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Bit Torrent Clients and Restricted Software

How are you all handling Bit Torrent clients/traffic on your networks? Doyou utilize the Restricted Software functions in the JSS to eliminatetorrent clients? And does anyone know if you can set a wildcard in Restricted Software forthe process? For e...  View more

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Remote

I asked this question a few days ago and got no response. Has anyone had any problems using Casper Remote to control a machine? It seems every time I try to connect to a machine through Casper remote it starts and then tells me it is shutting down ss...  View more

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netboot - disk almost full error

Hi- My Netboot computers are getting a "disk almost full" error at the login screen. Any ideas why this may be? I set up my brandy-new 13" MBP as the machine to snap the Netboot image from and it was working just fine. The image is setup as diskless ...  View more

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Pop-up messages.

Hello Casper List, Is it possible to have Casper pop-up a message when a policy starts to run? I know there is an option to have the message pop-up after its completed, and the system is ready to be restarted, but I'd like a message to pop-up warning...  View more

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CS5 deployments using MSI and PKG installers

Saw this mentioned on the MacEnterprise.org mailing list and thought I'dpost it here as well. I'm posting to the general "Casper" mailing list andnot cross-posting to the "Composer" list since it seems to have little to notraffic right now. Available...  View more

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RunSAVLiveUpdate

We are trying to get the Symantec live update script running from theresource kit. When we run the script through 'unix commands' through ARD itruns normally. But when we push the script through Casper it bombs outwith...Preparing Management... Execu...  View more

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Procedure Question

I work at a school, and when one of our teacher/student computers is down, I’d like to get them back up as soon as possible. Right now, I have a teacher macbook that needs to be reimaged. My normal procedure is to backup his data, then reimage the la...  View more

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Remote Client

I was trying to connect to a managed machine using Casper Remote and it starts to connect (Control or Observe) and then says it is shutting down the VNC server. I have had this error before and Jamf sent me an email with a quick fix. However I cannot...  View more

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OT: New Position Opening at Hopkins

Hello Everyone,Hopkins Public Schools has an immediate opening for a Technology Support Specialist for Hopkins High School. We’re looking for someone with great troubleshooting skills on the Windows and Mac platforms and as a great collaborator on ou...  View more

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iLife 09 and composer

ok guys im having trouble getting ilife 09 with updates packaged everything goes fine but when i roll it out with imaging it wont work idvd just wont run i get an error about graphicsappsupprt any ideas of suggestions -- Dave HicksCustomer Support En...  View more

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Automating reports (gather & email through JSS)

Now that we have SMTP set up correctly in JSS (thanks to Steve and Jared)... We would like to use it to send reports out. Here's the requirement... A saved search leverages a smart group to track deployment of a specific package. The search works fin...  View more

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SMTP settings in JSS

Trying to set up SMTP on the JSS. Settings > General Settings > SMTP Server All the information is entered correctly...but I don't see a place to send the "TO" address for the "Send test" button. :) Don  View more

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flat packages again

Everyone, What is the case with flat packages and the instaDMG support in Casper Admin 7.x? I went to www.afp548.com to find some answers on it and I got people telling me they are using the newest version of instaDMG and are able to compile 10.5.8 a...  View more

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Composer - Updating Diffs

Hi- I've been trying to download the latest diffs within the Composer app and keep hitting an error 7. Anyone ever run into this? Thanksj --Jared F. NicholsDesktop Engineer, Client ServicesInformation Services DepartmentMIT Lincoln Laboratory244 Wood...  View more

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Composer - symlinks

Composer 7.x seems to turn symlinks into the file they point at. Is this a bug or a feature? ISTR that 6.x correctly stored symlinks. -- David X. GloverDepartment of PhysicsUniversity of Oxfordhttp://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/  View more

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Installation language for CS4 deployments

Hi guys I'm having problems with the location code in my CS4 package. I have the International English and Universal English serial numbers, but en_US and en_GB don't work... Any help with this would be much appreciated. Thanks The Ogilvy Group (Hold...  View more

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Checkpoint Encryption Extended Atribute

I have enabled this extended attribute and it does not appear to be working. Has anyone else been able to get this one to work? Paul Austin End User Computing Wells Fargo Corporation  View more

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Casper Newbie

Hi We are in the process of going with Casper for our Mac deployments and waswondering if anyone could answer the following? What services are required on the Mac OSX Server is it just AFP? We have a FreeBSD Based DHCP Server are we required to add t...  View more

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Backup - some suggestions requested

Hi, In our environment the Macs play second fiddle to Windows and Unix. Currently we are using a combination of Symantec PureDisk and NetBackup tobackup Unix and Windows servers. PureDisk does not work so well on the Macplatform in my testing... I'm ...  View more

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Hide builds from menu

We have several builds we want to hide from our deployment team toreduce confusion, mostly old configuration (10.4.x), test configs, etcIs there a way to hide them so they don't see them w/o us actuallydeleting them? John Wojda Lead Systems Engineer,...  View more

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Warranty Info

Is there a way to get the JSS to poll against Apple's hardware warrantysite and look up the info w/o having a GSX account? John Wojda Lead Systems Engineer, CTS 3333 Beverly Rd. B2-338B Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 Phone: (847)286-7855 SMS / Text Page: ...  View more

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Kace?

Hey Folks- Just curious... if anyone's company/school is using the Dell's Kace (K-box) solution? We just got approved for the whole schebang. Servers are racked and we started to configure them. So far so good. During proposal time, I had to take a l...  View more

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Apple Software Updates

2 questions: 1) Can I set the client configs so they look to Casper for Apple Software Updates internally but also can get external updates from Apple Servers if they are away from campus with their laptops? I have Casper delivering ASUS internally a...  View more

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Wiki [was: Imaging Workflow]

Hi, On 30.04.2010, at 18:35, Thomas Larkin wrote: Maybe JAMF could operate a wiki where users of their software could contribute and share their work? Best regards,Marko  View more

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Imaging workflow

Hello All. I'm new to the casper suite and am realizing that it would be great to see/hear some real word examples how some of you are handling it's use. It's a great framework, but gives you a lot of "ways to skin the cat". Unfortunately it's one of...  View more

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7.2 Update and Connecting to External MySql DB

Hello, I worked this out today with the help of Eric at JAMF Support. We have ourmysql database located on a rhel5 mysql server rather than locally on theJSS. With the 7.2.1 update, the layout of the Tomcat webapp directorychanged quite a bit, and th...  View more

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