I used Rich Trouton's wonderful article on using Self Service to upgrade an OS: https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/providing-os-x-upgrades-via-caspers-self-service The process itself is working fine, but with the side effect that it somehow... View more
I'm trying to script a program to open and close during inventory update quickly as well as be hidden. I can do this as a launch agent, but I'd really like this info to update during the inventory collections. Its the smart utility program which has ... View more
Is there a trick to making the restricted apps payload not nuke users web clips? Thanks! View more
Is there a way to change the Default user profiles in EL Capitan so that When a domain user logs in they wont receive the permission errors? Configuration profile doesn't allow me to do all the things I need to for the domain users default profile. I... View more
I have smart groups for mapped printers, one smart group for 'does not have' and a second 'has'. I just recently wanted to change the title of the smart group and it will not let me, when i save it, I get 'error creating criteria' even when i go to c... View more
Hey guys I am writing a script to pull admin users from DSLC but to not include our services accounts for example users=`dscl . -read /Groups/admin GroupMembership | grep "multiple" "users How can I get grep to remove those so I can report all users ... View more
Hello Everyone! I wanted to incorporate NetSUS into out current Casper infrastructure. I got the NetSuS appliance up and running on one of my prototype servers and it's on the same network as the test client. I am able to choose the image during boot... View more
Between version 7.10.x and 7.12.x, the location the binary has changed. Current versions install in /usr/local/sbin and prior versions installed in /usr/sbin This EA script will report on the version for either location. It's based on a prior EA avai... View more
Does anyone have an EA that can determine what the JSS URL is set to on each machine? Currently transitioning URLs and just realized that I have no idea how many computers are pointing to the new one and how many have yet to get the update. View more
I'm building out autopkgr for my company this week and cannot find any specifications or recommendations listed for what to run it on. I'm planning on ordering a mac mini and running autopkgr / jssimporter / autopkg, etc. on that, but not sure how re... View more
I have noticed that some of my external Macs (i.e.; Mac laptops that have been taken outside the LAN to homes, cafes, hotels, etc) fail to mount my DP's SMB/HTTPS volume when attempting to update software. My internal (LAN) DP uses SMB exclusivley. M... View more
I need to generate a report or Inventory Search that lists all computers and the version of Safari they are running. I realize I can create an Extension Attribute for Safari Version, but since that information is already in the database, it seems red... View more
We have a Nginx reverse proxy with ssl offloading configured on a seperate host then the jss server with the following configuration: server { listen 443 ssl; server_name [domain]; access_log /var/log/nginx/[domain]/access.log; error_log /var/log/ngi... View more
We upgraded our environment to 9.9 since then our apps are not being distributed to our managed iPads. We keep getting this from the management tab - "Pending - Application is not available to install" When troubleshooting this problem I could trace ... View more
The school I work at broadcasts 3 SSID's. I do not have control over the SSID's as they are managed centrally. The SSID's connect using 802.1x PEAP and any student can authenticate to them using their username and password. Is it possible to stop stu... View more
Hi all! Has anyone out there managed to script the location of the OneDrive for Business folder for users? I've tried to follow the MS documentation here. Specifically the following lines of code: /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add :Tenants:my_tenant_id... View more
Is there a way of getting a JSS to exclude inventorying specified locations? I have this JSS set to inventory /Users/ What I'm mostly running into is on 2-3 systems that I use for developing & testing policies I tend to have multiple versions of soft... View more
Hi Everyone, Am trying to upgrade to Casper v9.9 this morning from v9.82 The JSS installer gets stuck at "Backing Up Applications" and the installation fails. It look like it's timing out at this point as this is what is shown in the log:- Exception ... View more
I am having difficulty understanding the relationship between CA-JSS-FDS. Right now... The JSS is on a Mac mini in a colo-facilty. The FDS is on a Mac mini on-site. I open CA and login to the JSS CA should 'mount' the FDS that the JSS tells it to go?... View more
APNS certificate was up for renewal and so I renewed, but I renewed the wrong certificate and then revoked the proper one (face palm). This means any iOS device I needs to re-enroll, simple solution, except...one of my restrictions is that the option... View more
Sharp printers have individual drivers for each Mac OS X versions, i have Yosemite and El Capitan macs running. I use self service for users to add networked printers, do i have to upload printers into casper admin for the same sharp printer for each... View more
I caught Casper running du:0 23027 22579 0 7:41PM ?? 0:10.02 /usr/bin/du -sh /Applications/Xcode.app The parent ID for that process is 22579, which turned out to be:0 22579 1 0 7:37PM ?? 0:00.89 /usr/local/jamf/bin/jamf policy -randomDelaySeconds 300... View more
I've tried to make a profile with a lock screen message and successfully applied it to my own supervised iPhone running 9.3.1, but nothing is showing on the iPhone. Is it not working? View more
We have one Mac that fails to connect to a 802.1X network in a particular facility. This network is managed (via profile) via JAMF. We've re-installed profiles, stripped underlying configs, literally everything -- and yet this machine will not connec... View more
Does anyone know how to do folder redirection of a users Documents and Desktop folders to a folder in Google Drive if it is installed? What I am trying to achieve is for my users when they save something to their Desktop it is backed up to Google Dri... View more
Hey all, Working on a script that will replace the default login screen with a company branded image. I followed instructions at this link: https://jamfnation.jamfsoftware.com/discussion.html?id=12651 It states to replace /Library/Caches/com.apple.de... View more
Hi all... i have been trying to capture installation of fusion 6 suitcase with composer... fails all the time... capture works fine... but after deployment after... i get error on login saying trying to find keychain authToken .... and when trying to... View more
I want to completely and entirely jetisson a profile from my managed Macs. Is there a best practices procedure for this operation? Can I litterally just delete the Profile (and its respective payloads) from the JSS? Or is it better to remove each pay... View more
Hi everyone, I've been lurking here for quite some time as this forum has so much content... Anyway, the school where I work has decided to go with Casper for our Macs and JAMF's MDM for our mobile devices. I've been playing around in JSS for the las... View more
