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
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
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
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
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
Hey Guys, I was reading over the FV2 White Paper. It looks like if you change your AD password any where else i.e. website or on a pc it will make it to the os but not down to FV2 preboot. Is this the way its supposed to work? I thought that when it ... View more
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
I'm looking to enable airport, but stop users going onto Wireless networks available.How would i add a policy to stop users accessing Wireless networks that are visable?Would it be an option to enable the add authorizationto change network option in ... View more
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
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
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
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
We have a Mac computer as our JSS server. We need to upgrade to JSS 8.62 and from what we've read we need MySQL 5.5 installed. How do you tell what your current MySQL version is? View more
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
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
...I forgot to post an addendum: https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/featureRequest.html?id=808 Don View more
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
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
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
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
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
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
Morning all. I have what I feel should be a simplistic request that's troubling me. I'm running a Launch Daemon (that ultimately runs as root, as all launch daemons do) that calls an applescript. That's running fine. The applescript, at some point, m... View more
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
I've setup the netsus Appliance and have configured a policy which is deploying to my test 10.8 machine. Updates aren't appearing. When I try to run a manual softwareupdate I receive "Error: An SSL error has occurred and a secure connection to the se... View more
Sometime before we started experiencing machines stuck at "checking for policies" we implemented an unsecured guest wireless network within our district. This network is bandwith restricted, and vlan'd so that the traffic is unable to see our interna... View more
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
I launch Recon and connect to JSS using "recon" account (which has API rights to create invitations). I get the error "Failed to get an invitation to join the JSS": external image link I get this error even if I use our JSS Admin account (which has a... View more
Does anyone have a script that configures Outlook 2011 for an AD user after they log into a Mac for the first time? Is it possible? Our windows boxes do this. TIA,Chuck View more
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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