Using Jamf Cloud hosted JSS 10.37.2 we're seeing an odd problem with
policies run from Self Service that contain only a Script payload where
they don't actually run the script. There's no error reported, and the
Policy log shows it as Completed, but ...
Somebody at Apple finally pushed the button to make the standalone
installer for Security Update 2022-003 (Catalina) available for those of
us that like to make Catalina updates available via Self Service. You
can download it from: https://support.ap...
For anyone who wants to put the Safari 15.4 updates for Catalina or Big
Sur into Self Service:Catalina:
http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/38/11/002-79202-A_MMXLIHTSU2/nka279pyfdmd11tm36dds4jysecfq7b732/Safari15.4CatalinaAuto.pkgBig
Sur:
http:/...
The Safari 15.3 release on 2022-02-10 marks what I believe is the 3rd
time in a little less than a year that Apple has released an update to
Safari with the same version number as the previous release but with a
new build number. This means that the ...
An upcoming release of macOS will update the openssl tool, and If you
are using the method documented in
https://github.com/brysontyrrell/EncryptedStrings/blob/master/EncryptedStrings_Bash.sh
to obfuscate the user name and password for calls to the J...
@psherotov I used the full path for the executable that will be run when
the chown or chmod commands are used. The built-in shell command 'which'
will return the path to a command (e.g. 'which chown' returns
'/usr/sbin/chown')
@psherotov If the script is going to be called from a LaunchAgent then
the calling context will be the logged in user and you'll want to set
the following permissions (this is an excerpt from a post install
script): /usr/sbin/chown root:admin "/Libra...
@steve_cook https://github.com/BIG-RAT/Prune will show you unused
policies/groups/packages/etc. https://github.com/BIG-RAT/Object-Info
will give you info on group scoping, or if your JSS is a recent version
(10.39 or higher I believe) clicking the Re...
@SMR1 Describing the configuration of your MS Teams install policy, and
any other policies that it might trigger, would help to diagnose what's
going on with your re-install.Without that info the only thing I'd guess
is that you've got a separate pol...
Did Mac software development for Lockheed Martin and Netscape/Mozilla, founded FreePPP Group, spent a while managing computers (mostly Macs) in K12 EDU, now into enabling Mac users at the Enterprise level for a Fortune 25 company.
