Hello Jamf Nation!We have several exciting new features including new Login functionality, Managed Software Updates enhancements, Packages page redesign, and more! You can find more information in the release notes when you enroll.Starting with the J... View more
We have recently put an external JSS node into production. To our surprise, several MacBooks that were stolen over a year ago were now checking in with our JSS. I have jumped on this to put a process in place using Prey (http://preyproject.com/) to g... View more
We have a signed certificate from GeoTrust on our JSS. So I enabled the new "Use certificate communication with JSS" setting. The warnings said nothing about ensuring that the clients can access the JSS with the certificate- only to ensure that the J... View more
We are a school that is looking to use LanSchool and I am working on pushing it out to a test group of machines. What I am wondering is if there is a way to get a list of computers with the process for Lanschool student version running. I have found ... View more
I've created a *.mv4 file by combining to LOTR DVDs into one movie for iTunes/Apple TV2 and the resulting file is 4.3GB. I used HandBrake to encode the file (and had 'Large File Size' option checked). The resulting file plays fine with VLC and/or Qui... View more
Is anyone out there using Kerberos authentication in order to setup Outlook 2011? View more
Our APNs Certificate is about to expire and I am curious about how to renew the certificate and what impact that will have. Our certificate was created with our Apple Developer Account, not the new non-developer method. How do you renew the Certifica... View more
In Composers 8.3 and earlier, you could make a package simply by dragging files from finder into Composer. In version 8.4, I haven't figured out how to do this. Can anyone enlighten me? View more
Hi All-Saw a question long ago on this topic but no responses. We have our Casper server behind BlueCoat proxy hardware and the connection to the GSX service in Casper does not work. It just sits at 0% of xxx number of computers. I know it has someth... View more
So in the interest of buttoning a few things up over here I got the LDAP lookups setup with our CA cert so that it is done over SSL. I also got a public wildcard cert installed and setup in Tomcat so I can now goto: https://host.glenbrook225.org:8443... View more
Hello, I was wondering if anybody has a method of enabling FileVault 2 on Lion without end-user intervention?I have the master keychain made so I don't need to worry about recording numbers or sending questions to apple.I tried the script from the re... View more
Hi When I recon 8.31 on a Mac running OSX 10.6.7 I get the error message "jamf binary failed to install" I cannot find any other error or log info. Any ideas? View more
Has anyone had a problem yet with AD bound Lion Clients authenticating via kerberos to AFP shares? My servers are 10.6.8 and AFP with Kerberos auth works fine on previous versions of OS X. Symptoms: Connect to an afp share and prompted for authentica... View more
Problem Trying to find out the risk of external Storage devices is very challenging. Looking at the machines inventory in the JSS under Storage will only show the external storage devices captured at that time. If a user plugs in a usb flash drive fo... View more
Hi I wondered if there was an easy way of adding existing computers to departments or groups easily? For Example We have 30-40 machines in our Sydney Office 250 in our London Office 40 in Hong Kong office Is there a way that (perhaps using the quicka... View more
Hello JAMF Nation, I'm working on a new system image deployed by Casper . . . End user's will all be logging in using their Active Directory accounts.One of the last tasks I have is to set a customized dock for all users when they log in. I've explor... View more
Hello I have an extension attribute which does a simply cat of a txt file. The problem is the txt file has carriage returns in it and I would like to include them because the recon inventory shows all the information bunched together and i need to be... View more
Hi was wondering if anyone could help out with this I'm using a VPN script that Cem created which works a treat, but I find when I try deploying the script either at imaging time, casper remote or via Policies that it fails Here is what I'm getting /... View more
Is there a way to force the Computer Name using a reference list like a CSV? We have a good number of Mac users who are grandfathered in with admin rights. That's not likely to change. We're hoping to come up with a way to revert the Computer Name wh... View more
So, there has been a lot of on and off discussion about InstaDMG over the years. I have heard the debate from all sides of InstaDMG. From the supporters and the naysayers. Overall, in my personal and professional opinion it is a very nice and powerfu... View more
https://plus.google.com/u/0/109088229817689076273/posts/M3zHnfEQMUw Interesting View more
I upgraded my JSS yesterday and now I cannot run Recon on any of my devices. I get the following error: Recon failed during the submit processThis will fail if the JSS has an invalid certificate but the "This JSS has a valid certificate installed" ch... View more
Hello, I'm trying to find some more information on getting our ePO server to see our Mac clients as managed objects. There was an install dmg file that was created for previous versions of OSX, but will not install on Lion. I have the new version of ... View more
Yay! A shiny new version of Casper Suite! 8.4! I'm looking to install it tonight on a Lion box. Anyone successfully done that yet? I've already got Java from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1421I don't have an Enterprise license of MySQL. Communi... View more
Hi All Just wanted to know if this is normal or not, or JSS database is around the52G mark, we are currently managing around 250 Macs via Casper. This looks really large to me, is this normal? Thanks Abz View more
Folk, I'm not sure what etiquette dictates here; I definitely don't want to come across as spamming. I've had an offer of a position that, after some heavy consideration, I've turned down. The agency has asked if I might know anyone that would be a v... View more
So we have to clean up some legacy hidden home directories. The deleteAccount verb works fine, but it archives the home directories for these hidden accounts /Users/Deleted Users which we don't want. sudo jamf deleteAccount -username jdoe I know some... View more
Hello: I am interested in using the "jamf createAccount" script to add an administrator account. However, I have noticed a problem and I am wondering if anyone has suggestions for this. The problem is with one of the parameters "-password" where you ... View more
Which do you use and why? I made my base from a Mac Pro but when it is installed on a Mac Book Pro two Ethernet connections show. Or do you use different base builds depending on what type of machine that is being imaged? Thanks 
