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Add an AD user to the admin group

Hi all, Just wanted to put this script out there. Used to add an AD user to the local admin group, i.e. Ticking the box next to the users name in "Accounts Pane". But it only adds 1 user other users are ignored and left as standard Scanned by the Com...  View more

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Creating a Lion Image

Hello, Everyone! I hate to ask such a basic question, but I've hit a brick wall. I've been trying for weeks now to create a lion image and I've gotten nowhere. Would anyone mind walking me through creating a working lion configuration? I've tried usi...  View more

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Can't Netboot or boot to Snow Leopard since update

Evening, I have a new MacBook Pro that was able to netboot to our Casper Imagingserver and install its 10.6.8. v1.1 image last week. I ran updates on thelaptop this afternoon and now I cannot netboot or boot to a Snow Leopardinstall dvd or usb key. I...  View more

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Detecing Installation of Pirated Apps

This is probably an impossible task, but I thought I'd query the list. Is there any way to detect if an App has been installed via the AppStore, or if it has been pirated and installed using the Kickbackmethod? Yes, I know that my users shouldn't hav...  View more

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10.6.8 upgrade

I saw another thread where this broke the JSS, thought I'd follow up. I ran the KB to repair tomcat so I can get to the JSS now, however, I get "Database connection error". I logged into mysql using the jamfsoftware account but no jamf database is fo...  View more

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casper admin - create boms - repeats

Hi list, This isn't in the archive. Each time I launch Casper Admin I'm being prompted to create BOMS, I okThis and next launch, same again.. Thoughts? Thanks. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the ...  View more

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Lion upgrade with "InstallLion.pkg"

Hi Casper users, About a month ago a discussion thread, "Lion Deployment from Casper", was started about upgrading Macs to OSX Lion through Casper self-service. Greg Neagle created the "InstallLion.pkg" which greatly aids this approach and definitely...  View more

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Computer Naming

Happy Monday All, I am having an issue where from time to time students and teachers decide it is a good idea to just power down the computer by holding the power button until the machine turns off. Once the computer restarts, it is changing the mach...  View more

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SDK

HI Group Is anyone else using the SDK ? The Computer Importer demo App or creating their own tools based on the Casper SDK? Regards Criss Myers BArchSenior IT Analyst (Mac Services)iPhone / iPad DeveloperApple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5LIS...  View more

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self service 8.22

Hi All, Recently updated to casper 8.22 from 8.21 and now self service no longer works, As always i have login required but local authentication not required, this has always worked up until now. Now when anyone uses self service and installs an appl...  View more

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SNMP on casper running lion

Hi I'm trying to enable snmp so that I can add it to Solarwinds. Currently running Lion Server After making the conf file and run the following as root /usr/sbin/snmpd I get the following error dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libnetsnmpagent.15.dy...  View more

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Disabling AirDrop via MCX

Hi- Just figured this one out, thought someone else may need/want it. This is on an 8.22 JSS. In the JSS web interface click on the Management tab.Click on Managed PreferencesClick the Create Managed Preference button.Select Create Manually and then ...  View more

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USB encryption and other Security things

Currently we're in the process of testing some policies with Windows where all USB and CD/DVD writing is disabled. If a user is exempt from that we'll be implementing BitLocker To Go (Built into Windows for USB encryption). It's inevitable to think t...  View more

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Adobe Provisioning Tool for Mac for Acrobat X

Hi Guys Does anyone have a copy of this tool they can send me? I have downloaded from adobe via their link Enterprise administration | Acrobat family of products and it fails to run, all sites i go to just point me back to this site, Does anyone have...  View more

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Pkg error

I get this error when installing package. Process: Sync Student [16937] Path: /Applications/SMART Technologies/SyncStudent.app/Contents/MacOS/Sync Student Identifier: com.smarttech.SMARTSyncStudent Version: ??? (???) Build Info: Unknown-0~556 Code Ty...  View more

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Re-deploy self service items during re-image

Does anyone have a method for automatically re-deploying applications and printers that a user installed via Self Service when re-imaging a machine and/or moving the user to a new machine? Thanks,Brian --Brian GoldsteinSinger Consulting, Inc.brian at...  View more

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JSS cert not working - Macs not checking in

We had a valid certificate in place when JSS was at 7.1, and when we moved to 7.31 we made sure the certificate continued to work. Today we noticed that roughly 200 of the 1800 Macs in JSS are checking in...and the remaining 1600 Macs show Last Time ...  View more

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Off topic Port control

I wanted to see what, if anything anyone was using for port control on their Mac's? We are looking for a product that can be used for managing USB devices, and eventually other devices, and for central management. If anyone can let me know I would ap...  View more

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Casper 8.22 Managed Preferences

Has anyone had any luck getting the JSS Managed Preferences to work with Restricted Applications? I am currently going off of the recommendation of our contact at JAMF and he said to enable the restrictions, and only use a whitelist or a blacklist se...  View more

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LDAP lookups to populate "Location" in JSS

Hello everyone, I have the AD/LDAP "Server Connection" enabled and working within my 8.1 JSS and I am now trying to find the best way to automagically populate the "Location" fields ("Real Name", "Email Address"...) I found this old threadhttp://list...  View more

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Changing default applications for file types

Hello! I'm wondering if there's any way to change what application opens a giventype of file. In my specific case, I'd like to set either Adobe Reader orPreview to open pdfs, instead of Adobe Acrobat. So far as I can tell, this is controlled on a per...  View more

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Self Service Policie Ideas

We are in the process of deploying Casper company wide. I am wondering what cool things people are doing with self service and policies. Any input would help! Rich DagelRestoration Hardware  View more

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Restricting airdrop

Hi ,I am looking to disable airdrop on our Lion OS 10.7 computers. Is anyone using a manifest or plist file to restrict airdrop that they will share so I can create a manage preference?Thanks Michael BurdettSr. Computer SpecialistDepartment of Surger...  View more

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Self Service Plugins - Refresh?

Hey all, I put a few URL plugins into Self Service. I tried telling the JAMF binary to do a recon, then run policies (general as well as the every15), but I am not able to predict when the new plugins will show up in Self Service.app. What am I missi...  View more

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Casper implications of the Thunderbolt Display

Hey list, I was reading anandtech's review of the new thunderbolt display, and I'm wondering how casper will handle the ethernet controller that's built into the display. If you click on the link to the article, you'll see that the display's ethernet...  View more

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MCX System-Wide items won't take (Ness, Todd)

Same issue as Sandy and Clinton in our environment. On certain machine withAirport card, the localhost record is picking up the Airport Mac addresswhich is preventing MCX from being applied properly. The solution presented by Todd to modify the ENetA...  View more

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Software Update on Firstboot

I was wondering what's the best method to run software update on firstboot after imaging a machine. I don't always get around to updating an image in a timely manner and there will be some software updates that come out during that time. Instead of r...  View more

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New MacBook Pro

Hello all, I just got a new MacBook Pro with Lion OS and I want to run my JAMF Pre-stage image with 10.6.8 and of course it will not net boot to the image. Since this hardware is has not dramatically changed I didn't think that it would be a big deal...  View more

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New Mac OS X Trojan disguises itself as Adobe Flash

Hi Karthikeyan, Mac OS has a mechanism to do; "Automatically update safe download list" inSystem Preferences / Security. That should take care of it I wish tobelieve... See here for more infohttp://support.apple.com/kb/ht4651 You can check the last m...  View more

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