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
OK, I typically spend a fair amount of time trying to figure out what versions of software are deployed at a client site. Inventory->Applications->"Microsoft Word.app" will present me with a distribution list of versions of Office 2008/2011. From the... View more
Hi there. I'm not sure if this is the place or time, but I have a little feature request for the JSS Server. When you're working in the web interface and then leave it sit for a bit and come back, it tells you that your session has expired. This is v... View more
HI,I just upgraded from 7.2.1 to 7.3.1. (skipping 7.3 due to bad timing :)I am preparing a package to update Recon/SelfService on clients. I plan touninstall the previous version and then install new.Wondering how I should handle the move from "jamf.... View more
Hi, Could you tell me how to achieve this with existing version of Casper Suite 7.31 (I think potentially future request): I have a smart group in JSS for Macs hasn't checked in for 90 + . I would like these Macs to move to retired zone and release t... View more
I had not deleted printers in the JSS that already existed with the samename. Once deleted and Trash emptied, I was then able to add printers. Thanks Jason Weber! -- Jim FryeDistrict Technology CoordinatorUpper Sandusky E.V. SchoolsUpper Sandusky, OH... View more
I have 5 network printers (HP) that I would like to add to the JSS and the"Add Printer" tool does not see them even though they are in my printers onmy laptop. I have been able to other printers to the JSS via this method,but not the remaining five. ... View more
...you can't go wrong with an SSD. My "testbed" machine is a new Intel Mac mini Server (which normally ships with 2 500 GB drives). Spent an additional $160 and purchased a 60 GB OWC SSD. Disk I/O is lightning fast - the complete CS5 install is under... View more
I've been struggling to find a way to effectively block the running ofP2P apps on our school network. A few points: 1) the network analysis tool we were using to do this at the networklevel no longer works since the P2P detection signatures have chan... View more
Hi, I'd like to submit a request to have MCX settings created for Firefoxbrowsers. It's tedious having to constantly update dmgs with settings tobookmark new urls and such. John McLaughlinTechnical Support SpecialistNewton Public Schools View more
Hi All,I am trying to uninstall application Symantec Antvirus (SAV 10.2.3) using casper policy.For that i am using an net booted image of Mac OS X 10.6.4this uninstall script is been provided by the Symantec itself.Manual uninstall is working fine wi... View more
Hi all, I already posted this to the Resource Kit, but I figured I'd checkhere too as this is somewhat urgent. I just updated to version 7.31. I've used the CNIC 3.2 to create aNetInstall image for us, and it is booting the machines properly and logg... View more
At JAMF Support's request, I am posting this question here. Has anyone attempted imaging one of the new Mac Mini aluminum machinesusing Casper 7.31? The 10.6.3 rev of the Mac Mini aluminum (10D2235) is newer than the 10.6.3combo update from Apple (10... View more
How do you all deploy this? Self healing and admin rights are annoying. The developer of this digital text book hardcoded their app to use Adobe Reader, which sucks. I think I may actually try to hack this text book to make it so that it just uses pr... View more
I know there have been a couple threads about deploying printers already,but I couldn't seem to find behavior like I'm seeing... I've got a policy setup that is supposed to deploy 13 printers to our entirecreative services department. It's set up thr... View more
Clean install! We tried to upgrade, which we have never done on a server os, and we will continue to clean install in the future. Ended up formatting, installed clean 10.6.4, reinstalled the JSS, imported the database and we were back in business. We... View more
I'll be upgrading our XServe from 10.5.8 to 10.6.3 and was wondering if anyone knew of any hiccups I may run into during this install? Would it be better to do a clean install and restore Casper information from a Time Machine backup or do the upgrad... View more
I see in the Resource Kit an excellent tool/script for enabling ARD ona machine. What I'm looking for is a way to determine whether a userhas disabled ARD. I see "Remote Login" as an option in the Extensions Attributestemplates, but my understanding ... View more
OK, So, my new nbi file seems to be working now. I think something Unix-wise changed and I had to alter one of my scripts. So, my 10.6 image works and on the 2 macbooks I imaged, worked fine. However, now I am imaging some older Macbooks with my 10.5... View more
Hello all. We're having issues with some of the machines that have been imaged in the last 6 months frequently re-installing sophos daily. I'm not sure if this might be related to our use of casper for imaging, but the machines that have this issue h... View more
Long story short, I have 10.6 only machines now, so I have a 10.6 image and 10.6 nbi file. So I created a new image new nbi and when I netboot it no longer mounts the casper share, so nothing actually gets copied. If I quit to terminal and do a ls -a... View more
I saw an earlier post that this wasn't working.I'm going nowhere with it.The best I can get is "command not found" or "file or directory does notexist".Has anyone got thru the "root=" part yet? Thanks,Bob Bob Johnson Systems Manager I Southern Graphi... View more
Has anyone else noticed that package uninstallation will not remove files from the /System/Library/User Template folder, nor ~ subfolders? (Fill Existing Users and Fill User Template) ... or is it just me? Thanks!Kerry View more
Hi Everyone, I just wanted to let everyone know that we've created a Casper Open Forum.Feel free to come and contribute to the site. I think this would be a goodway to organize the help topics a little. Thanks! http://www.appleanswers.com/forumsTopic... View more
Does anyone have any horror stories attempting to use the DMG updaters fromAdobe's download website they'd like to share before I start pushing themout? I realize there is some new stuff in the updated AAIMEATEAMMTMEFthingy... Any need to order thing... View more
I have a test machine that I am going to send a group to test some things. Two separate groups are going to require different images, but will besharing the same test machine. So every time recon runs on a different patron on this machine, the comput... View more
I wanted to share how we solved the issue of getting VPN settings to our endusers. It is something that I banged my head against for months; I'm hopingthat I can save someone else some pain. In our solution, we use the script from the resource kit, b... View more
Is there a way for Casper to kill a running process BEFORE installing a pkg? I see the option but wondered if this runs BEFORE the pkg is installed? Management > Computer Management > Policies > Create New Policy > Advanced > Files & Processes > Sear... View more
Is there a way for Casper to kill a running process BEFORE installing a pkg? I see the option but wondered if this runs BEFORE the pkg is installed? Management > Computer Management > Policies > Create New Policy > Advanced > Files & Processes > Sear... View more
We have a few feature requests that we would like to see for ease of supporting our clients. The first one is the ability to have notifications to the end users. Currently the only notification is when rebooting is required after installing an applic... View more
Hi everyone, I am curious how other Casper user are handling that problem. We see delays when our users are logging in and logging out when the jss isnot visible (offline use)This is caused by the JSS managed login and logout hooks: ## Get MCX Settin... View more
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