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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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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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Increase idle timeout on JSS?

Is there a way to increase the time interval before the JSS logs me out? ------------------------------Tom TubbiolaSystems Admin/Design ITTtubbiola at oakley.com949.900.7705  View more

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Populate Username via Script

I have a script that analyzes the `last` output and calculates the userwho's been logged into the computer the longest. This is the best way ofdetermining who uses the computer without manually specifying them. Atthe moment, the script runs as an Ext...  View more

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epson printer drivers

Hi,We've been having a problem with epson print drivers and casper imaging. We're running 10.6.6 on clients and server, when imaging machines with Casper using a .dmg of the print driver and the epson updater v. 7 that we created in Composer, the pri...  View more

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Software Update Server via Network Segments Problem

I'm having an issue with our Software Update Server config. We accidentally set our SUS up on a bunch of machine that shouldn't have it. We did this by assigning a software update server to a network segment. It then assigned this server to all the m...  View more

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Adobe audit for software licenses

Hi I was wonder if anyone could help, is there a way to use Casper to retrieveadobe licenses for audit purposes beside using Casper's License Managementfeature. perhaps in a script form Thanks Abz -- Los Angeles · Detroit · Toronto · New York · Londo...  View more

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Locking Down Firefox

Does anyone have any experience in locking down Firefox preferences??Working in a school district, we have a lot of VERY clever youngsters, andit would be helpful if I could set certain preferences, and then lock themdown, or even password-protect th...  View more

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Customizing info shown in mouse over data window

I was wondering if there is a way to customize the information that comes up when you mouse over the info icon while viewing a list of machines? Particularly I would like to see a list of local user accounts added to that pop up window. Thanks,Tom---...  View more

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packaging up Glencoe text books

Hey everyone, This is an academia specific question about Glencoe digital text books. First off, to rant, this company is horrible. They create their text books with some flash front end app that loads PDFs and the flash executable is hard coded to t...  View more

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Best Way to Deploy Xcode

Hello, Anyone have suggestions for the best way to deploy xcode to multiplecomputers. We tried building a package, but the diff doesn't work correctlyfor Xcode. I know how to install the mpkg from the command line, but the 40some hidden pkgs make the...  View more

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Important info about 10.6.6 imaging

Gang, A new Kbase article has been posted to help people image systems using 10.6.6 - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3665 JohnD-- John DeTroye Email: johnd at apple.comSr. Consulting Engineer Systems Management SpecialistEdu IT resources - http://www....  View more

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Changing Recon URL - Keeps reverting

Hi All I am trying to update the URL on the clients that they talk too. I am running the command "jamf createConf -server casper.domain.edu.au -path / -k" This command works perfectly, updates the JSS URL and it checks in. Then at some point within t...  View more

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need to batch mass edit auto run data

Everyone, I am going to BC support on this one, because since I upgraded to version 8 I can no longer seem to batch edit auto run data. I am swapping out netboot servers that image and the DNS and IP information is going to change just a bit. So I ne...  View more

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MS Office 2011 OUTLOOK

Hi all, I have seen Outlook 2011's database crash few times and this resulted dataloss (not recoverable local archive) I have already reported this DB issue to Microsoft and also asked asfeature request for "lock archiving locally" (to be disabled or...  View more

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Rosetta for 10.5

Anyone knows where to find the Rosetta for 10.5 from the Install DVD? I have find this earlier conversation (see below) and looked in to DVD(machine specific Installer) but it is not with the other packages...butit must be in different location!!??  View more

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