I apologize if this has been covered before... I know that when creating a policy, I can cache a package on the machine and trigger an install later... but can I cache a script to have it execute on a computer when the computer is not connected to th... View more
Hello All. Using casper 7.3.1 and imaging machines to 10.6.4. Today I ran into a batch of laptops that failed to bind to Active Directory during their post-imaging setup. I think I narrowed it down to a time difference, which has happened before. The... View more
Morning, So this one is somewhat of an odd duck, but I'll put it out there (yes,JAMF support is in my BCC field) just to see if anyone else is as weird. Problem Background: I often create two different policies for essentiallythe same software instal... View more
Is it possible for the Mac's (bound to AD, using native binding on10.6.x) to see that a user is in a particular group, and grant adminbased on that? John Wojda Lead System Engineer, DEI 3333 Beverly Rd. B2-338B Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 Phone: (847)2... View more
I having been using the SetAirPortNetwork script from the Resource Kit toset the wireless networks on my MacBooks and it has been running great. Forsome reason now, however it seems to not be working. It still sets mynetwork as one of the preferred n... View more
So...this is not quite Casper related but I would be using Casper to deploy it, so slightly relevant. So here is the cliff note's version of what is going on: Scenario: Cerner is coming in and doing some sort of web based lab/training with students. ... View more
Hi- Caution: There be geek speak ahead… If anyone's using a signed certificate for their JSS communication, at some point you may need to export your private key and certificate chain so that you can use that signed certificate with something else, l... View more
This past week, several Macs here have started exhibiting problems at the login screen. Basically, a little over half the time, it will report that network accounts are unavailable, and will refuse to allow any AD user to log in (it waits a bit and t... View more
With Xserves being phased out, I need to find a Casper rack mountablesolution for our other offices. Im sure this has been touched on this listbut anyone have any experience using red hat or any linux distro asdistribution points ? I ideally would us... View more
I know I am missing something fundamental here, but it sadly escapes me, soI will ask: how does your dummy receipt policy detect the changes?Thanks,Sean View more
HI all, I am trying to find out how many Mac OS X clients can a Xserve providefor Apple Software update service before the Xserve crap itself out. The Xserve specification will be the latest Xserve, 6 GIG of memory andRaid 1 hard drive setup I am won... View more
Hi Everyone, I am finally getting close to being able to deploy office on our Macs, especially for the new Outlook. The 2008 office had a remove office app and it works with 2011 as well. Has anyone had success with create an app or script to do thes... View more
All, Here's a postinstall script I wrote in an hour or so to fill user home folders for PKG-style packages. It should work as-is, but I have a couple questions. Does anyone know which parameter passed to package scripts tells it where to install? And... View more
Has anyone else had any success importing the MCX manifest for GoogleChrome? http://www.google.com/support/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=187945 I've followed the instructions on the JSS page for importing, converting theplist into XML format, but when... View more
Is anyone able to setup the JSS on a redhat server. When I follow the steps, the 8443 port doesn't work ( does work on 8080?) and it says when doing a recon to it this user doesn't have rights to add computers to inventory. ( this user has all rights... View more
We have a client that is about to roll out a a one to one laptop program. The laptops are bound to AD and managed by casper. They want to have all student users as non-admin, but want them to be able to configure time machine. Anyone got a work aroun... View more
Hi all ! I'm having a software update issue with 10.6.6 (delta) On all computers, on logout, once a week :1) Software update policy starts2) It displays the correct message : softwareUpdateMessage.sh3) It starts the softwareupdate process4) SWUP extr... View more
i've read there's a way to require authentication before proceeding with use of the casper imaging app in a casper netboot set but haven't found where to enable this. anybody have the answer? thanks, nate View more
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Hey all, When we first setup Casper it seemed like Self Serve was pretty nice. As we've rolled out the system, have numerous sites in place (some with slow networks), and lots of policies, many scoped to AD group membership, we're finding the time it... View more
Hey guys & gals,I am having an issue with a shell script executing properly. I have added the shell script directly to Casper Admin & created the policy in JSS to trigger at login once per user. The scope is set correctly but the script is not workin... View more
I know some of you brilliant people out there have encountered the same problem that I am not having and gotten through it, so I am looking to you for help. I am doing our first CS5 deployment and I am running into problems with Acrobat Pro 9.x insta... View more
I'm probably in the minority, but if you use Casper for AD binding to mount home directories via AFP & use managed preferences, the upgrade to 8.0 breaks the mounting of home directories. It only breaks the mounting if you use managed preferences in ... View more
I would like to get the size of a specific directory that exists on some of our imaged computers. I'm still very much a noob when it comes to bash, so I'm looking for some help from my fellow Casper gurus. I know I can use the "du" command to return ... View more
Hi all, Got a laptop running 10.6.6 jamf version 7.21 … I tried to Casper Remote a pkg and Remote fails at Authentication and pops into the Error Occurred. I can ssh into the machine from Terminal and run jamf recon and reports back to the JSS withou... View more
I used Adobe's AAMEE tool to package and license our CS5 standard suite. Iturned off most of the options including updates as I am working on gettingan Adobe Update Server online tomorrow. This was just a test push to acouple of boxes. The issue I ha... View more
Hi All Has anyone had any success applying parental controls through Casper. I upload the MCX files, But on the clients absolutely nothing happens but I can see the files in LibraryManaged Preferences Can someone who has had success with parental con... View more
I started testing out Mobile Device Management and I'm having an issue with enrollment. I'm able to install the Root CA, but when any device tries to install the MDM Profile I receive a message that says, "The Profile is invalid. The MDM payload "Mob... View more
One of the biggest reasons companies buy JAMF Casper Suite is for imaging. A tool that is really needed during workstation refresh is a migration tool. Apple's Migration Assistant falls short...and I think we've all lost hope that Apple will devote a... View more
One of the biggest reasons companies buy JAMF Casper Suite is for imaging. A tool that is really needed during workstation refresh is a migration tool. Apple's Migration Assistant falls short...and I think we've all lost hope that Apple will devote a... View more
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