Automated Linux JSS installation
This was asked at several panels at JNUC, but it was not publicly announced how to execute this as it is an undocumented feature. Anyone happen to have the documents to do this? View more
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High Sierra can't add application to Dock
is anyone having issues dragging an application to the DOCK using High Sierra ?? I can't get an application added to the DOCK. Not sure if i'm doing anything wrong I have installed an application via policy with the dock item, and it didn't get place... View more
Jamf-Migrator tool only partially working
with the release of jamf Pro 10 (X?) I setup a test box and wanted to use the migrator tool. I got everything setup and ran it, and some of the data comes over (saved searches, smart computer groups, about half the static comp groups, etc) , but not ... View more
sync portable home directories "Sierra"
Hello everybody Does anyone have a solution how I am able to somehow perform in Sierra (sync portable home directories)? Can someone help me or has the same problem? View more
Nothing But Problems
We are running Jamf Pro 9.101.0, Apple gave us a broken certificate, which upon contacting Apple, and Jamf Support they came to the conclusion that all 3600 mobile devices would have to be reset to factory and set up from scratch. We are about a thir... View more
Jamf Pro 10 Self Service Bookmarks
I like how the older version displayed the Bookmarks/Plug-ins on the side while still displaying the Self Service Policies on the main part of the window. I tried setting it up to open with the Bookmarks category in the Self Service settings. It does... View more
Mac OsX 10.13 enable "askForPassword" via terminal command
Hi,In the previous Mac OsX releases the askForPassword/askForPasswordDelay properties could be set per user with the following commands: defaults write /Users/$username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screensaver.plist askForPasswordDelay -int $askForP... View more
Creating & Restoring Deployment Images in High Sierra
Basically my goal is to achieve a monolithic system imaging in High Sierra. Previously, I was able to do this as per the link below (scroll all the way down to the Advanced section)https://support.apple.com/en-bn/HT202841 Here's what I did:I upgraded... View more
[Help] Top to bottom load balancing install configuration.
We are starting to outgrow our current JSS and are looking to set up a load balancing configuration. For all previous version we have done a pretty basic install on OS X / macOS with both tomcat and MySQL living in the same box. We would now like to ... View more
Getting memcached right before upgrading to Jamf Pro 10
I have a 5 member cluster: 1 database, 3 client tomcat nodes, 1 admin console. If I bring memcached into the equation, I am able to add at most one extra Ubuntu server to support memcached. What kind of memcached configuration settings would be optim... View more
Adobe CC 2018
Hi Jamfsters, Is anyone seeing issues opening files made with 2017 Adobe CC not opening in Adobe CC 2018?Just checking if its a one off on the user end or others have seen this behavior tia View more
Package Management - Info Field
Ok.. I give! I've been working on cleaning up our JAMF installation and wondering what is meant by the text in the info field as shown below. "Information to display to the administrator when the package is deployed or uninstalled" Does that mean the... View more
Patch Policy Execution
I updated to JP10 this morning and have been playing with the new Patch Policies and Google Chrome to see how the function. I created a policy to update Google Chrome automatically with a 15 minute delay timeout. After running a sudo jamf policy it p... View more
Patch Policies Issue
Hello all! After upgrading to Jamf Pro 10, when I select the Patch Policies section of a patch reporting title I get the error included in the attached screenshot. Anyone seen this yet? Thanks! View more
Imaging macOS 10.13 High Sierra
Hi JAMF Nation Has anyone managed to reimage macOS 10.13 -> macOS 10.13 using JAMF Imaging? Do you know if this is implemented in JAMF Pro 10? We are about to roll out 1500 MacBooks and currently working out a Imaging solution. Apples DEP is not a vi... View more
password sync with active directory accounts - high serirra ... bug?
I haven't completely tested this yet, but has anyone else had issues with password syncing when password changing with AD bound high sierra macbooks? I recently changed my own account, and it didn't sync back to active directory... and I am wondering... View more
DEP macbook enrolment with active directory
I'm curious if there has been any improvements to MacBook enrolment, for DEP regarding active directory based deployments? Has there been any work flow improvements? eg. enrolment before user account creation? I haven't heard anything and I was just ... View more
Collecting Log Files from Users via Self Service
Yesterday, my boss approached me and handed me this challenge... THERE ARE NO ISSUES - ONLY OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE"I need to acquire the /var/log/system.log from user X. I don't want to walk over to the user's desk. We might need to do this again i... View more
Issues deploying NoMAD with custom payload config profile.
Heard about this tool at JNUC last week and was super jazzed to deploy it. We installed it by hand on a few machines and it seems to completely cover our use case. That being said I'm having a bear of a time getting it to deploy 'correctly'. This isn... View more
Clear Activation Lock not working
I'm having trouble wiping a managed iPad in the JSS under Management. My error message states the following: 404 - Device not found or activation lock bypass is invalid. The device is communicating with the server, and it is listed as managed. iPad A... View more
startosinstall crashes "Helper tool crashed..."
I'm trying to script the install of macOS High Sierra to install from Self Service. It was failing but without any feedback from Self Service. So I tried just running the script on the client computer after a few seconds I get "Helper tool crashed...... View more
Tomcat updates
Our Information Security Office has informed us that we need up update our server's Tomcat version to 8.0.47 or higher to mitigate CVE-2017-12617. How do we go about updating the Apache version that comes with JAMF Pro 9.101.0 to 8.0.47 or higher on ... View more
In House App Management Status: PromptingForUpdate
We have a vendor that provides us an IPA file. Per the JAMF Pro documentation, I just replace the IPA file in the Mobile Apps section and that should update the App on all the iPads that are in the scope. But for some reason, some update no problem a... View more
ROOT Folder Disappearing???
I've downloaded the Manual Installer for JAMF Pro 10 to test it out in my Dev env. However, when I replace the ROOT and ROOT.war files with the new ROOT.war and startup Tomcat, the ROOT folder appears for a couple of seconds and then it's gone. I kno... View more
Automatic Login to Lab Issue
Hi, we have our machines setup for autologin in all the labs, we are having a sporadic issue of some of them logging out if the machine is rebooted or idle for a long period, the "Disable automatic login" is unchecked on all machines. This has starte... View more
Subnet Importer Doesn't work with "JSS 9.101.3" Cloud based
Hello, We are running the JSS 9.101.3 from jamfcloud and I am attempting to import about 300 network segments, I have tried to import them via Subnet Importer from the JSS Conduit but it doesn't work. I wanted to know how I would import a csv file co... View more
Question about enrollment invitations
Hello, I have a question regarding Enrollment Invitations when you are using SSO. we are using a cloud instance of the Jss. We have SSO setup, when you send out the invite it doesn't ask the user for their SSO credentials before downloading the Qucik... View more
using pwpolicy to require an immediate password reset
Hey all, I'm working on a way to put a policy in the JSS that forces a user to reset their password the next time they log out. Previously the following script would've done the trick, however Apple has deprecated the -setpolicy command.pwpolicy -a a... View more
iMovie Default Share Email Client
Does anyone know how to change the default email client for iMovie when a movie is shared? I tried the below and it works for mailto links and other software such as Acrobat when I share to email. Mac Outlook Support Utilities Any suggestions? Thanks... View more
