Does anyone have this in pkg format? Apple's scrubbed it from existence apparently. I need to run a few legacy updates to this version specifically...

We seem to have started having a problem with Remote Login on our Mac OSX systems. We have (had) them set to allow access for "All users". Recently, many of them have changed to Allow access for "Only these users" and, because no users are selected, we lose the ability to ssh to the systems, meaning no Casper remote, etc… What could be causing this setting to keep changing and how can I stop it? I have a policy that runs this command daily, but it doesn't seem to impact it./System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -allowAccessFor -allUsers -privs -all

Hello JAMF Gurus,I need to package a few apps that require a license, the problem is that when creating the dmgs on composer, if I add the license key during the capture, it loads the license file within the logged user folder. What are you guys doing with this type of apps and deployments ? any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Hi, We're having a few problems running inventory through Recon's Network Scanner (the error message is "Recon Failed" after installing the JAMF binary). So, it actually installs, but it can't send any information to the JSS.We (myself and JAMF's support) have troubleshooted the problem for a while and know that the issue is being created due to the proxy (Websense) the machines have configured. I see all traffic being passed and permitted through our proxy from the machines who are being inventoried. Has anybody encountered this sort of situation before?Is there a specific URL or IP that needs to be allowed on the proxy?

The PDF mentioned in the title is here: http://www.jamfsoftware.com/libraries/pdf/white_papers/Deploying-CrashPlan-PRO-with-the-Casper-Suite.pdf I'm not able to do step 3 in the "Configuring the CrashPlan PRO Client Installer" because the installer is no longer an .mpkg - It's a .pkg so I am not able to "View Contents" of the package or cd into the .../Contents/Resources/ directory within the package. I noticed this white paper was written in July 2010 and I'm very new with Crashplan Pro. Did something change between the time the paper was written or with CrashPlan Pro? By the way, I downloaded the client installer directly from our Crash Plan Pro server and directly off Crashplan's site. So far, all the installers are .pkg and not .mpkg files. I have Pacifist and can see the contents of the installer package but the structure is not what I expected and I am not sure how to create a custom installer because I am not sure what to pull out and

Hi Guys, I'm looking for a way through MCX to manage our Macs sidebar settings so they are like the external image link I've downloaded manifest below, but am not sure what i'm doing with it! https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/viewProductFile.html?id=135&fid=421 Anyone else manage this via MCX? If so, can you post your MCX?? this is for 10.7.x clients btw

I am relatively new to jamfnation while i have been a customer for a few years. My question is: Is it possible to host a 10.8.3 netboot image on a 10.6.8 server and if so how can one get there? I have tried building a base image and using that as my netboot image, using the automator on a 10.8.3 machine to configure it for casper but to no avail. I have also followed the articles below to a T and have not had success. Please help. It seems that the machine is connecting to the server but it cannot load my netboot image. I am getting this far in the log and it stops server bootpd[726]: NetBoot: [1,0:3:93:8d:e0:f4] BSDP ACK[SELECT] sent 172.16.x.xxx pktsize 450 Thanks for all of your insights thus far through the KB articles and discussions. https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/article.html?id=307https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/article.html?id=313

Hey all: First time setting up a software update server. Server seems good. If I manually set a machine to use that server, it works fine. But I set a network segment to use the update server in the JSS web interface and this didn't seem to catch. Machines were still going to Apple for updates. What might I be missing here? Michael

We've run into a snag when testing CrashPlan PROe deployment via Casper using JAMF's instructional PDF. While running the policy at login, the custom files will be planted into /Library/Application Support/CrashPlan/ and the application will install. The user name successfully connects to their LDAP account but the home folder path is empty, so nothing is selected to backup. So far we've tried using the recommended setting in our userinfo.sh file: CP_USER_HOME="$HOME" When that left the result blank when we examined the install.log we tried this one: CP_USER_HOME="/Users/$user" And that resulted in the entire /Users folder being selected for backup... Ugh!We're running 10.8.3 with Mobile Accounts from Active Directory, so the user's short name matches their LDAP account and home folder title. Any suggestions?

Before I start building a second OS configuration, I wanted to confirm that my iMac 2013 10.8.3 DMG will not work for a Macbook Air Configuration. I know that there are some differences, such as the ethernet over USB, etc, but thought it wouldn't hurt to ask; we just got our first set of MBAs in.

Hi, Looking for input from people who have used/are using the above products in conjunction with Casper. Which one is best in your opinion? Specific examples? Thanks!

Hi All, On 10.7.x i've managed to knock up a profile that meant the clients would request a Machine certificate from our AD Certificate Authority. As per: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4784 This now links to a new document for 10.8, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5357. This new profile is also available in 8.6, I've tried filling out the profile.. but it errors with the message: The 'Active Directory Certificate' payload could not be installed. The certificate request failed. If I manually download the profile from the JSS & then run, i'm prompted for a username & password.. none seemingly work.. also the apple document for 10.8 states: Prompt for credentials: Disregard this option for computer certificates. However, I do not see the option to disregard the prompts.. has anyone got this working or is it a bug?

When performing some things, such as the Adobe-blessed method of installing Flash, you have to get an installer application to the local machine. What is the best practice for doing this? My distribution point is over https, so I was thinking I could write a script and use Curl to pull a .zip file from the JSS or another server to the local system and then unpack it, but was curious if there was an easier way that I'm overlooking?

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/4783/adobe-flash-player Fun!

...I'm sure VMWare's marketing department are not thrilled about it. ;) http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=2006093 external image link Relevance: vetting Mac packages on virtual machines...what's not to like? Er, aside from Apple's EULA... Don

I need to find a way to change the login window background image resolution to fit for every screen size, or different monitor that might be connected. So far I am either getting tiles or oversize or fits (if I match the computers screen rez). I have tried 256 x 256 pixels as in original but getting tiles. png file path is in here:/System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/Resources/NSTexturedFullScreenBackgroundColor.png I wish Casper Configuration Profiles could have handled this too... just looking at it, but can't see anything related. Anyone has achieved this? Cheers Cem

I'm working on a 10.8.3 image to be deployed using NetBoot and Casper Imaging. When building the image I can get everything so it's working fine. Network users can log in and access the appropriate resources without error. I've used Apple's Disk Utility and also tried Carbon Copy Cloner to compress the final DMG. The issue appears after deploying the compressed DMG using the above mentioned process. After imaging I bind to Active Directory and enroll in Profile Manager so new users are able to log in. I've got it set to create a mobile account when the user logs in (not sure if this is part of the cause, but I doubt it since the issue did not appear on the machine used to create the image). Now, we've imaged and a new user logged in. Let's say this user tries to launch Microsoft Word. The application loads fine, but an error message appears stating, "You don't have permission to use the application 'Microsoft AU Daemon." So my qu

Working on a script which detects the current logged in userID, tests for UniqueID > 1000.Problem: my user accounts include white space in their "user name" causing the script to fail.Could anyone take a look and advise where I am going wrong here please!! Thank You! #!/bin/bashloggedInUser=/bin/ls -l /dev/console | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $3 }'accountType=dscl . -read /Users/$loggedInUser 2> /dev/null | grep UniqueID | cut -c 11- if [[ "$accountType" -gt "1000" ]]; then echo "demoting mobile account: $loggedInUser"echo "UniqueID:$accountType" /usr/sbin/dseditgroup -o edit -d "$loggedInUser" -t user admin else echo "Must be local admin account: $loggedInUser" fiexit 0

I have a fresh new Mountain Lion iMac (10.8.3) with Server app installed running only Software Updates. I have successfully connected client computers that are now happily receiving updates for every program except iLife apps from my SUS. I only have 10.8 clients connected to this server. The installed iLife is what was preinstalled from the factory and I would rather not uninstall it to install from a retail disk. My deployed 10.8 clients number is rising quickly and most of these computers will not be assigned an Apple ID. Am I doomed to stare at iLife update notifications until the end of time? (Please read as humor ) Let me know if I have left out any pertinent information about my deployment. Thanks for your time!

Wondering what people's preferences are on Configuration Profiles. I am looking at either creating a profile per payload such as a profile just for wireless settings, but I also thought about doing it all in one. What is the common preference on this one? I'd thing the first option would allow me to be more granular, but not sure. Thanks in advance!

Hey all what is the recommended way of using the InstallESD (in order to get recovery partition)?

Hey all,So I have been trying to remove the default setting in 10.8.3 to require a password during wake from sleep. I can acheive it through an osascript which also seems to work when I use it in either Casper Remote(advanced tab)or in ARD unix code, but I cannot get a policy to run it in the same advanced tab and I can't seem to get my scripting correct to make it run in a shell script. Any help would be lovely! This command also of course works in the local terminal window. I assume its because I need to translate the apple script to a shell command. Ideas? sudo osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to set require password to wake of security preferences to false' Gabe ShackneyPrinceton Public Schools

I just installed Office with our Volume license installer on a clean OS X 10.8.3, then 14.1.0, then 14.3.2. The last update blew away the license, leaving me at the serialization wizard on first launch. It were as though no license had ever been present. I started again, and launched Outlook after the initial installation of Microsoft Office, then applied the updates. The product retained it serial number, and prompted me to upgrade the database. This is a big problem if one intends to roll out Office 14.3.2 to new machines. Can anyone else confirm?

Has anyone managed to figure out how to suppress the "Scrolling Direction" Setup Assistant that appears at first login in Lion? More info on the issue here: http://groups.google.com/group/macenterprise/browse_thread/thread/990fe986a46c3b9f I tried everything in that thread, including creating a ~/Library/SavedApplicationState/ and copying in a populated com.apple.SetupAssistant.savedState folder. Alas, the stupid scrolling direction window still pops up. I could see how this may be useful for an end user, but it is nothing but a nuisance in my Casper Imaging netboot image. Help!

Hi All, I've searched around online and haven't found a solution yet so I thought I'd post here. Does anyone know if there is a way to change the file association for Firefox so that PDFs download and open (with Preview or Adobe Reader) rather than use the "Adobe Acrobat NPAPI Plug-in"? Currently on our computers, PDFs are trying to use the NPAPI plug-in and are opening to a blank tab within Firefox. We'd rather have PDFs download and open with an app. Wondering if there is a way to do this with a terminal command or script to update a large number of computers with this issue. Thanks!~Joe