Sophos Intsall via Casper

[dustydorey]

Hello everybody!

I was curious how people are handling installing Sophos Anti Virus.
What we are running into here is that it needs to run the installer to
create a unique install on each machine. Any ideas, suggestions, or
just let me know if I'm missing something glaring an I need to hang my
head in shame.

Thanks!

Dustin Dorey

Technology Support Cluster Specialist

ISD 196 Apple Valley, Rosemount, Eagan

14445 Diamond Path West

Rosemount, MN 55068

(952) 423-7971

dustin.dorey at district196.org

[milesleacy]

I don't use Sophos, but possible solutions could be:

* add the manufacturer's .pkg to your JSS rather than creating a .dmg package. Hopefully the manufacturer supports an answer file for any user input that might be necessary.

* create a script to perform the installation, you can get the .pkg to the target machine(s) via a package, file copy, or ARD push.

[#3]

"Dorey, Dustin" <Dustin.Dorey at district196.org> writes: I was curious how people are handling installing Sophos Anti Virus. What we are running into here is that it needs to run the installer to create a unique install on each machine. Any ideas, suggestions, or just let me know if I’m missing something glaring an I need to hang my head in shame.

We had just done a Composer snapshot of the install and the package seems
to work just fine. We're using version 4.9 of the Sophos client for Mac.

Gene Anderson
Systems Analyst, Microsoft Certified Professional
Pembina Hills Regional Division No.7
Phone: (780) 674-8535 ext 6860
email: ganderson at phrd.ab.ca

"Passwords are like bubble gum, strongest when fresh, should never be
used by groups and create a sticky mess when left laying around"

-anon

[#4]

"Gene Anderson" <ganderson at phrd.ab.ca> writes: "Dorey, Dustin" <Dustin.Dorey at district196.org> writes: I was curious how people are handling installing Sophos Anti Virus. What we are running into here is that it needs to run the installer to create a unique install on each machine. Any ideas, suggestions, or just let me know if I’m missing something glaring an I need to hang my head in shame. We had just done a Composer snapshot of the install and the package seems to work just fine. We're using version 4.9 of the Sophos client for Mac.

Same for us (Composer snapshot), and it seems to be fine. On a previous image, we installed Sophos on the base OS image. Not as flexible, but worked OK as we would put Sophos on every box, and the config was
always the same, so all we really lost was the option to easily uninstall.

Thanks,
Matt Corippo
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes