Hey all, I was curious to know what other casper admins are using the plug-ins feature for? Currently we use it for easy access to our wiki, links to share point, and some helpful apple resources for new users. I noticed there was an ability to add a "plug-in bundle" but I haven't really seen much resources on how to create one, or just anything in general. Does anyone know of a good discussion or KBase article I can use just to gather more information on plug ins for self service? Thanks!

hi guys I have 3 pkgs in a folder and i wondered if it is possible to install them via the command line with a for statement. does anyone know if this is possible and how to do this? Thanks

We have a number of machines in our inventory which were Filevault 2 encrypted prior to upgrading to JSS 8.6. Is there a way for their individual recovery keys to be inventoried and retrieved or do the machines need to be unencrypted and then re-encrypted using the JSS?

Hey guys, What Am I missing? I am trying to get filevault 2 setup through the JSS to manage. I am following the guide and it says to look for "Disk Encryption Config" link under the management tab. There is nothing there regarding encryption. I don't see it at all, anywhere. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks -Jeff

Ok, maybe a little misleading for the title but I didn't know a better way to name it. Most of the time I have casper admin open on my Mac, which includes having the volume "CasperShare" mounted on my mac. If a policy happens to run while I have CA open, it will be running from "CasperShare 1." I have several policies that run post-folght scripts that use the jamf utility to install a package, etc, and I need to specify the correct path to the package. Any quick way of telling what mounted volume a script is running from?

I am setting up a remote JSS server and can not get the install to see the MySQL database on my other JSS server. I have verified that the user has the grants. mysql> show grants for jamfsoftware@casperapp3.tsys.com;+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| Grants for jamfsoftware@casperapp3.tsys.com |+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+| GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'jamfsoftware'@'casperapp3.tsys.com' IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD '*B8B7B8C47EF8381F4C2BBD441DAF0E52AEE035DF' || GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `jamfsoftware`.* TO 'jamfsoftware'@'casperapp3.tsys.com' |+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We tested this in our LAB before applying to the live JSS. Casper Imaging is unable to connect OS X Server 10.7.5 (latest updates applied)JSS 8.62 I searched through Discussions and Knowledge Base...isn't there a fix for when Java update is applied and JSS stops working? I bounced Tomcat, then bounced the JSS box...same issue.... TIA external image link

We have a Smart Computer Group that contains computers we want to purge from JSS. For some reason we are getting the below error when we select Delete Computers. Is anyone seeing this? The admin has [x]Manage Smart Computer Groups and [x]Delete Inventory Items enabled for their account. I also tested with top level access to JSS, got the same error. [EDIT] We tested in both Safari and Firefox, got the same error...we also restarted Tomcat just in case it might be causing the problem. No luck. Thoughts? Ideas? TIADon external image link

I have a 10.8 netboot image that is used just to boot to the casper tools for imaging. In the beginning I had an issue where I'd receive the error above, so i referenced this article https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/article.html?id=198 and made the netboot image larger. Problem solved. Then today I receive a few new macbook pros to image, and the problem is back. The system seems to recognize it has the appropriate space. And I've checked the virtual memory files to ensure there isn't anything hogging disk space. Any tips are greatly appreciated. Best

Hi All, Have any of you been successful in Casper 8.62 creating and using configuration profiles in the JSS to manage Docks Applications and Dock Items for OS X 10.8 computers? I go to Management -> Configuration Profiles -> Add Profile -> Create a Configuration Profile -> Dock -> Configure. When I click on the "+" sign under Dock Applications, the drop-down menu is blank. How do you populate this list? I tried going into Casper Admin and adding Dock items there but that doesn't seem to populate this list. Checked various browsers too…tried Firefox, Safari, and Chrome....tried on other computers too (various Macs and a Windows station too). Any ideas? Anyone else having this problem?~Joe

At JNUC I seem to recall a mention that the 9.0 beta would be released in November. Is it possible to get a firm date on release?

Hot off the press, looks like it's a twist on the Flashback malware that hit us a while back...hoping an Extension Attribute can flag any of our Macs that might have it. "We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without bacon" #NotDalaiLama New Mac malware spreading from Dalai Lama tribute site"Dockster" takes advantage of the same vulnerability exploited by the "Flashback" malware, which infected more than 600,000 computers.http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57556939-83/new-mac-malware-spreading-from-dalai-lama-tribute-site/ Interesting follow up article... New Mac malware uses OS X launch servicesA new malware for OS X also acts as a reminder to monitor the launch services in OS X as a security precaution.http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57556872-263/new-mac-malware-uses-os-x-launch-services/ Don

So far the idea is to run updates via this script softwareupdate -i -r at login, one day a week, and give the users about 15 minutes to reboot. Half my users are offsite, so I don't think there's much value in a dedicated software update server at this time. How do you guys do patch management? Thoughts, ideas, and tips are greatly appreciated. Best

Hi, I know i can go to the help and select check for Update and it will update reader with the latest version. I am running with the Adobe Reader 9.4.0 on my Mac OS. I tried upgreading it to the Adobe Reader 9.5.2 (manually).I have downloaded the update from ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/mac/9.x/9.5.2/misc/AdbeRdrUpd952_ all_i386.app.zipwhen i double click on the AdbeRdrUpd952_all_i386.app it ask for to choose the copy of Adobe Reader to update.So i selected the location /Applications/Adobe Reader where my current Adobe Reader.app is (Adobe Reader 9.4.0) but farthe i am not able to select OK button.Kindly guide me how i can update my adobe Reder with this 9.5.2 version. But i am looking for a manual process is it possible? Kindly guide me.

Hello, sorry if this has been discussed somewhere or if there's documentation I missed. I've tried searching but haven't been able to find anything. I am trying to add printers to JSS. Whenever I try to add one, I click browse printers and get a message that says "Click the disclosure triangles to see a list of printers in each category" but I don't see any triangles, and if I type the name of the printer in or the IP address it says I need at least one valid printer. Is there something simple I'm missing, or am I in the wrong place to be adding printers?

Hello again everyone! I will be in Minnesota to obtain my CCA and CMA this January and I have a few questions:1. Is there anything I should focus on before arriving (as far as knowledge) as to not be blindsided when I am there?2. Will there be bacon? Thanks in advance!

Does anyone have a copy of the JAMF swiss army knife desktop picture I could get?(lost mine) D.

I was able to generate a Certificate Signing Request, and I sent it to Apple, and got a Signing Certificate. When I try to bring the Signing Certificate into Keychain Access I get this error: external image link I found this error on the developer.apple.com site, what broke and how can I fix it? :) https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/security/Reference/keychainservices/Reference/reference.html external image link Thanks,Don

This is a question about the installer command. I am trying to install a vendor's .pkg by placing it in /tmp and using a postflight script to install it. (The software is Tivoli Endpoint Manager aka BigFix Agent.) The installer command in the postflight is working, but it's not setting the permissions for the app to be allowed by everyone. When double-clicking on the pkg, there is a point in the GUI that prompts to select to "Install for all users of this computer". Via the Installer command, Is there a way to ensure that is enabled?

Hello all I'm migrating on to another network. I was wondering if anyone has a script on renaming a computer name?

We have two servers one for casper and one for netboot casper is at 1gb/s and the netboot server is currently at 100mbps We are getting ready to image 600+ machines at the school when we imaged 30 at once only 7 got into the netboot and started imaging I checked the activity of the netboot server and we are maxing out 100mbps I am going to upgrade it to 1GB/s today is there any other suggestions or how other people have done this? Thanks,Nicholas

For some reason a policy we are running is failing because a script doesn't appear to be present to JSS (it's there; it's executible): /usr/sbin/jamf is version 8.62 Executing Policy DM_set_HostName_using_ComputerName... Creating directory structure for /Library/Application Support/JAMF/Downloads/ Downloading http://server.domain.com:80/CasperShare/Scripts/xx-set-hostname.sh... Error running script: The script could not be found on the server.. I constantly have to mkdir the Scripts folder and scp all the scripts, then to be safe I have to chown and chmod the scripts. I only noticed this recently when I went to check if our hostname setting script was working...the red error entries in the Logs page for this policy all point to one server (a replica). Any idea what might be causing replication to complete without the Scripts folder being replicated? TIA Don

My site is using Casper 8.61, and we have two types of computers that come through. Loaners, which should be imaged automatically, and client machines, which should log in but not image automatically. I've created two PreStage rules. One based on mac address, for the loaners, is set up to image the loaners automatically. The other is based on network segment, which selects our image for client machines but does not automatically image, as we have other parameters to select before we image. Long story short, the network segment rule is preferred over the mac address rule, even though the mac address rule is more "specific". Is there any way of choosing which PreStage is selected when a machine matches multiple rules? Thanks.

Using the JSS built-in binding to AD works for our 10.6.8 clients quite well. However, whenever we run it on a 10.7.4 client we get this error... Binding mycomp-ABCD to DomainNameHere... An error occurred binding to Active Directory: dsconfigad: The plugin encountered an error processing request. (10001). (Attempt 1) An error occurred binding to Active Directory: dsconfigad: The plugin encountered an error processing request. (10001). (Attempt 2) An error occurred binding to Active Directory: dsconfigad: The plugin encountered an error processing request. (10001). (Attempt 3) An error occurred binding to Active Directory: dsconfigad: The plugin encountered an error processing request. (10001). (Attempt 4) An error occurred binding to Active Directory: dsconfigad: The plugin encountered an error processing request. (10001). (Attempt 5) Error: Giving up on Active Directory binding after 5 attempts. Unmounting file server... ... and the task fails. This tas

We've run into an issue with local homes for our Student lab users which affects the dock shortcut to their network home and mobile account sync. We are using JAMF Casper to deploy and manage OS X 10.7 Lion, Active Directory for authentication and Samba shares. We've got AD configured with:Force local home directory on startup disk - CHECKUse UNC path from Active Directory to derive network home location - CHECK So the problem is that although we have managed preferences configured via Casper, I'd also like to be able to sync preferences through mobile accounts. Ideally we would sync preferences and bookmarks at login and logout. When I configure AD with "Create mobile account at login", the sync has been failing with a message similar to "Unable to sync home directory at (null)" . Putting that to one side for a moment, there is another difficulty. Yes, network users can login successfully. And the root of the share containing their home dire