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mfcfadmin · 08-15-2023

These are machines that have been managed for years. Restarting doesn't help. Total wipe may but is time consuming. Trying again in a couple of days may ... my current theory is that a wonky Apple server is contacted and it takes a couple of days for...

mfcfadmin · 08-09-2023

So I'm using a policy with a trigger of Login so it's basically a LaunchAgent ... does the command get stored somewhere on the client so I can verify that it made it there? Where do the output and errors go ... jamf.log or do I need the script to red...

mfcfadmin · 01-23-2023

Trying to write a replacement for SetDefaultMailApp which implies LaunchServices but seems to be part of CoreServices now and I've installed the python module but have no idea how to import it so I can use LSSetDefaultHandlerForURLSchemeThanks for an...

mfcfadmin · 10-28-2022

Using AutoPkg 2.7 and Git 2.21.1 and JamfUploader with AutoPkgr 1.6 and trying to use a recipe for Zoom.Running into a lot of deprecated messages. Does anyone have a working recipe?

mfcfadmin · 10-14-2022

We installed ARD for several new hires and in one instance the set of buttons that include UNIX are greyed out.This was installed using the App Store which claims 6 installations under "Family Sharing" but doesn't seem to list machines like I see for...

mfcfadmin · 08-18-2023

We tend to use Apple Internet Recovery, Terminal, resetpassword, Erase Mac. That nukes the existing Recovery drive.

mfcfadmin · 08-14-2023

One of the concerns I had was that Apple tends to not allow scripts to run as root so in the past I've had to have the script parse things using perl and then call a compiled binary to do the stuff as root. The Files & Processes doesn't seem to be un...

mfcfadmin · 08-11-2023

So it seems to be better to do the output and error redirecting inside the script with something likeexec >> "$LogFile" 2>&1rather trying to work in that field ... especially seems to dislike ampersands.And since the script is running as root, it's b...

mfcfadmin · 08-11-2023

So the guts of the script is:/usr/bin/dscl . merge /Groups/lpadmin GroupMembership "$USER"and the output seems to be: attribute status: eDSPermissionError DS Error: -14120 (eDSPermissionError)command seems fine when sudo'ed in Terminal ... not sure i...

mfcfadmin · 01-30-2023

Disappointed that no replies here or in Python forums so went with AppleScript application:-- defaults write as an application to set mailto handler to Outlook-- plist is under ~/Library/Preferences/-- osascript -e 'id of app "Microsoft Outlook"'-- w...

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