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Jamf Pro 11.5.0 Beta is Now Available

Hello Jamf Nation!We have several exciting new features including new Login functionality, Managed Software Updates enhancements, Packages page redesign, and more! You can find more information in the release notes when you enroll.Starting with the J...  View more

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Firefox Plug-ins

Does anyone know how to install plug-ins (Add-ons) for Firefox using Casper? It seems like the path that Firefox uses to store the plug- ins is: ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/ xxxxxxxx.default/extensions/ [where: xxxxxxx = randomly g...  View more

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Casper v the others

Hello Casper Community, I have been asked to put a report together on the Pros and Cons of Casper v Filewave, LANrev, RADmind and LANDesk. Has anyone done such a thing? Rather than spend months doing this when we will almost certainly go with Casper,...  View more

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Recon on a PC using group policy

Has anyone been successful in getting recon to run on a PC using a grouppolicy? We have tried but it never really seems to report back. Rich DagelSenior Technology Specialist Landor Associates1001 Front StreetSan Francisco, CA 94111United States415 3...  View more

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binary question

If I wanted to create a new installer package with all my serversettings for the clients, how would I do so? When we set up everythingJosh did it for us. I want to create a new package that has the newestbinary for Leopard 10.5 and is set to our serv...  View more

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Local KDC and imaging: Feature Request

Hmm, an almost deafening silence on this one. Well, I wonder if it On 16 Jun 2008, at 16:35, James Partridge wrote:would be a good feature to add in to Casper to reset the LKDC at image creation time and/or post-imaging. Just for clarification I disc...  View more

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Local KDC and imaging

I was wondering what strategies, if any, people were following to deal with possible problems with the local KDC caused by imaging 10.5 Macs and binding them to a directory service. I have in mind the specific problem described at . Is anyone resetti...  View more

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Quark 7 install issues

Hi Guys, Hope you can shed some light on a install issue I am having. I've created a quark install image in composer by creatingthe before & after snapshots. The install is for Quark 7.2 PPC, when running the installthrough Casper it takes about 15 s...  View more

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hidden users in 10.5

Since we are migrating into 10.5 I want to set up a few local hiddenuser accounts. 1 for local administration by the IT staff and the otherfor all the casper stuff. Before I would just create the user, move itto a different directory, change and appl...  View more

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Mounting SMB share at login (kerberos)

Hey all- Does anyone mount SMB shares at login using kerberized credentials? I'm working on a script to mount user shares as a login policy and haven't gotten it to work because of a gssd failure (error 19777, no kredential cash found, yet I can `kli...  View more

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CS3 Strategies

Hoping to tap the vast wealth of knowledge that is in this group.... My company has finally purchased CS3 and I am looking for the beststrategies for deployment as part of an initial configuration. I have beentesting for several days with mixed resul...  View more

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Apple Pro Apps

Hi, I have found that when creating packages for the apple pro apps the packagedoesn©öt hold the license key so when these apps are deployed and upon firstlaunch the app requires the serial no to be re-entered. I have found howeverthat when a volume ...  View more

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Configure LDAP via DHCP

Anyone have a script to trip the "Add DHCP Supplied LDAP"? The only way I can see to do it is via a shell script using sed or something else to edit the plist file. Steve WoodDirector, Information Technologyswood at integerdallas.com The Integer Grou...  View more

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Leopard Server ? Ready for prime time ?

This is slightly off topic but I'm curious to know if many of you are running Leopard Server in lab environments yet,and how that is going ? With the release of 10.5.3 I was planning on deploying a few of these these summer, butI have been reading of...  View more

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Removing software

Request: Add a select all button to the remove software section in the individualrecord section of inventory. We like to keep records of retired hdwe buthave no need to keep associated software as it is always redeployed, orupgraded when new hardware...  View more

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migration to leopard

This is not a specific question to Casper, but thought I would ask someof you since you all may have already done this. I need to migrate our Tiger servers to Leopard servers, and this is allbecause we need Leopard clients. Plus we will be ordering s...  View more

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User home directory on third Volume

We are running with 3 partitions on hard drive Restore ­hidden to userMacOS- all applicationsData -User Home directory and scratch Two weeks ago user changed names of two drives they can see. On restart itcreated a new empty user home directory on th...  View more

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CCA training course

Who all has done this? What did it entail? I think I am going toChicago and the end of June for the course. A little feedback to thosewho have gone would be great. Thanks! Thomas LarkinTIS DepartmentKCKPS USD500tlarki at kckps.orgcell: 913-449-7589of...  View more

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Licensed Software Definitions

Hi, Just wondered before I issue a bug report whether anyone had figured a workaround to the following issue? We, like many shops, have both Mac and Windows boxes with cross- platform licenses for the various pieces of software we run. I like to use ...  View more

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Erase new HD prior to imaging

Hi All-Wondered if others have had this issue:Brand new machines that go right from box to netboot > Image using Erase HD in Casper don't go (they hang, and not always in the same spot in the configuration). If we erase them first w/ Disk Utility (wi...  View more

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casper partitioning

we discovered that having the wrong partition scheme on intel based macs makes it impossible to upgrade to leopard.must be GUID not APM.well i used a utility called ipartition which not only can change partition scheme's non destructively, it can res...  View more

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Sophos Install via Casper

Hello, We are using Sophos, however it is their Endpoint Security and ControlSuite. In this configuration all the clients report to a central server,which means that every client installation has to be unique (the installercreates a unique ID on firs...  View more

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Inventory options [Feature Request]

Inventory is currently happening, and we are hand counting 6,000 macs tomatch our records. I am getting some mismatches with some studentlaptops and what I have in inventory. I have been using the JSS/Casperinventory system to see what users were log...  View more

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Subject: Re: imaging a large group via NetBoot- Casper

casper at list.jamfsoftware.com writes: What's the infrastructure? switches? servers? On 5/19/08 8:34 AM, "Shawn Surma" wrote: We are using Casper with a Netboot server and only one Casper server for the packages. It seems to be taking a very long t...  View more

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Sophos Intsall via Casper

Hello everybody! I was curious how people are handling installing Sophos Anti Virus.What we are running into here is that it needs to run the installer tocreate a unique install on each machine. Any ideas, suggestions, orjust let me know if I'm missi...  View more

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CS3 Install Error

Has anyone seen this error while using the new Adobe CS3 installers withCasper? Error: Adobe Installation Error: Unable to complete the silent workflow(Exit Code 7). This error has happened on both Illustrator and InDesign from a CS3 DesignProfession...  View more

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imaging a large group via NetBoot- Casper

We are using Casper with a Netboot server and only one Casper server forthe packages. It seems to be taking a very long time to image MacBooksout of the box. What kind of numbers has anyone else been getting? If I do just 1 or 2 it will complete in a...  View more

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How to send unix commands via Casper

Hello all.. We've been using Casper here for a few months now, and it's been workinggreat. For the most part we have been using packages for any configurationand install procedures so have not needed to use scripts much other than totrigger a package...  View more

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Require Password on Wake From Sleep

Hello all, does anyone have a method or script to include a setting at imagetime that will set the computer to require a password on wake from sleep?-- Tim NicometoMayo Clinictimn at mayo.edu(507) 255-3034  View more

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Network Settings on Standard Images

Hello all, I am wondering if someone has a proven, rock star, strategy forcreating base Leopard OS images for laptops vs. desktops in regards tonetworking settings, Airport, modems, etc. All of our desktop machines are connected via Ethernet and none...  View more

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Adobe Updates

Okay, this may have been covered in the list already, but since I just started "watching" in April, I haven't seen it. I wanted to find out how everyone is handling Adobe updates to the CS3 suite. Specifically, how are you figuring out what Adobe upd...  View more

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