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Jamf Pro 11.5.0 Beta is Now Available

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

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FW: Custom OS Installs & Default Language

Does this help? Regards,Ben TomsIT Support Analyst GREY GroupThe Johnson Building, 77 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8JST: +44 (0) 20-3037-3819 |Main: +44 (0) 20 3037 3000 | IT Helpdesk: +44 (0) 20 3037 3883  View more

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Language & Text Preference

Hi Does anybody know which Preference controls the Language and TextPreference pane? I need to be able to set the Format depending on what Country they are in. Cheers Joe + 60 Kingly Street, London, W1B 5DS* helpdesk at bbh.co.uk( +44 207 453 49834 w...  View more

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Language ans Text

Hi Does anybody know which Preference controls the Language and TextPreference pane? I need to be able to set the Format depending on what Country they are in. Cheers Joe + 60 Kingly Street, London, W1B 5DS* helpdesk at bbh.co.uk( +44 207 453 49834 w...  View more

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How to check if user is a admin

Hi All I'm trying to simply write a script that will check if the currently logged in user is a admin. I can get a list of admins by running 'dscl . read /Groups/admin | grep GroupMembership' And I know when running a script through casper $3 is the ...  View more

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Alternative to Mac for NetBoot Server?

I'm in a large campus and with the demise of the Xserve find that our server team doesn't want a bunch of mac mini's as OSX Server's for a variety of reasons. That leaves me with the problem of how to manage Apple Desktops and Laptops etc. I see in t...  View more

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FW: Hacker writes easy-to-use Mac Trojan

Anyone heard of Apple addressing this? We use McAfee on Macs and PC’s here so we’ve asked them for any feedback. Just thought I’d see if anyone else has heard anything. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9211659/Hacker_writes_easy_to_use_Mac_Troj...  View more

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App usage reporting?

Anyone figured out a way to extract this from the JSS into a usable format, like a CSV? If so, care to share? I just put in a feature request, but will probably have to query the db myself to put together this report I need right now... This message ...  View more

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Policy to run Script

I have created a Policy that will install a piece of Software and run aScript to configure the plist file to include the current logged in usersshort name. #! /bin/sh # Set variableuser=id -un # Set Permissions on Tempora folderchmod -R 777 /Library/...  View more

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Casper and AAMEE questions

I have a question about AAMEE (Adobe Application Manager Enterprise Edition) - the app that bundles up the Adobe installs into native .pkg format installers. I have a case open with Adobe's support, but I'm going on a 3rd week of "support" without le...  View more

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casper community site

just glanced at some of the postings about setting up a community site, so pardon me if you've already discussed this. why not setup a google code project or use github? both are free, have wikis, and support both ticketing/bug reporting and version ...  View more

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ASUS Error

I know ASUS is not the most popular atm.. But I thought I'd see if anyone can help me.. We've a master ASUS which cascades updates to other ASUS's. Currently, something has broken & we're seeing errors like the below in the logs for all updates.. So ...  View more

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What do you do here?

1) How many Macs do you manage?This building 890, Casper managed in our district, 1800 2) What percentage of your job is dedicated to Mac management?90% 3) If you're not dedicated to Mac management what other types of work doyou perform?Anything the ...  View more

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Patch management through Casper

Hi- Feel free to contact me directly off-list, but we're looking at doing full patch management through Casper. What are folks' experience with this including patch cycles, time required for the process, best practices etc. Thanks!--Jared F. NicholsD...  View more

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Lion and Casper apps.

Hot on the heals of all the Lion chatter; Looks like Self Service, Remote and Recon open/operate normallyComposer and Admin throw up an error indicating that 10.4 or later is required. Nick Caro Senior Desktop Support Administrator Phone +1 212-839-1...  View more

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Create External Facing JSS

I have an external IP and domain, however, I have no idea how to setup theJSS to be able to work with the external network. I would appreciate anyadvice that can be provided by those who have experience working on this. Thanks,-- Glenn BurnsComputer ...  View more

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What is it you say you do here?

Hi Guys, Just a few quick poll questions if you don't mind. If you're willing can you answer three questions for me? 1) How many Macs do you manage? 2) What percentage of your job is dedicated to Mac management? 3) If you're not dedicated to Mac mana...  View more

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logging...

Hi, Is there a way to log all changes and the users that made those changesto the JSS? John McLaughlinTechnical Support SpecialistNewton Public Schools  View more

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Lion Dev Preview available

Quick note from: http://www.apple.com/macosx/lion/ Lion ServerSimply a better server.Lion Server is now part of Mac OS X Lion. It's easy to set up your Mac as a server and take advantage of the many services Lion Server has to offer. Here are just a ...  View more

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Resource Kit, DNS and Search Domain scripts

I haven't looked at the Resource Kit scripts recently, however I do know you can specify multiple DNS servers in the networksetup command line (at least in 10.6):On Feb 23, 2011, at 3:04 PM, Daniel Behan wrote: networksetup -setdnsservers (interface)...  View more

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Upgrade to Casper 8

Hi- We're going from 7.21 to 8 in a few weeks. I thought I saw something about the jamf binary now using a plist instead of a conf file. Is there anything on the client end that I need to do in order to make the transition smooth? Thanks j--Jared F. ...  View more

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Tracking Computers

We have a student who checked out of school but failed to check in theirMacBook. I was wondering if anyone knew if there is a way to track thiscomputer using the Casper Suite now that it is off campus. Thanks,-- Glenn BurnsComputer TechnicianSnyder I...  View more

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Script to Analyze 'last' Data

Ok, this is an offshoot of the other "Script Priority" topic I startedearlier today. What I'd like to do is calculate what user has been logged into thecomputer the longest. Not the last, most recent user. So far I have aPHP script that processes the...  View more

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Script Order / Priority

This has probably been brought up before but I couldn't find anything inthe archives. Anyway, I have a policy setup to run two scripts that needto be run in a certain order. They are named in alphabetical order.However, there is no consistency to whi...  View more

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"Volume name" change blocks Casper Imaging

Hi all, Is there a way to specify a "partition" (eg /dev/disk0s2) in a Casper Imaging autorun rather than a volume name. If a machine's System Volume has been renamed or a previous image attempt failed subsequent runs of Casper imaging will all fail ...  View more

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netinstall image size

Hi, Can I modify the netinstall image create by casper netrestore to be smaller? Mine is 10 Gb, and I guess I do not need the extra Applications on it, maybe only Casper Imaging I did this from a clean install of an iMac thanks in advance cheers Carm...  View more

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March training in Minneapolis?

Anyone else going? j--Jared F. NicholsDesktop Engineer, Client ServicesInformation Services DepartmentMIT Lincoln Laboratory244 Wood StreetLexington, Massachusetts 02420781.981.5436  View more

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MySQL root user question

I am going to be setting up integration with jamf and webhelpdesk and have a quick question regarding security. "Allow Network Connections" is enabled for MySQL and it is listening. Not knowing much about MySQL, I'm assuming that I need to set a pass...  View more

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