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Jamf Pro 11.1.0 Beta Now Available!

Hello Jamf Nation!Jamf Pro 11.1.0 Beta is now releasedWe're excited to announce that this beta includes Remote Assist and macOS Self Service Onboarding along with many other features and fixes. How to join the beta: Enroll in the Beta Program under P...  View more

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Jamf Pro Beta Server Maintenance

Hello all! Access to the personal Beta instances you are able to request when you join the Jamf Pro Beta Program will be unavailable for an extended period of time over the coming weeks for maintenance. We'll let you know when they're back online! Th...  View more

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Has anyone got this working on Lion

Hey guys, want my non admin users (students getting laptops) to use Time Machine and followed this post here http://macmule.com/2010/11/18/unlock-each-secure-system-preference-allow-all-users-to-unlock/ Script #!/bin/bash#Backup the original authoriz...  View more

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Detecting FDE / Reporting Status (all brands)

There are a few scripts in the Resource Kit that provide Extension Attributes for CheckPoint FDE, PGP and SecureDoc. Has anyone written a combined script that reports the brand of FDE employed and its status? Kudos to Casper for already including Lio...  View more

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Casper 8.31 and OS X 10.4

Have people who are still supporting 10.4 machines moved up to 8.31, andif so, have you had any problems? Jamf doesn't list 10.4 support anymorein the release notes for 8.31 and they can't guarantee that it works. I've tested the Imaging app on a 10....  View more

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Creating Smart Groups - Internet Plugins

Good morning. I am trying to create a Smart Group for Internet Plugins, like Flip4Mac, Silverlight and Flash. I create the Flip4Mac Smart Group with the following criteria (please see attached). This group contains 0 members. I know there are version...  View more

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Inventory Items

So right now we've got Departments and Buildings being scoped by Network Segments. We're looking to combine those two and utilize one for an item on LDAP lookup. Is there a way to get rid of the dropdown for one of those and let LDAP auto-populate th...  View more

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NetBoot 10.7

Hi all I also had problems with this after constant attempts following everything to the T. In the end I just created a 10.6.8 NetBoot image using Apples Imaging software, then got it to log in as local admin account and automatically launch Casper I...  View more

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Changing admin password on all desktops

Hello, I'm sure this has been discussed at length before, but in your practice howhave you gone about changing the administration account password on eachdesktop? We have a single local account on each machine that is used bothby Casper to manage the...  View more

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MDM on Non-Apple JSS

Hello, I successfully migrated my JSS from an Xserve to a RHEL5 VM; however I didnotice that it broke MDM. I got a message shortly after upgrading thatApple revoked my provisioning certificate (I'm assuming this is because theserver name and hardware...  View more

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$3 returning blank in scripts

I was having trouble getting a script to run dseditgroup using JSS 8.3.1. dseditgroup -o checkmember -n /Default/Local -m $3 lpadmin I kept getting errors about no group name being specified. I put logger "the user is: $3" which returned the user as ...  View more

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Java + AV + Lion

So I'm trying to install our AV software, but it requires Java. So I downloaded the 10.7 Java installer from Apple added it to myimaging workflow as well as the AV installer mpkg. After the systemimages and boots to the os, the AV software is not loa...  View more

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iPhoto 9.2.1 Update on Lion Shipped Machine

I've begun implementing thin imaging on new machines coming from Apple,just laying down apps instead of doing fat imaging. What I've discovered,as I'm sure many of you have, is that the iLife suite is requiring updatingvia the Mac App Store. I tried ...  View more

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Best Practice deploying bootcamp in dual boot

Hi Guys, I need to configure dual boot using boot camp, followed instructions using winclone imaging XP and configured 2nd NTFS partition pointing to winclone image in casper admin, imaging progress gets stack when winclone package is reached, is any...  View more

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Just a Rumor

We buy top end mac pros all the time and we will continue to do so. If I could provide my 3d and fcp guys more power they would take it. Rumour I head was a mac pro / server hybrid ... Here's hoping  View more

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Company Root CA Cert expiry

Hi guys, Our company root ca cert expires annually & is due to expire in a few weeks time. A new cert has been generated.. So I'm wondering if all I need to do is to distribute this new cert (which is named the same as the current cert), then when th...  View more

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Mac and TLS computer certificate

How can I add "host/networksetup -getcomputername.mycompany.com" in to the "User Name" area as in System 802.1x profile in Network Prefs. What is the command line for this? Also how can I trust the computer cert in System 802.1x profile using command...  View more

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MDM Profile Update

All: Trying to move my devices from iOS 4 to iOS 5 and it's not as painless asI'd hoped. I have a few hundred iPads on iOS 4 that were originally enrolled under aniOS 4 profile. Because these devices are cart based, I created the profilein the JSS an...  View more

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number of apps ext attrib

Anyone have a way to run an extension attribute that returns # of applications installed? The info is available under details in inventory lookup. It would be helpful for me if this was a searchable inventory field. Thanks in advance.  View more

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Extension attribute for Adobe updates

Is there anyone out there that has setup or knows how to setup an extension attribute for Adobe CS5/5.5 updates? JIM ORING, JR. I.T. SYSTEMS SUPPORT SCHAWK! T 323.258.4111 D 323.551.6517 M 909.749.4228 F 323.259.0428 jim.oringjr at schawk.com 3116 We...  View more

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multiline output in extension attributes bash script

Hi, We're running Casper 8.3.1 and have a shell script that retrieves specific software and driver version info (not visible in Casper through normal inventory), and has about 10 lines of output when run in terminal. When setting this up to run as an...  View more

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Port1 vs Port2 and duplicate Mac entries in JSS

So I noticed today that if a user switches his/her Ethernet cable from Port1 to Port2 on their Mac Pro, the computer shows up in JSS. Is the MAC Address the only criteria used by JSS to vet out duplicates? Is there a way for JSS to know, perhaps base...  View more

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Another bug-Lion PolicyBanner.txt ahh!

It is possible to create an acceptable use policy by creating a PolicyBanner.txt with graphics and placing it in /Library/Security. http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=lion-policy-banner When a user logs in before the login window the user has to...  View more

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VNCing into Lion = blank backgound?

Has anybody tried to VNC into a lion box? I get prompted for the VNCpassword as usual, but then just goes to that grey linen background andnothing else. John Wojda Lead System Engineer, DEI & Mobility 3333 Beverly Rd. B2-338B Hoffman Estates, IL 6017...  View more

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Lion 10.7.2 and proxy authentication box

Hi Casper users, We've created a Lion 10.7.2 image configuration, which deploys fine thanks to the many great suggestions made on this list. However, what we've found is that on any imaged Mac a "proxy authentication required" box appears soon after ...  View more

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iCloud - System Admin Password Required

Does anyone know what is happening behind the scenes with the iCloud systempreference? We are rolling out Lion and are encouraging the use iCloud. But the factthat it requires an admin password is causing an issue. I think it isadding something to th...  View more

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Off Topic - Nation User Conference

Hello All, I just wanted to find out if anyone attending the conference in November was doing any in-house app development, for in-house distribution?, If so I want to talk to them. We are looking at doing that here, and I just wanted to ask some que...  View more

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Change JSS URL

When I took over my company had been using the url xserve01.xxxxx.com as the url for the jss. We are moving away from the Apple Xserve and on to a linux box. Therefore I wanted to change the fqdn that we use for jss-client communication. I created th...  View more

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demote admin user back to standard user...

Want to write a login script that will remove any admin accounts and demote them to a standard user. I started but knowing this list someone already here probably has written one. We are deploying a 1to1 to 100 kids and what I wanted to do is have th...  View more

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