I followed the directions athttp://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=059 to create a hidden adminaccount for use with the JSS. It worked great, but I also want to be ableto set that account as the only account with access to Remote Login andRemo... View more
Has anyone had any luck deploying the MS Office 2008 12.2.3 update thatwas released on 11-10-09? I tried dragging the mpkg into composer andconverting it to source but it just builds an empty dmg. I viewed the package contents of the mpkg and there a... View more
Our company Leases our Macs and we have leases 'turning over' all the time... 20 or 30 at a time. I have been on Casper for about a year.I never thought (at the time) about removing the returned machines from the JSS. Now i Have many, many machines i... View more
Hello, I am trying to create a 10.6.2 Netboot image for use with the new unibodyMacBook. I have everything setup but cannot get Casper Imaging to launchwithout requiring me to login. On my old NetBoot image (10.5.6) this is handled by a login keychai... View more
I am trying to create a 10.6.2 image by using the "build train" method in7.1. I have a 10.6 "drop in box" DVD from a MacPro that I have created admg of and added to Casper. I have told Casper it is an Apple installer. Ihave added the 10.6.2 Combo upd... View more
Has anyone run across this issue. Every time I launch Acrobat 9 Pro on my Mac running OSX 10.6.1 it asks for the admin User and Password. What might be causing the system to want the admin User and Password or what might be the fix? View more
Good folks out there; We are experimenting with MCX Setting Configurations.In the process we have created a sample configuration and using the Scope set it to allow these settings on one specific computer. Is it possible for these MCX settings to som... View more
I need to set the time zone on client systems at imaging time. I looked at the "setTimeZone.sh" script in the resource kit, and it works correctly. The issue I am having is when I run the "/usr/sbin/systemsetup -listtimezones" I do not see Philadelph... View more
Hi- I'm getting going with 7 Imaging... When I setup a configuration, I can add the SSH management account there, and that's cool. How would I add the management account if I were doing a completely custom installation? (i.e. "emtpy" from the configu... View more
Has anyone else had a problem with Casper Remote 7.1 hanging whileperforming a task? Lately, and I honestly cannot say when it started,Remote has been hanging when I try to install some software or try to cachesoftware. I notice it most when I am pus... View more
I have a base image that is 10.6. I added the 10.6.1 updater andrecompiled, no problems. Added the 10.6.2 updater and no go. I have triedremoving the 10.6.1 and using the 10.6.2 combo but still dose not compilecorrectly. It will compile and only be 1... View more
I found this hint in my RSS feeds a while back and I just put it intopractice this morning. I brought up a 10.6 server and turned on Software Update Service. All ourFaculty and Staff are running 10.5 but most of us in the Tech Dept arerunning 10.6. I... View more
I am trying to figure out a way to remove all the fonts from the/Library/Fonts/ and the System/Library/Fonts/ folder during the imagingprocess. I have created packages of the only the fonts that the systemneeds and want to be able to clear out the on... View more
Hello, I'm looking into the possibility of moving the MySQL database from the jssto a different server. Mainly to consolidate backup of multiple mysqldatabases. I found that the JSS uses the username of jamfsoftware to accessthe database. I have not ... View more
Hello, I have had some issues with setting the mcx domains. When I selectUserLevel, it should be ~/Library/Preferences... However it still shows upas /Library/Preferences. If I keep checking User, User Managed Level, andComputer Level... It finally s... View more
Hi, I imaged a new iMac yesterday and noticed that after booting up there is no user account.I redo the imaging process again today, same thing.I went into single user mode and try to run the FirstRun script from there, it just says that there is syn... View more
Hi- We have been using casper for a while and want to make it better at our location. One of the ideas we are tossing around is a 3 partition scenario. We are thinking this out for our future builds with casper. Most of our facility is 10.5.8. We wer... View more
Does anyone have a way of packaging up printer defaults and sending them via a policy? What I'm trying to do is force duplexing on all of our supported printers, but I am unable to do this at the printer level. It would be preferable if this were pus... View more
Hi- I'm working through 7 Imaging and am running into something unexpected: I have installed the OS via Imaging and a few other things that were packages, but it seems like scripts that make setting changes (like modifying the screen saver settings t... View more
Hello ALL,Does anyone have recommended method to migrated user files and preferenceswhen upgrading computers? Other then Migration Assistant built into a mac.When setting up netboot there is a check box for Clent Data. Thanks,Jon View more
Hi everyone, I had previously sent in a plead for help on creating a connection tomy wireless network which used a mere WEP key and have it be remembered. I am very grateful for the help everyone had given. Unfortunately, Ididn't mention a few things... View more
Is there a way to apply the Apple Aluminum Firmware Update using Casper? ''''''' ^-O-O-^+----oOO----(_)--------------+| Joel Anderson || Director of Technology || Hibbing Public Schools || www.hibbing.k12.mn.us | +----------------------oOO---+ ||| ||... View more
So, I am trying to run some automation with a bit of end user interaction. If I use the jamf displayMessage binary to display a message it will return the output back into terminal, but I can't seem to quite make the connection. Basically I want to r... View more
Hi- Has anyone run into clients seemingly "falling off" the service? I had a user contact me today that his Self Service was showing "no authorization" and it turned out that his machine was no longer in the JSS. I reproduced the issue on my own mach... View more
WGM uses a white list to restrict applications, and I see that in Casper aswell with restricting applications. I need to restrict access to terminal(only) in computer labs (but not everywhere - as the programming studentsneed to use it). How are othe... View more
I have been trying to create a new .nbi boot image for Casper 7.1 forimaging.Using the Resource Kit, I have been unsuccessful using Snow Leopard asthe base OS.What I have tried, was to create a Netboot image using System Imageutility, and have my OS ... View more
How many of you actually do a full package of local user accounts? Like prefs, dock items, wallpapers and all of that stuff? I am going to pristine installs via version 7's instaDMG like settings. My testing so far is good. My image is smaller, and f... View more
Hi- Has anyone deployed this with Casper Imaging with success? Thanks!---Jared F. NicholsDesktop Engineer, Infrastructure & OperationsInformation Services DepartmentMIT Lincoln Laboratory244 Wood StreetLexington, Massachusetts 02420781.981.5436 View more
Hi, Has anyone had any luck setting Airport to switch wireless networks thatuse a mere WEP key? I've read a lot about Leopard not remembering recentnetworks or retaining the password. I can use networksetup just finewithin 10.6 and it always rejoins ... View more
I have adobe CS4 Design Premium that I need to package.The there are 2 disks that have all the software. What is the best way to package the software? I am going to be installing it on multible Macs as part of setting up some new computers. View more
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