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CS5.5 install on imaging

Has anybody successfully installed CS5.5 when imaging? We're using an SMB share, have packaged the .pkg inside of a dmg per this article. https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/article.html?id=161 DMG is in the waiting room and does successfully mount, ...  View more

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Delete All Users except local admin

I currently have mobile accounts on all of my student computers. I know, I know I could change them to strictly network accounts, but sometimes it's convenient for them to be able to save to the desktop and the teachers freak out a little less. Anyho...  View more

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HTTPS in DMZ Issue

Hi all, The kiosk account project I was working on is now on hold. So i've turned my attention back to our HTTPS distribution point in our DMZ project. So far we've got an RHEL 6.3 virtual server running Apache 2.2 working nicely as an HTTP distribut...  View more

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Pushing PDF's to students?

Hello,I work in a school district that is rolling out iPads in the fall (1:1 for about 1100 students) and have a few concerns that I am hoping someone has experience with. We sent our textbooks to be scanned and converted to PDF files with plans to d...  View more

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Adobe Cs5

I downloaded Adobe CS5 Installed Products.composer from the jamf website I cannot get this to open in composer how do I do this?  View more

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Composer 8.71 issues in 10.8.4

I'm trying to create an OS Package for 10.8.4, but I'm not having any luck. When I initially ran Composer, it would be mounted and I could select that to build the package with. After trying to create the package, Composer closes without any messages...  View more

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Appending Existing Computer Names

The naming convention on our Mac platform is firstname.lastname followed by OS version. Example: John.DoeXVI I'd like to append only the beginning of each computer name to reflect different AD OU's. For example: ADOU1-John.DoeXVIADOU2-Jane.DoeXVI I k...  View more

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Management account used EA?

Anyone got an EA that reports back the management account used? Or a way to smart group machines based on management account?  View more

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Am I ok imaging this way?

In reference to this article:https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/article.html?id=319I became concerned. Currently, I am using the InstallESD.dmg for 10.8.4 with InstaDMG to create an unbooted image for use with Casper Imaging. I have test deployed th...  View more

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Can you combine a static group in a smart group?

Please forgive me if this is really simple, i can't seem to figure this out. Here's the situation: I need to handle the patching of Apple Software Updates on the Macs that I manage, but there are some Macs that need to be manually patched because of ...  View more

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Caspersuite 8.71 not working on 10.9 preview

I am testing Mac OS 10.9 and I am unable to use Caspersuite v8.71. I know this was an issue with the previous OS X previews (as referenced here: https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=4326) and it seemed that the resolution involved u...  View more

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OT-Splitting VPP Codes

Hi,I have some vpp code spreadsheets with 800 codes and wonder how to split those between 10 sync nodes I found the following, and wonder if anyone has experience on which way works better, where troubles arise? Apple Discussions: Yes, there are two ...  View more

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AD Binding 10.8.3 Casper 8.71

I have been having this issue with binding my computers to AD via Casper Imaging and I wanted to see if there was a solve. I have been looking at the discussion board, but it seems that I havent been able to find the problem. First, this is what I am...  View more

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Apple Configurator 1.3

I'm not sure if anyone here has tested the updated version of Configurator or was aware that they added the ability to install apps with the App Store disabled. My excitement over this feature dwindled when I found an iDevice enrolled in Casper would...  View more

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Casper Imaging stalling after a few batches

Okay so i want to see if anyone is or has experienced this besides me. We have our jss and 3 distribution points which are running mountain lion. We can image 8 to ten computer at a time but after we do two or three batches that number decreases and ...  View more

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SUS/Netboot appliance - additional interface

Hello all, We're having some issues using our Macs with the netboot appliance or Mac OS X server based on a server subnet. The netboot process fails when a mac tries to connect with BSDP and IP helper on the routers. We also tried the sudo bless comm...  View more

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Configuration Profiles. Max passcode age. Mac OS X.8

So in getting ready to move to X.9 I have started testing Configuration Profiles, and I wanted to get Max passcode age working. Has anybody working with Mac OS X.8? This Apple doc says the key is "maxPINAgeInDays" and kinda implies that is should wor...  View more

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Customize login/logout status to user

Regarding the JSS > Settings > Computer Management Framework > Login/Logout Hooks > "Display status to user during login and logout" setting, can the status that this setting displays be customized (such as to display company logo, etc)?  View more

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EA to check duplex setting for en0 and en1?

There doesn't seem to be a previous post or thread regarding EA for checking duplex of en0 and/or en1. Of course I didn't scroll past the first results page, since we're waiting for JAMF to fix the search sort issue. Anyone have an EA for displaying...  View more

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Flush All History With Problems - NOT!

OK, if we display policy log page with the default 100 lines, the Flush All History With Problems button appears to work. Well...unless you expand the display to a higher number, say 2500...then it appears not to work beyond the first 100 lines. You ...  View more

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CocoaDialog send jamf binary output to TEXT field

CocoaDialog gurus.. can you please help? I wish to have a window with an indeterminate progress bar that's text fields are updated with the output of the jamf binary (in this case the output of jamf installAllCached & sudo jamf recon).. I'm just stru...  View more

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mDNSResponder Mountain Lion

Anyone know how to disable Multicast Advertisements in Mountain Lion? This used to work in 10.6 but can find anything on Mountain Lion http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3789#  View more

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Terminal Notifier commands hanging

Hi There, I have a re-wrapped version of Terminal Notifier that i wish to use to notify end user of policies etc.. I have a collection of scripts that work locally as the user as when as root from the terminal (via su). But they seem to either hang o...  View more

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Check in Frequency for different groups....

Are any of you out there in JAMFNation are using custom /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.jamfsoftware.task.1.plist for different groups? In the environment where I am I have three production groups that I'd like to change the check-in times from every 1/2 ...  View more

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Computer-level AD Certificate Auto Renewal

We have AD Certificate Payload configured in Configuration Profiles to get the computer level AD certificates and it works fine. Now I'm thinking about a strategy for renewal of the certs. As far as i know, the certificate will not get renewed automa...  View more

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