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Best Practices for Software Update

Hi, I'm a new Jamf admin. I've been struggling with macOS updates (think 10.15.x (after a factory reset) to 10.15.7 Supplemental Updates). Based on what I gathered from my Jumpstart, (1) Download the "macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Supplemental Update 2" ins...  View more

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Recording LAPS for macOS password to EA

I am having trouble with recording the LAPS for macOS passwords to the LAPS EA. Everything works and there is no error, yet the LAPS EA is blank every time. I can see the password if I look at log details so I know the rest of the process works prett...  View more

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Mac unable to restart - pending logout policy check

We have a couple users reporting that they are unable to restart their Macs and get stuck at the "Checking for Logout Policies" before having to force shutdown the computer to be able to utilize it again. This is particularly troublesome when it come...  View more

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Big Sur Current Version?

I'm trying to get the most current version of Big Sur so I can add it to an installer script. Basically just checking if the user has the most current version of the installer before it runs. I have this so far but I am a noob at awk and grep command...  View more

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Reboot at log out policy replacement

Hi all, we are currently using a logout policy to trigger reboots on kiosk machines, but as you know the logout trigger will be removed in the future JAMF release. Is anyone doing something similar? Do you have an alternative for this? Thank you.  View more

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Non-Admins approving System Extensions

I am working on getting the Big Sur update pushed out to my environment and running into an issue with system Extensions. I have the Config Profiles set up in Jamf to push the System Extension, but they show up as "active" but not "enabled" when I ru...  View more

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Cyberark EPM Agent installation on macOS

Hi All, I have created the CyberArk config profile with below info and it got installed successfully. 1) Approved kernel extension with bundle id: DF8U2CCCD8 2) PPPC with the following: Identifier: com.cyberark.CyberArkEPMEndpointSecurityExtensionCod...  View more

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"Once per user per computer" Policy frequency

I have recently created a new policy that is intended to run with the frequency of "once per user per computer". This is my first time i have used this type of policy in production. This policy acts as a simple 'on-boarding' policy for new users (it ...  View more

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Curl-ing to extension attribute not working in Big Sur?

Hello fellow Jamf Admins, I'm trying to GET a specific extension attribute and only output the specific result using the following script: curl -sku $jssUser:$jssPass -H "accept: text/xml" xml=$(https://$orgName.jamfcloud.com/JSSResource/computers/id...  View more

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Jamf ensure policies are enforced, package not removed.

Hi, so in SCCM i have applications and do detection method for an application. With jamf of course there are packages and package receipts. When you have an essential application like an antivirus how do you make sure it stays on the machine. For exa...  View more

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ForeScout agent deployment - Script

Hey, So, after lots of tests and struggling with new ways to migrate DMG file to PKG I found that none of them really works and the agent never starts and works properly... I found this script (don't remember where) and this solved my issue! ``` !/bi...  View more

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Custom ScreenSaver script is not working on Big Sur.

I believe the issue is with the OS version line (Major and Minor), but I have very little experience in creating scripts. !/bin/sh # Get user logged into console and put into variable "user" user=ls -l /dev/console | cut -d " " -f 4osMajor=$(sw_vers ...  View more

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Policy Log Flushing Permissions

I'm looking to give a specific user access to flush specific computer logs on a policy. This is to allow SecOps to re-run policies that are set to once per computer. I set custom permissions as follows: Jamf Pro Server Objects > Policies > ReadJamf P...  View more

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Crowdstrike 6.15 Deployment Scripts

Hi, Has anyone had issues with their policy scripts for deploying Crowdstrike 6.15? Crowdstrike haven't updated their documentation well for this version. I am confident the config is looking good and have pushed it prior to testing the policy. CS su...  View more

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test software with parameters

Hi , I want to test a application in jamf using parameters.I am completely new to Jamf and scripting. sudo /Users/p/Downloads/ABCD Installer 8.app/Contents/MacOS/ABC Installer --quiet --update No --analytics No The above code works in terminal. How d...  View more

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Processes Hanging During Jamf Policy/Recon Run

I have a recurring issue on 4-5 machines where a Jamf policy run hangs due to another process hanging; in most cases this has been diskutil info /. Both the diskutil and jamf policy show the same approximate start time when checked. I'm presuming tha...  View more

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Big Sur Filevault

Hi All, we have our setup the following: Automated Device Enrolment (creates Local Admin Account)Jamf Login - O365 - all users are standard users. Policy to set FileVault at next logout. This is set by a policy defined in 'Policies'. I am now getting...  View more

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Silently removing WebEx Productivity Tools

I'm looking for a good method to remove WebEx Productivity tools, preferably silently. So far, all I am finding is Cisco's page to have the user run the uninstaller. https://help.webex.com/en-us/WBX32304/How-Do-I-Uninstall-Webex-Productivity-Tools Th...  View more

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Jamf Dock Policy to Run 100 Percent of the time

I build my instance to run this way for a couple of reasons. The biggest one is that I like to build things that have interchangeable parts. Meaning if the transmission goes, we just replace that part. I have used Jamf since it was Casper and many or...  View more

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Enrollment Policy Delay

I'm kicking off DEPNotify for non-DEP machines using the enrollment trigger. It works fine except that in many cases the time from enrollment to when it kicks off is 5 minutes or more. Is there a way to reduce that or add something so that once it's ...  View more

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Smart Computer Group, Criteria, File Size

So this is useful for 1 thing I know of. Google Chrome, which on some machines merges versions instead of overwriting the file. If we could add file size/size range, then we could add that if it gets 300mb or larger, we know it's merged data & needs ...  View more

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