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SW Update server not "setting"

When I image a new machine, there are a few items that aren't being appliedduring Imaging/First Run - one of which is my SWU server isn't being set. We're running a policy that sets the SW Update server through ANY triggerand ONGOING frequency. The s...  View more

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Reporting on who has admin rights

Hey all- We are removing admin rights from most of our users, but I am trying to figure out who still has admin rights. Is there a good way to get a report from the JSS listing what computers have users with admin rights? Ideally I would like to excl...  View more

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App Store & Composer

Apologies if this has already been discussed, but I didn't see itspecifically addressed. With the advent of the App Store, am I correct inthinking that pkg/dmg files are not directly accessible to the end user? Ifthat is the case, how are you plannin...  View more

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Self Service and jamfhelper

I wanted to add jamfHelper notifications to the beginning of some of my self service installations to notify the users to quit apps or be patient this might take awhile. Is there a way to stop the policy if the user clicks on the cancel button? Thank...  View more

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off topic - Mixing unicast and multicast DNS with .local

Hi all, I have started seeing dns issues with some of our mac clients which havestarted getting dns name MachineName.local when it should beMachineName.uk-group.net Users with this issue now have to enter network creds when accessing somenetwork driv...  View more

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Migrating home folders during re-imaging

Hello all, Would some of you share your process for re-imaging end-users' machines? I am doing a big upgrade this summer and although we have a policy that users are responsible for their own data and need to save everything on the network, and not t...  View more

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Off Topic - Final Cut Pro / Server

Ok. So Apple has now discontinued Final Cut Server. Anyone out there using a video asset system that is similar in feature and functionality?FCPx appears to be a bit of a nightmare for those who have transitioned from a previous version of FCP. Any f...  View more

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where are the accounts?

When you create hidden accounts, like the jss account or a local adminaccount, where does it actually store those accounts? It's not in/Users....  View more

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Gather AD name and plug in to JSS

Few years ago when we first jumped in the Casper pool, someone shared with us a script to gather user's name, real name and department info from AD and then run recon to plug the info in to JSS.Now we can't get consistent results from it. We used it ...  View more

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local MCX, OD MCX, Casper MCX

Hey everyone, So, some debate is coming up on what we are going to do at my work, and I am looking for the list's input. We got 5500 Macbook Airs coming in that will ship with 10.6. Not sure if we have the budget to upgrade all our 10.5.8 servers to ...  View more

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Script help?

So we have had an issue with our M$ Messenger and finally got a fix forit today. The downside is that it requires a bit of terminalinteraction. What would be the best way to go through this as we haveto deploy to about 500 machines... * Save attached...  View more

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Extension Attribute script for Apple Software RAID Status

Here is a simple one for checking the status of an Apple Software.It's a real pain when Mac Mini Servers RAIDs get degraded. #!/bin/sh #get RAID Status status=diskutil appleRAID list | grep "Status:" | awk '{print $2}' echo "$status" --Doug Hanley do...  View more

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Access MySQL from SQL Server Managment Studio

Our asset management grabs information from SCCM SQL database. I was asked to see if we can connect to the MySQL database on our Mac Server to grab computer information. Does anyone know how you can connect to MySQL to grab information from the JSS d...  View more

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Extension Attribute for Team Viewer.

With Justin Rummel (and other's help) Hear it is in simple form: #!/bin/sh result=/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print :ClientID" ~/Library/Preferences/com.TeamViewer.Settings.plist echo "$result" Major caveat, it will only work with the full Teamviewer...  View more

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Smart Group Operators... Limited?

I am on 8.0 atm, not sure if this has been addressed in the newer versions but I am finding the lack of operators like " less than" or "greater than" quite limiting in Smart Group Criteria."is", "is not" are useful but quite limited limited... I was ...  View more

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10.6.7 OS Installation disk

All, I have a new MacBook Pro 15" with the Quad Core i7 chipset. I took the OS installation disk to create my new base OS from. Needless to say, I am writing because I am having nothing but problems with it. I was using this on a 21.5" iMac and the p...  View more

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start Tomcat with -security option (UNCLASSIFIED)

Classification: UNCLASSIFIEDCaveats: NONE Has anyone configured Tomcat to launch with the -security option? Would itbe just adding the "-security" flag to the/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.jamfsoftware.tomcat.plist file after the startflag? org.apache.ca...  View more

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CCA in Long Beach

Anyone here going to be attending the CCA in Long Beach next week?--Matt LeeFNG Sr. IT Analyst / Desktop Architecture Team / Apple S.M.E / JAMF Casper AdministratorFox Networks Groupmatthew.lee at fox.com Need Help? Call the Help Desk at (310) 969-HE...  View more

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Composer pkg help for ARD

Can anyone offer a tip on how to get my ARD package to keep the serial # information? I deploy this package to my team members/mac admins, and they'd have to enter the serial # when they launch it for the first time. I tried both snapshot method and ...  View more

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[OT] Technology Positions Open in Hopkins

Hello Everyone,Hopkins currently has a couple technology positions open. One is a new position and the other a recently open position. http://tinyurl.com/hopkins-june11-jobs Hopkins is a school district with approximately 8000 students in the western...  View more

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Anti Virus For Xserver.

Just wanted to get some opinions about what Antivirus software any of you might be running on your xservers. For desktops and laptops we use McAfee on both windows and Mac, but that will not work on Xservers. I figured I'd see what the rest of the co...  View more

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Going back from Lion 10.7 to Snow Leopard 10.6

We are pushing through an order for 40 Mac Pro's and Mac Book Pro's so we can get them before the new OS. We are not ready as a company to test and implement Lion just yet. Do anyone know how easy or hard it will be if you get a new Lion Mac say in a...  View more

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LDAP lookup for inventory data

We have just configured the LDAP connectivity of our JSS to AD, and it works fine. I was under the impression that when we Reconed new machines or when existing machines checked in, that they would start populating the fields for User Name, Real Name...  View more

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Help with an Extension Attribute script

Any Teamviewer users out there? I would like to grab the ClientID from the Teamview plist Its the 2nd key in the dictionary. ClientIC 1869728100 ClientID 262023163 The path to the file is:~/Library/Preferences/com.TeamViewer.Settings.plist sed and a...  View more

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WIndows JSS and a few questions

Recently we moved our JSS to a Windows server due to resource limitations on the Mac Mini we had in place. I have two issues and can't seem to overcome them: I can not connect to the JSS using the JSS Setup Utility. Self Service to port 9006 is not f...  View more

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