I manage a Site, JSS admin has setup check-in to occur every hour , Should I create separate printer drivers policies and place them in self service along with separate policies in self service to add the printers associated with those drivers?Thus the user would have to install the driver(s) first, then secondly install the printer(s) via self service. OR should I create one single policy for each printer, each policy installing the driver package and the printer, then put it in self service? Curious to hear others opinions and ways they deploy printers via policy. These are network printers.

Hello All, I'm in a bit of a predicament and seeking your advice. I would like to keep our environment of about 400 macs updated with Firefox as Mozilla releases updates. My goal is to update Firefox on each machine without losing everyone's personalized bookmarks. I am able to do this just fine, but I also want to customize the update to turn off "Update Notifications" popups. This is to prevent tens of help desk tickets from being submitted every time employees see the annoying "Update Available" pop up on their screens. I have been able to create a policy that disables the "Update Available" popup by using a snapshot in composer. However, by creating the snapshot, everyone's personal bookmarks are lost after deploying the new package. Does anyone know of a way to create a Firefox package without losing bookmarks, and disabling the "Update Available" notification?

Hi, I just created a new CS6 enterprise package, this is the error I receive when I push it out to a Mac using Casper remote 9.64, I've been unable to find an explanation for error ** -[NSPlaceholderString initWithString:]: nil argument *. Just confirmed that the CS6 Install package works through ARD. Any ideas?CheersPhil >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Successfully authenticated.Verifying Computer's Identity...The MAC Address has been verified.Checking Operating System Version...Running Mac OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)Verifying /usr/sbin/jamf.../usr/sbin/jamf is current (9.64)Verifying /Library/Preferences/com.jamfsoftware.jamf.plist...Preparing Policy...There was an error.*** -[NSPlaceholderString initWithString:]: nil argument [/ul][/ul]

I created a base OS for OS X.10 yosemite using AutoDMG. -- Setup a configuration-- target mode imaging-- target disk mode a mb pro-- connect mbpro to imac that is running Casper imaging-- after it finishes I remove the firewire 800 cable from mbpro and restart it. It then boots into the recovery HD (just like if i booted up and pressed Command + R) what is going on?just a simple configuration, with adobe flash, xerox printer drivers,

printers deployed via policy (Self Service) have the 'share this printer on the network' CHECKED. How do I get this to deploy UN-CHECKED ?The printer is being uploaded UN-checked, .

Does the script exit code: 0 mean that the policy was not applied? And does the script exit code: 1 mean that the policy was applied?

Hey all:I find smatterings in different discussions about this but I thought it would be nice to have a clean thread about this. With the Apple VPP for education, it is easy to assign apps to users but it doesn't appear to be support for assigning apps to shared desktops in a computer lab environment. What is the best practice for this? Download the app and package it and just push it out? and do that for each time there is an app store app update? That seems to be a rather cumbersome way of doing it.

Hi all, Recently i upgraded my JSS and JDS to 9.64. According to the release notes issue 'D-005796' should be fixed. But still i can't image from my JDS instance, we get the following error;--There was an error. Could not find an existing configuration to modify-- In this discussion people struggle with the same problem, https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=9144Assuming that 'jwojda' is right, the cause should be 'D-005796'. I can't find more useful logs on the client.On the server side (an Ubuntu box) i've investigated dmesg, syslog and my jamf.log, but no useful info found so far. Can anyone give me a push in the right direction?

does creating a hidden admin account NOT create that hidden admin account a home folder? I don't see one. Not sure if I could just ignore this error or not, all is working fine, but after casper imaging a mac that has a hidden admin account created, I take a look at the /var/log/jamf.log and i see 'Failed to set the attributes of /users/HIDDENADMINACCOUNT/Library/Preferences/ com.jamfsoftware.selfservice.plist: Error: Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4 "The file "com.jamfsoftware.selfservice.plist" doesn't exist"UserInfo=0x7c06dff0 {NSFilePath=/Users/HIDDENADMINACCOUNT/Library/Preferences/com.jamfsoftware.selfservice.plist, NSUnderlyingError=0x7c06dc70 "The operation couldn't be completed. No such file or directory"}

Casper Version 8.6Mountain Lion Although I have specified the computer name in the field for Casper Imaging and updated the information on the JSS with the checkmark as well, after imaging a system I notice that the computer has no name, all I get is localhost. Anyone else seen this issue?

So I was looking at some iPads I deployed sometime ago using Apple Configurator. Last summer I brough them all in (about 220 units,) wiped them, used configurator to install iOS 5.1, all supervised, and named according to the Teacher they were given out to and enrolled into the JSS with an enrollment profile. Haven't seen the iPads since. Last few weeks I've had a few come back with misc problems and I noticed within the Supervision Profile the "Signing Certificate" and "Certificate" for Apple Configurator both expire on August 13, 2013. Anyone know what will happen on/after August 13, 2013 with these units?

I ran across a weird issue where the About This Mac info box shows a number instead of "OS X Yosemite". external image link It's not related to the image since I imaged two Macs simultaneously (same AutoDMG image through DeployStudio) and only one of the computers have this issue. This doesn't seem to affect performance, it's just weird. I've tried repairing disk permissions which had no effect. Does anyone know how to fix this? I'd like to avoid re-installing the machine since it's such a "small" issue.

PRIOR to dragging it into Casper Admin I would like to change the name of the dowloaded Apple OS X installer app from "Install OS X Yosemite.app" to "MY DEPT OS X Yosemite.app" , will changing this name have a negative effect on Casper admins doing its conversion to "Install OS X Yosemite.InstallESD.dmg" ? I also plan to do this name change for previous OS X downloads ( Install OS X Mavericks.app etc..) I am not sure if changing the *.app name will confuse casper admin (I am going to create policy to upgrade imacs/mbpro/mbairs via users using Self Service)

We created a test ubuntu VM (Production will most likely RHEL) just to play with JSS/JDS before setting up production. Following instructions we got JSS up and running, generated self signed cert then ran JDS install. Looking at the output everything seems to have worked fine, I pasted the output below. When we launch Casper Admin I get an error that it can't connect to the JDS. I tried to use a browser to go to https://DEV-CASPER/CasperShareDAV and received 404 Not Found error. It shows up in in JSS as a Master DP. What am I missing? P.S. JSS and JDS are on the same server. sudo ./JDS-Linux-Installer-9.52.runVerifying archive integrity... All good.Uncompressing JDS Installer..........Starting the JDS InstallationChecking installation requirements...Checking for a supported Linux OS...Ubuntu 14.04 foundChecking for a 64-bit OS...OKPassed all requirements checking!Creating JDS directory structureInstalling apache...Enabling ssl...Configuring site...Restarting apache...Verifying

We are on OS X 10.8.2 and we identified an issue with Kerberos single sign-on.Users get re-authentication prompts after an initial successful print to their SMB print queues. Kerberos ticket will get created at login but ticket will get destroyed once after an initial successful print and prompts for re-authentication at then next print. "klist" shows a valid ticket after login but will be empty after I print for the very first time. Has anyone seen this behavior?

Hello all - my first attempt at applescript (raised on windows - sorry-) I created this script using data from the simple 'Get System Info' - It is supposed to display the user name that is logged in, computer name, ip address, and Mac address. - there is also a button to capture a screenshot for support purposes. I have it set as a policy so the user can run in self service to supply the info to the helpdesk. A few issues when run via self service:1. Shows 'root' as logged in user - I'm guessing because casper runs under these credentials?2. shows my mac address as my wifi connection mac address even though wifi is disabled,3. shows my ipaddress as 'missing value' - which happens with wifi enabled or disabled. does anyone know how I can pull this data from the current active network connection? I did go over the following link: https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=11243but can't figure out how to add mac address to the sol

Hey guys, I'm facing a problem where it seems, that some scripts are cached somehow. When I look at the policy Logs everything is fine, my Script is downloaded. But i changed the script recently and the old version is executed. When I download the script file manually, I get the new Version. At the moment, this occurs on a script run by the LoginHook trigger, but I'm sure, that I seen this behavior also on a normal policy some time ago. Renaming the script gets the new version executed, but this is obviously not a solution for every script. Is there a known caching directory used by the jamf binary? If I look at the /Library/Application Support/JAMF/ directory, there is no cached script, not even in a renamed version. Problems caused by multiple Distribution Pionts can be excluded, as we only have one. Any hints? Thank you! Oliver Kett

Hello, I am trying to create a Extension Attribute to show me which computers have a network called LP-Admin in their preferred network list. I found this script which will show all of their networks on a Macbook Air networksetup -listpreferredwirelessnetworks en0 Not sure if that will be helpful for the script or not. I am completely new to scripting any help will be much appreciated.

I have the following data inside a plist <dict> <key>AdminUnit</key> <dict> <key>Date</key> <date>2013-10-12T06:07:27Z</date> <key>Value</key> <string>GLX_DUD</string> </dict> I'm interested in extracting the <string>GLX_DUD</string> to build a smart group from that string to create an extension attribute. Here's what I've tried which is not working. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you, #!/bin/sh BigFixUnit=$( defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.bigfix.BESAgent.plist AdminUnit ) echo "<result>$Department</result>"

I had a printer driver install setup in Self-Service it worked as expected. I then removed it from Self-Service and set the trigger for Recurring Check-In. Looks like recurring-checkin is set at 1 hour by JSS administrator. to test this policy trigger changeI deleted One test machine (originally installed the driver via self-service) from the JSS and also ran jamf -removeFramework from that machine, and the re-enrolled that same mac using QuickAdd package. Re-curring check-in has past and the driver did not re-install. Should it re-install? The logs for this policy says 'Pending' for this mac. I did a sudo jamf recon command and still nothing. I have recently also checked the trigger for 'Enrollment Complete' because when macs get enrolled we want them to immediately get these drivers installed. I have never before setup 2 triggers on the same policy, is this a problem? even after setting the additional trigger to enrollment complete, it still has not ru

not sure if this is a problem or not, or a huge concern, but I have an enrolled computer that is checking in but the Application Usage Logs has not updated, it is still at 2/10/2015. Computer has been used from 9am-5pm each day, turned off at 5pm. Should this be a concern? Last Inventory Update:02/10/2015 at 9:57 AMLast Check-in:19 minutes agojamf binary Version:9.51Last Enrollment:02/09/2015 at 4:31 PMMDM Capability:Yes

I just found a wonderful little iOS app called Active Directory Assist (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/active-directory-assist/id528953910?mt=8) that allows you to do some basic AD user management from your phone (namely, unlocking a user's account, and resetting a user's password). I'm wondering if anyone knows of a similar application for the Mac. All I really need to be able to do is reset a user's password or unlock the password. It'd be really handy to be able to see users whose passwords are expiring as well. It'd just be nice if I didn't have to load up remote desktop and log into the AD server to do simple tasks like that.

I've written an extension to basically grep the number from the name of a text file we used in our old imaging method to keep track of the image version installed on machines. The file is /Restore/ Image Version 6.5.3.txt (Note the space at the beginning of the file, and we used RTF at one point in time and switched to TXT). The script works on it's own, but no results are returned from the extension. the script is... #!/bin/bash Filename=`ls /Restore/ Im*` if [ -z "$Filename" ]; then Bar="N/A" else Foo=${Filename#/Restore/ Image Version } Bar=${Foo%.*} fi echo $Bar The data type is set to string, the inventory display is set to Extension attributes. Is there a place to look and see the results of extensions so I can see what the problem is?

Anybody know if AutoDMG is downloading the updated ARD 3.8.2 v1.1 client or the old one?

I created a policy for deploying Yosemite via Self Service, with one requirement being that the system have 10.6.8 or newer, based on the information from this article: http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/ And this link:iTunes.apple.com However the upgrade failed on a system running 10.6.8. This is the log entry and it says 10.7 is required. Executing Policy OS X Yosemite - Install Cached... [STEP 1 of 1] Verifying package integrity... Installing Install OS X Yosemite.InstallESD.dmg... Preparing for in-place OS upgrade... OS X Installer is for 10.10.1. Must be 10.7 or later to deploy it as an upgrade. Closing package... Blessing in-place OS upgrade directory... Creating Reboot Script... I'll just upgrade this box to Mavericks first, but where does the discrepancy lie? I'm successfully using this same policy to upgrade from OS versions newer than 10.6.78, so I know I have the correct download (I downloaded it via the Mac App Store). Has anyone run across this?