is it possible to change the name (in Casper Admin) associated with a Dock Item ? if so how ? for example; application is named Pumpkin.app but I want the dock item to be named 'Pump' NOT Pumpkin

I've set up a Software Update Server and pointed clients at it in the JSS. This seems to work fine on most clients, but on a few it's still going to Apple / App Store for updates. if I run the command to check where it's pointed: sudo defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL I get this response every time: The domain/default pair of (/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate, CatalogURL) does not exist This is on El Cap and Yosemite clients. Not sure if it's something wrong with that command, I'd expect it to return something?

Hi we are trying set all machines to have the same wallpaper via self service does any one have any advice on how to do this.

HI All, Been struggling getting our DEP environment to be zero touch by IT dept. Ideal world :the staff member gets a new MacOpen box and agree to DEP enrolmentcomputer shows login window for user to login with AD credentialsUser logs in after login unbind from ADpolicy kicks in which runs a script to rename computer based on users inputnew computer name would then bind to ADUser continues with Self service to grab apps they need while in the background Tier1 apps are installed What is really happening:Computer sent to IT deputIT dept start machinerun through DEP process get prompt to create local account log in and see that DEP has created the correct admin account from DEP processJAMF binary not installed but the MDM profile is (strange)it dept go to url to enrol deviceonce policy has kicked in and script to rename all works then reboot and hand to end user What am I missing here? Why does the device prompt for user creation when a user is created through DEP? Why does the bi

I have a self service policy that i'm testing to install IBM SPSS 24. I'm using the .bin file and the installer.properties file to set install options. The silent install needs java installed. The policy installs both Java and the SPSS 24. The policy runs, installs Java re 8u91 first and then SPSS 24, I keep getting prompted that Java needs to be installed - IT IS installed !! it says - to use the "java" command-line tool you need to install a JDK click "More Info ..." to visit the Java Development Kit download website. I click More Info and it sends me to the JRE-8u91 anybody successfully install SPSS 24 and get it licensed at the same time ?We have a composer created policy but the first time SPSS 24 gets launched, we are prompted to enter the license key ? where is the license key info located ?

Hi everyone, I'm new to JSS and seeking professional advices of yours. My company intends to purchase 100 units of iPads under DEP, but need to clear some haze in mind before doing it. We have list of employee details from Apple open directory, LDAP had been configured. Instead of we pre-assigned iPad-A to User-A, iPad-B to User-B and iPad-C to User-C, we are considering every individual employee randomly pick an iPad, switch it on, login in with LDAP credential, and JSS will pick up the info from LDAP and auto input user's details into Users management, such as Name, email address, department and etc. From JSS, we shall see which iPad has been auto assigned to different users based on their LDAP credential, and 'Configuration Profiles' will be pushed to different iPad accordingly. May I know if all these are possible to be done? I can't find much information about prestage enrollment so I need someone to guide me, thanks for reading.

Hi everybody,did anyone can tell me if the packages are stored only on the distribution points ? or, does the "JSS" store a copy of the packages ?

Hello, Just a quick question, what's the best way to cancel or revoke a pushed out policy? I have pushed to all our machines to cache an app, but now I want those machines to delete the app. Do I need another policy to delete the cached app? Many Thanks.

I am working on our new image for the semester. I just noticed that when I go to log off, the Menu Bar disappears. The computer has not crashed as I can click on something in the Dock. Is not an issue o a fresh image. I guess I will have to go thru the software that I installed to see what is causing it.But is there a magic script I can throw at it to bring the Menu Bar back? Thanks in advance

Hello, I created a policy to reset the Administrator password for all Macs (right now it's limited to just my test Mac). It works, however when I try to log on to any account on the system (not just the administrator) for the first time after the change I get a message that the system was unable to unlock your login keychain with 3 choices Continue log inCreate new keychainUpdate keychain password Any idea what's happening here?

what are some of the ways JAMF nation Casper admins create Java pkg for installation ? Java8u91 comes as a .dmg and then mounts as a .app - that says 'Double-click on icon to install' are you using composer? the .app ?

I have a policy setup that is scoped to a smart computer group consisting of only MacBooks. The policy is setup to create a shortcut to a script located in the top level of the directory. The policy runs a script #!/bin/sh cd /Users/$3/Desktop if [ ! -L "Backup.sh" ] then ln -s /Backup.sh else exit 0 fi to create an Alias to /Backup.sh on the users desktop. The script works with out issue on most computer but every once in a while I will get a failed policy showing: Executing Policy Backup Shortcut Running script Create Backup Shortcut... Script exit code: 1 Script result: ln: ./Backup.sh: File exists Error running script: return code was 1. Does anyone have any idea why this would be happening? If I run the script locally there are no issues and usually if I force the policy to run again on the erred machine it runs without issue. Any help is appreciatedAttached is the trigger settings for the policy as well

Hey everyone! I've been looking to see if there is a way I can add multiple categories at once, maybe upload a CSV file or something. I want to create multiple categories that represents each one of our school locations, which is about 45, and some additional categories. Can this be done in JSS, Casper Admin, or something else?

Hello,I'm on JSS 9.92I try to update some iMac (10.9.5) with execute commands in "Files and Processes":sudo softwareupdate --install iTunesX-12.4.1 The policy is executed (status completed) but the update is always available in softwareupdate -l What's wrong ?Thanks for helping...

When a laptop battery dies, after it's revived, the Date/Time is reset to 1/1/01 and the WiFi connection is lost. We've found that if the machine is plugged into ethernet & allowed to do a time sync that way, the issue is resolved after a reboot. These are all MacBook Pro/Unibody models, 2010 or newer, 10.6+. Is there any way to resolve this without having to set out patch cables at random locations & educate our users how to self-heal, so to speak? We have all Cisco APs/switches, but I think it's more OS/machine-based than a network time issue. Gracias--DVG

So I installed Java 7 on my Ubuntu 14.04 server but the JSS is still using the Java 1.6. How can I get the JSS to use the newer java?

It has come to our attention that some of our Mac clients do not have 'Create mobile account at login' set in the User Experience section of Directory Bindings. A large portion of our clients need this for when they are at home and want to log on to their MacBooks under their network account. Is there any way to propagate this out post-AD bind or does this have to be set up at the moment of binding (I assume this is the case). If I have to re-bind, is this likely to cause any issues.

Has anyone been successful at deploying folder actions through Casper? There appears to be some potential with an Applescript. I've gotten the following script to work for 10.6 up through 10.10 but the "attach action" command appears to have been deprecated in 10.11. It will enable folder actions on the specified folder in 10.11 but does not assign the folder action script. tell application "System Events" attach action to folder "path/to/folder" using "path/to/script" end tell My other thought was to edit the “com.apple.FolderActionsDispatcher.plist” located in the user’s preferences folder. This is storing the data that assigns the folder actions and scripts. However, the XML node storing the data I would need to change appears to be encrypted. Initially, my thought was that I could use the “defaults write” command to edit this file and use some variables to accommodate for all the different accounts. Anyone know if there’

I have been using a computer-level configuration profile to only allow students to access certain preference panes in System Preferences. I have always been able to log in as root to access the hidden ones if I need to. But now, it is also managed for the root account. I don't know what has changed other than upgrading the JSS to 9.64 which does make many needed configuration profile improvements for logging. Is there any key combination to bypass the profiles from being applied when logging in? For some reason, I thought there was once. Let me know your thoughts on how I can do this again. Thanks!

Is is possible to collect from AD the users status, such as Active=Y (we have an attribute that matches this), or Active/Inactive, etc?We don't have a well defined off-boarding protocol at the moment (or any off boarding protocol for that matter). Users are deactivated from LDAP when they leave, but we usually don't find out about it until we find a device that has stopped reporting for extended period of time. If I could pull user status from an AD attribute, I could potentially generate a report that might be helpful.

I'm in the process of creating a script that will notify users when their Active Directory password is 10 days away from expiring, and then remind them to change it every day until it expires. Right now I'm struggling with finding a programmatic method to determine the user's password age, or when it will expire. Before I spent a lot more time on this, I figured I would come to this community and see what other people are using, and ask if you would be willing to share some code/ideas with me. Thanks in advance,Bill

Does anyone know if the JSS SCCM Plug-in 3.41 supports the newest SCCM 2012 R2 SP1?

Hi All,Suddenly today when enrolling new computers (running 10.11.4 and 10.11.5) we're seeing this about half way through our process in the jamf.log: Fri Jun 03 11:15:26 asdf’s MacBook Pro jamf[6092]: Error executing command: ( "/usr/local/jamf/bin/jamfAgent", version)Fri Jun 03 11:15:26 asdf’s MacBook Pro jamf[6092]: Upgrading jamf agent...Fri Jun 03 11:18:57 asdf’s MacBook Pro jamf[6092]: Error executing command: ( "/usr/bin/gunzip", "-t", "/Library/Application Support/JAMF/tmp/jamfAgent.gz")Fri Jun 03 11:18:57 asdf’s MacBook Pro jamf[6092]: * -[NSConcreteTask terminationStatus]: task not launched So why is this happening? We download a quick add.pkg for each machine we image - so the binary should be the latest and greatest right? After this error it continues on but nothing every happens - i assume the binary is hosed so no further tasks are actually able to complete. I've got a ticket opened with support,

Hey Everybody! I need help. I am wanting to start using JAMF to encrypt my laptops. We have decided that we want individual keys and also enable my "Tech" local account as a FV2 user. I have created a Policy to kick off encryption for the current user, and am happy with the results. However, I am having a bear of a time figuring out a script to enable my Tech account as a secondary FV2 user. There are a few articles that have helped, but I think I may need a full walkthrough on the scripting part. This seems like a simple task, but I just can't find anything beyond where I am now. Here is what I got so far: echo "<plist><dict><key>Username</key><string>Drake Technician</string><key>Password</key><string>myTechnician'spasswordincleartext</string></dict></plist>" | fdesetup add -inputplist I know very little about scripting, so please withhold judgment.

Hi guys, Having a silly issue while imaging. Issue: The dock will have 2 downloads folders. One of them is the correct one where it fans out, the other doesn't show as having an icon, displays a "?", and does not fan out. I'm editing the plist located at /users/username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist Dockutil does not work for us. I don't know why I'm getting two downloads folders...I'm testing by running a policy and using FUT.