I've built a couple machines with lion - but the Restricted softwaredoesn't seem to work. Both BootCamp and Mac App Store stay open. Iverified the JSS account is working (can recon / push software). Theapp strings seem to be the same.. What else am I... View more
Hi- Does anyone know how I might be able to run a script (single command really) in xterm (X11 environment) instead of Terminal? I know I can fire off 'xterm' in Terminal but I can't seem to pipe anything to it or such. Thanks j---Jared F. NicholsDes... View more
I deployed a handful of macs out that had 10.6.8 and 10.7.2 beta to oursupport groups so they can begin testing. What I'm finding is thatsystems are dropping off the domain when they reboot from one side orthe other. I figured it was the machine name... View more
What's the best way to backup a Mac HD that has OSX & Bootcamp - Win7 onit? Thinking something that will do a sector to sector backup so it wouldn'treally matter with the partition info is... It would also need to restore it J John Wojda Lead System ... View more
Anyone use Lion Cache Cleaner for Mac maintenance (cleaning cache, etc..). I ask this because I had Mac users using it and I am debating letting them use it anymore. Also if I did let them use it requires a admin user name and password to run and thi... View more
Following JAMF's own whitepaper on the subject, I created my first CS5.5 Design Suite deployment package with AAMEE v2 (man that's fast!), uploaded it to Casper, sync'd distros, but the software just will NOT install in an Imaging workflow. I've trie... View more
hello, This is a multi feature request. I will just get to the point: 1) run as user - pretty self explanatory. I would like the ability to run a script, command, whatever as the user that is logged in. Much like a user agent. I know you can script t... View more
Hi all- I'm on 8.22. Seeing an odd issue where a script I just added to the JSS via Admin is not working during Imaging. I'm getting Result of running ADDelayFix.sh was: sh: /private/tmp/ADDelayFix.sh: No such file or directory It appears that the sc... View more
I need to downgrade a bunch of Macs running OS X 10.6.8 from Safari 5.1 toSafari 5.0.5. Unfortunately, it isn't as easy as dragging the app to the trash andinstalling the other version. The residual files from 5.1 won't allow5.0.5 to be installed. I ... View more
Found this today http://www.bgr.com/2011/09/19/os-x-lion-security-flaw-allows-anyone-to-change-your-password/?utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed:TheBoyGeniusReport%28BGR+ View more
Hi All, We are having issues with our tomcat crashing weekly if not twice a week, we are having to manually restart it with jssutil rt I am trying to put this into a cron job so that it can be started every night, but its not working i tried in the r... View more
Hi all, I've inherited a gang of MacBooks and Pros that have had the factory hard disks swapped out for Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB WD500BEVT.This was done because the previous IT dept were all PC techs ;) and they took a cost effective PC app... View more
Hi, I am trying to create a Launch Daemon for EnCase binary file. I have to add KeepAlive to the Launch Daemon plist. The process should be alive even if it exists normally (with exit 0) or crashes with error. I tried adding KeepAlive in the Launch D... View more
Hello, list- I'm trying to get a Lion imaging workflow working in casper, and I'm wondering if anyone has any tips for me. Currently, the issues I'm seeing are that the 'ensure computers imaged with this configuration' settings are not working (the a... View more
Ok who can tell me how little resources are used and the process that JAMF uses to get basic inventory from machines? I ask this because one of the buildings that I will be fully supporting is claiming JAMF has caused their server to have issues and ... View more
Hi folks, I seem to be suffering from a brain fart and can't locate info on creating an extension attribute for identifying Wacom tablets connected to units during inventory updates.We did have one in place that I pulled from the list here but we see... View more
Happy Monday Everyone, We have suppression turned on for our Mater Collection installation. It was created using Adobe's AAMEE software. Shortly afterwards, we learned that 10.1 Acrobat came out. So, we needed to turn on the feature lockout function ... View more
We've got one mac server. We're going to begin pushing software updates via this server, but we need to "pilot" these updates first. My question is, without a second server, or policies to execute this manually, is there a better way to push selected... View more
Is there a way to have the system boot to the boot menu? John Wojda Lead System Engineer, DEI & Mobility 3333 Beverly Rd. B2-338B Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 Phone: (847)286-7855 Page: (224)532.3447 Team Lead DEI: Matt Beiriger Team Lead Mobility: Chri... View more
We're having authentication issues at the login screen. Basically, if AD isn't found, the request isn't timing out for at least 10 minutes and some people report waiting "at least an hour." One resolution I've found is to have the airport off at shut... View more
Is there any way to set a license for a package, then have it not be available in self service if all the licenses are given out? Thanks!Mark BucknerBridgeport ISD View more
Now that we are able to virtualize OS X (legally), has anyone done any testing to see if Casper is able to manage these VM instances? Also has anyone been able to select Portable Casper Drive as target startup disk within the VM? PS, relevance...tryi... View more
Not sure if anyone saw this announcement from JAMF since it doesn't appearto have been discussed here yet: Certified JSS Administrator (CJA) Topics include: Installing and configuring MySQL for the JSS on Windows and Linux Installing and configuring... View more
Hi List, I'm just realizing that the AD plug-in, Mac OS 10.5 & 10.6, createsmanaged preferences for each AD user. These are stored in /Library/ManagedPreferences. There is a folder for the user's short name there and four.plist files: com.apple.dock.... View more
Did anyone figure out how to resolve the issue where using the ESDInstall.dmg in Casper Admin resulted in a machine that would only boot to the recovery partition? I know compiling the image works (just did it) but for testing I'd hate to have to re-... View more
I am only using Casper to apply MCX settings to our Macs, most of the settings are applied as I would like but it would be great if when a admin user logs on they get the option to bypass the MCX settings (for example we only allow certain preference... View more
Hi List, I'm not much of a scripter and pieced this together from the resource kitand google. It sets the computer name to a prefix and the last six digits ofthe serial number. I'm wondering what, if any, precautions I should takebefore turning this ... View more
Hi- To my knowledge, the JSS database uses RSA-128 with 1024bit keys to store machine account passwords in the database. While likely strong enough for typical use, in high security environments RSA-128 isn't looked upon favorably due to a recently s... View more
What methods you guys using for this? I am looking at a login hook maybe that uses the security command to add in our wifi passkey to that user's log in keychain. Thanks, Tom View more
Had the same issue with the 12.3.0 updater, just deploying the .mpkg as delivered by Microsoft, even if I tweak the permissions of the .mpkg before copying it into the JSS via Casper Admin, it mangles the permissions on the installed apps following t... View more
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