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
Hi- I need a way to script the removal of a local account's admin rights. The way that came to mind is to use dscl . -delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership <> Does this look correct? 2. Is there a better/more correct way? Thanks j---Jared F. NicholsDe... View more
What is the best way to distribute or install with policy Adobe plugins, Shockwave and Flash?Use the package that Adobe made and drop it in Casper Admin or Build your package? View more
Hey Jason, Im not in front of one of our machines at the moment, but if memory serves, yu can find the cached packages under /Library/Application Support/JAMF/Waiting Room/ Deleting the from that directory will remove them from being run as cached pa... View more
I cached CS4 and installed it yesterday. Today I cached Final Cut Pro and had Casper Remote installed the cached package, it installed CS4 over again and then Final Cut Pro after. How do I delete the previous Cached package or am I doing something wr... View more
Has anyone ever packaged Lotus Sametime ? It doesn't adhere to any standards as far as a Mac installer goes. Having some trouble if anyone's run into it. Thanks j---Jared F. NicholsDesktop Engineer, Infrastructure & OperationsInformation Services Dep... View more
What method does Self Service use to authenticate users? Some of my users can log in with their creds, some can't. My JSS doesn't have any settings for LDAP. Jeffrey A. StraussDepartment of Educational TechnologySystems AdministratorLoyola High Schoo... View more
When recently discussing CS4, someone mentioned getting one large image from Adobe. Is that the Creative Suite 4 Deployment Toolkit from Adobe that you are using? Peter View more
Looking for command for Sophos anti virus to run 'Update Now' View more
Hi- Don't know if anyone was curious, but all of the administrative casper 6.01 apps work fine under Snow Leopard... been using them that way for months. j---Jared F. NicholsDesktop Engineer, Infrastructure & OperationsInformation Services Department... View more
Honestly thought, as engineers, is something that we need to be aware of and not just in VLCs case. Part of the vetting process of whether an application is distributed should include a look at the EULA and at least a skimming of any potential legal ... View more
I have a computer lab setup where I have a partition where students can save documents that will survive the nightly re-imaging. However, by default the partition has rw permissions for root only. How is the preferred way, or where is the best place,... View more
Hi All, For those that are interested. Ive been testing complied configurations, and thou they take a while to compile the are defiantly worth it. My core student configuration is 97GB, this is due to Final Cut, and Logic which academics require is i... View more
Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD Player, on 10.5.x? Thanks,Robert View more
Anybody allow standard users to control Time Machine via /etc/authorization mods? I can't find any obvious keys to allow this to happen... Jeffrey A. StraussDepartment of Educational TechnologySystems AdministratorLoyola High School of Los Angeles190... View more
Has anyone been successful in disabling Bonjour in iChat? I know how todisable bonjour system wide, but I only want to deny its use in iChat. Iknow that the setting is not stored in any of the ichat plists, and waswondering if anyone knows of an Mana... View more
Hi- I've had reports of some people losing work because the softwareupdates that were forced down never prompted them that they were goingto reboot and that they needed to save their work. I've got thepolicy set up to prompt them that it's going to r... View more
Are the NetInstall set created from Casper NetInstall Creator suppose to be 8 GB and more ? I remember the ones created off NetRestore were around 1.8 GB. I think the size of this NetInstall image is dragging down my mac when they are all booting off... View more
I'm trying to create a NetInstall image using the Casper tools. We've previously done this using Apple's image creator, and this always worked fine, but now I'm trying to use Composer to make the initial image, and then the NetInstall Image Creator t... View more
Anyone deploying Adobe CS4 Design and Final Cut Studio 2 and running into the jobs stalling ? I will use Casper Remote to install Adobe CS4 or Final Cut Studio 2 in a lab of 21 Macs, the logs says its installing but it will never complete. Tried leav... View more
I have a big dmg file for CS4 Design Premium.I then create an Adobe Installer out of the dmg file and all is workingwell.But now I need to create installer for each individual application. View more
I am trying to accomplish something different, but I do have an Apple Script someone helped me write which prompts an end user for input. Though, it would be of my opinion to have zero user interaction and have it all automated. Can you give me an ex... View more
Is there a away to offer a self service policy to only one specified local user, such as the "admin", and not any other user account? Thanks,Cindi StarrRapid City Area Schools? Computer Support Specialist View more
Hi everyone, I'm in the process of migrating everything over to Casper. I'm in that in-between phase where I haven't had the chance to create all of my individual packages yet, so for the moment I'm still deploying "NetRestore Style" monolithic image... View more
If I want to upgrade several computers to Leopard, is it best to do thismanually with the install DVD, or is there a way to use Composer/CasperImaging to do this upgrade? Would I snapshot the new OS (new & modified) orcreate an OS package?TatianTatia... View more
I have a problem with Casper Admin where the file name column of the tableis blank.I've run into this problem before, and a restart fixed it.Not this time, however.It's been like this for 2 days.Anyone has a fix for this?Thanks. Tony S. WuIT Internto... View more
We have moved from an open wireless network to a protected wireless network, and are experimenting with sending out the network name and password with the base OS image. When the image is deployed to a Student Mac Book, it keeps the name and password... View more
Hi all, The short version of my question:What's the best way to make custom LDAP mappings stick when you're using LDAP for authentication? We need the custom settings because on our student side there are very few mappings available and login takes 5... View more
We have network homes located on xserve servers. I tried to use Casper topush out Adobe Reader 9 to the computers and ran into the followingscenario. If you login locally it works great! If one of my teacherslogs in Adobe Reader 'quits unexpectedly' ... View more
Hi folks, I'm trying to deploy a .networkConnect (VPN) profile for 10.6 users (I have 5 already, LOL). I am working on an AppleScript which imports the profile, prompts the user for their network account name, enters it into the Account Name field, h... View more
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