I was able to use a script found here to assign a computer based on LDAP name. How about a script for changing the name of the computer to the LDAP user proper name (e.g. Lastname Firstname) or something similar? View more
Our school has just signed up for this program, and we are going to be using Mac laptops (thank the Lord of Light!) Anyone else have this program, and any have any tips they fancy sharing? Thanks View more
Have there been any other attempts to automate adding: swcdn.apple.com, swdownload.apple.com, swquery.apple.com,swscan.apple.com, to the "Bypass Proxy Settings" field? View more
Hi All,I have a Yosemite server set up for our faculty to have their own share folder. I've given read/write permissions to that faculty member for their particular folders. They like to create drop only folders within that for the students to submit... View more
Our school district purchased an Apple server and JAMF Casper MDM solution. Apple is to install the server and MDM solution in late September. I have been asked to setup 50 MacBook Pro's for teachers now. I am wondering if it makes sense to provision... View more
10.10.4 Macbook Air goes through its thin image configuration. Applications get installed, Self Service gets installed, but the computer does not get enrolled into my site. I have to afterwards run the quickadd.pkg to get it enrolled. anybody have an... View more
I'm wondering if anyone else is seeing this issue.I've been able to replicate it on 10.9.5 and 10.10.4. The issue is when people are WAKING their computers from sleep(usually when they close the lid and walk to a meeting), then after entering their p... View more
Here's a script to uninstall flash using Adobe's uninstaller app. I am borrowing heavily from @peterloobuyck's great flash updater script. Unfortunately, it won't notify the user to close their web browser. Not sure how much that matters. If you know... View more
We have a Cisco VPN solution and a new pcf file was created. PCF files contain all the info required to establish the VPN, the issue is that the group password/secret is encrypted and the Mac OS requires it to be applied in plaintext, and it is a sec... View more
So without any changes I can think of since last week, all of my newly imaged Imacs are imaging fine - except when you go to open system preferences/desktop+screensavers, nothing is populated in that window. I have tried trashing the systemprefs.plis... View more
Hi All i'm trying to find a way to deploy our ldap setting via JSS to all our users MACs. so that user could find our ldap account in Internet accounts on their mac like below attached pic View more
I have been using the Kickstart commands to set various settings when it comes to remote access or SSH on a Mac. Recently I was asked to force Screensharing or ARD to always ask for permission before observing or controlling a Mac. Now I have gone to... View more
I have a large group whose Macs are being refreshed and up until this evening, I haven't had any issues with: 1. adding the user to the new computer via the JSS console, 2. Preparing the invitation for VPP for that user, and 3. Add the user to the li... View more
Has any one updated the DNS Servers extension attribute script to work for Yosemite? The results I get from this EA is, "The networksetup binary is not present on this machine." View more
Got this, but it returns all EAs (curl -u user:pass https://server-int.company.org:8443/JSSResource/computers/id/2134 | xpath '/computer/extension_attributes/extension_attribute') I'd like only a single attribute specified by ID 45. Anyone have a goo... View more
I’ve caught the ear of the CEO of a software developer because I sent off a letter of complaint in regard to changes they made to their web site. There is now virtually no support area. They now require login to access downloads, but only those downl... View more
Hi Everyone, I was hoping to get some insight on a specific challenge that someone is currently facing in their Apple environment. They are not using the Casper Suite, but need some assistance. The current challenge is getting Xcode Simulator Instrum... View more
For background, we are using DEP and want to force a password change to the users account once we deliver the machine. So we create the account out of the box, the machine logs in and policies apply, and then when we deliver the machine they have to ... View more
If I use a 2015 imac to create my mac images, can those images be used on a 2015 MBPR laptop and earlier laptops? Or is it not compatible? View more
I'm looking for a way to report on Software history, effectively as a way to report patching metrics. This doesn't appear to be exposed through the API. Does anyone out there have any ideas on how can I get this data? I'm looking for a report that sa... View more
I'm trying to use Composer to clone the drive on an iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013) Model A1418. However when I plug it into my laptop via TDM with a Thunderbolt cable, the drive doesn't mount. I've disabled core storage on the volume and I see the drive... View more
Hi, What is the best way for a script to delete a folder in the users library for the current logged in user? Thanks View more
Zero day, more like zero responsibility! root exploit View more
Hey all, Having a bunch of fun attempting to image using 10.10.3 / 10.10.4 (Base OS created using AutoDMG - latest version). JSS v9.72 running on 10.8.5 Xserve. Basically the issue boils down to after Base OS and imaging time packages get laid down, ... View more
Hi All, This maybe a bit of a silly question but one i need some different opinions on. i have a BYOT environment with some year groups in the school i work in. there is a problem about getting applications onto students OS X devices. currently they ... View more
Need to find out what Macs have Forescout and which do not. So I have the beginnings of a extension attribute script, if Forescout is installed, the /var/root/Forescout directory will exist, if not, the Forescout dir will not exist. If it exists = re... View more
Hey guys,Looking to see if anyone has any idea on how to grab a particular item from the Spotlight plist file. We are able to set the Spotlight settings via configuration profile, but now i need to use a script to check to see if the value is being m... View more
Quick scripting question...Whats the equivalent command to defaults for 10.6.8?i.e. If I want a key (top level not subkey) out of a plist whats the best way to get it under 10.6.8plistbuddy? View more
I'm trying to determine if it's possible to downgrade the ARD client from version 3.8.4 to 3.8.2. I've not had any luck finding a way to do it thus far. I suspect that version 3.8.4 is causing a performance issue and I'd like to downgrade a few syste... View more
