After re-imaging a computer, what is the best way to automagically add an account to the computer? I tried using the "run once per computer" policy. But it only runs once per computer. That is, if you re-image the computer again it doesn't run a seco... View more
I have a very small number of machines that caught the MCX bug from a 7.1 netinstaller which it adds the jamfsoftware mcx file. I am writing a simple script to check for it and if it exists, terminate it. However, I cannot for the life of me find a m... View more
Is anyone else having a problem with using "Secure SSH" in conjunction with a hidden local admin account during imaging time? Hiding the local admin account through JSS seems to result in a "broken" ACL for SSH... http://donmontalvo.com/jamf/secure_s... View more
Works like a charm. Here's what we did: Set-up: we have 3 or 4 standard user accounts, some admin, most non. We didmost all of our work in a non-admin account to ensure that, upon deployment,it would work when deployed to that account. We also have r... View more
Just found this out the hard way… If you're distributing a package that is signed (code signing certificate) and the client machine doesn't have the entire certificate chain (e.g. Root Cert and Intermediate Cert) the install will not occur. Install.l... View more
Hello, This is my first post of probably many on the board. We just got our JSS installed on Friday and I am looking for a way to disable the sharing pane in system preferences for both Admin and Standard users. Am I able to delete com.apple.preferen... View more
I downloaded the latest diffs DMG but noticed Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 isn't included. Was there a *.composer diff for it before? Thanks,Don View more
Is there a way to get composer to work in the JSS netboot image? I have it in the applications directory and select full finder to load the rest of the OS. This would be nice for creating images with out having to use a secondary system. - Grant View more
Having a strange issue with Self Service. A user launches the Self Serviceapp, and the app loads to a blank white screen...nothing more. Seeing thiswith v7.3 and v7.3.1. Running v7.3.1 on the JSS. I can still connect tothe web-version of Self Service... View more
Anyone run into this error when restoring winclone bootcamp partition? Installing winclone.winclone... Error: Target drive is too small for windows image Winclone package is 6 gigs. The original partition was 40 gig (26 gig free). I've tried restorin... View more
Hey guys, The link is up at : http://jamfsoftware.com/solutions/adobe-creative-suite-5/ It will be going out in the next JAMF Nation as well, but due to the need we thought we’d step up the pace on release. Enjoy! Chip View more
Hello, I would like to know how you can image a computer that is either not at a site that has a distribution point, or a computer that may not be on the internal network. I can sync an external drive with Casper Admin... in the past I have taken tha... View more
I'm surprised to see that WinClone was discontinued. I thought Jamf hadsome agreement with the developer that would keep this product around fora while. Since Casper Imaging supports winclone image files, it reallyeased the process. I've used WDS bui... View more
I just cleaned up a bit of a mess that I made with a policy that updated Firefox and am wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to how to do it better in the future. I created a policy that updates Firefox to the 3.6.8 version using a trigger of r... View more
An error occurred executing the policy "PostImage: Install Sophos, Mail cert. DUPLICATE" on the computer "2448-mp".Hello All. I'm just working at automating my imaging more and am running into an issue which I'm not sure how to solve. Essentially I c... View more
Anyone ever ran across an image coming down fine via file copy, but when compiled certain settings are lost (such as menu bar settings, software update being on even though it is set to be off for all users with a package)? I'm running 7.3. I know I ... View more
Not sure if people picked up on this or not, but there's a new option in the Privileges section for an account.You'll it listed as "Send email to end users via JSS"After you've enabled the option and saved, go run a quick inventory search.That option... View more
Has anyone figured out how to package Adobe Reader without any of the extra cruft (specifically Air)?? Adobe makes an Air-less Windows installer, but not for Mac. No matter what we've tried, Reader does a heal when you fire it up after removing any c... View more
Hi, We have been using FreeGuard routers for a while as our firewall solution, and because the company went out of business and the fact that everything we touched it the routing would break and we could never get it back, we are looking for a new fi... View more
My organization is in the process of transitioning from Symantec to McAfee for anti-virus/anti-maleware etc... At this point McAfee is telling us that they do not have support for Mac OSX Server. What are you guys using for that type of software on M... View more
Unfortunately, that's not possible.On 7/28/10 12:05 PM, "Daniel Behan" wrote: Entourage does not use .plist files for preferences, which means it cannotbe controlled via MCX or any other type of administrative tool. Microsofthas not provided any mea... View more
Does anyone know of a way to grant permanent access to the Network SystemPreference? I noticed in the resource kit there was a script that grantsaccess to the DVD region code via /etc/authorization, does anyone know if Ican do what I want using that ... View more
What is the best way to assign a computer to a group or departmentduring/after imaging? The only way I can find is to use PreStaging to setthe department, but ideally I'd like a script or other way of setting this. I'm finding it tedious to image a f... View more
Yesterday our Mac Server lost partial DNS. I can still access it through its IP and DNS name, but when I tag our domain onto it ...com I get no response. I went to unbind and rebind to the domain and Directory Utility locked up the server and require... View more
Any of you folks using JSS to deploy Windows VM to your Macs? ideas that we are looking at;- Fusion- Parallels- VirtualBox - VM via standard image- VM pointed at Win partition and using WinClone. Nick Caro Senior Desktop Support AdministratorPhone 21... View more
Quick question, I'm using prestage configs to help smooth over the imaging of several thousand computers. Most of them have a Hard Drive named "MacintoshHD", so I have that configured in the PreStage config. However, some are "Macintosh HD" with a sp... View more
We have a request to provide a detailed, complete list of all available OS updates for all the Macs in the environment. We set up a Saved Search using "Software updates available" as the criteria. We're able to get a list of computers that need updat... View more
Anyone else using AAMEE and having issues? My issue is that it is installingevery app except Illustrator and I've rebuilt the package using AAMEE overthree times now. --Alan Benedict?Macintosh TechnicianThe Integer Grouphttp://www.integer.com View more
OK, just an FYI, I rebuilt one of our JSS boxes, but the backed up and restored http folder for SUS was not recognized. Today Apple released a new combo updater and it fixed the problem. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1051 Don View more
Does anyone know where I can crank up the logging level and view the log that covered LDAP authentication? We have an odd thing going here where some AD users can log into Casper services (such as Imaging) and others can't. I'd like to see what's goi... View more
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