We are using Microsoft Messenger 7.01/7.02 on our corporate network. There is an untrusted (default) certificate that has to be installed underthe user's login items in keychain before Messenger will allow the user tologon locally. The scenario is th... View more
Guys, Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this but if I deploy my 10.7.2 baseimage, all my local and LDAP users could login. If I deploy my base image ontop of one of my deployment configurations from Casper Admin, no users(Local & LDAP) are able... View more
I've written quite a few Mac installers, distributed to users who ran them as administrators, but now I'm trying to customize an MS Office 2011 installer in a more managed environment where users may not have admin permissions. My goal is to push out... View more
What's the best way to add a login item for all users? I'd put something like this in the login script (osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to make new login item with properties { path: "/Applications/AppName.app", hidden:false } at end')... View more
Hi Mac Gurus, I need osacript help to rename the Macs. I am using Mr Larkin's cnamemethod to remembering Macs original names.But now, we may need to change the Mac names. Staff would prefer GUI to dothis. My Sharing prefs is greyed out with MCX.Only ... View more
Hopefully my last post on this subject for awhile, but still looking for tips for iPad cart/classroom shared device deployment. For iTunes accounts - is one per cart necessary, or can we get away with one per school that manages several carts? For ap... View more
Anyone know what this does? Com.apple.ubd Seems to just fill errors in the logs (with a lot of mobileme references). Is this something I can disable? Noah SwansonImaging SpecialistEnterprise Desktop ServicesPhone: 309-765-3153SwansonNoah at johndeere... View more
I looked through the archives but didn't see this particular question... I'm trying to Package FF 7.01, so I logged in our local admin account,setup everything as I wanted it. View more
Just saw this, thought I'd share http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZPHDm88-HAc I do not have an iPad with me to test -Tom View more
Hi all, I'm getting stumped on how to figure this out. I have a OS X Lion net boot image that I created using the Automator action found in the Resource Kit. It works perfectly well. Only problem is I keep getting the blasted scrolling welcome screen... View more
Hi all, how could I rebind a Mac to ActiveDirectory after Lion-Upgrade made by Selfservice? The problem: I made a customized InstallESD.dmg with InstallPKG (Lion-Image, Java, 10.7.1, Firstboot-Script). 10.7.2 Comboupdate doesn't works with InstallPKG... View more
Hey guys, my buddies install of Casper doesn't work with http downloads. There is a strange issue and it looks like apache doesn't have permission to the share. He is storing his CasperShare on a separate volume. AFP is working and all the settings i... View more
Hey everyone, Just wanted to see if anyone is doing or was thinking of setting up their JSS in a Virtual Machine. Specifically in 10.7 Server. My thinking is I have a number of services that currently run on server besides the JSS; ASWU, NetBoot, Enc... View more
Any way to change the preferences for the prompt "Your password will expire in XX days"? Noah SwansonImaging SpecialistEnterprise Desktop ServicesPhone: 309-765-3153SwansonNoah at johndeere.com View more
I have installed Casper 8.31 on a Lion (10.7.2) server and configured the ADusing the AD option and I can read the users, groups and then saved thisserver config. However when I try to Test the server with a user id it saysno user record. The same us... View more
On the windows side, we've integrated Microsoft Lync and it's been great! Voice calling, video chat, screen sharing; all Good! Since then Microsoft announced they'd release a Mac Client. I got my hands on it last week and found one big bug. With OS X... View more
Is there a way to pull any reports of Restricted software violations,deletions, kills, etc? I know you can get an email of violation. Thanks,Kevin HillAlbany ISDTech Director / Assistant PrincipalLion Pride View more
Has anybody made a 10.7.2 compiled image since upgrading to Casper 8.31? 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 Lea... View more
So, per request I am to deploy dropbox from: www.dropbox.com The problem is, it requires admin rights to set up each individual account it looks like. I don't think I can capture the package with a diff and authenticate because it will tie the app to... View more
Hi, I want to share a script with you I've just created. You probably all are familiar when creating an base image on a Mac Pro andimage a MacBook Pro with it that the network service names are likeEthernet 1, Ethernet 2 and FireWire. Ethernet 2 is a... View more
Hi, We use "Aventail Connect with Smart Tunneling" to connect to the network. Aventail Connect does not create any port in Network Preferences instead it creates tun0 (ifconfig) viewable in terminal. We need to use Internet Sharing to share the Inter... View more
I am having a problem with Casper Admin crashing when it gets to checking for deleted scripts at loading screen. I get "an exception of class nilobjectexception was not handled. The application must shut down." This all started when i upgraded to 8.2... View more
Slightly off topic, I'd like to ask this very knowledgeable list for advice. I'm tasked with designing a new mac concept for my uni. I've been working for over a year implementing a Casper solution for my uni. Casper all works fine, and we're confide... View more
Hi guy I have the machines booting up at 3am to carry out periodic maintenance and shutdown at 6.30 am. Also I have policies to install items at startup not in the working day hours. This was designed so any bug fixes could be applied to the machines... View more
Any one out there know how to upgrade a really remote xserve running 10.5to 10.6? Yes it is in different vLAN/subnet.JSS 8.31 doesn't support 10.5 server OS. So I need to upgrade it to 10.6.My google powers running weak here. Any info will be greatly... View more
I just started testing my first deployment of Lion today and ran into andresolved the iCloud login and JRE issues. After spending time figuring those things out I decided I should go backthrough all the Lion posts that I have been ignoring for the pa... View more
Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but I can't seem to get my Lion image to not show the Safari welcome website. Help? Noah SwansonImaging SpecialistEnterprise Desktop ServicesPhone: 309-765-3153SwansonNoah at johndeere.com View more
Just read Greg Neagles' article in Mactech about payload-free packages Turns out this may be very useful in a casper workflow. And can install Lion http://code.google.com/p/munki/downloads/list 
