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Policies for wireless clients

Hi all, How do you handle policies that execute on mobile laptop carts? I'm hesitant to treat them the same way as lab/desktop machines (i.e. deploying software updates via policy, etc) because 1) they're on a slower wireless connection and 2) we nev...  View more

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Smart Group Question

Trying to create three separate Smart Groups that gathers all 10.6.x, 10.7.x, 10.8.x Macs. It usually returns zero members. The JSS is very specific listing 10.6.3, or 10.7.2, 10.7.3, etc. I just want to know all the 10.6.x, 10.7.x, 10.8.x. regardles...  View more

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1:1 iPad questions from Admins

We have currently deployed around 5k iPads, and our district is considering going completely one student one iPad. That would put us somewhere around 13k iOS devices for students alone. My administrators have asked me if I could reach out to other di...  View more

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Query for Web Help Desk

I'm building a query for a view to work with Web Help Desk. The one they give you here: http://knowledgebase.solarwinds.com/kb/questions/4199/Importing+mobile+devices+using+JAMF+Casper sucks! So I wanted to start from scratch. The only thing is I can...  View more

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Passcode access on iPads

Is there a way to lock access to the passcodes on an ipad? We do not want students to see any options in passcode. Students are setting passcodes or are being locked out trying to enter passcodes. I do not see this option in configuration profiles.  View more

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AD Password Change Process

I'm in the process of creating a script that will notify users when their Active Directory password is 10 days away from expiring, and then remind them to change it every day until it expires. Right now I'm struggling with finding a programmatic meth...  View more

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Applying Desktop Background To Users

Hi, I'm new to the JSS and seeking some advice/help. I am trying to deploy a desktop background to all users.What i've done so far is deploy the image to the /Library/Desktop Pictures folder on all clients, but now i want to set the background and ha...  View more

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Adding users to FileVault 2 (10.8) via a script

I didn't see a script posted for this anywhere so I hope this helps you has much as it has helped us. You need to define 4 parameters (variables): #4 - Any admin user on the system, #5 - The password for that admin user, #6 - The user that you want t...  View more

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netboot/SUS Appliance VM requirements

Hi, The documentation says the minimum system requirements are:?? 100 GB of disk space available?? 1 GB of RAM?? Virtualization software installed that supports Open Virtualization Format I need to load around 20-25 machines at the same time. Does an...  View more

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OT: Xserve AFP Performance

I've got an Xserve3,1 running 10.6.8 server, that hosts home directories for some of our students and it seems that whenever AFP connections approaches 280 or higher, performance drops dramatically. Student's can't log in, or students that are logged...  View more

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Jamf Binary - Configuration Profiles

I noticed in the startupScript.sh /Library/Application Support/JAMF/ManagementFrameworkScripts/ StartupScript.sh/usr/sbin/jamf mcx/usr/sbin/jamf policy Then I took a look at what options are available under jamf binary and there are many, but in part...  View more

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Single Sign On Mountain Lion

Hi guys ive followed this and it works https://wikispaces.psu.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=111411809&navigatingVersions=true Only problem is that i open a system preference pad lock authentication as the localadmin account i can see in the Ticket...  View more

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Append Location & Department with QuickAdd ?

Hello, I am going to be adding approximately 400 machines to our inventory using the QuickAdd package and wondered if there is way to populate the Location and Department fields using the package, rather than entering them by hand after the package h...  View more

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"Startup Disk" list with command line

Hi all,I know this isn't a Casper question but I thought someone out there has the answer for it and can be good one to determine NetBoot availability.I am trying to extract the "Startup Disk" preferences pane item list. Any idea where this info come...  View more

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Non-Volume license Microsoft office deployment

My company is not large enough for the volume license to be at all worth it.Has anyone come up with a creative way to use Casper to make this a less painful process? Is there a way to use one file for deployment as long as we purchase the right amoun...  View more

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OT: Advanced logging for wi-fi

Just found this gem of info, hopefully someone else will find it useful. http://prowiki.isc.upenn.edu/wiki/Enabling_Advanced_Logging_for_Wireless_in_Mac_OS_X Duplicated (and cleaned up a bit) here in case the source goes away: Airport and/or Wi-Fi Lo...  View more

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Why is quoted text being bolded?

There seems to be an issue where quoted text gets bolded. I sent screenshots to the JAMF gods, but I wondered if anyone else is seeing it too? Two images: Existing Post (what you see in the Edit window)Update Your Post (what shows up when posted) Don...  View more

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netsus Appliance - sus issues

When I setup a Branch on for sus updates within the netsus appliance I selected everything. I now wish to remove some of the downloaded patches however simply unticking the patch in the Web interface seems to do nothing. Should unticking the patch re...  View more

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Purge memory?

In a discussion someone mentioned they use purge memory in self service. Unfortunately I can't find the discussion. If it you please can you tell me how you did it? I cant see options in self service so I take it you must have a custom script Thanks  View more

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Flushing Caches Best Practices

Hello, I have a topic regarding Casper maintenance options and could use the community’s assistance. Recently at Extensis we’ve encountered customers who have chosen to run the “Flush (User and System) Caches” on their machines at startup but are not...  View more

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Networked Account UID Issue

Ok, so here's the long and short of an issue that's beginning to creep into our setup. Last year we were on 10.6.8 server and clients. We had roughly 600 machines in use and all users were networked with Mobile Home Syncing occurring. In the last 2-3...  View more

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