Apple has published a guide on best practice to secure Mac OS X installations in it’s Security Configuration guide. Here are a few commands that are handy on any Mac OS X computer.

Require password to wake from sleep

defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword-int 1

Disable automatic login

defaults write /Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences com.apple.userspref DisableAutoLogin -bool yes

Disable IR control

defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.driver.AppleIRController DeviceEnabled -bool no

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