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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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i3 not Netbooting

Has anyone had any problems netboot i3 machines to net install sets thatwere created with i5 hardware?Thanks -- Colleen KeenanSenior Technology Classroom SpecialistAcademic TechnologyAmherst College413-542-8175  View more

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Active Directory LDAP Syncing

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone knew how to force an LDAP sync or how to edit the frequency of syncing? More to the point, I am trying to scope a managed preference to an user in the "restricted" group and the JSS doesn't show the group. Thanks! Pa...  View more

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FW: enableARD.sh

I am trying to setup enableARD script and when I put it in the workflowit says it runs through w/o errors. However when I try to connect viaARD it blocks me out saying the machine is offline. I can push theenableARD script through Casper Remote and t...  View more

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Very Slow Casper Remote Installs

I'm trying to use Casper Remote to do an install of CS3 DP on a machine. It's been running for the last 15 minutes and it says it is stilldownloading to the machine. In fact, it is at 58% of downloading. Both the server and the machine are on a Gig n...  View more

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Editing a Casper manged preference thru CLI

Hey We have a user that has traveled out of our network and cannot reach the jss or our xserve. Right now his machine updates from our xserve with a user level managed preference. Under these setting JSS > Management > Managed Preferences > com.apple...  View more

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Airport Prefs Revisited

Hello all, This is my first post to the list and I have already found a truckload of useful information by digging through the previous posts in the archives. This post is actually directed at a previous listing in which Thomas Larkin offered up a pa...  View more

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Accessing Mac Server with Windows XP/7

I've been challenged to create a share for our QuickAdd Package on the Mac Server. SMB is enabled but I still can't access this from Windows machines. I'm sure there is a KB article somewhere but figured someone on here would be able to point me dire...  View more

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Mounting User Network Share

Hey, everybody! I’m trying to mount a user’s active directory on login. We used to do this through open directory, but we are now using casper for our managed preferences and I can’t get it to work anymore. Any ideas? Thanks!Mark BucknerBridgeport IS...  View more

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Casper saved my sanity

Just wanted to share this with the list.... We are deploying laptops right now in our 1:1 program. We are all working 65+ hour weeks here in IT to get all last minute stuff done before school starts, to pass out laptops, and ensure users get logged i...  View more

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Trouble installing 7.31

Is anyone else having trouble trying to install 7.31? I have opened the JSS Setup Utility, logged in as the local admin on the server, clicked the Update tab and clicked Install. I see the message similar to "secure copying .war file" or something li...  View more

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JSS Mobile for iPad

http://itunes.apple.com/app/jss-mobile-for-ipad/id379439054 If you're running Casper 7.3 or later, you can edit policies right from your iPad...  View more

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10.6.4 VPN?

How do you create a push for the built in Cisco IPsec VPN on 10.6.4?  View more

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Casper Remote works harder so I don't have to!

I'm attaching a screenshot of the Casper Remote 7.3 window which shows that Casper Remote makes an absolutely heroic effort to install software. It doesn't give a mediocre one hundred percent.It doesn't give a Herculean one hundred ten percent.Folks,...  View more

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Best way to create accounts after imaging

After re-imaging a computer, what is the best way to automagically add an account to the computer? I tried using the "run once per computer" policy. But it only runs once per computer. That is, if you re-image the computer again it doesn't run a seco...  View more

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quick casper MCX question

I have a very small number of machines that caught the MCX bug from a 7.1 netinstaller which it adds the jamfsoftware mcx file. I am writing a simple script to check for it and if it exists, terminate it. However, I cannot for the life of me find a m...  View more

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Here's how we got Casper 7.21 to deploy CS5 Design Premium

Works like a charm. Here's what we did: Set-up: we have 3 or 4 standard user accounts, some admin, most non. We didmost all of our work in a non-admin account to ensure that, upon deployment,it would work when deployed to that account. We also have r...  View more

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Certificate issue with signed packages

Just found this out the hard way… If you're distributing a package that is signed (code signing certificate) and the client machine doesn't have the entire certificate chain (e.g. Root Cert and Intermediate Cert) the install will not occur. Install.l...  View more

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Disable Sharing Pane in System Preferences?

Hello, This is my first post of probably many on the board. We just got our JSS installed on Friday and I am looking for a way to disable the sharing pane in system preferences for both Admin and Standard users. Am I able to delete com.apple.preferen...  View more

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Netboot Environment

Is there a way to get composer to work in the JSS netboot image? I have it in the applications directory and select full finder to load the rest of the OS. This would be nice for creating images with out having to use a secondary system. - Grant  View more

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Self Service Blank

Having a strange issue with Self Service. A user launches the Self Serviceapp, and the app loads to a blank white screen...nothing more. Seeing thiswith v7.3 and v7.3.1. Running v7.3.1 on the JSS. I can still connect tothe web-version of Self Service...  View more

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winclone restore failing - target drive too small

Anyone run into this error when restoring winclone bootcamp partition? Installing winclone.winclone... Error: Target drive is too small for windows image Winclone package is 6 gigs. The original partition was 40 gig (26 gig free). I've tried restorin...  View more

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Imaging remote or off-site computers

Hello, I would like to know how you can image a computer that is either not at a site that has a distribution point, or a computer that may not be on the internal network. I can sync an external drive with Casper Admin... in the past I have taken tha...  View more

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Future options for Windows imaging via Casper?

I'm surprised to see that WinClone was discontinued. I thought Jamf hadsome agreement with the developer that would keep this product around fora while. Since Casper Imaging supports winclone image files, it reallyeased the process. I've used WDS bui...  View more

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Failed Firefox update

I just cleaned up a bit of a mess that I made with a policy that updated Firefox and am wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to how to do it better in the future. I created a policy that updates Firefox to the 3.6.8 version using a trigger of r...  View more

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