Hi guys,Can anyone point out KB articles which instructs how to set up a second NetBoot server?Or can anyone give some suggestions on things I need to be aware of when setting up a second NetBoot server?Thanks. View more
Hey Guys,Was just having a look through the good old resource kit and noticed the "System Config Trigger" when sleeping and network changes etc cause the machine to check for policies etc. thought this might be a handy tool in my environment, but i c... View more
I have tried a Lion Recovery from Recovery HD on mid 2011 iMac and it is incrediblely slow. It took me nearly 4 hours to finish the installation. I did it over the wireless, haven't tried on ethernet cable yet. If you have similar experience, please ... View more
I read that Netboot/SUS appliance supports diskless net booting but when i netboot I could not unmount the local hard drive. Are there any ways to getting that shadow file on the net boot server or using RAM for it? I am running the NetBoot on VMware... View more
Hi, – I would like to regularly create a set of Complex Application Usage Reports – And I wondered if anyone had any suggestions as to the best way to go about this task… ? What I am looking to produce is: Each Month, "Application Usage Per Lab" My "... View more
Does anyone have a good Casper architecture diagram that helps explain the infrastructure & apps interaction to the uninitiated? I was looking through some old Casper documentation and way back in my version 6.0 admin guide there's a great, simple di... View more
I discovered this blog post that provides a way to disable the home button on a device using a configuration profile: http://zchristopoulos.com/2012/02/how-to-disable-ipad-home-button-kioskstore-demo-mode/ This makes iOS devices function as a kiosk, ... View more
I have access to Mountain Lion already, and have a few ideas on how JAMF can take advantage of some really slick new features in the OS. I cannot post them on the main Feature Requests page here in the JAMF Nation as that would breach my NDA with App... View more
Hey all, I wrote a script to add users to a certain dscl group and I was wondering how can I get an interaction pop up that says "Please Type in your Name" and the name is then saved as lets say $name? View more
im about to do a huge [5000+] rollout of iOs devises. i would like to use a policy to automatically set up the email on the devices. we use microsoft live mail. when i grab a user from ldap the username is populated with the username for our director... View more
We have had some Macbooks come back from repair. They were originally deployed as Snow Leopard machines, but we are now imaging with a Lion image (10.7.3). It was my understanding that we should be able to simply change the image configuration in the... View more
Not really an issue with Casper, but I'm looking for suggestions. We manage printer settings for our computer labs with Open Directory MCX. Our labs print to queues on a Windows print server. Everything worked great on OS 10.6, but with Lion, the pri... View more
Hey all! One of my coworkers came up with a script to automate backing up a user's home directory (to one of our servers) with no intervention. As far as I can tell, the script looks fine, and runs just fine from a terminal window. The problem I see ... View more
I'm trying to use the ESD as part of my system build. And though my install seemed to go off without a hitch the first time out - after I'd made some tweaks, I realized that I'd need to do a new build. At which point the install of the ESD took all o... View more
Hey all, So we are using Casper to push out 2 profiles to lion computers. We created one to make a group of computers join the 80211x and another to bind them to the OD server. All the machines get wireless flawlessly and when plugged into ethernet t... View more
Anyway to stop extensions in Chrome? Based on their wiki http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/trunk/permissions.html#types extensions can't be blocked? Am i right? How are others out there blocking the x86 game execution in chrome. View more
Has anyone else experienced issues uploading the Office 2011 mpkg? I've been trying to get the base mpkg uploaded - and it keeps transferring almost IMMEDIATELY, and then shows as 6 megs on the server side. I'm able to upload other packages, and they... View more
So we're thinking how a mobile user would get back into the company if their company-issued laptop were stolen or damaged. We thought a "break open glass" USB thumb drive that would be included with each machine may be a good idea. They'd have this t... View more
Head of security has asked me to investigate whether its possible to restrict the use of usb keys and firewire drives on company macs. Anyone got any ideas or had any exposure in this area? Of course can't fully disable them because of keyboards & mi... View more
I'm watching the JAMF webcast and they're stressing the upcoming iBooks integration.. Anyone using iBA to create training materials or other non-edu content? What's worked, what hasn't? What surprised you? View more
Does anyone know of a way to convert a terminal command into a policy?? I'd like to run this command for users when they login: chflags nohidden ~/Library View more
Hello everyone! Our CSO has tasked us with installing Sophos(V7.3.9) onto our iMacs on our network. Our consultant has created an MPKG that has our settings included within it. I am trying to install it onto a test machine and I have had little to no... View more
Hi, We have a few teachers that have been personally using their "student" iPads which have managed profiles installed on them. They now want to delete their data and start letting the students use them. Is there a safe and easy way to get rid of the... View more
Here's an interesting profile you can load on iPads... It locks the iPad into kiosk mode, much like they use in the Apple Stores. http://zchristopoulos.com/2012/02/how-to-disable-ipad-home-button-kioskstore-demo-mode/ John View more
I am having issue configuring the ip address in the Appliance. I have set it up manually with ifconfig but it does not seem to stick. I am also unsure on how the best way to pull up the webpage once i have it set up. I have tried to connect directly ... View more
Perhaps everyone already knows this, but I just found this to be awesome: So, I'm mucking around in /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users. There's lots of users' plist files. Now, I want to see the contents of one of these so I do a defaults nobody.pli... View more
I'm testing self service being utilized more broadly in our environment. I'm surprised how long the installs are taking (similar times for AFP and HTTP). Taking self service out of the mix, I ran the policies manually using command below and saw simi... View more
Hi folks, we use Casper to get Informations about installed Plugins for indesign CS5 and Incopy CS5. My Problem is how to get the Version of the Plugins if they are build as a framework? That means the Info.plist is not in Contents but in Versions - ... View more
Does anyone have any experience with Credant for Mac vs. Filevault 2? Pros/Cons? Any information would be helpful, as we are implementing Casper Suite soon and we would prefer to manage FileVault 2 instead of Credant. Thanks muchly,Susan View more
So we just discovered that we have to replace our Apple updates that were in Casper with new ones, because of the Software Update Certificate Expiring... Here is the thread:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5198 View more
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