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
Hi All, Just wanted to start a conversation piece, but I assume you'll all beimmediately deleting the Mac App Store app from your Managed Macs rightaway, right? =) How do you feel this will impact your role as an admin if you left it outthere on boxe... View more
Just wondering if any one is setting up SNMP, and if so when and how are you doing it.Currently I am setting up SNMP on my base image and it works, but I am setting the location in this step, and in the future I may be imaging computers for other loc... View more
I checked the KB and the Resource Kit and didn't see anything on it. Is anyone using Extension Attributes to pull expansion slot information? We're trying to get an idea how many PCI-Express slots are available on the Mac Pro workstations that are de... View more
Seems to have been removed from "jamf help" in 7.31 (shows up fine in 7.1). Is this just a mistake, or is the command no longer supported in 7.31? Thanks,Don View more
Hi everyone, I apparently made a big mistake in updating my version of Java on theserver. Tomcat won't even start now. How can I fix this? I've attemptedre-installing Java to no avail. John McLaughlinTechnical Support SpecialistNewton Public Schools View more
Good morning, I'd love to inventory my servers, but I would like to make sure that no policies get executed on them. I don't want anything to happen if a mistake is made while creating a policy. Do you have any idea about how to do that ? Thanks ! --... View more
Greetings all. Deployment of iOS devices came up a few weeks ago and, as usual when that subject is mentioned, I groaned loudly. Last week I deployed another large batch of these devices and I once again began fuming at the tedium of the whole proces... View more
I was wondering if anyone can confirm the same thing I am seeing. Com.apple.sreensaver.byhost, I have moduleName/modulePath set to Flurry & /System/Libarary/Screen Savers/Flurry.saver, which is applied at User Level at Next Login Only. However, every... View more
Anyone accomplish this using Casper? We're looking to flip the Master Password on all machines as a best practices for our org. I assume this would require some sort of packaging? I've heard of an organization before that sets the FV Master Password ... View more
I just spent too many hours struggling with a newly created NetBoot Image that booted, but would not launch any applications from the dock & the item that was due to launch at login didn’t (Casper Imaging). However, if i logged out the NetBoot user &... View more
Is there a way to prevent a group of computers from getting an Apple SUS update that we have enabled for the rest of the firm? For example, "xyz.pkg" was just released by Apple. We want every computer in the firm to get this update so we enable it in... View more
using the contents of /Users is less reliable than determining the actual locations of local home directories. in practice, you may never locate homedirs anywhere but /Users, but i have for various reasons. in those cases, you might want to do someth... View more
I am new to submitting questions but I would like to know if there is someone out there who has somehow packaged up Final Cut Pro with all of the extras that come with it. The total content is huge and I need to install this software plus extras on a... View more
My solution has always been:#for USER in `ls -1 /Users | sed -e '/Shared/d' -e '/Deleted Users/d' -e'/.localized/d'` Sean View more
(fixed some typos...sorry, posted from memory. Of course test on spare Mac and tweak as needed... Don) Hi Nick, Sure, here's a sample: Snapshot shows we need to deploy user level stuff: /Users/jdoe/Library/Preferences/crap1 /Users/jdoe/Library/Applic... View more
Looks like the provisioning tool for Acrobat X for Mac is now availablehere: It's named "Adobe Provisioning Tool (Mac)". Using the instructions starting on page 89 of the EnterpriseAdministration Guide, you'll be able to deploy Acrobat X along with ... View more
I've got a script for our CS department to run from Self Service thatmaps a block of printers from our JSS. Thus far, the script has beenworking flawlessly: for (( i=2; i<=19; i++ )); do jamf mapPrinter -id $i sleep 5done However, I've recently gotte... View more
Yes, what Bob said. I should have made myself clearer. In this fashion, youcan exclude whatever User directories you wish (for example, we have somesupport User directories that I would not want to modify so I would excludethem in that string). Sean View more
Looking to see if I have missed anything... When creating packages in Casper, I can create PKGs or DMGs. If I createPKGs, I have three advantages: i can include scripts within the package, thepackage can overwrite existing files (if it is scripted to... View more
Hi!I am stumped. I have a lab that is re-imaged and added to an MCXprofile in Casper, but will not take the startup/system wide prefs. Mytest machine in my office works perfectly, imaged w/ the same config.I've re-imaged a couple times and every time... View more
Hi All, MS 2011 Communicator v13.1 Update is now available via MS Updater only. If you are using OCS you can now share your desktop. Mac Client still doesn't give control, but can take control of the WinPCs. Perhaps next update will bring this functi... View more
We're using the "flushPolicyHistory.sh" script at imaging time (set to "After"). The script has the right permissions, and exists in all distribution points. Including the one in the imaging area. Every time we image a computer we see the same error:... View more
Hi everyone, Currently, I have settings scoped to AD student accounts to map homeshares at login. We're using MCX and not the mount network share scriptprovided by JAMF and it easily passes the credentials at the WindowServer. It works great unless w... View more
We're getting ready to move our JSS to a new dedicated XServe. I'vealready installed the JSS on the new server, backed up the current JSSwith the JSS Util, and restored the backup onto the new server. Thattakes care of getting all of our inventory an... View more
I have a package that was created in packagemaker that isn't installing via casper remote or policy in the JSS.This is my first packagemaker project, so it's possible that I made a beginners mistake. having said that, the package successfully install... View more
Hi- Just kinda figured this out (and it's nowhere on Microsoft's pages that I can find). If all you want to do is disable a few install options (in our case Communicator and Messenger as well as some other minor things) you can simply modify the dist... View more
Have any of you deployed the Universal type client? I am deploying it alongwith the server config file. I have some questions about how youprogrammatically disable other font management software and deploy theplug-ins at install time. Thank you,Ken E... View more
Does anyone know what this does? Not mDNSResponder, but mDNSResponderHelper. I haven't been able to find much about it and I'm looking to disable it. Thanks j--Jared F. NicholsDesktop Engineer, Client ServicesInformation Services DepartmentMIT Lincol... View more
How are you all packaging Self Service to upgrade clients? I packaged Self Service 8.0 (basically it's just a .dmg with Applications>Self Service and nothing else), uploaded it to Casper Admin, and can push it to a test machine using Casper Remote. H... View more
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