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Lightspeed

We are using light speed to filter content on our computers and I waswondering if anyone has had experience with creating a package with composerfor the Guide and Security Agents to deploy as part of the image. Glenn J BurnsComputer TechnicianSnyder ...  View more

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jamf getARDFields - pull from JSS?

Hi all, is there any way to have the jamf binary (7.31) pull ARD field infodirectly from the JSS? Imaging can do it.. Yeah, I know you could probablyscript something to query the db, but I'm looking for easy here. (If not, please consider this a feat...  View more

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iLife '11: How To - Option 2

Hello All, I started working on iLife 11 and I recall the threads early in December going around and then that last one sent by Robert which basically had his old school composer package method. At this point because our maintenance agreement allows ...  View more

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Macbook Air

The Macbook Air does not have an Ethernet port, only two USB ports. Has anyone successfully performed High Volume imaging on Macbook Airs? Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Christopher A. DeNoiaNetwork AdministratorPascack Valley Regional High Scho...  View more

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Virtualized JSS?

I'm curious to see if anyone runs their JSS virtualized, as well as on Linux. Anyone? j--Jared F. NicholsDesktop Engineer, Client ServicesInformation Services DepartmentMIT Lincoln Laboratory244 Wood StreetLexington, Massachusetts 02420781.981.5436  View more

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Custom report JSP file

Hi, This came up dry from resoucekit mailing list :( so I will try here and hope…. I have tried to add a custom report using one from Resources Kit (October 2010) as described in documentation. I made it working once, but it is now playing tricks on ...  View more

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Mac App Store

Hi All, Just wanted to start a conversation piece, but I assume you'll all beimmediately deleting the Mac App Store app from your Managed Macs rightaway, right? =) How do you feel this will impact your role as an admin if you left it outthere on boxe...  View more

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CONFIG SNMP?

Just wondering if any one is setting up SNMP, and if so when and how are you doing it.Currently I am setting up SNMP on my base image and it works, but I am setting the location in this step, and in the future I may be imaging computers for other loc...  View more

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Extension Attribute - show PCI slot usage?

I checked the KB and the Resource Kit and didn't see anything on it. Is anyone using Extension Attributes to pull expansion slot information? We're trying to get an idea how many PCI-Express slots are available on the Mac Pro workstations that are de...  View more

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java update...

Hi everyone, I apparently made a big mistake in updating my version of Java on theserver. Tomcat won't even start now. How can I fix this? I've attemptedre-installing Java to no avail. John McLaughlinTechnical Support SpecialistNewton Public Schools  View more

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How to inventory servers

Good morning, I'd love to inventory my servers, but I would like to make sure that no policies get executed on them. I don't want anything to happen if a mistake is made while creating a policy. Do you have any idea about how to do that ? Thanks ! --...  View more

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Off topic / iOS Management

Greetings all. Deployment of iOS devices came up a few weeks ago and, as usual when that subject is mentioned, I groaned loudly. Last week I deployed another large batch of these devices and I once again began fuming at the tedium of the whole proces...  View more

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Screensaver MCX

I was wondering if anyone can confirm the same thing I am seeing. Com.apple.sreensaver.byhost, I have moduleName/modulePath set to Flurry & /System/Libarary/Screen Savers/Flurry.saver, which is applied at User Level at Next Login Only. However, every...  View more

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Changing Master Password

Anyone accomplish this using Casper? We're looking to flip the Master Password on all machines as a best practices for our org. I assume this would require some sort of packaging? I've heard of an organization before that sets the FV Master Password ...  View more

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Cannot Launch Applications From NetBoot Image

I just spent too many hours struggling with a newly created NetBoot Image that booted, but would not launch any applications from the dock & the item that was due to launch at login didn’t (Casper Imaging). However, if i logged out the NetBoot user &...  View more

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Disallow specific SUS updates by group (possible?)

Is there a way to prevent a group of computers from getting an Apple SUS update that we have enabled for the rest of the firm? For example, "xyz.pkg" was just released by Apple. We want every computer in the firm to get this update so we enable it in...  View more

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RE: How to ignore Shared re: PKG vs DMG

using the contents of /Users is less reliable than determining the actual locations of local home directories. in practice, you may never locate homedirs anywhere but /Users, but i have for various reasons. in those cases, you might want to do someth...  View more

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Final Cut Pro Install

I am new to submitting questions but I would like to know if there is someone out there who has somehow packaged up Final Cut Pro with all of the extras that come with it. The total content is huge and I need to install this software plus extras on a...  View more

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PKG vs DMG [CORRECTED TYPOS]

(fixed some typos...sorry, posted from memory. Of course test on spare Mac and tweak as needed... Don) Hi Nick, Sure, here's a sample: Snapshot shows we need to deploy user level stuff: /Users/jdoe/Library/Preferences/crap1 /Users/jdoe/Library/Applic...  View more

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Adobe releases Acrobat provisioning tool

Looks like the provisioning tool for Acrobat X for Mac is now availablehere: It's named "Adobe Provisioning Tool (Mac)". Using the instructions starting on page 89 of the EnterpriseAdministration Guide, you'll be able to deploy Acrobat X along with ...  View more

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Printer oddities

I've got a script for our CS department to run from Self Service thatmaps a block of printers from our JSS. Thus far, the script has beenworking flawlessly: for (( i=2; i<=19; i++ )); do jamf mapPrinter -id $i sleep 5done However, I've recently gotte...  View more

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PKG vs DMG

Looking to see if I have missed anything... When creating packages in Casper, I can create PKGs or DMGs. If I createPKGs, I have three advantages: i can include scripts within the package, thepackage can overwrite existing files (if it is scripted to...  View more

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MCX System-Wide items won't take

Hi!I am stumped. I have a lab that is re-imaged and added to an MCXprofile in Casper, but will not take the startup/system wide prefs. Mytest machine in my office works perfectly, imaged w/ the same config.I've re-imaged a couple times and every time...  View more

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MS 2011 Communicator v13.1 Update

Hi All, MS 2011 Communicator v13.1 Update is now available via MS Updater only. If you are using OCS you can now share your desktop. Mac Client still doesn't give control, but can take control of the WinPCs. Perhaps next update will bring this functi...  View more

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home share...

Hi everyone, Currently, I have settings scoped to AD student accounts to map homeshares at login. We're using MCX and not the mount network share scriptprovided by JAMF and it easily passes the credentials at the WindowServer. It works great unless w...  View more

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