Forward logs to Splunk on JAMF Cloud?
Anyone got a way to forward the logs to a Splunk server on their infrastructure? Everything I've seen so far points to using the MySQL connector but assumes you own the hardware. View more
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Machine not being scoped for a configuration profile that is for all machines?
I have a config profile scoped to all machines but for some reason my test machine isn't picking up the profile. It's picking up policies that are scoped to all machines just not this. I've tried reimaging the machine, removing it from the jss and re... View more
Add additional SSID to wifi config without re-issuing AD cert?
We'd like to add an additional SSID to our wifi environment and have it utilize an AD cert that was issued as part of another configuration profile. Is this possible to do this with some clever scripting? I really don't want to have to issue new cert... View more
Apps Not Being Removed From iPads (VPP/Deviced-Based Assignment)
We are extensively using VPP and device-based assignments. 600 apps are scoped amongst our ~100 smart groups - always installed as managed apps. We are finding that when we remove a device from the scope of an app, it doesn't always remove the app fr... View more
Change current users homepage and startup pages in Safari and Chrome
So I have been given an edict from my communications people that I will have to update all the macs home pages and start up pages in Safari and Chrome across my org. They have also promised in an email comm to the users that when IT does this the use... View more
Unlock Standard User's Screensaver as Admin Broken in 10.12
Has anyone noticed when you have the edited /etc/pam.d/screensaver file in a 10.12 Mac, pressing Command Shift Enter opens up the username/password fields to unlock a standard user's screensaver but you find that you are unable to type anything in th... View more
Hostile takeover :-) Possible to purge Non removable MDM profile ?
We got a couple of OS X 10.11 machines, that where enrolled in a different MDM (we cannot access anymore)Since there is a lot of data on the drives we do not want to wipe the machinesIs there a trick to get rid of the old MDM profile ? "Normal" profi... View more
Removed account still listed as having admin?
Some time back we used a particular account labeled as "ctsetup" which had admin privileges for doing some setup work on our Macs. Once done Casper would remove the "ctsetup" account with a policy. In looking just now at a system remotely via ssh I u... View more
Sierra - no local accounts
Updated home Mac with Sierra. Now 4 of 6 local accounts are not on login screen. I can see those in "Fast User Switching Menu", but getting the error when trying to login - account is not available. Already restored 10.11 from full TM backup, the upg... View more
Self Service needs upgrading after Casper JSS upgrade?
Hi all, I know it's a very stupid question, but I have to ask anyway. I'm very closed to upgrading our Casper JSS from 9.81 to 9.96 (actually, more info is we're moving our JSS from a windows server 9.81 to a Linux server 9.96, I now know how to by r... View more
AD Administrator role missing when logged in off site
I am testing a new setup. Mac is joined to an AD domain. User is in the Administrator group. When I login to the Mac on site, the user has Admin, Managed, and Mobile roles, as it should. When I login to the Mac off site, the user is missing the Admin... View more
macOS Sierra security fixes "Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11.6" ?
Does anyone understand what this means: About the security content of macOS Sierra 10.12 macOS Sierra 10.12 Released September 20, 2016 apache Available for: OS X El Capitan v10.11.6 Impact: A remote attacker may be able to proxy traffic through an a... View more
Hide installed VPP Apps in Self Service
We offer a number of Apps in self service. Currently we use a smart group "[program] is Installed" as an exception to hide installed apps in self service. However this creates two issues:-a lot of smart groups. Easy enough to make them, but they do a... View more
MacOS Sierra using JSS 9.96 Disabling External Disks via Config Profiles not working...
Has anyone tested creating the Configuration profile using JSS 9.96 for MacOS Sierra to disable the "External Disk"? I have try installing the profile manually and via MDM with this disable however the USB still shows up. The same profile works on OS... View more
error trying to restore to new server
Hi to all... We wanted to move our main jss to another server... all the setup went fine but when we got to the point to restore the database, we get the error : mysql warning : Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure. ERROR 20... View more
Refresh "User & Location" on my iOS inventory.
Hey, I'm currently working to implement Apple Classroom into my district, and I'm about to start importing the classes into ASM from my LMS. The issue is that the Managed Apple IDs in ASM are different than the email addresses tagged to my iPads in J... View more
Self-Service No Longer Downloads or Installs after 10.12 upgrade.
I have a test device that was originally 10.11 and nothing more was done to it other than the currently company Jamf policies. Everything appears to work but when attempting to install or download from Self-Service I receive "Self-Service has encount... View more
macOS Sierra Upgrade Using Cache, Install Cached Policies
Using JAMF's handy documentation, I am attempting to cache and then install cached using two policies to get macOS Sierra on eligible test clients. The caching works great (as it has in the past with other OS X versions) but I am now receiving errors... View more
JSS not recognizing current version of iPad
I have recently found that several iPads are updated to 9.3.5 or 10.x. The students will come in with various different problems, and I notice that the correct version is not listed. This is a new issue, and it seems like this has started since the n... View more
inventory display
how do is display the Network Account Server: ? View more
Not able to boot from a restorable dmg created in autocaspernbi and OS X Sierra.
I created an nbi dmg using AutoCasperNBI version 1.3.4, OS X Sierra and Casper 9.96, with the same settings that I have done with previous OS. What is happening, is that when at boot using a USB drive, it just never loads to the Desktop. But the actu... View more
Office 2016 updates and network bandwith
In our ~600 Mac environment, deploying updates for the Office 2016 suite has been a huge pain.. mainly on the network side. I'm finding everytime I push more than 50 of a single update (like Word or Excel) within a one hour window, I get a page from ... View more
Tickets...
Tickets go on sale Saturday. If you would like to be part of the group order and have not spoken to me - find me on slack. Otherwise section number will be posted here, and you can order your own :) View more
JAMF Push Notifications for iOS Not Working
We are trying to send a native Push notifications to a group of iOS devices. We have a valid Push Proxy Cert and the notification shows up in the Self Service App but not via the native Notifications area of iOS. We did select the option to push to t... View more
Is it possible to disable "Store All Files and Photos In iCloud"
With macOS Sierra came several new features, one of which being the ability to "Store in iCloud" (Apple menu > About this Mac > Storage > Manage). It states: "All original files and full-resolution photos and videos will be stored in iCloud. When sto... View more
Update Mac AppStore Applications
Hello everyone, I am wondering how others do mac app store updates across the board. Are you all pulling updates and packaging up via Casper then pushing out via a recurring checkin? View more
Symantec SEP 12.1 removal script and process HOW TO
Due to the update to MacOS Sierra i had to test all mandatory software and Symantec ENDPOINT protection 12.1.6.MP2 need to be updated to 12.1.6MP6.after a standard Casper deployment with a Symantec remote install PKG.i run into a problem explained he... View more
NetSUS 4 with Sierra
Has anyone been able to get a NBI working with Sierra and NETSUS 4? I created one with AutoDMG and AutoCasperNBI, but my NetSUS 4 server doesn't want to recognize it as a valid NBI. Thoughts? Joe View more
El Cap - App Store Restriction Issue
We have a Restriction configuration profile in place for Yosemite to 'Restrict App Store to Software Updates Only". Works great, no issues. Applied the same config profile to El Cap, 10.11.6, which we are about to roll out across the board. The restr... View more
Mac Performance Logging
Hello, I am looking for a program for a Performance review. We need to start a 24 hour test on the systems. After this test we need a detail review about the perfomance (CPU, RAM, GPU etc.) Maybe anyone can tell me a good tool to log the performance?... View more
