Send messages

On the advanced tab use the Run Command line and the JAMF binary on the
system. Enter the following into the Run Command line:

/usr/sbin/jamf displayMessage -message 'Hello!'

Craig E

You could always use a script to call the display message verb in the jamf
binary, but it does the same thing as what you get with using the reboot
tab.

Having the script way would allow you to display the message before the rest
of the job starts which has been discussed on the list before so you might
want to have a gander at the archives as well.

John

-- John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373

you can install growlnotify

get it from the growl website and install or you can use my built pkg attached

i then use a script to send messages, attached is the script

$4 = Application to use the icon from, for example Finder , Self Service, Terminal etc $5 = Title of the window message $6 = Message to display

this window is sticky so will remain open till the user clicks it,, u can also add -w to make the script wsit till the user clicks in case you need them to accept anything before installing an app etc

Criss

Criss Myers
Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services)
Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5
LIS Business Support Team
Library 301
University of Central Lancashire
Preston PR1 2HE
Ex 5054
01772 895054

Forgot the caveat...only works when a user is actually logged in.

But then I was thinking why not use the reboot tab? If you don't want it to
reboot just set both of the options to Do Not Reboot, use the message box at
the bottom and check the box to display message even if not rebooting.

Does essentially the same thing.

Craig E

you can install growlnotify

get it from the growl website and install or you can use my built pkg attached

i then use a script to send messages, attached is the script

$4 = Application to use the icon from, for example Finder , Self Service, Terminal etc $5 = Title of the window message $6 = Message to display

this window is sticky so will remain open till the user clicks it,, u can also add -w to make the script wsit till the user clicks in case you need them to accept anything before installing an app etc

i add this script to all my self service so users got notice when they have installed apps etc

Criss

Criss Myers
Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services)
Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5
LIS Business Support Team
Library 301
University of Central Lancashire
Preston PR1 2HE
Ex 5054
01772 895054

This looks awesome. I'm definitely going to experiment with this.
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

well i thought so which is y i mentioned it yesterday

install Growl

then install growlnotify, i built a pkg for each one, i can send if you like

has great advantages i can see

you can script with -w to pause until the user clicks

so rather than use jamfs reboot u could script the message with a -w and then a reboot in the script after, once the user closes the box it reboots

u can customise the icon and title and dont think theres a limit on text

and it displays in what ever style the user has set from growl,

i also use Hardware growler, which shows when a device is attached, when its mounted and ejects, so you know the disk has ejects so you can unplug it, also show then you have an ip address or have lost and ip address, plus loads of apps work with it

Criss

Criss Myers
Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services)
Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5
LIS Business Support Team
Library 301
University of Central Lancashire
Preston PR1 2HE
Ex 5054
01772 895054