <key> <newvalue> 

The following is an example to allow the Teacher to change channels: 

sudo ./lstconfig EnableChannelSelect true 

Value names are case-sensitive.

Global Teacher Settings

The following are a list of global settings that can be changed:

AlertOnUpdate                        true/false
AllowAudio                               0/1
AllowDumpUploads                 0/1
AllowInternetMonitoring         0/1
AllowKeyboardMonitoring       0/1
AllowTaskmanLimiting              0/1
Authorization                            This is not a password, but an integer password hash.
ClassroomServerAddress          Address/hostname and port of Classroom Server (ie 10.16.2.4:8080)
DisableDataTransmission         true/false
EnableChannelSelect                true/false
NoRegistration                          true/false
OneToOne                                  0/1
RelayServerAddress                  Address/hostname and port of Relay Server (ie 71.70.1.15:8081)
SecureMode                              0/1
StealthMode                              0/1
UseLegacyScreenGrabber        true/false


Teacher Settings


The following are a list of teacher-specific settings that can be changed:

channels                      List of channels.  Maximum 64.  Each channel must be between 1 and 16000.
limitTaskManager        true/false
logLevel                       0/1
subnets                        List of IP addresses.  Minimum 1, maximum 3
transport                      0 = broadcast, 1 = multicast, 2 = directed bcast
useSingleChannel        true/false

The Teacher Console should not be running when configuring settings.


The following are a list of Teacher settings are only used when the teacher "Becomes a Student" or updates a computer running the LanSchool Student:

AllowInternetMonitoring
AllowKeyboardMonitoring
Authorization
ClassroomServerAddress
OneToOne
RelayServerAddress
SecureMode
StealthMode


After the change in settings are made, you will need to clear the preferences cache for the user.  This can be done either by rebooting/logout, or by running: killall -u <user> cfprefsd

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