Turn OFF Parental Controls
Is there a way to turn OFF parental controls using a command line. The target client is on Yosemite. I need to be able to find a way to disable that checkmark under SYstemPreferences -> Accounts -> user View more
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Alternative to LDAP Security groups for distributing apps and config files
We currently use LDAP security groups for most scopes in Jamf. We're coming to the end of the year and there is a possibility that we'll be swapping out all our iPads for new ones. I want to take this chance to clean up Jamf. The issue we have at the... View more
One Machine still pending after multiple check ins..
hey guys New to Casper and learning as I go here I have created a policy and deployed it to 4 machinesive set it to install on check in and enabled reaccuring check in only in the general tab settings in the policyExecution Frequency is once per comp... View more
Disable 'Invert Colours' at login
I have been able to control 'Invert Colours' settings in the Accessibility using a configuration profile and applying it to the computer object. However, Command+Option+F5 and Control+Option+Command+8 both remain operational at the login screen. Any ... View more
IOS devices dropping off the JSS
Hi, I have been slaving away getting all of our 200+ iPads into DEP or older iPads supervised and enrolled so I can remotely push app and manage the iPads remotely. I got to a point where I had 90% of the iPads in the JSS pushing apps etc then all of... View more
Adding a Restriction
Hello, so i had a student who was messing with the passcode settings on one of our iPads, so i looked into Jamf so see if i can set up a restriction were he wasn't able to make those changes anymore. I noticed you can only add a restriction in the co... View more
Groups on Quick Add
I am fairly new to Computer Management with JSS. Currently I am developing for 2 different sites and just getting started. Some of the Policies and such that we created in the Jumpstart are going to all devices on both sites, regardless of which site... View more
Customize Self Service Notifications
Is it possible to set the notifications delay to a longer time? Instead of hanging for 5 seconds, could it be changed to 20 seconds? I think it comes in and out too fast and users miss it and I would like to make it stay up longer. What would even be... View more
how to check if user is a local or AD user?
I'm working on a shell script for a project that needs to detect in it if the logged in user is a local or AD account. Can someone point me in the right direction? View more
Alert system user on smart group change?
I'm sure the infrastructure is in the JSS to do this. Would it be possible to have the JSS send an email alert to the user account in inventory (that under "User and Location") for a Mac whenever that specific Mac is added to or removed from a certai... View more
How does MacAdmins compare to MacIT
I have been to MacIT twice and I am considering going to MacAdmins instead this year. How many of you have been to both and which do you think has more value? Things I consider are the session relevancy and networking opportunities. View more
Mapping a blind share in Casper
Hi, We are running a number of desktop macs (iMACS and Mac Mini's) which are mapping network drives happily, both in terms of regular network shares (e.g. SMB://servername/sharename), and also a blind share to the users home folder. By blind share i ... View more
Forcing policies to start after rebuild
Ever since i've upgraded to V9.82 from V8 i've missed a lot of changes. After a rebuild the client checked for the missing policies and then automatically installed everything that was missing. Now i'm having to do a sudo jamf policy each time to for... View more
open source software licensing
Just curious how people handle distributing software such a dockutil and mysides for people in their organizations. dockutil falls under an apache license and mysides falls under the MIT license. I'm not an expert in any of this hence why I'm asking.... View more
Implementing and locking "Safe Search" in our student users browsers
We have had a few instances of students seeing inappropriate images when they do web searches. The Director wants us to turn on and lock the safe search feature in the major browsers so we don't have students looking at bad stuff. Anybody got any ide... View more
Email notifications emailing me the second to last post (not the latest post)
I'm a masochist and need to read all emails that come thru JAMF Nation. However, I've been noticing for a week or so that on certain discussions, I will get an email of the second to last post in the discussion. I never get the email. If you're famil... View more
Any chance to get the "Server" field in File info?
Hey AppleScript gurus, I did intensive researching in the web for the last days but I'm really stuck with that one. Is there any chance to get the "Server" field in the file info pane in Finder? I tried several AppleScript commands, "file info" for e... View more
2016 PARCC Testing Issue
Hi all, In our school district we are seeing an issue with Java unable to be successfully detected in Firefox per the PARCC testing technical requirements. JSS is up to date. Firefox is up to date. Java is running the recommended version from Oracle.... View more
List Available Updates in the App Store
Hi There, A good amount of users install Apps using their personal account since they have admin privileges on their Mac. Now, I know that we can't force updates since these apps weren't installed using self service but I was wondering if there's a w... View more
Issues uploading "Install OS X El Capitain" to Casper Admin
Hi All, I'm just seeing if anyone else out there is having problem uploading the OS X El Capitain Installer to Casper Admin where the primary distribution point is cloud and an Amazon S3 bucket? I can see the upload happening and if I check the S3 bu... View more
No application set to open URL self-service
Has anyone else seen this? I have created a new image and deployed it to my test machine. And I got this when I tried to install an application from Self Service. Im confused because I have imaged this machine and had no problems with getting to Self... View more
Letting non-admins run specific terminal commands with elevated rights?
None of our users are admins of their computers; however, some do have legitimate needs to run some terminal commands like tcpdump and a few others that can only be run as root. Is there a way to allow specific users to do that with whatever switches... View more
Using Recon.exe "Failed to submit data to the JSS"
I'm trying again to enroll a Windows 10 computer using Recon.exe. All runs smooth until the end, when I get a message: Failed to submit manual data to the JSS. Server response: no additional info. Any suggestions? View more
SDCard Slot Lockdown/Lock?
Can anyone give me some good advice on how to handle locking down the SD card slot? View more
Microsoft Remote Desktop 8.0.27 is renamed
FYI, Microsoft updated their Remote Desktop app for Mac as distributed via the Mac App Store from 8.0.26 to version 8.0.27. HOWEVER, they changed the name. It is no longer "Microsoft Remote Desktop.app" it is now "MicrosoftRemoteDesktop.app" as such,... View more
Set restrictions in iOS Youtube app?
Is there a way that I can restrict content on the iOS Youtube app by pointing it to a certain server or something? I'm thinking there has to be a way to set that up much like you do with the self-service app and pointing it to the JSS server.I've tri... View more
Remote Management Account Extension Attribute / Smart Group Question
Recently I grabbed a script someone in the Mac Admin community created to check the configured remote management accounts on machines. We only have one account that we setup specifically to have remote management access. That script is our EA for whi... View more
Just gonna leave this here...Suspicious Package 3.0 is out...
Suspicious Package 3.0 View more
Issue getting policy to run with custom trigger
I am very new to using JSS and am trying to run a policy by using a script in another policy. The idea is to have a policy run a script every day that checks for certain parameters. If it finds what it is looking for, it triggers another policy, via ... View more
DEP and Jailbreak
Hi, Is anyone familiar with jailbroken devices and DEP?Will users be able to jailbreak an DEP-enabled (and assigned/forced to MDM) and use it without enrolling to MDM? Or will the Apple DEP still kick in when trying to activate with Apple? Thanks! Be... View more
