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Jamf Pro 11.8.0 Beta is now available!

Hello Jamf Nation! The Jamf Pro 11.8.0 Beta Release features a number of exciting improvements and enhancements for managing your Apple devices. Starting with 11.8.0, Jamf Pro admins will be able to set a minimum OS for MacBooks, iPhones, and iPads t...  View more

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installing updates at login + lockscreen

I'm looking to mimic the functionality Munki has for installing updates but using Casper's built-in tools. Basically, with Munki, the user will see a window once a day that looks similar to Apple's Software Update. The options at that point are to ca...  View more

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ASR Casper Imaging

Hello everyone, I have been working on an issue for four weeks now. We are using Casper to image MAcBooks. We only have one model of MacBook and only one image file for all of them. They are 13 inch late 2009 models. We currently have a Linux DHCP se...  View more

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JSS on Linux. Distribution Point replication

Hi all, I was looking at hosting my new jss on mac mini's as I needed NetBoot & Asus... But looks like I can run them off a Linux server which may keep the bean counters & nw designers happy. One question though, how to replicate distribution points ...  View more

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Extension Attribute to Capture GetInfoString?

John,As Thomas Larkin pointed out, Casper is already doing this with Recon andreporting back to the main database (which should be running every week orso by default), and you can use this for inventory and smart groups, you'llfind it in the Smart Gr...  View more

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logic data...

Hi everyone, Is there a way to query the hardware information using the `jamf recon`command, specifically the MAC address that is recorded when a machinerecons? I'd like to query that field pre-existing in inventory withouthaving to recreate the whee...  View more

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Adobe CS5.5 & removecs5.sh

Sorry for the cross-post, but I think the question is relevant to both groups. With the impending release of Adobe CS 5.5, and a much improved AAMEE 2.0 ; has anyone concocted a removecs5 script for the resource kit much like what we've had before wi...  View more

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Extension Atribute to Capture GetInfoString?

Hi Everybody, I'm wondering if anybody has any code they'd be willing to share to pull the 'CFBundleGetInfoString' field from the info.plist of an application? The manufacturer only populates that field with the version, so nothing can automatically ...  View more

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Can't create QuickAdd Pkg

Hi All,Wanted to update my Quickadd package after the 8.1 update, but I'm getting this error, any ideas? I was able to create it on 8.0 under the same user without issues… Thanks,![external image link](attachments/da13fabfb54b45b78c1381867d3cc085)Mat...  View more

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Creating an image for Early 2011 MBP

Greetings, Thanks to everyone that helped me out with the Early 2011 MBP Netboot issue!I have run into another wall and not sure what to do. I am trying to createan image for our new MBP's using Casper Admin. When I try to apply the10.6.7 update for ...  View more

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Firmware Password for 2011 MacBook Pros

Hi All, Has anybody figured out how to script firmware password configurationfor the new 2011 MacBook Pros. The old methods no longer work andobviously Casper's Open Firmware/EFI Password policy is ineffective aswell. Thanks! Michael Blaha | UHG IT 9...  View more

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Office 2011

Hey Group,When deploying office 2011, is there a way for it. To be deployed with thelicense key already in it? I tried using composer to package it up, after I ran it once, but it did notinstall on another machine already licensed. ThanksLC  View more

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server builds

I have used to to re-build servers with auto config files and works fine. Never tried to use plist to re-build the setting though. RegardsRichard Goodyrichard at xcitelogic.com.au t : 08 9443 0600 Service Desk www.xcitelogic.com.au  View more

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In House App Distribution with Casper??

We designed a small iPad app in Flash and exported it as a .ipa file and then imported that file into casper. I can get it to show in self service but I keep getting "Unable to Download" errors when installing it.. Im guessing its a provisioning issu...  View more

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Email change

Please change my email to neal.smith at perrigo.com Thanks Neal Smith  View more

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Safari window at login screen.

Hey everyone, I am having trouble finding information on whether if this is possible. My company has a url that can be click in order to bring up a internal site that the user can do a self unlock of their account. This link is present at the windows...  View more

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CS5 TWAIN plug-in

Has anyone packaged the optional TWAIN plug-in for CS5? I built one using Composer and the downloaded TWAIN.zxp installer from Adobe - and it seems to add stuff everywhere. It installs through extension manager.My older TWAIN package for CS4 simply d...  View more

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NTLM poxy proxy

Hi all, New environment uses Websense as a proxy & they've configured it to use NTLM authentication. PC's pass thru, Macs prompt for uid, prompt, prompt & prompt. :( Even saving to keychain & allowing all applications access to the keychain for the p...  View more

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tomcat errors on start (jss on CentOS 5.5)

I updated a test instance of the jss running on CentOS 5.5 from 8 to 8.1 and am having trouble getting tomcat to start. 8.0 was running fine on this vm before, so 8.1 should work once this issue is resolved. Here's a snippet of the tomcat error logs:...  View more

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Office 2004 to 2008 + WSE

Hi All,I'd like to remove Office 2004, install 2008, and upgrade to the web services edition of Entourage, in as much of a single shot as possible. Can I build a single package with 2008 up-to-date + WSE, and remove 2004 at the same time? What about ...  View more

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Binding to AD with AFP PHDs

Our group is interested in setting up synced portable home directories. We are currently bound to an AD forrest that we have no control over in which case our home directories on the server are setup to be some samba directory that we do no use at al...  View more

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Netboot with new MacBook Pro w/ Thunderbolt

We have just got in a new MBP w/ Thunderbolt i/o that I cannot get toNetboot to our Netboot image. The Netboot image consists of a retailinstall of 10.6 w/ the combo updater of 10.6.7. It will show the spinningglobe but then kernel panics. Any sugges...  View more

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New extension attribute. "Model Identifier"

Today there was a need to report on the "Model Identifier" that you see in System profiler. I whipped this up and just thought I'd share it out for anyone who needed it. An example of how this is different from the what the JSS normally gathers is:In...  View more

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Built in VPN (Cisco IPSec) w/ certificates

I've been mucking around with OS X's built in Cisco VPN. I've gotten itworking with certificates on the iDevices, but I can't seem to get theMac to do it. And I can't use shared secret's due to PCI compliance. Using the exact same certs (Root CA and ...  View more

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Off topic help

This issue is not related to Casper, but I know there is a great wealth ofknowledge out there and thought someone might be able to help me out.... Issue: Office 2008 for Mac / Default save point usually network homedirectory/Documents not available S...  View more

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Installing to leopard issue

I am hoping someone might be able to help me with a problem I am having. I am rolling out an update to PGP for both Leopard and Snow Leopard laptops. I can not get the pkg to install on leopard machines. Whether they are 10.5.2 - 10.5.8. I have a pol...  View more

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Problems Packaging MS Office 2011 SP1

Has anyone tried to package up the recently released (2 or 3 days ago) Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2011? I cannot get a working package created using standard Composer methods. DETAILS 1) Using Casper Suite 8.02) Packaging against a clean 10....  View more

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