I'm new to JAMF/Casper and have a basic question. Does Capser and the Recon tool use SQL for the DB? How do I find out?

Can we add a checkbox in Composer: [x] Compress disk image[x] Delete temp files[x] De;ete virtual memory files[x] Delete special files[x] Remove Kerberos certificate[x] Ensure trashes are empty[x] Delete MCX records in the local directory space[color=red][x] Remove these pesky network settings files:/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.network.identification.plist /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist[/color]

Now that iOS 6 has been finished, is there any information on when Casper 8.7 will be released and what new iOS management abilities will be present with iOS 6? -Thanks

We have a mixed environment of both tethered enrolled devices as well as OTA. Is it still true that we will need to re-enroll only the tethered devices post iOS 6 upgrade? Or will all iPads and iPhones need to be re-enrolled?

Hi, I'm having problems getting part of a self service policy to work in casper. I have created a self service policy which needs to be limited to specific user accounts, namely staff, student and support staff. We have got ad login working, but whenever i scope a particular policy to a set of user groups e.g. all staff no staff members can see the particular policy. Does anyone have any idea why this is? or where the problem could be happening?

I'm having a terrible time getting my binding package to work. Background info--Clients OS = OSX 10.7.3 Computer Names = Made up of 8 characters 2 alpha and 6 numericDirectory = Microsoft Active DirectoryMethod = Casper Remote, to kick off binding package. I have: 1) Made sure the workstation account exists in the location specified in the Binding package 2) Verified the account I'm using has the proper permissions in order to bind a machine. 3) Attempted to delete and recreate the workstation account. Though I still get this error every time. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thanks!Bill Sending Wake On LAN command...Opening SSH Connection to 172.25.2.114...Authenticating...Successfully authenticated.Verifying Computer's Identity...The MAC Address has been verified.Checking Operating System Version...Running Mac OS X 10.7.3 (11D50d)Verifying /usr/sbin/jamf.../usr/sbin/jamf is current (8.51)Verifying /usr/sbin/jamfvnc.../usr/sbin/jamfvnc does not ex

From an enrolled client, I am attempting to install a package stored on the JSS. JAMF's help documentation states the syntax should appear as:jamf install -package <filename> -path <path to file> -target <volume> [-fut] [-feu] [-showProgress] I have run the following command unsuccessfully and am looking for help in correcting it:sudo jamf install -package "Mozilla_Firefox_14.01_V1.dmg" -path "//JSS/caspershare/packages" -target "Mac HD" -showProgress

Hi guys I'm setting up configuration profiles for the first time and followed things here to get my jss setup: https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/article.html?id=111 The mdm is showing in Profiles preference pane but the machine in the jss keeps saying MDM Managed: No I tried deleting the machine from the JSS and removing the JAMF framework and running recon again. Has anyone else come across this?

My boss is concerned the service account that the QuickAdd package uses can be hacked. After we collect the machines into the JSS's inventory, we are joining (binding) them to our Active Directory service. He is insistant that the QuickAdd service account is a 'domain account' and not a 'local account'. I am confused a hope you can help me find the words to get him off my back ; -)

In the last week, we're having a high number of Macs catching the spinning ball of death after login. Most of the time they'll see the menu bar before freezing up, sometimes they'll see the dock. I've turned off all login/logout hooks and startup items, but perhaps they haven't gotten the update? The behavior is really strange in that it seems to only exhibit the freezing behavior after a graceful shutdown. After freezing and force shutting down, the next login works. What makes me think JSS, but doesn't make sense, is in the console, there are errors related to JSS:Checking availability of https://jss.xxx.xxx:####Error signing communication - Couldn't resolve host nameWaiting 5 seconds to try again...

Hello All, Need a guidance i am running Mac OS X 10.8.1 (Mac mini Mid 2011) I am running below terminal command to check if my system is running on 64 - bit or 32 -bit Kernel. Command shows up that its on 64 -bit.below is the terminal command result……which shows machine is on the 64 bit.App-04:~ App$ uname -aDarwin App-04.local 12.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 12.1.0: Tue Aug 14 13:29:55 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.9.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 When i see it through About This Mac -> More Info -> System Report -> Softwareit shows the information System Software Overview on Right side as follows... System Software Overview: System Version: OS X 10.8.1 (12B19) Kernel Version: Darwin 12.1.0 Boot Volume: MacHD Boot Mode: Normal Computer Name: App-04 User Name: App Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled Time since boot: 9:28 In the previous version of Mac OS X 10.7 in the same location it was showing up64 - bit Kernel and Extensions: Yes or No as per boot conf

I created a Managed Preference profile to be pushed out to our test macbook pro before we roll them out. I imaged the computer with casper and started up and entered a username into mac setup that created a standard user. Now I would like to push a a managed profile out to the machine and would like to have Managed Preference's. The problem is when I am reading the documentation I see Managing Mac OS X Configuration Profiles. I scoped the user but how to I make it push it out to the user please help!!! Thanks

I'm tinkering and trying to make life easier with scripts. One that would help is the ability to use SHIFT+COMMAND and a keystroke. For my COMMAND only scripts, I'm using something like this: osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to key code {13} using command down' How can I incorporate the SHIFT key into this script? Thanks--DVG

Hi The RSS feed for the discussions is not working anymore. The URL is (or was) https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/allcontent.rss and I get the following error when opening this URL: The requested resource (/rss/allcontent.xml) is not available Any chance this will be fixed? Or is there a new URL that's working? Regards

Hey there jamfnation, I've always used MCX to suppress the creation of .DS_Store files on network shares in the past, and I've converted the MCX I used to use to a custom setting in a configuration profile for 10.8, but it does not appear to work- clients ARE creating those files on network shares.running the defaults command in terminal defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true does work, so I'm wondering if I've messed up the translation to a profile in some way.The profile setting i'm using is: Preference Domain: com.apple.desktopservices Key: DSDontWriteNetworkStores Type: String Value: true This is embedded in a device (NOT a user) profile.Anyone have a suggestion for managing this setting on 10.8?

I'm having problems with composer's flat packages. I've always used regular pkg's in the past, but I'm converting to SMB shares for Casper, so I thought I'd start switching over to DMG and flat packages to simplify replication.So, my first test flat package was very simple- Firefox 12. I have an existing source for a old-style pkg for Firefox 12 already in Composer, so I clicked the preference to enable building flat pkg's, and had composer generate a new package. Ran it, and the Firefox app installed to /ROOT/Applications instead of /Applications.So, I created a new firefox package from scratch- dragged firefox from /Applications into the composer window, checked permissions, and built it again . . . same results- the file is installed to /ROOT/Applications.So, just to make sure I'm not insane, I switched the Composer preference back to building old-school pkgs. Generated Firefox's pkg again with no other changes, and it installs to /Ap

Anyone know how to programmatically enable a browser plugin? Our VPN solution requires the Java plugin to be active and upon first launch it's disabled. Due to general Safari behavior, enabling the plugin and restarting Safari can become a less than optimal experience. If the Java plugin were enabled to begin with, it would be great. Thanks

Sending Wake On LAN command...Opening SSH Connection to 10.226.56.109...Authenticating...Successfully authenticated.Verifying Computer's Identity...The MAC Address has been verified.Checking Operating System Version...Running Mac OS X 10.7.4 (11E2617)Verifying /usr/sbin/jamf.../usr/sbin/jamf is current (8.52)Verifying /usr/sbin/jamfvnc.../usr/sbin/jamfvnc does not exist.Verifying /Library/Preferences/com.jamfsoftware.jamf.plist...Preparing Policy...Executing Policy 2012-09-06 at 5:56 PM | andres.triana2 | 1 Computer...Downloading BOM for Computrace McCann LatAm 2.pkg...This Apple Package did not have a valid index.bom file. Assuming it is a flat file package.Downloading http://10.226.56.36:80/CasperShare/Packages//Computrace McCann LatAm 2.pkg...Error: The package could not be found on the server.Submitting log to https://10.226.56.36:8443//...Finished.

Hello All, I am trying to push the latest version of Java that Apple released just a few days ago. I thought it would be enough for me to download the .dmg from apple, remove the .pkg file and drop that into composer and make a new .dmg file. When I assign this to a machine and check the logs after a while, it appears to have run, but Java doesn't appear to be on the machine. If I check the Jave Preferences in Utilities, I then get prompted to run download and install Java from Apple. What am I doing wrong? Joe

The last couple days our JSS Server has had problems with Tomcat becoming unresponsive overnight after a VQ_LOWDISK warning on the OS volume. Restarting Tomcat brings the JSS back online and with a cursory look at the server I can tell that there's a lot of hidden files on the volume, but there's still about 10GBs of free space. I haven't had a chance yet to do any investigating, but wondered if anyone else had seen this behavior before. Server has been up and running for almost a year without issue. Thanks! Xserve - OS X 10.6.8 Server, JSS 8.4

Hi folks, I have combed thru the white paper on Mtn Lion using FV 2.I see how the target user is chosen at the time of deployment, either mgmt acct/current/next user. Keys are generated stored based on any of those 3 settings. What I dont see described is how continued administration is done. For example if I wanted to add/delete a user or AD group on the fly, how can that be done? Can that be done?

I'm having trouble getting passed the setup assistant prompts for MS Office 2011. I've used the pre-made template settings to create keys for username, initials and setup complete but it doesn't seem to matter in 10.6 or 10.7 operating systems. Has anyone else had this trouble? Any help would be appreciated.

HiHow can I find the passhash for running a recon command like this:/usr/sbin/jamf recon -username 'username' -passhash '%e4%cg%k&%d9%oo%%%%%' Thanks!

How do I go about having self service check the macine for software, and if its installed (prior to self service installed) to hide the option to install it again?

Hi guys I am having a problem with mcx sidebars in 10.8.1 and was wondering if anyone else found the same problem Scenario Step 1 So I did the normal thing with an os of setting the finder and sidebars and finder preferences and dragging mounted server volumes to the favourites section of the sidebar of the finder. I then logged in as root and copied those prefs to the User Template, captured with Composer, corrected permissions, created pkg and added to the build. Step 2 I am using WGM for MCX and noticed that after the build and the user loggs in mcx works because I can see some managed settings taking effect. The problem is in the sidebar I do not have showing the mounted server volumes. Please note to rule anything out I am only using mcx to manage the login window, login items and to disable the home sync for mobile accounts and that is it I am not even touching Finder mcx or importing sidebard prefs. Step 3 If I unmount the mounted volumes and then mount them again