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Managed Preferences - Slow Login.

Hi list members, This fall I switched over from doing the majority of my preference settings and tweaking from using the User Template to JAMF Casper's managed preferences feature. From the management side of things, this works well, as I spend a lot...  View more

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mcx export example

I got a lot of requests for this so I posted it on JAMF Nation. Sorry if I did not respond to your email directly I got a bunch this last week. https://jamfnation.com/discussion.html?id=33 Thanks, Tom  View more

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Example of MCX export file

I got a few requests off the mailing list to share this. It is a highly managed MCX export of a basic student account which grants access to nothing. Furthermore, it also limits applications from being executed with in certain allowed file paths. For...  View more

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IP Helpers and Netboot across subnets

Has anyone set these up to enable netbooting across subnets without a bless command? I'd like to get these set up but don't know enough about it. A key piece of info may be that our DHCP and Netboot server are different boxes. Not sure if this preclu...  View more

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IP Helpers and Netboot

Has anyone set these up on their network to enable netboot across subnets by holding N instead of a bless command? Thanks!---Jared F. NicholsDesktop Engineer, Client ServicesInformation Services DepartmentMIT Lincoln Laboratory244 Wood StreetLexingto...  View more

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No Self Service Webclip installed

Hi Guys,I have enrolled my first iPad to MDM. It says URL enrollment successful on the JSS. However, the iPad had no Self Service installed and when I check the JSS inventory, it shows no information but the UID.So it looks like it has not been compl...  View more

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Setting default open with app?

Best practice to set the default open with application? I need to set all PDF's to open with Acrobat Pro. I don't see any MCX template for it. I know the preference is stored in com.apple.launchservices.plist. Thanks in advance for any thoughts or he...  View more

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http download error 33?

I have a policy that downloads (via http) and installs a .dmg that's failing on *some* users' machines with an error 33. JAMF has no idea what this error code is (referred me to a Mac OS error code which would indicate disk full, which is unlikely as...  View more

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Script to Change workgroup

For reasons i wish not to discuss, our MacBooks need to belong to a specific workgroup. Is there a way to script changing Windows workgroup name? Thanks, Shannon L RicoSr. Network EngineerCVE4GISDd: 972-487-3663c: 214-882-3621  View more

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Network Interface Script

Hey everyone - At the NUC I thought I heard mention of a script from the Resource kit,perhaps for assigning proxies, that cycled through all the potentialnetwork interfaces. I can't find that script in the resource kit or jamfnation - but does thisri...  View more

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Jamf Nation Site Design

I thought that I would open a dialog about the site design. I am curious what other users think about it. I think there should be a sorting option where we can view the latest posts first. That way one does not have to scroll all the way down to the ...  View more

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Apache Upgrade

Our security scan tool told me that my apache version has a vulnerability: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=cve-2011-3192 I'm currently running Snow Leopard Server and didn't know if anyone had a good guide to upgrade this? Sometimes e...  View more

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Uninstalling Adobe CS5

Currently the Resource Kit doesn't have one, but does anyone have a script that effectively removes Adobe CS5 so that Adobe CS5.5 will not fail at install? I know that I have the uninstall package created from Adobe's tools, but that still leaves thi...  View more

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JSS on Windows missing Lion Computer Profiles

Just done a update to 8.31and noticed there is no profile tab under computer management. Running on windows 2008 R2 VM Anyone getting the same? Richard GoodyApple Systems Consultant XciteLogic Pty Ltd admin > 08 9443 0650service desk > 08 9443 0600we...  View more

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Bootable ISO

I set up a server in Dubai from scratch whilst I was in London and it was a nightmare.No IT out there just office monkeys that get confused between a banana and a keyboard lol. I can't imagine doing this again and Think your right there for the usb i...  View more

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Loading Extension Attributes?

Sorry to ask - but can't figure it out on my own - where do I input XML based extension attributes that I've downloaded from JAMF Nation? I can see how to select a template, and I can see how to create manually - but is there an import XML that I'm m...  View more

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DetectLocalAdmins.sh

Tom Larkin was kind show a script that he was using to detect local admins on machines – I've run searches over at JAMF Nation – but haven't yet managed to find the script in the form that Tom displayed it in at JNUC. I have found the the script that...  View more

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Lion Image + Guest Account

Hi,I'm having a hard time getting the Guest account enabled after imaging a 10.7 client. On the base image, I will enable the Guest account and it works fine. I convert this to an OS image via Composer and upload it. After imaging a laptop with this ...  View more

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NetBoot not working on current hardware models

Also posted this to the JAMF Nation site (http://jamfnation.com), but thought I would post here as well as not everyone has begun using it yet. We've received new iMacs and MacBook Pros (which have not undergone a hardware refresh and can still run O...  View more

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NetBoot not working on current hardware models

We've received new iMacs and MacBook Pros (which have not undergone a hardware refresh and can still run OS 10.6) and are unable to Netboot them using our existing 10.6-based NetBoot or a new 10.7-based NetBoot image created using that hardware. The ...  View more

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Covering the login screen with a message

I'm working on a 10.7 update process using InstallLion.pkg. Following the update, I'd like to install a number of packages after the machine has been updated to 10.7.x. My main concern is that I don't want anyone to try to log in while the packages a...  View more

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Email Digests

I am subscribed to receive email digests from JAMF Nation (daily). I am getting them. I am also getting every four hours and hourly. I believe there is a glitch in the Matrix…  View more

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Securing the JSS Session question

Early in the Securing the JSS session a slide was shown that outlined the common ports to open in the firewall of an OS X box - and then a link to the KBase was also shown. Does anyone have the ability to share the content of that slide, or to provid...  View more

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Reporting on iMac screen sizes

I have been trying to figure out a way to have Casper pull iMac monitor sizes. We have iMacs with various size screens and often need to query by sizes in reports. Do you know of a way to do this in an automated fashion or do we have to add that info...  View more

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Athena

We're looking at using a product called Athena for some mobile device (winCE), android, and linux management. I'm also told there is some Mac Management as well. Has anyone used this suite? Anything good or bad about any of it? http://odysseysoftware...  View more

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