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9.62 added a pkg to install at reboot

After upgrading to 962 I uploaded a new PKG to the JSS and set it to install at reboot, and added it to my workflow. What I noticed was that when I netbooted a machine, and selected the workflow the PKG I added stays under the first stage of the imag...  View more

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Manage preferences policy doesn't always work.

I have this on and off issue with manage preferences.I work in a school and I set up this policy within manage preferences to restrict the access to a few of the utilities (e.g.terminal, console) I also setup a separate policy to allow access to cert...  View more

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Assigning Multiple Buildings to One Site

We're looking to expand our JSS to include different, totally separate, teams across our company. I'm in the process of setting up sites for the different teams and was wondering if there was a way to assign our team's multiple buildings to one site.  View more

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smartmontools and Jamf

I was considering deploying http://www.smartmontools.org to our company's computers and using that along with an extension attribute or two to get detailed information about the S.M.A.R.T. status on internal drives. It looks relatively painless, but ...  View more

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No PPD in Inventory, despite newest PPD being installed

HI,I am at JSS 9.6.1We have HP Printers and Canon Copiers. All are available in Self Service, scoped by subnet.The newest driver packages are installed separately on all mac computers. I started pushing out HP 3.0 in Sept.I noticed that some models o...  View more

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Last Check-in format

Hey JAMFers, I have been creating reports the last week based on last-check in, and am wondering if anyone has a way, or extension attribute that reports the exact date/time(MM/DD/YYYY at XX:XX am/pm) v.s. showing variables like "About a minute ago" ...  View more

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Screen Share Monitor

Hi All, Just wanted to post about something I crafted to help address a concern for some environments around Screen Sharing, whether using Apple's built in Screen Sharing process, or through Casper Remote. As outlined in this Feature Request (https:/...  View more

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Safari 8.0.1

Just as an FYI - Apple has pulled the Safari updates released yesterday night. Three weeks after issuing the last Safari beta seeds to developers, Apple released three browser version updates with improvements to overall usability, stability and secu...  View more

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Startup Keys available with EFI Password set

I've enabled an EFI firmware password on a test system (never used it before). My initial thought was that all Startup key combinations would still work, I'd just be prompted for the firmware password but that doesn't seem to be true. So far only Com...  View more

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Categories for Config Profiles Missing in JSS 9.62

After the update to 9.62 it appears that the category feature for Configuration Profiles in the JSS is non-functional. I had specific profiles placed categorically on the selection window for profiles, but they all appear to be "No Category" even tho...  View more

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Hide System Preferences in Yosemite

Hi I am trying to hide some System Preferences in Yosemite. I have been using the same login script from 10.7 and I cannot figure out why it stopped working in Yosemite. I also tried using a configuration profile but because it blocks 3rd Party prefe...  View more

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Yosemite Firewall script not working

JSS is 9.6 I have been using the JAMF provided firewall script to enable firewall. https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/viewProductFile.html?id=135&fid=457 However, the script does not work for the 10.10.x computers.How do others enable firewall?Any t...  View more

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Casper Suite Story

Hi everyone, I am hoping we can start a nice thread about problems out in the world that many of you are solving with the Casper Suite. We would love to hear about the awesome things you are doing with the Casper Suite - the most important problems y...  View more

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What does your Self Service include?

Hey everyone! I am looking into incorporating new things (programs, self troubleshooting tools, etc...) into my Self Service for the students on their Macbook Airs. Right now I kind of have the basics but looking into some different programs others h...  View more

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Managing Safari Extensions

Looking for your input on a request we have to manage Safari Extensions, specifically to block unwanted Extensions. Best I can tell, there's not a native/supported way to do this, so it's DIY. For now, I could remove & notify, but that doesn't quite ...  View more

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Proactive Reporting in JSS

Hello All, Thank you for taking the time to check out my post. Recently I've been trying to be more proactive with computers and having them report more data to us. We've created a bunch of extension attributes to report things like specific software...  View more

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Tool to count files

Hi all, I am currently looking for a tool, which counts files after a installation. (e.g. 1. snapshot; Install Application; 2.snapshot; --> count added files) Does anyone of you have a idea? Thanks, Jonny  View more

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FYI - Firefox 34.0.5 and CCK 2 AutoConfig Files

Firefox 34 handles the CCK AutoConfig Files differently than previous versions. Once the AutoConfig files are generated you will need to place them in different places than just /Applications/Firefox/Contents/MacOS/ The "cck2.cfg" file and the "distr...  View more

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Casper Remote: Show client when remote session is active?

I tried to find something on this and came up empty. I am surprised that we have not been asked this yet, but is there anything that anyone has done to show the clients when an active Remote session is in place? When it terminates?I know some of our ...  View more

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Deep Freeze and recent Casper Suite version

Hi we are planning to deploy deep freeze onto 1 lab of 25 machines for specific purposes.... I found a white paper dated of septeber 2010... was wondering if that was still accurate to manage the computers with deep freeze from policies and casper......  View more

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Mapping Home and AD shares using Policy

Good afternoon, I have adapted (to the best of my ability) the apple script from MacMule to mount SMB home and at least one AD Share. I can double click and run the script manually from the client desktop but I have yet to get it to run via policy in...  View more

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