Hi all, I've recently got back into the Support game having been away for a few years (CCA in 2008 - things look a little different now!). I've been tasked with creating a report of the Macs on the network (checked in last 90 days) that are pre-10.8,... View more
Some users are getting a notification that MS Error Reporting needs an update. I've downloaded the package and set it to install via policy. But the policy fails to install. Anyone having issues with this? View more
Not sure if they did this in 2011. Just thought this was interesting: Do a pkgutil --expand /path/to/Office2016installer.pkg /new/path/to/extract/to Right-click on the path you've extracted the installer to. Right-click "Office15_all_licensing.pkg" a... View more
This post provided a way for us to launch stuff as the console user in 10.10 and older versions. However I am noticing that its not working quite as good on 10.11. Has anybody been playing with running stuff as the user on the new OS during setup or ... View more
Hi, We had upgraded JSS Casper to 9.65 version few months back however didn't make any changes/upgrades at SUS appliance. While pushing patches via SUS, I realized that it didn't show any Mac OS X Yosemite updates. Do I need to upgrade SUS appliance ... View more
The root JDS has since the beginning always had 1 package that is stuck in the waiting to transfer. Is their a way to see what package it is hung up on? The logs for the JDS do not show anything and the two places the JDS moves files into are empty. ... View more
Anyone seen this. We've had some issues with imaging Yosemite, some apps wouldn't install, Dock would not install, some scripted configs would not execute and of course they would not bind to AD. By process of elimination I have:Stopped using 'Automa... View more
I was wanting to confirm if any others users/ sys admins have recently come across this. Traditionally when sending a message from a delegate account the message would appear in the users personal sent items folder. If users needed these messages in ... View more
We enter our asset tag numbers into the "info 1" field in the Sharing/Remote Management/Computer Settings window. How can we get these to show up in the Asset Tag field in Casper? Also, some of the fields are already have asset tag numbers in there, ... View more
Hello community, New to Casper and JSS. I've gone through the documentation on the Casper/SCCM Plugin, as well as these forums, but from what I can see the reporting/inventory functionality is very limited out of the box. My customer is looking to ro... View more
Office 2016 Enterprise pkg for Mac is requiring a "Sign In" after deployment/imaging through Casper. If I manually install Office 2016 using the same .pkg I'm provided a "Skip Sign In" at first launch. This option is not available if the pkg is deplo... View more
If I type "echo $HostName" in terminal the system will return the actual host name of the computer because that value is an environmental variable that can be read with this method. "LocalHostName" doesn't seem to be an environmental variable that ca... View more
Wow, im on a posting roll today. Im seeing a few specific folders being created as files as I log into my AD accounts on my new MBAir Image. So far its affecting Calendars, ColorSync, Components, Dictionaries, KeyBindings, Keychains, Mail and QuickLo... View more
Is there a way to have the casper site use our AD credentials to log on? View more
Hello Everyone, Our next Twin Cities Mac Admins meetup is set for August 26th from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the Uptown Apple Store in Minneapolis. This user group is for Mac admins from all industries and experience levels and is a chance to learn and netwo... View more
I know jack about Apache so please go easy on me. :-) I'm trying to set up an AUSST server on a Yosemite test box. Following these instructions I am able to get it working at the user level, but I can't get it to work at the system level. I can view ... View more
I am seeing an issue where if I open disk utility and erase a machine (new 2015 macbook air) it images correctly. However if I let Casper Imaging do the erase then the machine doesn't call the jamf helper and then also doesn't run the postinstall.sh ... View more
I'm new to the Casper Suite–having inherited the installation from a coworker that has since left the company–which means I haven't been through the JumpStart. What I'm trying to do is to set up a workflow mere mortals can follow to enroll their Macs... View more
We'd like to set up our AD-bound MacBooks running Yosemite to connect to our company 802.1x Wi-Fi network automatically using machine-based authentication, in the same way that our managed Windows laptops do. Can someone explain how I would go about ... View more
How would you setups FileVault 2 policy for AD joined computers so it enables all users that have currently already have logged in and for any future new users that login? Also for computers that are not AD joined but have multiple user accounts curr... View more
I work in education and we have roughly 750 machines across 3 campuses. My issue is really two but on the same issue. The first one is students are given Administrator access, this is largely fine and we have little issues with them, however, they ar... View more
I have an extension attribute that does a dscl query to create a Manager field in the JSS. What I would like to do is have it run once as it really does not need to perform a query every time inventory is run.What do I need to add to have it run once... View more
This is perplexing and I'm just trying to come up with a reason/possibility and potential workarounds. I have a computer that was imaged and when it booted up none of the policies that it needed to run during the first boot (black Casper screen/deskt... View more
Does anyone know if Connected Backup 8.8.4 has Java 8.x embedded? View more
Does anyone know how to do this? I want to have an admin account setup and skip the rest of the setup. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2152439 Hello everybody First of all I have Netinstall up and running. My Problem is however: Everytime a clie... View more
Trying to work out some simple cURL commands for interacting with the API. If I might pick your brain...mmm, brains... View more
The scutil doesn't appear to have a reliable way to undo HostName that was set. man scutil seems to indicate putting no value in the command will undo it, but doesn't seem to work. --set pref [newval] Updates the specified preference with the new val... View more
Fairly new Casper Admin here (previously Munki admin) working on some automation. Question I have been boxing with: Is it possible to use the API to create a Smart Group with parenthesis used for grouping in its definition? I've been racking my head ... View more
I was just curious if by chance anyone have seen or heard anything regarding in place upgrade and 802.1x wireless connectivity. We’ve come across an issue where during upgrade the wireless seems to partially break. If we image a computer to Yosemite ... View more
Does anyone know of a way to update the department and building via an ongoing Policy? I have static groups that I'd like to make sure always has this information populate so I can build some other smart grouped policies off of. View more
