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Bko · 04-23-2020

Is it possible to execute a while loop in a script while a policy is running? So while x policy runs, do something?

Bko · 11-14-2018

I had thought that I heard you can now deploy package with the pre-stage enrollment. Did I hear this incorrectly? If you can, where can you do this?

Bko · 09-11-2018

Hello, I want to check to see if a configuration profile has come down and been installed before I proceed with a script in self service. I know I can list the configuration profiles using the "profiles" command but I'm not sure how to check if a pro...

Bko · 04-19-2018

Hello, I'm trying to create an extension attribute based on whether a computer belongs to a particular OU or security group in AD. In our environment, we do not have a connection to LDAP in the JSS or any sort of connector, but our computers are boun...

Bko · 02-28-2018

Is there a keyboard shortcut to add a criteria in a smart group or to repeat the same criteria so I can just change values?

Bko · 04-24-2020

Off the top of my head you could have a script that runs at the beginning of your policy which creates a flag indicating your policy is running (e.g. touch /tmp/MyPolicyIsRunning) then spawns a process for your while loop that looks for that flag to ...

Bko · 04-24-2020

Oh that's a great idea!

Bko · 09-12-2018

To expand further, I'm looping the check a few times so it's not indefinite but I want it to quit if it hits the the number of times I set. How would I do this. Right now I have: profiles=profiles -C -v | awk -F: '/attribute: name/{print $NF}' | grep...

Bko · 09-12-2018

Oh thanks! I was trying something similar but trying to check if the value returned as successful or not. FYI, you might want to edit the line to include the closing back tick =) @Quan.nong Smart groups take time to populate and cause overhead. For o...

Bko · 08-29-2017

Actually, they clarified and said we didn't need an actual check. Just to make sure our computers require a password immediately after the screen saver and to set a screen saver time across the board. Either so the user can't change it, or checked on...

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