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Mac Name Changes by itself?

We've been having an issue at our institution where our Macs have changed their Computer Name on their own (DNS Problems?). In an effort to stop this from happening because our printing solution relies on the AD name and Computer Name to match, I put...  View more

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Windows VM Inventory

I wrote an extension attribute that lists the inventory from a Windows VM, but a better, and more flexible, way to do it would be to add the "~/Applications (Parallels)" path to the inventory collection preferences in your JSS: Settings -> Inventory ...  View more

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Error: The Managed Account Password could not be reset

After our helpful discussion from earlier today, I have attempted to create a policy that will spin a new Management Account Password once a day. I went to Management > Policies > Create policy manually > General - named it, Category=No Category, Tri...  View more

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Run a policy only when another policy has run?

Maybe I'm not looking in the right place but is there a way to run a policy upon successful completion of another policy? I tried to create a smart group that would be populated only with machines that had run a particular policy. But could not. Do I...  View more

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Pre-iTunes 10.7

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-3703 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5485 OverviewWebKit, as used in Apple iTunes before 10.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption an...  View more

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Sporadic package installation failures via policy

I've been running into some sporadic policy failures on policies that are installing .pkg-based software. Notably, Flash Player (.pkg) and some Xerox print drivers (.mpkg). It almost seems like the policy is kicking off, the file download from the di...  View more

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K12 Schools Core iOS App List

Hi K12 School Techs, I'm curious to know what you all have as your core set of iOS apps on your default iPad "image." Secondary vs Elementary? Thanks!~Joe  View more

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restricting email

Can anyone help me use JSS - JAMF software to create a profile to restrict student access to email. On the iPad I can creat a restriction that is "Don't Allow Changes" to accounts. But I don't see that option on the list of restrictions in Jamf. than...  View more

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Updated APN now none of my iOS devices are connecting

Updated APN now none of my iOS devices are connecting to the JSS, I get this following error in the inventory under management. "The JSS has received a feedback error from the APNs server". The only way I have found to fix it is to manually remove al...  View more

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Scoping policies to AD groups in Casper 8.6.

Hi, I'm having problems getting part of a self service policy to work in casper. I have created a self service policy which needs to be limited to specific user accounts, namely staff, student and support staff. We have got ad login working, but when...  View more

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Internal SUS - Proxy error

Hey Gents.I've setup my environment with a series of internal SUS servers. and setting a policy up to run on the machines to run updates pointing to the specific server depending on the Network Segment etc. if i force the machine to point to the loca...  View more

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http error code 416: range requests

server side is nginx 1.2.2. clients occasionally attempt downloading payloads (scripts, pkgs, etc.) and end up downloading an html error page instead, causing the policy to fail. when this happens, the clients appear to be requesting a range which do...  View more

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jss showing machine MDM Managed : NO

Hi guys I'm setting up configuration profiles for the first time and followed things here to get my jss setup: https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/article.html?id=111 The mdm is showing in Profiles preference pane but the machine in the jss keeps say...  View more

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Install package from terminal

From an enrolled client, I am attempting to install a package stored on the JSS. JAMF's help documentation states the syntax should appear as:jamf install -package -path -target [-fut] [-feu] [-showProgress] I have run the following command unsucc...  View more

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Casper Share Replication Problem

So i am having this issue where every time I replicate my distribution points, there are several Winclone images that are replicated each time. This only happens with certain .winclone files. The images dont seem corrupt as they image correctly. My m...  View more

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Mobile Device Profile for Gmail

Hi all. Has anyone been able to set up a mobileconfig profile to automatically set up a gmail account? We use Google Apps, and want to be able to provide a 1-touch setup through self-service to import all details into the built-in mail settings. --Na...  View more

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Open Application in 32bit mode for all users.

Hi everyone, I'm being forced to deploy SilverFast scanning software in our Graphics and Photography labs. Due to Epson not providing 64bit drivers for most of their scanner models, Silverfast needs to be opened in 32-bit mode when connected to the E...  View more

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Script Needed: Desktop Wallpaper Path

I am looking to create a script that would create a user defined Folder in System Preferences > Desktop and Screensaver > Folder Path. I believe I've tracked down the location where this value is defined. I'm wondering if I could use a defaults write...  View more

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Casper Create a Managed Preference Profile

I created a Managed Preference profile to be pushed out to our test macbook pro before we roll them out. I imaged the computer with casper and started up and entered a username into mac setup that created a standard user. Now I would like to push a a...  View more

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intermittant LaunchAgent issue

We meet again, JAMFnation . . . . Today's question is about my ADPassMon launch agent.Generally, it works fine. But about 20% of the time on a user's first login, OS X brings up a window asking me to locate System Events.app. Once I browse to CoreSer...  View more

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Help me understand OS X Config Profile deployment

On the cusp of releasing 3000-ish Macbooks to our students for the 2012-13 school year, and just discovered a major bug with 10.7.4 mobile users with Managed client settings via the "golden triangle". I was going to wait till next year to implement P...  View more

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