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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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CS 3, again !

So, now I am getting this error message. Unable to complete silent work flow, error 7. I swear this worked like three days ago when I tried it.... Fixes anyone? Thanks in advance tom  View more

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Configuration changes not being saved for Adobe installs

Hello, We have found some inconsistencies when dealing with Adobe installs and Casper v5.13. In the past we made a single package for CS3 and this worked very well. However for this AY we took advantage of Casper's ability do deal with CS3 and conseq...  View more

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Alias for AD network folder (script?)

Hi,This isn't much of a Casper question, but maybe someone can help.Our Macs have single sign-on enabled with Active Directory, and are alsobound to our Open Directory server for managed preferences. Users save totheir network folder (their user fold...  View more

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Hidden SSH account

Can anyone refresh my memory and remind me the command to create the hidden SSH account in the OS image? Thanks, Danny LeeTech Support Specialist650-350-4547dlee at nuevaschool.org  View more

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Default printer per config

Hey all- I have some labs that share printers. Ås of now I have the four printers in both labs individual configs. The problem is that I want the printers that are physically in each lab to be default for each of those labs, i.e. I want 190print01 to...  View more

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naming machines

Just curious on how folks are naming the machines out there.... In the past, I've used:1) scripts to grab a file, parse, and then use that name with the corresponding mac address (not great for macbook airs) - also tedious.2) System Image Utility (po...  View more

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Making policies sequential.

Is there a way to make policies sequential? I would like to setup a policy to run that is triggered by an earlier policy being successfully run on a given system. for example: A policy set to run once on all machines running 10.5 (members set with a ...  View more

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self service policies

So, I just created a CS3 self service policy and the policy works if I trigger it by start up but when I try to access it by self service it asks for admin rights to install. Is there a way with casper to suppress this? Also, it doesn't seem to insta...  View more

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Schedule recon on Windows Box

Good afternoon, We currently have recon installed on our Dell servers for reporting purposesfor Casper. Is there a way to schedule the server to run recon on arepeating schedule similar to the Mac clients? How have other people donethis? ------Jesse ...  View more

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trim your posts

Hi All! For the benefit of those on Digest, please only include in your message the relevant portions of the message to which you are replying.Edit your Subject line?Maybe shorten your signature too? Regards,Sandy Hinding (your mom :)  View more

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Casper 6.0!

Casper 6.0 is awesome. Our upgrade went almost perfectly. Our only issue came due to FEU boxes were checked, but no user data existed in those packages. Once I cleaned that up, everything has been working great. We have 3846 computers in our JSS (inc...  View more

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weird JSS behavior

So, new JSS. 8gigs of RAM, dual quad-core xeons, and I am getting some weird things with it. For one, it seems to not be remembering my settings to Tomcat. I set it to run in 64-bit mode and gave it 4gigs of RAM and for some reason it doesn't save th...  View more

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run script as different user?

Casper can run scripts against your box, but it does so as a root user - what if I want to run the script as a different user, such as the one who is logged in - without prompting for a password (like su-)? Thanks,j  View more

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CS3 woes

OK, so I never ran into this last year deploying CS3 and if I did I totally forgot how I fixed it. Error: The payloads directory does not exist at the specified base path (/Volumes/Adobe CS3 Design Premium)Closing package...Unmounting file server... ...  View more

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time stamp error message and server load balancing

So, I ran across something very strange about 5 minutes ago. I have a CS3 package built and ready to be tested before I deploy it. So I a using Casper Remote to push out the package manually to see if it works, and well an error occurred and I was re...  View more

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new servers

So, I have 6 new servers set up and I have everything set up properly. The share point ACLs for my read only and read/write casper users, my packages, propagated permissions, and I can mount the share point in the finder on any mac by afp://domain.co...  View more

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fixDocks does not fix?

Hi all, Just tried to use the jamf binary "fixDocks" verb to remove question marks for apps that don't exist in a particular set of machines. It doesn't appear to work. Anybody using this with success? Is there a trick to it? http://jamfsoftware.com/...  View more

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CS3 upgrades

I have an upgrade disk of CS 3. It has an application DVD and an upgrade DVD. How would I go about creating a new up to date CS 3 deployable image? I have users pestering me for it already I found this on the old youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?...  View more

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wierd JSS error

anyone seen this before? Sending Wake On LAN command...Opening SSH Connection to 10.160.75.15...Authenticating...Successfully authenticated.Verifying Computer's Identity...The MAC Address has been verified.Checking Operating System Version...Running ...  View more

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Leopard tips and tricks for MCX

Gang, After a marathon few weeks, I have finished the first edition of the Leopard Tips and Tricks for MCX document. It is posted in the Public folder of my iDisk (johnd) in the "Latest Tips" folder. The pdf is about 9MB in size, and yes, please pass...  View more

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FYI: self service command to reboot into boot camp

So, after almost pulling my hair out trying to make a self service policy that will force a reboot into windows, I finally found the answer. At first I tried just having Casper set the boot volume to the boot camp partition, that did not work. JAMF s...  View more

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Upgrade to 6.0 now tomcat will not start

Hi all, We have just upgraded to version 6.0 and now we cannot get Tomcat started. In the JSS setup utility it says that my Database Schema is 6.0, my SQL version is 5.0.45, and that my Tomcat version is unavailable . All other services are running f...  View more

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Open Directory binding

Can someone point me in the right direction for pushing/automating Open Directory binding with Casper Remote or policy? I'm thinking it will be dscl commands on 10.5, but will that work for 10.4? We need to remove current OD bindings from clients and...  View more

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Permissions On Casper share point

I've read (and heard) in the past that the permissions on the Casper package share pointsneed to be set with "Others" having read only permissions. This appears to be needed in our caseas the Casper share points are on the same server that is running...  View more

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Packaging Cisco VPN issues

Hi, Sorry about the last post for some reason sent from one of the otheraccounts I have running. I have packaged Cisco VPN using composer and uploaded the package to theJSS. When I deploy via either HTTP or AFP it downloads or mounts thepackage but d...  View more

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migrating JSS to new server - tip

Just double check that your distribution point is created and permissionedcorrectly after the move, especially if your JSS is also a distributionshare. I recently moved from a G5 Desktop to a Intel Xserve. The process went sosmoothly that I felt I ha...  View more

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migrating JSS to new server

So, I got my new servers in and want to migrate my JSS to my new awesome intel xeon xserve. I am exporting the MySQL database now. When I set up the JSS at home for when I want to take my work home I just installed JSS with the setup utility and then...  View more

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