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Time Machine

Anyone ever see my email about standard users using Time Machine? Anyone find a way to allow this? Jeffrey A. StraussDepartment of Educational TechnologySystems AdministratorLoyola High School of Los Angeles1901 Venice Blvd.Los Angeles, Ca 90006(213)...  View more

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MCX acrobat9 self-heal

Ok, I really am pulling my hair out. Please help. I was assured thatthis would work, but it doesn't. My environment is: 10.5.7 and .8 machines with CS4 Master Collection. Bound to AD, so eachuser that logs in to a lab computer is using a network acco...  View more

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Keyboard recommendation?

This is totally unrelated, but I'm just looking for some suggestions: We have many Crestron podiums where we have both a PC and a MacMini. Webought a USB switcher and want to use only one keyboard, so that thepodium top is not crowded, in case a prof...  View more

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jamf MCX in 7.1

Hello all,The jamf binary started pulling down MCX on newly imaged machines afterupgrading to 7.1. The box for "Apply Computer Level Enforced ManagedPreferences" is NOT checked. The problem is we have no MCX settings setup in Casper so it is essentia...  View more

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Boot Camp

Does anyone have any tips and tricks for creating a Boot Camp partition? I know how to do this within Capser, I hope, but my question is more related to making the actual winclone image. Is there any sysprep necessary, any other special consideration...  View more

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CS4 errors out

I just got this on a laptop installing it via Ethernet....and have not seen this error message before. Any insight on this? /usr/sbin/jamf is version 7.01 Executing Policy CS4 full... Mounting afp://10.160.79.7/CasperShare to /Volumes/CasperShare... ...  View more

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JSS gathering information

Hi, I upgraded to 7.1 on Friday on my Leopard server. Now when I open the JSS utility it just sits there say, gathering information. Anyone got any ideas why it would do this? Best wishes Michael  View more

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Problem installing HP Printer

Hello, I wondered if anyone had same issue with trying to push a new printer viaCasper Remote: I have installed a new HP4515x on my network. I have added it on my admin computer then added it in Carper Admin. Then I pushed it to a workstation for tes...  View more

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jamfhelper and adobe cs 4

Hi, Is anyone having issues with the jamfhelper and CS 4 deployment during imaging. When an autorun contains CS 4 it creates a FirstRun script to install CS 4, when the mac reboots it logs in as Adobe installer client and then runs the jamfhelper to ...  View more

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GSX Integration with 7.1

Hello,I'd really like to have GSX integration in Casper, but I've been having a difficult time getting my school to sign up for an SSA. I'm an ACMT and have had GSX access at previous jobs, but now I'm in a new role and I've recently implemented the ...  View more

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usage logs in custom reports?

Is there a way I can scope a report from Casper Inventory for usage logs between certain dates, or by building or network segment? I would like to figure out what users logged into what machines between or after certain dates and then split the repor...  View more

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Solving corruption of Kerberos config

We recently ran into a problem where our Macs kept "falling out" of our Active Directory domain and wouldn't authenticate, even if they had previously been working. We had support staff unbinding and rebinding multiple machines every day to get them ...  View more

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Casper Behind vs Outside The Firewall

I'm looking for a little advice. We currently have our Casper server on an outside routable IP address. Over the past few years we havebeen putting most of our sites (50 in total) behind firewalls. Currently the site where the Casper serveris located...  View more

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JSS on OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard

Question to the community; I just did an inplace upgrade of a 10.5.8 Server to 10.6 and couldn't get the JSS to start Tomcat. Casper Suite 7.01 is the only product outside of the base OS on this Xserve. Anyone else experiencing an issue or knows if J...  View more

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First post - please be easy on me...

I've been avoiding third party Mac management solutions since I was burnedby the discontinuation of NetOctopus. When I was given the reigns for theMac environment at Morgan Stanley (IBD Creative Services) just before 9/11,I had my first opportunity t...  View more

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7 installation

Hi- I'm installing Casper 7 on my brandy new XServe with Snow Leopard server and the JSS Setup Utility is stuck at "gathering info" and spinning the gear. Has anyone gotten 7 installed ok on 10.6 server? j---Jared F. NicholsDesktop Engineer, Infrastr...  View more

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Distribution point mismatch

We have two (successful) distribution points at this time, but we arenoticing that aside from being immense, there seems to be a discrepancybetween the central jss server CasperShare size and item count compared towhat we see on the distribution poin...  View more

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Mac Mini Imaging Problems

We just got in about 20 Mac Mini's that we need to image and get toassociates this week and I'm seeing some weird behavior during imaging. Theinstall will kick off and get about 95% through the OS package install andlock up the entire OS. Sometimes i...  View more

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Configuring Entourage.

Can anyone help? I have tested the entourageSetup script from the resource kit, and it worksgreat for me with one exception. The majority of our users have localaccounts, so when the verify command comes up it populates their email namewith the 'curr...  View more

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exempt machines from managed prefs

So, My co-worker enforced a desktop wall paper and my iMac was not defined as any particular computer on the network so it picked up the policy. I want to create an exempt smart group that never gets any management, but I am failing to see where I te...  View more

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Auto Adding USB Printers

Hello All, So I'm honestly being a bit lazy with a time crunch with this one, that timeof year you know. =) I have nice policies for a high end Epson USB printer that do successfullyadd it and remove it at login and logout. We're trying to limit who ...  View more

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Force Wireless SSID

Our school is located next to some housing developments, and I've noticed some student computers connecting to the wireless access points located in the houses, and not getting our policies, as they are restricted to the inside network only. Does any...  View more

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Scripting issues

I am writing a script which will need our helpdesk techs to add a couple parameters when running it with Casper Remote. The problem i am having is that it won't pass Parameter 6. (I guess i should feed it more bran) After testing and seeing failures,...  View more

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Since we are asking silly questions

In Casper remote, is there a way to move from 'tab' to tab without using the mouse? I can Find a computer with Cmd-FI can move up and down the found list with the arrow keysI can select and deselect a computer with the spacebar. How can i move over t...  View more

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Silly Question

Is there a way to send out a default web address to Firefox? Safari picked it up via imaging, but Firefox did not. Thanks!Kathie IorizzoLower School TechnicianThe Latin School of Chicagokiorizzo at latinschool.org312.582.6136  View more

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nerds unite! script help!

Hi- Perhaps an über script geek can lend me a hand... throwing up the bat- signal... From the command line, I'd like to remove an account's admin privs. It's easy enough with dscl . -delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership <> However, I'd like to build ...  View more

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Smart Notebook software & composer

We've had no success building a package of the Smart Notebook 10 software(drivers and tools) using Composer. Either we get an error related tohdutil, or we successfully build a package only to have it freeze whiletrying to update the software on firs...  View more

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