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Office 2016 Update Files

Hello All, I am in the process of switching from Office 2011 to Office 2016. I am currently trying to find where I can get the update files for 2016. I used to go to this link Office Page for 2011 to get the updates, but it appears that it has change...  View more

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0-day bug in fully patched OS X

Link to article on arstechnica Hackers are exploiting a serious zero-day vulnerability in the latest version of Apple's OS X so they can perform drive-by attacks that install malware without requiring victims to enter system passwords, researchers sa...  View more

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Required in-house apps keeps reinstalling

Hi!We have a couple of In-House apps deployed to iPads as "Install Automatically / Prompt User to install". These applications seems to be reinstalling now and then.. In the attached image I have been sending blank pushes to provoke it. Does anyone e...  View more

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Trying FEU for the first time, not working

I'm trying FEU for the first time but it doesn't seem to be working.Here is what I'm trying to accomplish. We just recently deployed network projectors throughout the building, I'm trying to send out profile with IP address/DNS names of projectors to...  View more

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Remove Root Certificates from System Keychain

We put our root certificates in the System keychain but now have a duplicate set of certs (one set is expired). Does anyone know of a way to remove certificates from the System keychain in an automated way? thanks in advance for any suggestions  View more

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Mac Mobility Config Profile

It doesn't seem the profile syncs the account on the first login, but works after subsequent logins. Logging out doesn't sync at all, even if it's not the first login. Anybody have suggestions on how to fix these issues? I called JAMF Support and the...  View more

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Enforce Lync Client Settings

I have been reading through the various threads on managing Lync settings and gotten a lot of great information. I have gotten the automation piece in place using the script from @talkingmoose and that has worked out great. However, some of the setti...  View more

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staff buy-in tips?

Hi,We're about to roll out Casper Suite to a growing group of software developers who have been local admins on their machines since we were a much smaller company. We want to present this in the best possible way to avoid reducing motivation and pro...  View more

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Secure script parameters?

Has anyone found a way to run a script via the JSS with secure parameters? For example, if I want a script to make some API calls, I need to keep the account credentials obscured from the user. As it is now, the parameters for a script are visible vi...  View more

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Looking for a (general, macintosh) trainer in NYC...

We've got employees that need some training. •General Mac usage (standard accounts, no admin rights) •Outlook use (more "advanced" stuff like managing delegates, etc.) •Phishing email identification we're based in the Flatiron district in NYC, I've t...  View more

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Losing SMB Shares frequently

Dear Casper Folks, since some weeks i have the problem that our clients losing SMB Shares. One Server Share more often than other. The system.log says: Aug 2 16:27:56 hhlokfda-mac10 KernelEventAgent[78]: tid 00000000 received event(s) VQ_NOTRESP (1)A...  View more

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Determining Self Service Logged in User

Hello JAMF Nation, Has anyone out there successfully been able to determine the currently logged in user to Self Service? I am trying to determine via script what the current "logged in user" is in Self Service in this fashion. "Logged in user is " o...  View more

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Wi-Fi configuration profile -- enterprise.

I prefer my site enrolled laptops to always be ethernet network connected, using ethernet adapter etc... of course many laptop users don't listen, I have laptops in my Site that no matter when the users authenticate to the correct enterprise wi-fi ne...  View more

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JSS <dict> managed app config for owncloud

Hi folks i try to apply a remote config for the owncloud app in ios, using the JSS "managed app" options, wich uses a syntax with things like that below in italic is there anybody in the community who succedeed to apply this remote configuration to s...  View more

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Firewall with Casper connection.

On my enrolled macs if I turn Firewall ON, do i have to turn on any options for casper communication? will turning ON Firewall mess with JSSConnection? (recurring check-in, login/logout etc...)  View more

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"Often" setting in config profiles

It's been noted that we shouldn't use the Often key in custom profiles. If we need to manage a third party plist where the "always" option is incompatible, and we need to ensure the setting is persistent, any ideas what should be used instead?  View more

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Get JSS ID locally via script?

Is there a way to get the JSS ID of a system locally via script (is it stored anywhere on the client)? I am working on some API data upload scripts and want to get the JSS ID of a system locally, since that is the best unique identifier for the JSS D...  View more

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FileVault and McAfee Drive Encryption

I was curious if there was anyone using both Casper and McAfee Drive Encryption on their devices. We have been trying to figure out how to get the two to play nicely with each other. If you have any experience or tips, we would be happy to learn more...  View more

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dscl query fails upon return to LAN

I have been using @bentoms Applescript to mount network shares with mixed results for about two years. I have had intermittent issues with shares not mounting, but I haven't had the time to do any in-depth diagnosis. Due to some ongoing organizationa...  View more

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node.js plugins failing to install

Does anyone have any experience automating the install of Node.js plugins? We are trying to install Node.js plug-ins via a casper self-service policy. The policy just executes the command "/usr/local/bin/npm install -g cordova," I have also tried thi...  View more

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Wrong Distribution Point mounting

Hi, We've come across a problem in our organisation where despite a computer having an IP address from subnet X which has DP X (this is the master DP) assigned to it in the JSS, when we run a policy the machine will mount DP Y to cache or install pac...  View more

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Disabling Safari Extensions

So I'm looking for something to disable users being able to install safari extensions. I've been looking around and saw that in the old safari there was an extension folder I could have monitored and removed any extensions. But seems with Safari v8 t...  View more

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Forcing UTF-8 on Windows Server

For those of you running your JSS on Tomcat in Windows Server and having weird XML or special character issues, such as xmlpath or xmllint choking, try the following: Edit: C:Program FilesJSSTomcatincatalina.bat Add the line: set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS...  View more

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CasperCheck help

I've been racking my brain getting CasperCheck to work. I was having a problem with the curl command it was passing to get the quickadd package downloaded but was able to get around that. Now my problem is that if I run the caspercheck.sh file manual...  View more

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