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Jamf Pro 11.8.0 Beta is now available!

Hello Jamf Nation! The Jamf Pro 11.8.0 Beta Release features a number of exciting improvements and enhancements for managing your Apple devices. Starting with 11.8.0, Jamf Pro admins will be able to set a minimum OS for MacBooks, iPhones, and iPads t...  View more

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New to JAMF...What method do you guys use for imaging?

Hey Everybody, We are new to JAMF and have been using DeployStudio for imaging which used a slimmed down OS NetBoot Image and/or the same image on a flash drive, but with our move to JAMF we are wondering what method you guys are using for imaging yo...  View more

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Enable Root User Suddenly Not Working

Last week we updated our JSS from 8.62 to 8.71. Since then, any Macs we image (Casper Imaging) fail to have the root account enabled. Enabling root as part of a configuration has been working for the past year or more. We use the command: /usr/sbin/d...  View more

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Extension Attribute: Computer Names Matching AD Objects

Hey all basically made a script for people with OCD like me who like the Sharing Names to match the AD Object Name. The first script I will post is just for reporting. Ill post another script that will fix any computers with mismatches. Essentially, ...  View more

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Extension Attribute: Computer Names Matching AD Objects

Hey all basically made a script for people with OCD like me who like the Sharing Names to match the AD Object Name. The first script I will post is just for reporting. Ill post another script that will fix any computers with mismatches. Essentially, ...  View more

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Mac Compliance reporting

I am not sure if this has been asked as a feature request or not but is there a way to create a baseline (OS, app versions, policies etc other than smart computer groups) and then run a compliance report against it? Being able to do compliance report...  View more

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Is there a "mother of all images"?

A couple of years back i was told that if you make a base image on the best and newest Mac you have, it basically covers all hardware back then. It was true. I made a 10.6.8 that i kept updating now and then from an iMac (if i remember correct) and t...  View more

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Trigger policy when login window is up?

Is there a way to have a policy triggered when a computer is at the login screen? This is not to be confused by the login/logout trigger. Basically I would like to have a policy check to see if the computer is at the Login screen and if so, to run a ...  View more

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Extension attribute script execution

I cannot find the documentation on when exactly extension attribute (by script) are executed. I don't see a way to control it so I am wondering what triggers these scripts? I have one I would like to run on a timed interval. It is not that important,...  View more

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Dallas Area User Group Meet Up

Sorry for the delay in getting the group together again, but I wanted to wait until after school started since we have so many EDU folks in the area. We are set to meet on Thursday 9/12 at 6:30 pm at Kinetic Technology Group. Check the User Groups se...  View more

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Parallels DT 8 Won't install via TMI

I'm deploying 50 laptops with parallels for a customer. I built the deployment package and added our enterprise license. Tested the package and it works fine. However, when I deploy the same package via Target Mode Imaging (TMI) Parallels, and only P...  View more

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File Names on Server Volumes

This question is not JAMF related. It is targeted toward anyone that can provide more information about a problem that I find little information about, but can cause big issues; file names. EnvironmentWe have about 600 Macs working in a publishing sy...  View more

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storage solutions -- your opinions please

Hello all, I am fairly new into the world of Jamf, and currently running off of some XServer hardware for the NBI & JSS, however distro point is coming from SMB shares on windows 2012. About half of the time my imaging fails to complete because of an...  View more

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Allow non-admin users to change password

I have about 1400 machines (10.8.4) that I have setup for students with local accounts. I have set up a Config profile for the users. I have everything but profiles checked under Restrictions/Preferences. However, when a student logs in, they can go ...  View more

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Deleted casper admin packages still showing in JSS

I have create a few test packages and loaded them to capser admin. I have deleted those packages in casper admin but when I go to the JSS to create a new or duplicated policy, the packages I deleted in casper admin are still there ( in the JSS) How c...  View more

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Enrollment Profiles No Longer Working

I had to renew my Apple Push Certificate today and it seems that I can no longer enroll devices with an enrollment profile and apple configurator. I know that the new push certificate is working as I can still apply configuration profiles to my devic...  View more

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Welcome home, Jody Rodgers

You are where you belong. JAMF is extremely lucky to have you on board. :) http://www.jamfsoftware.com/latest/video-does-it-take-ninja-or-zen-monk-manage-adobe-products First and second rounds are one me at JNUC 2013 (yep, it's in writing!). Don  View more

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Wireless Configuration Profile Dropping/Breaking

At my institution we have laptops that students use to authenticate to our domain wirelessly. In order to do that they need to be connected to the wireless prior to logging in. In 10.6 SL we simply setup system level network profiles in the network G...  View more

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NetSUS - local path for distro point?

Howdy folks, I am setting up a NetSUS to be a Distro point for our JSS. What is the local path supposed to be? I have looked around on the NetSUS beastie itself and the docs... Sorry if this is a silly question... Thanks,Bruce  View more

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Re-Enrolling Via QuickAdd package and a Policy

I've poked around through the 'Nation and haven't found an easy answer to my question/problem. I accidentally created a new APN cert instead of renewing the old one (there were several, it was my first day back from vacation, I hadn't had enough coff...  View more

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Login Message when FV2 is enabled?

I'm under the impression that if you have a standard login window message setup at the time FV2 is enabled, it will be used at the FV2 power on auth window. But that is not what I'm experiencing. I use a Profile to setup the login message. Now that F...  View more

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Remove unwanted networkservice

Hi guys For security reason i am trying to remove the Wi-Fi network service from Workstations. If i do it manually in the Network System Pref pane and hit the minus, then it goes away. If i try this in terminal networksetup -removenetworkservice Wi-F...  View more

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Deploying packages without Self Service

I'm able to create packages using composer, upload via casper admin and deploy them via JSS using Self Service with no problems. How can I automatically deploy a package to multiple macbooks without having the use self service? Cheers, Henry  View more

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AD home directory not mounting properly

Environment: Active Directory fores and domain at the 2008 functional level. No open directory or golden triangle. Casper joins macs to the domain no problems. Users have AD accounts. Some have home directories set, some don't. If an AD user without ...  View more

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