If I'm managing Mac OS X faculty or staff computers with additional negative space, what additional negative space should I consider?
By: Richard Glaser - Revised: 2006-05-30 devinDepending on your needs, you may wish to have a negative transcript for these purposes, and include any of the following lines.
# Central location for apps and utilities shared across user accounts
  d /Applications 0775 0 80 AAAAAAAAAAAAAP////8AAAA
  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
  d /Applications/Utilities 0775 0 80 AAAAAAAAAAAAAP////8AAAA
  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
  # Used by some applications for additional support files
  d /Library/ApplicationSupport 0775 0 80 AAAAAAAAAAAAAP////8AAAA
  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
  d /Library/CFMSupport 0775 0 80
  # Contextual menu items shared across user accounts
  d /Library/ContextualMenuItems 0775 0 80
  # Desktop pictures shared across user accounts
  d /Library/DesktopPictures 0775 0 80
  # Fonts shared across user accounts
  d /Library/Fonts 0775 0 80
  # Frameworks shared across user accounts
  d /Library/Frameworks 0775 0 80
  # PDF Services shared across user accounts
  # This folder does not exist by default in Mac OS X
  d /Library/PDFServices 0775 0 80
  # Preference panes shared across user accounts
  d /Library/PreferencePanes 0775 0 80
  # Screen saver modules shared across user accounts
  d /Library/ScreenSavers 0775 0 80
  # Script Menu items (typically AppleScripts) shared across user accounts
  d /Library/Scripts 0775 0 80
  # Additional StartupItems for the computer
  # StartupItems are run as root while the computer is booting up
  # Be careful about putting this in negative space because it could be
  # a source for attacks and privilege escalations
  # You may want to create this folder and maintain its permissions
  # to prevent others from adding in without permission
  d /Library/StartupItems 0775 0 80
  # User pictures for the loginwindow
  d /Library/UserPictures 0775 0 80
  # Apache's main Web documents folder for this host
  d /Library/WebServer/Documents 0775 0 80
  # iTunes plug-ins shared across user accounts
  d /Library/iTunes/iTunesPlug-ins 0775 0 80
  # If you allow users to install software through package management
  # or by compiling it themselves, you may want to remove that
  # from management
  # However, consider compiling and/or installing it for them
  # to prevent more negative space from opening up
  # Software installed by DarwinPorts package management system
  d /opt 0755 0 80
  # Software installed by Fink package management system
  d /sw 0755 0 80
  # Software that has typically been compiled by the user
  d /usr/local 0755 0 0.