From CMyers at uclan.ac.uk Wed Oct 1 06:05:31 2008 From: CMyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers) Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:05:31 +0100 Subject: [Casper] dmg vs pkg Message-ID: <48E383AB.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> Hi All, Which is better for perfomance and speed during delivery ? A dmg package or a pkg package? I notice that when i convert a pkg to a dmg it was much much bigger Cheers Criss Criss Myers Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 LIS Business Support Team Library 301 University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE Ex 5054 01772 895054 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Robb Gibson System Engineer - eMMS, Publishing Systems OfficeMax : 263 Shuman Blvd. : Naperville, IL 60563 (630) 864-5242 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081001/30e26777/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 4528 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081001/30e26777/attachment.gif From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu Wed Oct 1 12:45:40 2008 From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 12:45:40 -0700 Subject: [Casper] AD binding issues Message-ID: OK, so this time it's an AD binding issue: Can I delete the /Active Directory/All Domains entry from my Authentication and Contacts search policies in Directory Utility with Casper? Every time I test my binding procedure, duplicate AD entries are displayed. I want to delete the existing one before creating a new one with a new bind. Also, I can't seem to change the preferred order of the directories in the search policies. I want AD to appear before OD, but the dscl changei command to change the index doesn't like me. Can Casper handle this, too? I have a feeling this should be easier than it's been and I'm doing something wrong... Jeffrey A. Strauss Department of Educational Technology Systems Administrator Loyola High School of Los Angeles 1901 Venice Blvd. Los Angeles, Ca 90006 (213) 381-5121 [cid:3305709940_1138999] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081001/ca3efdbb/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On 10/1/08 2:45 PM, "Jeff Strauss" wrote: > OK, so this time it?s an AD binding issue: > > Can I delete the /Active Directory/All Domains entry from my Authentication > and Contacts search policies in Directory Utility with Casper? Every time I > test my binding procedure, duplicate AD entries are displayed. I want to > delete the existing one before creating a new one with a new bind. > > Also, I can?t seem to change the preferred order of the directories in the > search policies. I want AD to appear before OD, but the dscl changei command > to change the index doesn?t like me. Can Casper handle this, too? > > I have a feeling this should be easier than it?s been and I?m doing something > wrong... > > Jeffrey A. Strauss > Department of Educational Technology > Systems Administrator > Loyola High School of Los Angeles > 1901 Venice Blvd. > Los Angeles, Ca 90006 > (213) 381-5121 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper John Brenner | Merrill Corporation | IOG IT | 651-632-4072 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081002/8b41f9a5/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 4290 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081002/8b41f9a5/attachment-0001.gif From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu Thu Oct 2 08:36:00 2008 From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 08:36:00 -0700 Subject: [Casper] AD binding issues Message-ID: <2DEA22FB8F133942B806566DB66E397A766D886EC2@exch01na.school.loyolahs.edu> Actually, I'm using the domain admin account to perform the binding. Late last night I resolved this by appending a dscl command to remove Authentication search policy entries to my unbind script. I don't know why it wasn't working, but it is now. :) Sent from my iPhone 3G On Oct 2, 2008, at 8:24 AM, "Brenner, John" wrote: > Let me see if I understand You get a duplicate machine acct in AD > after you have bound? If so it sounds like the acct used to bind > does not have delete permissions to the machine acct object OR > ownership of the object is taken by a privileged acct. Our AD guys > have give us pretty much God like privileges to the Computers > container (with the exception of move). This makes life a lot easier. > > > On 10/1/08 2:45 PM, "Jeff Strauss" wrote: > > OK, so this time it?s an AD binding issue: > > Can I delete the /Active Directory/All Domains entry from my > Authentication and Contacts search policies in Directory Utility > with Casper? Every time I test my binding procedure, duplicate AD > entries are displayed. I want to delete the existing one before > creating a new one with a new bind. > > Also, I can?t seem to change the preferred order of the directories > in the search policies. I want AD to appear before OD, but the dscl > changei command to change the index doesn?t like me. Can Casper hand > le this, too? > > I have a feeling this should be easier than it?s been and I?m > doing something wrong... > > Jeffrey A. Strauss > Department of Educational Technology > Systems Administrator > Loyola High School of Los Angeles > 1901 Venice Blvd. > Los Angeles, Ca 90006 > (213) 381-5121 > [cid:3305787696_247114] > > > ________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper > > ________________________________ > John Brenner | Merrill Corporation | IOG IT | 651-632-4072 > > ________________________________ > > > > From joelande at hibbing.k12.mn.us Thu Oct 2 09:08:45 2008 From: joelande at hibbing.k12.mn.us (Joel R. Anderson) Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:08:45 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Distribution Point - Update Now Message-ID: Is there a way to force an immediate update of a and/or the distribution point(s)? I determined I can set a schedule for the next available 15 minutes, but that kind of seems like a hinky way to do it - I was hoping there was a button I could push somewhere. If the only way to do it is to change the schedule to the next closets 15 minutes, does that over-write the previous schedule? I assume it doesn't create two schedules? ''''''' ^-O-O-^ +----oOO----(_)--------------+ | Joel Anderson | | Director of Technology | | Hibbing Public Schools | | www.hibbing.k12.mn.us | +----------------------oOO---+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081002/7163f70c/attachment.html From tlarki at kckps.org Thu Oct 2 09:12:18 2008 From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin) Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:12:18 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Distribution Point - Update Now In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <48E4AC92.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> update of what exactly? You can use casper remote to hit a machine instantly. Are you updating policy, packages, inventory, what? ___________________________ Thomas Larkin TIS Department KCKPS USD500 tlarki at kckps.org blackberry: 913-449-7589 office: 913-627-0351 >>> "Joel R. Anderson" 10/02/08 11:08 AM >>> Is there a way to force an immediate update of a and/or the distribution point(s)? I determined I can set a schedule for the next available 15 minutes, but that kind of seems like a hinky way to do it - I was hoping there was a button I could push somewhere. If the only way to do it is to change the schedule to the next closets 15 minutes, does that over-write the previous schedule? I assume it doesn't create two schedules? ''''''' ^-O-O-^ +----oOO----(_)--------------+ | Joel Anderson | | Director of Technology | | Hibbing Public Schools | | www.hibbing.k12.mn.us | +----------------------oOO---+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us Thu Oct 2 09:19:25 2008 From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:19:25 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Distribution Point - Update Now In-Reply-To: Message-ID: In Casper Admin you can right-click on the distribution point and select 'sync' to instantly sync that distribution point. I look at the schedule as more of just a way to make sure everything is the same at 4 in the morning. -John On 10/2/08 11:08 AM, "Joel R. Anderson" wrote: Is there a way to force an immediate update of a and/or the distribution point(s)? I determined I can set a schedule for the next available 15 minutes, but that kind of seems like a hinky way to do it - I was hoping there was a button I could push somewhere. If the only way to do it is to change the schedule to the next closets 15 minutes, does that over-write the previous schedule? I assume it doesn't create two schedules? -- John Wetter Technology Support Administrator Technology & Information Services Hopkins Public Schools 952-988-5373 john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081002/e53a95c2/attachment.htm From NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org Thu Oct 2 09:30:08 2008 From: NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org (NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:30:08 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Distribution Point - Update Now In-Reply-To: Message-ID: When I set a schedule to sync a remote Distribution Point, even for hours later in the day, it starts syncing automatically. Don't know if it is supposed to but that is what I've seen. I use Casper Admin to sync on demand though. -Nathaniel John Wetter To Sent by: Casper List casper-bounces at li st.jamfsoftware.c cc om Subject Re: [Casper] Distribution Point - 10/02/08 11:15 AM Update Now In Casper Admin you can right-click on the distribution point and select 'sync' to instantly sync that distribution point. I look at the schedule as more of just a way to make sure everything is the same at 4 in the morning. -John On 10/2/08 11:08 AM, "Joel R. Anderson" wrote: Is there a way to force an immediate update of a and/or the distribution point(s)? I determined I can set a schedule for the next available 15 minutes, but that kind of seems like a hinky way to do it - I was hoping there was a button I could push somewhere. If the only way to do it is to change the schedule to the next closets 15 minutes, does that over-write the previous schedule? I assume it doesn't create two schedules? -- John Wetter Technology Support Administrator Technology & Information Services Hopkins Public Schools 952-988-5373 john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper From tlarki at kckps.org Thu Oct 2 09:39:40 2008 From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin) Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:39:40 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Distribution Point - Update Now In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <48E4B2FC.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> I have mine set to sync every day at 1AM. I do manual syncs after adding a package or a script. I have 5 xserves and about 10 mac minis acting as distribution points, and WAN traffic can be slow at times. I wish there was a way to do asynchronous synchronizing so you could pick and choose what distribution point got what packages, because our older PPC based images and packages only need to run off of like 2 of the distribution points out there. **COUGH** Feature Request! **COUGH** The rest of them need the newer intel based images and packages. >>> 10/02/08 11:30 AM >>> When I set a schedule to sync a remote Distribution Point, even for hours later in the day, it starts syncing automatically. Don't know if it is supposed to but that is what I've seen. I use Casper Admin to sync on demand though. -Nathaniel John Wetter To Sent by: Casper List casper-bounces at li st.jamfsoftware.c cc om Subject Re: [Casper] Distribution Point - 10/02/08 11:15 AM Update Now In Casper Admin you can right-click on the distribution point and select 'sync' to instantly sync that distribution point. I look at the schedule as more of just a way to make sure everything is the same at 4 in the morning. -John On 10/2/08 11:08 AM, "Joel R. Anderson" wrote: Is there a way to force an immediate update of a and/or the distribution point(s)? I determined I can set a schedule for the next available 15 minutes, but that kind of seems like a hinky way to do it - I was hoping there was a button I could push somewhere. If the only way to do it is to change the schedule to the next closets 15 minutes, does that over-write the previous schedule? I assume it doesn't create two schedules? -- John Wetter Technology Support Administrator Technology & Information Services Hopkins Public Schools 952-988-5373 john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper From dustin.dorey at district196.org Thu Oct 2 09:41:54 2008 From: dustin.dorey at district196.org (Dorey, Dustin) Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:41:54 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Distribution Point - Update Now In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I've seen the same here. If you go in and check processes you'll see rsync fire off right away after setting a replication time. That's something to be aware of if you are setting up Distribution points while you are imaging some machines too! -- 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 On 10/2/08 11:30 AM, "NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org" wrote: > > When I set a schedule to sync a remote Distribution Point, even for hours > later in the day, it starts syncing automatically. Don't know if it is > supposed to but that is what I've seen. I use Casper Admin to sync on > demand though. > > -Nathaniel > > > > > John Wetter > ins.k12.mn.us> To > Sent by: Casper List > casper-bounces at li > st.jamfsoftware.c cc > om > Subject > Re: [Casper] Distribution Point - > 10/02/08 11:15 AM Update Now > > > > > > > > > > > In Casper Admin you can right-click on the distribution point and select > 'sync' to instantly sync that distribution point. I look at the schedule > as more of just a way to make sure everything is the same at 4 in the > morning. > > -John > > > On 10/2/08 11:08 AM, "Joel R. Anderson" wrote: > > Is there a way to force an immediate update of a and/or the > distribution point(s)? > > I determined I can set a schedule for the next available 15 minutes, > but that kind of seems like a hinky way to do it - I was hoping there > was a button I could push somewhere. > > If the only way to do it is to change the schedule to the next > closets 15 minutes, does that over-write the previous schedule? > > I assume it doesn't create two schedules? > > > -- > John Wetter > Technology Support Administrator > Technology & Information Services > Hopkins Public Schools > 952-988-5373 > john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper From NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org Thu Oct 2 09:52:59 2008 From: NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org (NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 11:52:59 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Distribution Point - Update Now In-Reply-To: <48E4B2FC.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> Message-ID: I'd love something like this because I use an "Extras" folder in the CasperShare that has Testing/Restore images and BootCampu images. Some schools would need them but not all. JAMF support suggested looking at the plist on the remote share. I haven't had time to look at it yet though. "Thomas Larkin" To Sent by: "John Wetter" casper-bounces at li , st.jamfsoftware.c , cc Casper List 10/02/08 11:35 AM Subject Re: [Casper] Distribution Point - Update Now I have mine set to sync every day at 1AM. I do manual syncs after adding a package or a script. I have 5 xserves and about 10 mac minis acting as distribution points, and WAN traffic can be slow at times. I wish there was a way to do asynchronous synchronizing so you could pick and choose what distribution point got what packages, because our older PPC based images and packages only need to run off of like 2 of the distribution points out there. **COUGH** Feature Request! **COUGH** The rest of them need the newer intel based images and packages. >>> 10/02/08 11:30 AM >>> When I set a schedule to sync a remote Distribution Point, even for hours later in the day, it starts syncing automatically. Don't know if it is supposed to but that is what I've seen. I use Casper Admin to sync on demand though. -Nathaniel John Wetter To Sent by: Casper List casper-bounces at li st.jamfsoftware.c cc om Subject Re: [Casper] Distribution Point - 10/02/08 11:15 AM Update Now In Casper Admin you can right-click on the distribution point and select 'sync' to instantly sync that distribution point. I look at the schedule as more of just a way to make sure everything is the same at 4 in the morning. -John On 10/2/08 11:08 AM, "Joel R. Anderson" wrote: Is there a way to force an immediate update of a and/or the distribution point(s)? I determined I can set a schedule for the next available 15 minutes, but that kind of seems like a hinky way to do it - I was hoping there was a button I could push somewhere. If the only way to do it is to change the schedule to the next closets 15 minutes, does that over-write the previous schedule? I assume it doesn't create two schedules? -- John Wetter Technology Support Administrator Technology & Information Services Hopkins Public Schools 952-988-5373 john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper From rcorbin at mac.com Thu Oct 2 10:28:56 2008 From: rcorbin at mac.com (Roger Corbin) Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:28:56 -0400 Subject: [Casper] Distribution Point - Update Now In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <30650F0E-B496-49D4-95D5-10A0F4113514@mac.com> On 2-Oct-08, at 12:41 PM, casper-request at list.jamfsoftware.com wrote: > I wish there was a way to do asynchronous synchronizing so you > could pick and choose what distribution point got what packages, > because our older PPC based images and packages only need to run > off of like 2 of the distribution points out there. **COUGH** > Feature Request! **COUGH** This certainly would be very helpful. We have over 50 distribution points. Many of them need very different package lists, but right now we have to send them all the same set. Being able to pick and choose would be helpful. Do many of you find the new automatic scheduling of package replication works well 6.0x ? I tried it once, but it seemed to be a bit problematic. There is also a feature where you can click a button to have it correct the permissions on any distribution point. It propagates those permissions down throughout the share point. When I tried this it seemed to mess up the permissions on the share point. In fact later on after fixing those something seemed to mess these permissions up again. Very odd. I haven't seen anything like that until we move to 6.01 from 5.x Another issue with the scheduled package replication. I can't seem to find any logs about what transpired. Did it sync anything ? Was it successful ? Were there problems ? There doesn't seem to be any logs about it. There doesn't even seem to be any generic rsync logs that I can find. Roger Corbin Richmond School District #38 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081002/656f356d/attachment.html From Chris.Lang at vu.edu.au Thu Oct 2 21:25:20 2008 From: Chris.Lang at vu.edu.au (Chris Lang) Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:25:20 +1000 Subject: [Casper] Mass edit of Location information - Inventory Message-ID: Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to mass edit location information for machines. I have some labs that I want to tag against a business owner of the equipment and don?t want to edit each one individually if I can help it. Chris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081003/72959c93/attachment.html From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu Thu Oct 2 21:35:11 2008 From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.) Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2008 23:35:11 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Mass edit of Location information - Inventory In-Reply-To: Message-ID: What particular fields of information do you want to modify? Department, Building, something else? Craig E On 10/2/08 11:25 PM, "Chris Lang" wrote: Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to mass edit location information for machines. I have some labs that I want to tag against a business owner of the equipment and don't want to edit each one individually if I can help it. Chris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081002/393e77ad/attachment.htm From jeremymatthews at mac.com Fri Oct 3 09:13:44 2008 From: jeremymatthews at mac.com (Jeremy Matthews) Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:13:44 -0400 Subject: [Casper] computrace Message-ID: Anyone out there manage to package computrace for deployment within casper? Thanks, j From forgetcomputers at mac.com Sat Oct 4 14:20:10 2008 From: forgetcomputers at mac.com (Ben Greiner) Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:20:10 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Update /usr/sbin/jamf version: 5.11 to 6.01 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0D9C2016-C847-4F6F-9957-0477F6101F07@mac.com> SOLVED - Finally discovered the reason I couldn't update my clients from 5.11 to 6.01 was because our server Firewall was blocking port 9006. JAMF support said policies will use port 9006 to distribute the updated CLI. However they added that "in version 6.0 and later, the clients will use the secure port of 8443 if it is designated in the /private/etc/ jamf.conf file. This file is created at the time of inventory and is defaulted to 8443." Ben Forget Computers 312 602.5345 From jeremymatthews at mac.com Sun Oct 5 09:25:36 2008 From: jeremymatthews at mac.com (Jeremy Matthews) Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:25:36 -0400 Subject: [Casper] killing processes Message-ID: <02AD6A27-819D-4DCE-B347-E5AF6892B557@mac.com> So we're creating some small scripts to kill processes off before upgrades via self-service... Since I've been in cocoa land for awhile, I'm not sure what it means when you see a "_psn_xxxxxxx" after a process. Of course, those are the ones that wont be killed nicely either... Info? Thanks, jeremy From forgetcomputers at mac.com Sun Oct 5 20:28:42 2008 From: forgetcomputers at mac.com (Ben Greiner) Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:28:42 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Verify Startup Disk and Options for Alerting Users Message-ID: Does anyone know if version 6.01 added any options for displaying messages using the jamf displayMessage command before running a policy? I'd like the ability to force a dialog box to the front of the screen and not go away until the policy is complete (no "OK" button). We want to "Verify Startup Disk" on all our managed Macs once a month. Of course when this runs it feels like the Mac is stalling so we want to warn users to relax for 5 minutes AND let them know when the verification is complete. Has anyone created a policy to do this? It sounds simple but I've run into two problems... 1) I can't get two messages (before and after) to appear. Only one at a time seems to work. 2) I can't verify that "Verify Startup Disk" is actually working on Tiger Macs. The log files shows it working in Leopard, but no information is displayed in Tiger. See details below. POLICY IN QUESTION This policy is set to Once Every Month This policy is triggered by everyHour This policy is assigned to 4 computers Run Script Script-MonthlyMaint.sh Verify Startup Disk Display message 'Your disk has been verified. If any problems were found you will be contacted.' to end user. Reboot immediately if nobody is logged in If rebooting, display message 'Your disk has been verified. If any problems were found you will be contacted.' to end user. TIGER LOG RESULTS /usr/sbin/jamf is version 6.01 Executing Policy Maintenance - Monthly... Mounting afp://myserver/CasperShare to /Volumes/CasperShare 1... Running Script Script-MonthlyMaint.sh... Verifying Disk mounted at '/' Unmounting file server... Displaying message to end user... LEOPARD LOG RESULTS /usr/sbin/jamf is version 6.01 Executing Policy Maintenance - Monthly... Mounting afp://myserver/CasperShare to /Volumes/CasperShare... Running Script Script-MonthlyMaint.sh... Verifying Disk mounted at '/' Result of disk verification: Started verify/repair volume (filesystem) on disk disk0s3 Macintosh HD Performing live verification Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume Checking Extents Overflow file Checking Catalog file Checking multi-linked files Checking Catalog hierarchy Checking Extended Attributes file Checking volume bitmap Checking volume information The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK Finished verify/repair volume (filesystem) on disk disk0s3 Macintosh HD Unmounting file server... Displaying message to end user... Thanks, Ben Greiner Forget Computers 312 602.5345 ben at forgetcomputers.com From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu Sun Oct 5 20:40:39 2008 From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.) Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 22:40:39 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Verify Startup Disk and Options for Alerting Users In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Ben, No there aren't more options in the new version to add a message at the beginning of a policy action, but I can see how this would very useful. I have the same problems with not being able to specify some really basic command line commands to run at the start of a policy, and not just the end. In general I think the policy engine lacks enough control of the order and number of events. I have an idea of how I'd do it that I'll put in JAMF's email box this week. You did it the only way possible right now, and removed it of course because of the limitations. There are no published options in 6.01 to NOT have an OK button, or an OK button that isn't the default button for an Enter key press (unless that did change and I missed it) As far as the Tiger startup disk, perhaps no news is good news? =) I'm not sure, I can try to check on this on my end to help. Craig E On 10/5/08 10:28 PM, "Ben Greiner" wrote: Does anyone know if version 6.01 added any options for displaying messages using the jamf displayMessage command before running a policy? I'd like the ability to force a dialog box to the front of the screen and not go away until the policy is complete (no "OK" button). We want to "Verify Startup Disk" on all our managed Macs once a month. Of course when this runs it feels like the Mac is stalling so we want to warn users to relax for 5 minutes AND let them know when the verification is complete. Has anyone created a policy to do this? It sounds simple but I've run into two problems... 1) I can't get two messages (before and after) to appear. Only one at a time seems to work. 2) I can't verify that "Verify Startup Disk" is actually working on Tiger Macs. The log files shows it working in Leopard, but no information is displayed in Tiger. See details below. POLICY IN QUESTION This policy is set to Once Every Month This policy is triggered by everyHour This policy is assigned to 4 computers Run Script Script-MonthlyMaint.sh Verify Startup Disk Display message 'Your disk has been verified. If any problems were found you will be contacted.' to end user. Reboot immediately if nobody is logged in If rebooting, display message 'Your disk has been verified. If any problems were found you will be contacted.' to end user. TIGER LOG RESULTS /usr/sbin/jamf is version 6.01 Executing Policy Maintenance - Monthly... Mounting afp://myserver/CasperShare to /Volumes/CasperShare 1... Running Script Script-MonthlyMaint.sh... Verifying Disk mounted at '/' Unmounting file server... Displaying message to end user... LEOPARD LOG RESULTS /usr/sbin/jamf is version 6.01 Executing Policy Maintenance - Monthly... Mounting afp://myserver/CasperShare to /Volumes/CasperShare... Running Script Script-MonthlyMaint.sh... Verifying Disk mounted at '/' Result of disk verification: Started verify/repair volume (filesystem) on disk disk0s3 Macintosh HD Performing live verification Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume Checking Extents Overflow file Checking Catalog file Checking multi-linked files Checking Catalog hierarchy Checking Extended Attributes file Checking volume bitmap Checking volume information The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK Finished verify/repair volume (filesystem) on disk disk0s3 Macintosh HD Unmounting file server... Displaying message to end user... Thanks, Ben Greiner Forget Computers 312 602.5345 ben at forgetcomputers.com _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081005/c88f09b3/attachment.htm From NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org Mon Oct 6 10:04:51 2008 From: NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org (NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:04:51 -0500 Subject: [Casper] User Environment for group of users Message-ID: We've started preparing for our online testing deployment and I'd like to trigger installs of software and user environment settings based on a login of certain users or a group of users. For example, when "testing1" logs in who is a member of the AD group "online testing users" they should trigger the install of the testing software, User ennvironment settings and turn off some services (like anti-virus). So I can get the policy to trigger at the users login and the software to install, but the User Environment stuff doesn't seem to work, because I created the package in Compuser using a generic "student" account. Then the desktop,dock plists get placed for the local student account and not for the "testing1" account. I don't want to fill User Template or Existing Users on the machine b/c I only want it for this group of users. Do I need to create a UEV package for each testing user? or can I apply the UEV package to a group of users based on login name or group membership? and have it fill their user preferences? Do I need to write some custom scripts instead? Version 6.01 Thanks -Nathaniel Nathaniel Lindley ++++++++++++++++++ Learning Systems Specialist Educational Technology Saint Paul Public Schools Saint Paul, Minnesota nathaniel.lindley at spps.org phone: 651-603-4929 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081006/9dec5d20/attachment.htm From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu Mon Oct 6 10:33:36 2008 From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:33:36 -0500 Subject: [Casper] User Environment for group of users In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Nathaniel, Can you clarify the language here a bit for me...particularly the per user stuff. Do you have additional settings that need to get applied to just these users (and not anyone who applies this particular package), AND a unique dock you want for these users as well? Craig E On 10/6/08 12:04 PM, "Nathaniel Lindley" wrote: We've started preparing for our online testing deployment and I'd like to trigger installs of software and user environment settings based on a login of certain users or a group of users. For example, when "testing1" logs in who is a member of the AD group "online testing users" they should trigger the install of the testing software, User ennvironment settings and turn off some services (like anti-virus). So I can get the policy to trigger at the users login and the software to install, but the User Environment stuff doesn't seem to work, because I created the package in Compuser using a generic "student" account. Then the desktop,dock plists get placed for the local student account and not for the "testing1" account. I don't want to fill User Template or Existing Users on the machine b/c I only want it for this group of users. Do I need to create a UEV package for each testing user? or can I apply the UEV package to a group of users based on login name or group membership? and have it fill their user preferences? Do I need to write some custom scripts instead? Version 6.01 Thanks -Nathaniel Nathaniel Lindley ++++++++++++++++++ Learning Systems Specialist Educational Technology Saint Paul Public Schools Saint Paul, Minnesota nathaniel.lindley at spps.org phone: 651-603-4929 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081006/1d20da3d/attachment.html From NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org Mon Oct 6 10:40:27 2008 From: NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org (NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:40:27 -0500 Subject: [Casper] User Environment for group of users In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Craig, Sorry, I'm not clear myself in some ways. when a user from an AD group called "online testers" logs in to a computer I want a policy activated by that login to set the desktop, dock, system settings and install the test application software package. The dock will be empty except for that one test application, some finder prefs (don't show connected servers" and a different background desktop to show that it isn't a standard user. So the Application package isn't unique to the user but the Dock and such are unique to the user who is a member of this group. I don't want this online testing User Environment settings to be applied to other users on the computer or the User template on the computer. Just these few testing users who will get local home directories made on the computer when they login-per the AD plugin settings. Does that help? -Nathaniel "Ernst, Craig S." Sent by: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com 10/06/08 12:32 PM To Casper List cc Subject Re: [Casper] User Environment for group of users Hi Nathaniel, Can you clarify the language here a bit for me...particularly the per user stuff. Do you have additional settings that need to get applied to just these users (and not anyone who applies this particular package), AND a unique dock you want for these users as well? Craig E On 10/6/08 12:04 PM, "Nathaniel Lindley" wrote: We've started preparing for our online testing deployment and I'd like to trigger installs of software and user environment settings based on a login of certain users or a group of users. For example, when "testing1" logs in who is a member of the AD group "online testing users" they should trigger the install of the testing software, User ennvironment settings and turn off some services (like anti-virus). So I can get the policy to trigger at the users login and the software to install, but the User Environment stuff doesn't seem to work, because I created the package in Compuser using a generic "student" account. Then the desktop,dock plists get placed for the local student account and not for the "testing1" account. I don't want to fill User Template or Existing Users on the machine b/c I only want it for this group of users. Do I need to create a UEV package for each testing user? or can I apply the UEV package to a group of users based on login name or group membership? and have it fill their user preferences? Do I need to write some custom scripts instead? Version 6.01 Thanks -Nathaniel Nathaniel Lindley ++++++++++++++++++ Learning Systems Specialist Educational Technology Saint Paul Public Schools Saint Paul, Minnesota nathaniel.lindley at spps.org phone: 651-603-4929_______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081006/a15f7721/attachment.htm From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu Mon Oct 6 10:58:19 2008 From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:58:19 -0500 Subject: [Casper] User Environment for group of users In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I get it now, it didn't click before. You want the User Environment stuff to only apply to that user. I'm not certain there is a method to do that with the options in the JSS right now, which is why you are asking I assume. It's either apply the settings to the template, all existing user profiles, or both, and NOT just the user that logged on to trigger the policy. The dock isn't an issue of course. Not sure how it would work, but the only options I can think of are to actually package up the preferences in a package that has folders and files for /Users/testing1/ so it really only does apply to those user accounts. Of course a single login would be best, but you may need multiples of course. Otherwise some scripting to copy files to a particularly logged on user would work as well. At least with anything run through the local binary it's easy to call the logged on user. Not sure if settings for background and finder when just applied with a file copy work unless Finder is restarted? Smarter minds might have some better options. Workgroup manger comes to mind, and I don't use that at all so I won't be helpful, and it's not helpful unless you use it as well. More and more little things have been coming up to lead me back to having that second set of configuration tools available with JAMF's. Am I helping, or not? Craig E On 10/6/08 12:40 PM, "Nathaniel Lindley" wrote: Craig, Sorry, I'm not clear myself in some ways. when a user from an AD group called "online testers" logs in to a computer I want a policy activated by that login to set the desktop, dock, system settings and install the test application software package. The dock will be empty except for that one test application, some finder prefs (don't show connected servers" and a different background desktop to show that it isn't a standard user. So the Application package isn't unique to the user but the Dock and such are unique to the user who is a member of this group. I don't want this online testing User Environment settings to be applied to other users on the computer or the User template on the computer. Just these few testing users who will get local home directories made on the computer when they login-per the AD plugin settings. Does that help? -Nathaniel "Ernst, Craig S." Sent by: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com 10/06/08 12:32 PM To Casper List cc Subject Re: [Casper] User Environment for group of users Hi Nathaniel, Can you clarify the language here a bit for me...particularly the per user stuff. Do you have additional settings that need to get applied to just these users (and not anyone who applies this particular package), AND a unique dock you want for these users as well? Craig E On 10/6/08 12:04 PM, "Nathaniel Lindley" > wrote: We've started preparing for our online testing deployment and I'd like to trigger installs of software and user environment settings based on a login of certain users or a group of users. For example, when "testing1" logs in who is a member of the AD group "online testing users" they should trigger the install of the testing software, User ennvironment settings and turn off some services (like anti-virus). So I can get the policy to trigger at the users login and the software to install, but the User Environment stuff doesn't seem to work, because I created the package in Compuser using a generic "student" account. Then the desktop,dock plists get placed for the local student account and not for the "testing1" account. I don't want to fill User Template or Existing Users on the machine b/c I only want it for this group of users. Do I need to create a UEV package for each testing user? or can I apply the UEV package to a group of users based on login name or group membership? and have it fill their user preferences? Do I need to write some custom scripts instead? Version 6.01 Thanks -Nathaniel Nathaniel Lindley ++++++++++++++++++ Learning Systems Specialist Educational Technology Saint Paul Public Schools Saint Paul, Minnesota nathaniel.lindley at spps.org phone: 651-603-4929_______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081006/5dad201e/attachment.htm From rharter at uwsp.edu Mon Oct 6 12:12:30 2008 From: rharter at uwsp.edu (Ryan Harter) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:12:30 -0500 Subject: [Casper] User Environment for group of users In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Nathaniel- This seems to be an interesting situation. This might not be the best (or supported) approach, but I can tell you how I would approach it. What I would do is make a generic, custom user home directory into a package a la Composer. Don't just grab the changes though, grab to whole 'example' user directory. Then make a policy like you normally would limiting the scope to the AD group you want and have it run a script with the following, for example: #!/bin/bash $USER=$3 # This next one may take some modification depending on how you connect to AD $USERHOME=`dscl localhost read /Active\ Directory/All\ Domains/Users/ $USER NFSHomeDirectory | cut -d' ' -f2` # Remove an existing home directory rm -rf $USERHOME # Mount package and copy contents (similar to how Casper works) mkdir /tmp/packages mount_afp afp://user:password at server/share /tmp/packages # For us it's "mount_afp afp://user:password at xsrv1/CasperShare /tmp/packages" # Mount (or "attach") the package hdiutil attach /tmp/packages/Packages/.dmg # ditto out the contents into the user's home directory ditto /Volumes/ $USERHOME # Change ownership chown -R $USER $USERHOME # Cleanup hdiutil detach /Volumes/ umount /tmp/packages exit 0 This script will obviously have to be modified to match your infrastructure, but will mount the package and copy the contents to the user's home directory. If this policy only runs for the users in a certain AD group (via the policy scope) then you should have the solution that I think you are looking for. This method of mounting the package and using ditto is what Casper used to use for package installation and is currently used as the fallback if asr (the current copy method) fails. Unfortunately, I don't have the experience with ASR to show you how to use that. I cannot stress enough that I just typed this script into this email. It is not something that I use in practice and it's possible that there might be errors is it so make sure you test it before you use it (should be good practice for anything you use). Hope it helps, let me know if I can help any further. Ryan Harter UW - Stevens Point Workstation Developer 715.346.2716 Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu On Oct 6, 2008, at 12:40 PM, NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org wrote: > > Craig, > > Sorry, I'm not clear myself in some ways. > when a user from an AD group called "online testers" logs in to a > computer I want a policy activated by that login to set the desktop, > dock, system settings and install the test application software > package. The dock will be empty except for that one test > application, some finder prefs (don't show connected servers" and a > different background desktop to show that it isn't a standard user. > So the Application package isn't unique to the user but the Dock and > such are unique to the user who is a member of this group. I don't > want this online testing User Environment settings to be applied to > other users on the computer or the User template on the computer. > Just these few testing users who will get local home directories > made on the computer when they login-per the AD plugin settings. > Does that help? > -Nathaniel > > > > "Ernst, Craig S." > Sent by: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com > 10/06/08 12:32 PM > > To > Casper List > cc > Subject > Re: [Casper] User Environment for group of users > > > > > > Hi Nathaniel, > > Can you clarify the language here a bit for me...particularly the > per user stuff. > > Do you have additional settings that need to get applied to just > these users (and not anyone who applies this particular package), > AND a unique dock you want for these users as well? > > Craig E > > > On 10/6/08 12:04 PM, "Nathaniel Lindley" > wrote: > > > We've started preparing for our online testing deployment and I'd > like to trigger installs of software and user environment settings > based on a login of certain users or a group of users. > For example, when "testing1" logs in who is a member of the AD group > "online testing users" they should trigger the install of the > testing software, User ennvironment settings and turn off some > services (like anti-virus). So I can get the policy to trigger at > the users login and the software to install, but the User > Environment stuff doesn't seem to work, because I created the > package in Compuser using a generic "student" account. Then the > desktop,dock plists get placed for the local student account and not > for the "testing1" account. I don't want to fill User Template or > Existing Users on the machine b/c I only want it for this group of > users. Do I need to create a UEV package for each testing user? or > can I apply the UEV package to a group of users based on login name > or group membership? and have it fill their user preferences? > Do I need to write some custom scripts instead? > > Version 6.01 > > Thanks > -Nathaniel > > > Nathaniel Lindley > > ++++++++++++++++++ > Learning Systems Specialist > Educational Technology > Saint Paul Public Schools > Saint Paul, Minnesota > nathaniel.lindley at spps.org > phone: 651-603-4929_______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081006/1b25d01d/attachment.htm From forgetcomputers at mac.com Mon Oct 6 21:12:57 2008 From: forgetcomputers at mac.com (Ben Greiner) Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:12:57 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Verify Startup Disk and Options for Alerting Users Message-ID: <2696767D-B22E-4E41-896E-249DD370B652@mac.com> To add one more bit of frustration to this problem... even though the policy is configured and log confirms that the message prompt (warning users of the pending disk verification) occurs BEFORE the disk verification, the message doesn't actually appear until AFTER the disk verification. Any ideas how I can make a message prompt appear BEFORE the disk verification? /usr/sbin/jamf is version 6.01 Executing Policy Maintenance - Monthly... Mounting afp://myserver/CasperShare to /Volumes/CasperShare... Running Script FC-MessagePrompt-Monthly.sh... Verifying Disk mounted at '/' Result of disk verification: Started verify/repair volume (filesystem) on disk disk0s3 Macintosh HD Thanks, Ben Greiner Forget Computers 312 602.5345 ben at forgetcomputers.com From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu Tue Oct 7 05:04:00 2008 From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.) Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 07:04:00 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Verify Startup Disk and Options for Alerting Users In-Reply-To: <2696767D-B22E-4E41-896E-249DD370B652@mac.com> Message-ID: Now that's a little odd... What if you add the command for verify into the script after the display message? diskutil verifyDisk "/" Craig On 10/6/08 11:12 PM, "Ben Greiner" wrote: To add one more bit of frustration to this problem... even though the policy is configured and log confirms that the message prompt (warning users of the pending disk verification) occurs BEFORE the disk verification, the message doesn't actually appear until AFTER the disk verification. Any ideas how I can make a message prompt appear BEFORE the disk verification? /usr/sbin/jamf is version 6.01 Executing Policy Maintenance - Monthly... Mounting afp://myserver/CasperShare to /Volumes/CasperShare... Running Script FC-MessagePrompt-Monthly.sh... Verifying Disk mounted at '/' Result of disk verification: Started verify/repair volume (filesystem) on disk disk0s3 Macintosh HD Thanks, Ben Greiner Forget Computers 312 602.5345 ben at forgetcomputers.com _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I am thinking about linking the AUP to every thing I self service now so the end user knows that everything they download and use is still considered to be subjected by the AUP. Just an FYI and if you are doing anything cool with self service please share ___________________________ Thomas Larkin TIS Department KCKPS USD500 tlarki at kckps.org blackberry: 913-449-7589 office: 913-627-0351 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081007/11d72fdb/attachment-0001.htm From jeremymatthews at mac.com Tue Oct 7 08:29:43 2008 From: jeremymatthews at mac.com (Jeremy Matthews) Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:29:43 -0400 Subject: [Casper] self service supports HTML In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We link to FAQ's in WebHelpDesk, Google Maps, and other fun stuff....I have had some things not quite work, but those were probably my fault. Pictures, Movies for instructional purposes....etc -jeremy On Oct 7, 2008, at 11:09 AM, casper-request at list.jamfsoftware.com wrote: > I don't know if you all were aware of this, but I am downloading > open source software and making optional self service installs. I > wanted to create links to the license type and to the software's > main page so the end user could view them before installing. I just > on a whim tried to add the link.to.project.com>project name and it worked. It looks like > the self service app is nothing more than a web browser. > > Anyone do anything more advanced with this? I can see some cool > possibilities of adding in things like this to your self service. I > am thinking about linking the AUP to every thing I self service now > so the end user knows that everything they download and use is still > considered to be subjected by the AUP. > > Just an FYI and if you are doing anything cool with self service > please share From tlarki at kckps.org Tue Oct 7 08:46:38 2008 From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin) Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:46:38 -0500 Subject: [Casper] software update server Message-ID: <48EB3E0E.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> I have one in place, and have a self service policy set to ongoing that will set the server and install all updates, and I have the server set in my JSS and have it set as default update server on all of my network segments. Yet when I run software update self service policy it doesn't work. ___________________________ Thomas Larkin TIS Department KCKPS USD500 tlarki at kckps.org blackberry: 913-449-7589 office: 913-627-0351 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081007/b374f5da/attachment.html From Quade_Boman at beavton.k12.or.us Tue Oct 7 09:00:41 2008 From: Quade_Boman at beavton.k12.or.us (Quade Boman) Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:00:41 -0700 Subject: [Casper] Casper Digest, Vol 22, Issue 10 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com on October 7, 2008 at 8:09 AM -0700 wrote: >Message: 4 >Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:08:57 -0500 >From: "Thomas Larkin" >Subject: [Casper] self service supports HTML >To: >Message-ID: <48EB3539.7141.0039.0 at kckps.org> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >I don't know if you all were aware of this, but I am downloading open >source software and making optional self service installs. I wanted to >create links to the license type and to the software's main page so the >end user could view them before installing. I just on a whim tried to >add the project name and it >worked. It looks like the self service app is nothing more than a web >browser. > >Anyone do anything more advanced with this? I can see some cool >possibilities of adding in things like this to your self service. I am >thinking about linking the AUP to every thing I self service now so the >end user knows that everything they download and use is still considered >to be subjected by the AUP. > >Just an FYI and if you are doing anything cool with self service please >share >___________________________ >Thomas Larkin >TIS Department >KCKPS USD500 >tlarki at kckps.org >blackberry: 913-449-7589 >office: 913-627-0351 > > > > I just found that out myself. I've been using it to link to support pages from the company that makes the software to encourage users to check their first before contacting our help desk. I'm also using
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Rebuilt the MBA using retail OS installer and updated to 10.5.4 and no issues printing. Any thoughts/suggestions on how to trouble shoot this is appreciated. Thanx, Cyrus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081007/2d91a22a/attachment.html From swood at integerdallas.com Tue Oct 7 13:06:16 2008 From: swood at integerdallas.com (Steve Wood) Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:06:16 -0500 Subject: [Casper] MacBook Air (MBA)- Printing Issues In-Reply-To: Message-ID: If memory serves me, you cannot use anything but the MBA retail disk to do the install. There are some differences in the MBA and other devices. So, you have to have a separate image for your MBA and MBP. I have MBAs here, and I use the MBA drop in disk to do the installs. Steve On 10/7/08 12:12 PM, "Cyrus Vahhaji" wrote: > Does anyone on the list have MBAs in their environment? If so, any issues > printing? I?m using a 10.5.4 image built on MBP 2.6 using retail OS installer. > I can setup print queues but when I send a print job it gets stuck in the > queue with a message it?ll try in a few seconds. I have no trouble printing > from a MBP 2.4 using the same image wired or wirelessly. Ran 10.5.5 combo > updater on MBA with no luck. > > Rebuilt the MBA using retail OS installer and updated to 10.5.4 and no issues > printing. > > Any thoughts/suggestions on how to trouble shoot this is appreciated. > > Thanx, > Cyrus > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper Steve Wood Director of IT swood at integerdallas.com The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201 T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475 -- The information contained in this email transmission is solely for the addressee(s) named above and is privileged and/or confidential. 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URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081009/c638eb7a/attachment.html From NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org Thu Oct 9 05:49:21 2008 From: NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org (NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 07:49:21 -0500 Subject: [Casper] server performance In-Reply-To: <48EDE74E.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> Message-ID: Chris, I've only seen it peak at about 80 MB/s but only when imaging. The Xserve was plugged into a 1 Gig port but clients are at 100. Don't know about maximums. -Nathaniel "Criss Myers" Sent by: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com 10/09/08 05:08 AM To cc Subject [Casper] server performance Hi, what is maximum bandwidth you guys get from you Xserves, my networks tell me I can never get more that 480MB/sec from my XServer no matter what NIC i have in it. Do any of you guys get more than that? Regards Criss Criss Myers Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 LIS Business Support Team Library 301 University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE Ex 5054 01772 895054 _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081009/ef583588/attachment.html From dustin.dorey at district196.org Thu Oct 9 06:05:06 2008 From: dustin.dorey at district196.org (Dorey, Dustin) Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:05:06 -0500 Subject: [Casper] server performance In-Reply-To: <48EDE74E.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> Message-ID: We have our main xserve NIC?s ?Teamed? or rather using Link Aggregation. And we are seeing upwards of 120 MB/sec. It did take configuring the Switch as well as setting up the link aggregation on the server. I attached a screenshot of the Network Graph when it was doing near that. This was during some peak imaging times for us. I think we were pushing the server a little hard. ;) -Dusty- -- 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 On 10/9/08 5:13 AM, "Criss Myers" wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > what is maximum bandwidth you guys get from you Xserves, my networks tell me > I can never get more that 480MB/sec from my XServer no matter what NIC i have > in it. Do any of you guys get more than that? > > > > Regards > > > > Criss > > Criss Myers > > Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) > > Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 > > LIS Business Support Team > > Library 301 > > University of Central Lancashire > > Preston PR1 2HE > > Ex 5054 > > 01772 895054 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081009/d23b8857/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Picture 12.png Type: application/octet-stream Size: 117187 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081009/d23b8857/attachment-0001.obj From jeremymatthews at mac.com Thu Oct 9 08:06:00 2008 From: jeremymatthews at mac.com (Jeremy Matthews) Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:06:00 -0400 Subject: [Casper] server performance In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <699E6E34-3AF4-45C5-A5B8-190FEEE609A1@mac.com> Keep in mind that there are a lot of factors when measuring performance...what else the server(s) and client(s) are doing, their respective hardware (drive speed, network speed, cable integrity, available RAM), and software (what is running and eating cycles). Of course, there is the network - many networks analyze traffic, capture packets, shape traffic, run analysis and remote checking, and any number of things which may adversely affect network performance. And, of course, there are switches...some support port trunking (link aggregation) while some don't - some have higher latency depending on configuration, some using management software may have *interesting* configurations. In short - talk to the network admin, talk to the sys admin (if you aren't them), and run tests. -j From mcorippo at lblp.com Thu Oct 9 09:05:37 2008 From: mcorippo at lblp.com (mcorippo) Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:05:37 -0700 Subject: [Casper] server performance In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: If your network is up to it, you can can always add more bandwidth.......: http://www.small-tree.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=PXG6 Matt Corippo Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes I.T. Dept. "Dorey, Dustin" on October 9, 2008 at 6:05 AM -0700 wrote: >We have our main xserve NIC?s ?Teamed? or rather using Link Aggregation. And we are seeing upwards of 120 MB/sec. It did take configuring the Switch as well as setting up the link aggregation on the >server. I attached a screenshot of the Network Graph when it was doing near that. This was during some peak imaging times for us. I think we were pushing the server a little hard. ;) > >-Dusty- > >-- >Dustin Dorey >Technology Support Cluster Specialist >ISD 196 Apple Valley, Rosemount, Eagan >14445 Diamond Path West >Rosemount, MN 55068 >952|423|7971 >[ fcp://@mail.lblp.com,%237000617/A%20MailBox/Dustin.Dorey at district196.org ]Dustin.Dorey at district196.org > > >On 10/9/08 5:13 AM, "Criss Myers" <[ fcp://@mail.lblp.com,%237000617/A%20MailBox/CMyers at uclan.ac.uk ]CMyers at uclan.ac.uk> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > what is maximum bandwidth you guys get from you Xserves, my networks tell me I can never get more that 480MB/sec from my XServer no matter what NIC i have in it. Do any of you guys get more than that? > > > > Regards > > > > Criss > >Criss Myers > >Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) > >Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 > >LIS Business Support Team > >Library 301 > >University of Central Lancashire > >Preston PR1 2HE > >Ex 5054 > >01772 895054 > > > > >#######################################################################################################################################################################################################_______________________________________________ >Casper mailing list >[ fcp://@mail.lblp.com,%237000617/A%20MailBox/Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com ]Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com >[ http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper ]http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper > >_______________________________________________ >Casper mailing list >Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com >http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper From joelande at hibbing.k12.mn.us Fri Oct 10 10:27:20 2008 From: joelande at hibbing.k12.mn.us (Joel R. Anderson) Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:27:20 -0500 Subject: [Casper] printers - authentication required Message-ID: We had a lab printer go offline for a period of time. During this time some of the computers in the lab attempted to print. Somehow this stopped the print que. When the print que is stopped and a student attempts to print they can add the job to the que or start the que, etc. Now that the printer is back online, when some students attempt to print, they get that same dialog box asking if they want to start the que or add the job to the que. However, and action they take requires an administrative password. So ultimately, the question is, what is the easiest way to resolve this issue? P.S. - Can you confirm my understanding of print ques: (A) The print que is the engine that manages print jobs and sends them from the user to the printer. It is a computer-level (not a user-level) process. (B) The state of the print que (stopped, started, paused etc), is a setting that is stored at the computer level, and would affect anybody (any account) using that computer (C) The print job, is the actual document being printed, and is stored at the user level. Assuming A & B above are true, (i) anybody who logs into at a computer 1 which has a que that is stopped, will not be able to print. (ii) If the user moves to computer 2, their job will print (without being sent again). (iii) Once the que is resumed on computer 1, when students with pending jobs log in, their jobs will print -- I am not sure if items (ii) and (iii) happen automatically or the next time they initiate a print job P.P.S. - Can anyone recommend a good resource on how printers work in OSX that can help clear up these types of issues? ''''''' ^-O-O-^ +----oOO----(_)--------------+ | Joel Anderson | | Director of Technology | | Hibbing Public Schools | | www.hibbing.k12.mn.us | +----------------------oOO---+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081010/d47d58d3/attachment.html From eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com Fri Oct 10 14:04:28 2008 From: eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com (Eric Winkelhake) Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:04:28 -0500 Subject: [Casper] printers - authentication required In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I'm assuming your using Leopard which is when the OS started requiring system level access to add and remove printers and the owner of a job is the only one(without being an admin)who could start/restart/stop or cancel the job. That being the case I have had succes editing the cups.conf file. Here is the excerpt from the conf file that requires editing or you could just comment the whole thing out. As far as recommended reading, just open a browser and go to 127.0.0.1:631(localhost:631) and check out the documentation/help tab. Or go visit the cups.org website. # All administration operations require an administrator to authenticate... AuthType Default Require user @SYSTEM Order deny,allow # All printer operations require a printer operator to authenticate... # Only the owner or an administrator can cancel or authenticate a job... Require user @OWNER @AUTHKEY(system.print.admin) @admin @lpadmin Order deny,allow ***Please note my phone numbers and email address have changed*** Eric Winkelhake MundocomWW 312.222.8940 312.504.5155 eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com "Joel R. Anderson" Sent by: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com 10/10/08 12:27 PM To casper at list.jamfsoftware.com cc Subject [Casper] printers - authentication required We had a lab printer go offline for a period of time. During this time some of the computers in the lab attempted to print. Somehow this stopped the print que. When the print que is stopped and a student attempts to print they can add the job to the que or start the que, etc. Now that the printer is back online, when some students attempt to print, they get that same dialog box asking if they want to start the que or add the job to the que. However, and action they take requires an administrative password. So ultimately, the question is, what is the easiest way to resolve this issue? P.S. - Can you confirm my understanding of print ques: (A) The print que is the engine that manages print jobs and sends them from the user to the printer. It is a computer-level (not a user-level) process. (B) The state of the print que (stopped, started, paused etc), is a setting that is stored at the computer level, and would affect anybody (any account) using that computer (C) The print job, is the actual document being printed, and is stored at the user level. Assuming A & B above are true, (i) anybody who logs into at a computer 1 which has a que that is stopped, will not be able to print. (ii) If the user moves to computer 2, their job will print (without being sent again). (iii) Once the que is resumed on computer 1, when students with pending jobs log in, their jobs will print -- I am not sure if items (ii) and (iii) happen automatically or the next time they initiate a print job P.P.S. - Can anyone recommend a good resource on how printers work in OSX that can help clear up these types of issues? ''''''' ^-O-O-^ +----oOO----(_)--------------+ | Joel Anderson | | Director of Technology | | Hibbing Public Schools | | www.hibbing.k12.mn.us | +----------------------oOO---+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo_______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer The information in this email and any attachments may contain proprietary and confidential information that is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, retention or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. When addressed to our clients or vendors, any information contained in this e-mail or any attachments is subject to the terms and conditions in any governing contract. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately contact the sender and delete the e-mail. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081010/77b30213/attachment.htm From jeremymatthews at mac.com Sun Oct 12 06:11:32 2008 From: jeremymatthews at mac.com (Jeremy Matthews) Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:11:32 -0400 Subject: [Casper] Windows Recon Message-ID: <457C7A18-BA4C-4347-AD8E-BD736E420383@mac.com> I can run recon locally on all macs OK, but not on our Windows XP boxes - it just complains of not being able to locate the server....any ideas what could be wrong? I have a plain-vanilla install of XP with recon 6.01 on it...no dice. Thanks, j From dlee at nuevaschool.org Mon Oct 13 19:54:35 2008 From: dlee at nuevaschool.org (Danny Lee) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:54:35 -0700 Subject: [Casper] Netinstall Image Creator Problem Message-ID: <868C4774-9A3D-4968-843C-3D1C48BCF834@nuevaschool.org> Has anyone used the Casper Netinstall Image Creator? Everytime I use it, and have it save to the Netboot folder, all it does us create a nbi folder with a pref file in it and that's it. If I have it save onto the desktop, it creates the dmg as it should, but I just can't get it to save to the Netboot folder. Anyone has any ideas? Danny Lee Tech Support Specialist 650-350-4547 dlee at nuevaschool.org From tlarki at kckps.org Mon Oct 13 19:58:06 2008 From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:58:06 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Netinstall Image Creator Problem Message-ID: <48F3C46E0200003900004626@gwoes4.kckps.org> I used it elusively over the summer to image our 6,000 Macs all which we did by netbooting. When you run netinstall creator you should point it to the volume that has the netbootSP0 folder on it. For example, I keep all my nbi files on a separate partition over the OS. So if I need to wipe the OS then the netboot is still right there. Can you please list the exact steps you took to create your netboot installer? ___________________________ Thomas Larkin TIS Department KCKPS USD500 tlarki at kckps.org blackberry: 913-449-7589 office: 913-627-0351 >>> Danny Lee 10/13/08 9:55 PM >>> Has anyone used the Casper Netinstall Image Creator? Everytime I use it, and have it save to the Netboot folder, all it does us create a nbi folder with a pref file in it and that's it. If I have it save onto the desktop, it creates the dmg as it should, but I just can't get it to save to the Netboot folder. Anyone has any ideas? Danny Lee Tech Support Specialist 650-350-4547 dlee at nuevaschool.org _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper From dlee at nuevaschool.org Mon Oct 13 22:26:19 2008 From: dlee at nuevaschool.org (Danny Lee) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:26:19 -0700 Subject: [Casper] Netinstall Image Creator Problem In-Reply-To: <48F3C46E0200003900004626@gwoes4.kckps.org> References: <48F3C46E0200003900004626@gwoes4.kckps.org> Message-ID: <48F42D7B.60207@nuevaschool.org> I ran the Capser Netinstall app on our netboot/Casper server. The netboot images and Casper packages are on a mounted X-raid volume. I pointed the Casper Netinstall app at an old 10.5.3 image and Casper Imaging 6.1 and had it dump the nbi folder onto the NetbootSP0. I'd do this and it would take some maybe twenty minutes to do it's thing where it looks like it's creating the dmg but it's apparently not as the dmg is like 48mb instead of 12gigs. Once it's done, it asks for the admin password which I provide. Thereafter the nbi folder exists but all there is within it is a plist file as the dmg mysteriously disappears. -D Thomas Larkin wrote: > I used it elusively over the summer to image our 6,000 Macs all which we did by netbooting. When you run netinstall creator you should point it to the volume that has the netbootSP0 folder on it. For example, I keep all my nbi files on a separate partition over the OS. So if I need to wipe the OS then the netboot is still right there. > > Can you please list the exact steps you took to create your netboot installer? > > ___________________________ > Thomas Larkin > TIS Department > KCKPS USD500 > tlarki at kckps.org > blackberry: 913-449-7589 > office: 913-627-0351 > > > > >>>> Danny Lee 10/13/08 9:55 PM >>> >>>> > Has anyone used the Casper Netinstall Image Creator? Everytime I use > it, and have it save to the Netboot folder, all it does us create a > nbi folder with a pref file in it and that's it. If I have it save > onto the desktop, it creates the dmg as it should, but I just can't > get it to save to the Netboot folder. Anyone has any ideas? > > > Danny Lee > Tech Support Specialist > 650-350-4547 > dlee at nuevaschool.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081013/04dc41c6/attachment.html From Cyrus.Vahhaji at bestbuy.com Tue Oct 14 12:51:59 2008 From: Cyrus.Vahhaji at bestbuy.com (Cyrus Vahhaji) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:51:59 -0500 Subject: [Casper] MacBook Air (MBA)- Printing Issues In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Steve, Nathaniel, Thanx for your input. Not sure if I shared this...re-imaged using the image created on a MBP and printing worked fine on the newly re-build MBA. As it stands though I?m not comfortable using my MBP image on MBA so created a separate image on MBA using installers that came with it. I also contacted JAMF Support regarding this issue and Sam came up with a great idea. Create the printer on an MBA that printing works on and add it to JSS and then add the printer using JSS. This worked just fine on the MBA which I couldn?t print from. A good temporary work around since I?ll be reimaging my MBA with the new image. Thanx again, Cyrsu From: Steve Wood Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:06:16 -0500 To: Cyrus Vahhaji , Subject: Re: [Casper] MacBook Air (MBA)- Printing Issues If memory serves me, you cannot use anything but the MBA retail disk to do the install. There are some differences in the MBA and other devices. So, you have to have a separate image for your MBA and MBP. I have MBAs here, and I use the MBA drop in disk to do the installs. Steve On 10/7/08 12:12 PM, "Cyrus Vahhaji" wrote: > Does anyone on the list have MBAs in their environment? If so, any issues > printing? I?m using a 10.5.4 image built on MBP 2.6 using retail OS installer. > I can setup print queues but when I send a print job it gets stuck in the > queue with a message it?ll try in a few seconds. I have no trouble printing > from a MBP 2.4 using the same image wired or wirelessly. Ran 10.5.5 combo > updater on MBA with no luck. > > Rebuilt the MBA using retail OS installer and updated to 10.5.4 and no issues > printing. > > Any thoughts/suggestions on how to trouble shoot this is appreciated. > > Thanx, > Cyrus > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper > > Steve Wood > Director of IT > swood at integerdallas.com > > The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201 > T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475 > > > > -- > The information contained in this email transmission is solely for the > addressee(s) named above and is privileged and/or confidential. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient or the person responsible to > deliver it to the intended recipient; he or she is prohibited from reading or > disclosing the information contained in this transmission. Any examination, > use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited. Please contact us immediately by telephone for instructions if > you have received this communication in error: (214) 758-6800 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081014/eab116e2/attachment.htm From CMyers at uclan.ac.uk Wed Oct 15 03:26:12 2008 From: CMyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:26:12 +0100 Subject: [Casper] help with netboot override Message-ID: <48F5D354.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> Help pls chaps, Background - I have 2 netboot servers running a Casper netinstall image for imaging my macs, the image is load balanced between the 2 servers, i.e it has the same ID and is the same netinstall image. It is set as the default image on both servers. I have created these 2 servers in JSS as default servers, to use the default image. Problem / solution - I have now created a diskless netboot image that i would like to boot my clients to temporarily, so i would like to override the default netboot sever in a policy I have create a new netboot set in the JSS, to use specific image for Interl/x86, I have then create a policy to reboot the macs to the netboot server, and then used the "override default settings for policy" and chosen my new netboot config as the neboot server. Effect - the mac reboots from the default netboot image on the server and tries to re-image, Any ideas how i go about doing this? Regards Criss Criss Myers Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 LIS Business Support Team Library 301 University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE Ex 5054 01772 895054 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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So, maybe an additional option (check box) to fill the root home folder. ***Please note my phone numbers and email address have changed*** Eric Winkelhake MundocomWW 312.222.8940 312.504.5155 eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer The information in this email and any attachments may contain proprietary and confidential information that is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, retention or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. When addressed to our clients or vendors, any information contained in this e-mail or any attachments is subject to the terms and conditions in any governing contract. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately contact the sender and delete the e-mail. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081015/35f4d247/attachment.html From miles.leacy at themacadmin.com Wed Oct 15 08:48:22 2008 From: miles.leacy at themacadmin.com (Miles Leacy) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:48:22 -0400 Subject: [Casper] root account(feature request?) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I would not want FEU to mess with root by default. I consider not enabling root to be a best practice. If you have compelling reasons to enable root, you could add duplicates of the files that go to /Users/username to /private/var/root in your package. 2008/10/15 Eric Winkelhake > > I've thought about this for quite some time now and it's not a big deal but > would anyone else benefit from having the option to fill the root account > when you fill existing users?? Also, I think that the fix ByHost files > should fix the root ByHost files, yes? Regarding the first question, I > wouldn't be opposed to having it just fill automatically when the FEU option > is selected, although sometimes I don't want those prefs in the root > account. So, maybe an additional option (check box) to fill the root home > folder. > > ***Please note my phone numbers and email address have changed*** > Eric Winkelhake > MundocomWW > 312.222.8940 > 312.504.5155 > eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Disclaimer > The information in this email and any attachments may contain proprietary > and confidential information that is intended for the addressee(s) only. If > you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > disclosure, copying, distribution, retention or use of the contents of this > information is prohibited. When addressed to our clients or vendors, any > information contained in this e-mail or any attachments is subject to the > terms and conditions in any governing contract. If you have received this > e-mail in error, please immediately contact the sender and delete the > e-mail. > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081015/307c660b/attachment.htm From tlarki at kckps.org Wed Oct 15 08:56:00 2008 From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:56:00 -0500 Subject: [Casper] root account(feature request?) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <48F5CC40.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> Or just build those specific packages logged in as the root account....then it will copy /var/root to /users >>> "Miles Leacy" 10/15/08 10:48 AM >>> I would not want FEU to mess with root by default. I consider not enabling root to be a best practice. If you have compelling reasons to enable root, you could add duplicates of the files that go to /Users/username to /private/var/root in your package. 2008/10/15 Eric Winkelhake I've thought about this for quite some time now and it's not a big deal but would anyone else benefit from having the option to fill the root account when you fill existing users?? Also, I think that the fix ByHost files should fix the root ByHost files, yes? Regarding the first question, I wouldn't be opposed to having it just fill automatically when the FEU option is selected, although sometimes I don't want those prefs in the root account. So, maybe an additional option (check box) to fill the root home folder. ***Please note my phone numbers and email address have changed*** Eric Winkelhake MundocomWW 312.222.8940 312.504.5155 eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer The information in this email and any attachments may contain proprietary and confidential information that is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, retention or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. When addressed to our clients or vendors, any information contained in this e-mail or any attachments is subject to the terms and conditions in any governing contract. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately contact the sender and delete the e-mail. _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081015/f7ecd549/attachment.html From andy_hakala at hopkins.k12.mn.us Wed Oct 15 09:47:42 2008 From: andy_hakala at hopkins.k12.mn.us (Andy Hakala) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:47:42 -0500 Subject: [Casper] root account(feature request?) Message-ID: <4058FCBF8DBA6646855ABFA27F869E51C89847350E@EXCHANGE.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org> I would prefer to not have any information fill the root template. I have always been of the mindset to avoid enabling the root user whenever possible and if you must use it, do whatever you need to do as root and then get out. Personally, I think I would be confused if I were the root user environment and it began to look like the other default user environments on the computer. Andy Hakala techsupport specialist Hopkins High School andy_hakala at hopkins.k12.mn.us 952-988-4664 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081015/ad22da89/attachment.html From ric.getter at pcc.edu Mon Oct 20 10:18:03 2008 From: ric.getter at pcc.edu (Ric Getter) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:18:03 -0700 Subject: [Casper] NetInstalls for new, out-of-the-box systems? Message-ID: <003a01c932d7$cfe21ef0$6fa65cd0$@getter@pcc.edu> We're just getting ready for our Jump Start with JAMF next week and putting together a lab of a couple of dozen new Intel iMacs. We're having trouble with the NetBoot process. We have had the image on the Casper server and a local distribution point. But when we NetBoot, Casper seems to want image the NetBoot image and not the target machine. Adding to mix of issues is that we're on a variety of VLANs and the server and workstations will almost never be on the same subnet. The distribution point will generally be on the same subnet as the target workstations, however. We had some successful pre-Casper tests simply using the basic Bombich tools (including NetBoot Across Subnets) but have been stumbling in our efforts to get Casper to do the same thing. It's highly unlikely that we will be able to get the network group to implement BDSP. They're still trying to track down some possible issues with IGMP that have all but crippled many of our Ghost deployments. As I mentioned in a previous post, we're just getting started with Casper and I've been lurking here for a while. If anything, my newbie questions may be a source of comic relief for the list. Thanks, Ric -- Ric Getter Portland Community College/Sylvania Coordinator, Computer Resource Center (503)977-8036 From James.Christie at PoloRalphLauren.com Mon Oct 20 11:55:51 2008 From: James.Christie at PoloRalphLauren.com (Christie, James) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:55:51 -0400 Subject: [Casper] Aperture2 Message-ID: Having difficulties creating a package for Aperture2. I found out from Apple that the software looks to the MAC address for individual serialization. I have a volume license and would like to be able to deploy this without having to serialize each machine. Has anyone had success with this? -- Thanks, James This message and any attached documents contain information which may be confidential, subject to privilege or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. These materials are intended only for the use of the intended recipient. 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How can I install Air and register it so the machines now it is installed? Best wishes Michael From tlarki at kckps.org Tue Oct 21 08:07:00 2008 From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:07:00 -0500 Subject: [Casper] software update server, what I am doing wrong? Message-ID: <48FDA9C4.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> So, I have a SUS set up with static IP and FQDN, and it resolves and I made it part of the open directory. In WGM I assigned all groups to the SUS, by IP and when I run software update it shows it connecting to the IP of the server but says no updates found???? I think created a self service casper policy that runs software update by triggering it through the policy tab's built in commands still no dice.... What I am doing wrong? Anyone? Thanks in advance tom -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In WGM I assigned all groups to the > SUS, by IP and when I run software update it shows it connecting to the IP > of the server but says no updates found???? > > I think created a self service casper policy that runs software update by > triggering it through the policy tab's built in commands still no dice.... > > What I am doing wrong? Anyone? > > Thanks in advance > > tom > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081021/741730c3/attachment.htm From swood at integerdallas.com Tue Oct 21 08:31:11 2008 From: swood at integerdallas.com (Steve Wood) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:31:11 -0500 Subject: [Casper] software update server, what I am doing wrong? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Another thing to check would be that you have enabled the updates on the SUS server. I have mine set to not enable by default so that I don?t push a major update before testing. On 10/21/08 10:27 AM, "Miles Leacy" wrote: > Things I'd check: > > Can you manually hit your SUS from your clients via the softwareupdate > command? > > Is this total failure, or are some machines getting updates? > > Are there pending firmware updates on the failing machines? > > Unfortunately, since firmware updates typically require pressing a physical > button, they can't be automated. > > > 2008/10/21 Thomas Larkin >> >> >> >> So, I have a SUS set up with static IP and FQDN, and it resolves and I made >> it part of the open directory. In WGM I assigned all groups to the SUS, by >> IP and when I run software update it shows it connecting to the IP of the >> server but says no updates found???? >> >> >> >> I think created a self service casper policy that runs software update by >> triggering it through the policy tab's built in commands still no dice.... >> >> >> >> What I am doing wrong? Anyone? >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> >> >> tom >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Casper mailing list >> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com >> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper Steve Wood Director of IT swood at integerdallas.com The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201 T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475 -- The information contained in this email transmission is solely for the addressee(s) named above and is privileged and/or confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the person responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient; he or she is prohibited from reading or disclosing the information contained in this transmission. 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On 10/21/08 11:07 AM, "Thomas Larkin" wrote: So, I have a SUS set up with static IP and FQDN, and it resolves and I made it part of the open directory. In WGM I assigned all groups to the SUS, by IP and when I run software update it shows it connecting to the IP of the server but says no updates found???? I think created a self service casper policy that runs software update by triggering it through the policy tab's built in commands still no dice.... What I am doing wrong? Anyone? Thanks in advance tom -- Rob Gaudreau Technology Support Analyst Colgate University 13 Oak Drive Hamilton, NY 13346 Email: rgaudreau at mail.colgate.edu Phone: 315.228.7903 Cell: 315.225.0575 From SChadda at oco.com Tue Oct 21 11:21:11 2008 From: SChadda at oco.com (SChadda at oco.com) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:21:11 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Sus not working Message-ID: Check the plist being hosted by the web directory. See if the fqdn matches. You might need to do a changeipaddress command. -- sent via a blackberry ___________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs. ___________________________________________ From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us Tue Oct 21 11:55:05 2008 From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:55:05 -0500 Subject: [Casper] software update server, what I am doing wrong? In-Reply-To: <48FDA9C4.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> Message-ID: I'd check the SUS URL to see if updates are actually there. This is the list the clients actually read. http://sus.fqdn.org:8088/index.sucatalog This also will tell you what URL it's using for the actual paths to the files. If this isn't right, then the server either isn't approving and downloading updates, or it's not building the file correctly. -John On 10/21/08 10:07 AM, "Thomas Larkin" wrote: So, I have a SUS set up with static IP and FQDN, and it resolves and I made it part of the open directory. In WGM I assigned all groups to the SUS, by IP and when I run software update it shows it connecting to the IP of the server but says no updates found???? I think created a self service casper policy that runs software update by triggering it through the policy tab's built in commands still no dice.... What I am doing wrong? Anyone? Thanks in advance tom -- John Wetter Technology Support Administrator Technology & Information Services Hopkins Public Schools 952-988-5373 john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Also our reasons for running the MAP test software on Windows on the Macs was specific to our environment. If MAP testing is working in your environment don't panic. We had to load windows for that reason only, and it was pretty much specific to our environment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_rlvsFbLGA I will post all the how to do this on my website soon. I also have a document with how we did it, a case study comparing mass imaging with the intel versus the PPC servers, and how we implemented a dual boot image and how it was created. That stuff isn't done yet, but it will be up there soon hopefully. thanks, ___________________________ Thomas Larkin TIS Department KCKPS USD500 tlarki at kckps.org blackberry: 913-449-7589 office: 913-627-0351 From Jason.Weber at district196.org Wed Oct 22 09:30:54 2008 From: Jason.Weber at district196.org (Weber, Jason) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:30:54 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Error NetBooting Message-ID: Hit a snag while trying to reconfigure our NetBoot procedure today and was hoping someone has seen this before.. Currently we have been making our NetBoot images using Mac OS X Server tools and the booting of client machines has been working fine. However, we would like to switch over to use NetInstall sets being created by using the creator tools supplied by JAMF. The creation process is a piece of cake, but once I install the NetInstall image on our server it will not load on the client end. I have checked the logs and attached a copy to this post. It states, "Can't open bootptab", "Failed to convert; 'Router', Invalid IP Address." I have tried searching the web and it appears to be an issue while running NetInstall sets on a Leopard server, so just wondering if anyone else has had these issues.. Our setup: Server: OS X Server (10.5.5) Casper/JSS: 6.01 NetInstall Set: Tiger/PPC Any thoughts?? -- Jason Weber Technology Support Cluster Specialist Independent School District 196 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Then you can set policies to change servers whenever you need to, or however you would want to configure it. ___________________________ Thomas Larkin TIS Department KCKPS USD500 tlarki at kckps.org blackberry: 913-449-7589 office: 913-627-0351 >>> "Criss Myers" 10/15/08 5:26 AM >>> Help pls chaps, Background - I have 2 netboot servers running a Casper netinstall image for imaging my macs, the image is load balanced between the 2 servers, i.e it has the same ID and is the same netinstall image. It is set as the default image on both servers. I have created these 2 servers in JSS as default servers, to use the default image. 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URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081023/d8fdf42c/attachment.html From tlarki at kckps.org Thu Oct 23 13:53:09 2008 From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin) Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:53:09 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Netinstall Image Creator Problem In-Reply-To: <48F42D7B.60207@nuevaschool.org> References: <48F3C46E0200003900004626@gwoes4.kckps.org> <48F42D7B.60207@nuevaschool.org> Message-ID: <49009DE5.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> Are you copying the image to the machine locally which you are creating the netinstall for? that is what I did and it worked for me. >>> Danny Lee 10/14/08 12:26 AM >>> I ran the Capser Netinstall app on our netboot/Casper server. The netboot images and Casper packages are on a mounted X-raid volume. I pointed the Casper Netinstall app at an old 10.5.3 image and Casper Imaging 6.1 and had it dump the nbi folder onto the NetbootSP0. I'd do this and it would take some maybe twenty minutes to do it's thing where it looks like it's creating the dmg but it's apparently not as the dmg is like 48mb instead of 12gigs. Once it's done, it asks for the admin password which I provide. Thereafter the nbi folder exists but all there is within it is a plist file as the dmg mysteriously disappears. -D Thomas Larkin wrote: I used it elusively over the summer to image our 6,000 Macs all which we did by netbooting. When you run netinstall creator you should point it to the volume that has the netbootSP0 folder on it. For example, I keep all my nbi files on a separate partition over the OS. So if I need to wipe the OS then the netboot is still right there. Can you please list the exact steps you took to create your netboot installer? ___________________________ Thomas Larkin TIS Department KCKPS USD500 tlarki at kckps.org blackberry: 913-449-7589 office: 913-627-0351 Danny Lee ( mailto:dlee at nuevaschool.org ) 10/13/08 9:55 PM >>> Has anyone used the Casper Netinstall Image Creator? Everytime I use it, and have it save to the Netboot folder, all it does us create a nbi folder with a pref file in it and that's it. If I have it save onto the desktop, it creates the dmg as it should, but I just can't get it to save to the Netboot folder. Anyone has any ideas? Danny Lee Tech Support Specialist 650-350-4547 dlee at nuevaschool.org _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081023/e3ce05b9/attachment.htm From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk Thu Oct 23 15:01:09 2008 From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers) Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:01:09 +0100 Subject: [Casper] Netinstall Image Creator Problem Message-ID: <490102350200008100035113@gwise-gw1.uclan.ac.uk> That looks like a permissions issue to me, i had the same problem when i tried to run the NetInstaller as a user who didnt have permissions to mount dmgs Criss Myers Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 LIS Business Support Team Library 301 University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE Ex 5054 01772 895054 >>> "Thomas Larkin" 23/10/08 9:53 PM >>> Are you copying the image to the machine locally which you are creating the netinstall for? that is what I did and it worked for me. >>> Danny Lee 10/14/08 12:26 AM >>> I ran the Capser Netinstall app on our netboot/Casper server. The netboot images and Casper packages are on a mounted X-raid volume. I pointed the Casper Netinstall app at an old 10.5.3 image and Casper Imaging 6.1 and had it dump the nbi folder onto the NetbootSP0. I'd do this and it would take some maybe twenty minutes to do it's thing where it looks like it's creating the dmg but it's apparently not as the dmg is like 48mb instead of 12gigs. Once it's done, it asks for the admin password which I provide. Thereafter the nbi folder exists but all there is within it is a plist file as the dmg mysteriously disappears. -D Thomas Larkin wrote: I used it elusively over the summer to image our 6,000 Macs all which we did by netbooting. When you run netinstall creator you should point it to the volume that has the netbootSP0 folder on it. For example, I keep all my nbi files on a separate partition over the OS. So if I need to wipe the OS then the netboot is still right there. Can you please list the exact steps you took to create your netboot installer? ___________________________ Thomas Larkin TIS Department KCKPS USD500 tlarki at kckps.org blackberry: 913-449-7589 office: 913-627-0351 Danny Lee ( mailto:dlee at nuevaschool.org ) 10/13/08 9:55 PM >>> Has anyone used the Casper Netinstall Image Creator? Everytime I use it, and have it save to the Netboot folder, all it does us create a nbi folder with a pref file in it and that's it. If I have it save onto the desktop, it creates the dmg as it should, but I just can't get it to save to the Netboot folder. Anyone has any ideas? Danny Lee Tech Support Specialist 650-350-4547 dlee at nuevaschool.org _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper From Jesse.Almanrode at cabelas.com Fri Oct 24 07:13:41 2008 From: Jesse.Almanrode at cabelas.com (Jesse Almanrode) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:13:41 -0600 Subject: [Casper] Strange happenings with scripts Message-ID: Has anyone else run into issues when serving scripts through policies over http? IT seems that most of my scripts, or at least AppleScripts, that run as part of policies in Casper are not executing properly when they are pulled down via http. I am still troubleshooting the issue but I thought I would see if anyone else has run into this... ------ Jesse Almanrode ?Sr. Systems Specialist? MIS Technical Services Cabela?s Inc. 308-255-2625 jhalmanr at cabelas.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, Mark Hughes, Apple Technician TIS Department, KCKPS USD500 Cell 913-449-7791 mahughe at kckps.org From miles.leacy at themacadmin.com Fri Oct 24 08:30:23 2008 From: miles.leacy at themacadmin.com (Miles Leacy) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:30:23 -0400 Subject: [Casper] 10.5.5 SUS hitting a brick wall Message-ID: Hey all, Sorry if this is slightly off-topic, but is anyone having difficulties with Software Update Server under 10.5.5? I the service is running, I can ping the SUS, the index.sucatalog file is in the /usr/share/swupd/html/ directory, and the permissions are lrwxr-xr-x. As far as I can tell this should be working, but when I try to update a client, I get "Operation could not be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1100.)" Has anyone with a successful 10.5.5 SUS had to do anything beyond Apple's documentation to get it to work? I'm passing the SUS setting through Casper. I've tried both the DNS name and IP in the SUS record in the JSS. Thanks, Miles -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081024/f4e40921/attachment.htm From eyoung at thayer.org Fri Oct 24 08:37:05 2008 From: eyoung at thayer.org (Eric Young) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:37:05 -0400 Subject: [Casper] 10.5.5 SUS hitting a brick wall In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I was seeing that error as well. Trying to run software update from casper, ARD or any remote command got that error immediately. I found the issue was managing the software update server in the WGM setting for the machine... Once turned off managing the updates the error went away. Eric Young eyoung at thayer.org 781-664-2286 On Oct 24, 2008, at 11:30 AM, Miles Leacy wrote: > Hey all, > > Sorry if this is slightly off-topic, but is anyone having > difficulties with Software Update Server under 10.5.5? > > I the service is running, I can ping the SUS, the index.sucatalog > file is in the /usr/share/swupd/html/ directory, and the permissions > are lrwxr-xr-x. As far as I can tell this should be working, but > when I try to update a client, I get "Operation could not be > completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1100.)" > > Has anyone with a successful 10.5.5 SUS had to do anything beyond > Apple's documentation to get it to work? I'm passing the SUS > setting through Casper. I've tried both the DNS name and IP in the > SUS record in the JSS. > > Thanks, > Miles > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper From nick at jamfsoftware.com Fri Oct 24 08:43:16 2008 From: nick at jamfsoftware.com (Nick Amundsen) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:43:16 -0700 Subject: [Casper] Error with Netboot In-Reply-To: <49019D8A020000A300006076@gwoes4.kckps.org> Message-ID: Hi all, I just wanted to drop a line here to clear up some of the issues that folks have been seeing with NetInstall images. There is a known issue that when your NetInstall image is running Mac OS X 10.4.11 along with Casper Imaging 6.x, Casper Imaging is unable to interact with the filesystem. This would be the reason that Casper Imaging is throwing the message about not being able to find the target drive. If there is no autorun data configured for the machine, you would notice that no drives appear in the drop down for "Target Drive". Note that this issue only exists if your NetInstall image is not running Mac OS X 10.5. We do have a couple of workarounds for this issue: 1.) Create a 10.5 NetInstall Image with version 6.x of Casper Imaging. 2.) If you are still not ready to make the leap to 10.5, the issue can be fixed for 10.4.X by creating a "NetBoot" image manually and run it through the System Image Utility. I have attached instructions on how to create a "NetBoot" image for use with Casper. I would also like to take a moment to direct those folks that are using Casper Suite Resource Kit related items such as the Casper NetInstall Image Creator to the Resource Kit mailing list that has been setup in an effort to keep Casper related questions on the Casper list and resource kit related questions on the Resource Kit list. Thanks, Nick Amundsen Product Specialist JAMF Software On 10/24/08 10:03 AM, "Mark Hughes" wrote: I'm trying to setup netboot to reload a few hundred eMacs we have that are currently running 10.3.9 Everything seems to go okay until Casper Imaging gets to the "reading autorun data" and then errors out with Casper could not find the target disk: Machintosh HD. I've check the autorun data, deleted it and recreated it, check the naming on the target I have manually wipe the HD on the target....still get this error Any Ideas? Thanks, Mark Hughes, Apple Technician TIS Department, KCKPS USD500 Cell 913-449-7791 mahughe at kckps.org _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Any ideas as to what could be causing this? It appears that the client isn't taking the setting from the JSS. Can anyone refresh my memory - does the JSS write to com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist, or does it use some other mechanism? There is a /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist file, but it does not contain an UpdateURL key. There is no ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist file. And just to rule out the "did you plug it in" level of troubleshooting - I am remembering correctly that the "enforce management framework" policy will configure the client's SUS setting as specified in the JSS, aren't I? On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Eric Young wrote: > I was seeing that error as well. Trying to run software update from > casper, ARD or any remote command got that error immediately. > > I found the issue was managing the software update server in the WGM > setting for the machine... Once turned off managing the updates the error > went away. > > > > Eric Young > eyoung at thayer.org > 781-664-2286 > > > > > On Oct 24, 2008, at 11:30 AM, Miles Leacy wrote: > > Hey all, >> >> Sorry if this is slightly off-topic, but is anyone having difficulties >> with Software Update Server under 10.5.5? >> >> I the service is running, I can ping the SUS, the index.sucatalog file is >> in the /usr/share/swupd/html/ directory, and the permissions are lrwxr-xr-x. >> As far as I can tell this should be working, but when I try to update a >> client, I get "Operation could not be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error >> -1100.)" >> >> Has anyone with a successful 10.5.5 SUS had to do anything beyond Apple's >> documentation to get it to work? I'm passing the SUS setting through >> Casper. I've tried both the DNS name and IP in the SUS record in the JSS. >> >> Thanks, >> Miles >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Casper mailing list >> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com >> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081024/78f299ae/attachment.html From eyoung at thayer.org Fri Oct 24 10:32:48 2008 From: eyoung at thayer.org (Eric Young) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:32:48 -0400 Subject: [Casper] 10.5.5 SUS hitting a brick wall In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5BFE626F-EBF1-4351-BCCE-1D3111254E7F@thayer.org> I've hardcoded the internal server to the OS package. Then for a belt and suspenders apprach I also have it in the framework policy and make sure I enable the Set Server button for the software update policy I run. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. --H. L. Mencken Eric Young eyoung at thayer.org On Oct 24, 2008, at 1:24 PM, Miles Leacy wrote: > Thank you for that. I deleted the client from WGM, deleted the > managed prefs, and rebooted. Then I made sure my "enforce > management framework" policy ran. After that, I ran "softwareupdate > -l", and I no longer get the error. Unfortunately, it seems that my > client is looking to Apple instead of my internal SUS as specified > in the JSS. > > Any ideas as to what could be causing this? It appears that the > client isn't taking the setting from the JSS. Can anyone refresh my > memory - does the JSS write to com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist, or > does it use some other mechanism? > > There is a /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist file, > but it does not contain an UpdateURL key. There is no ~/Library/ > Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist file. > > And just to rule out the "did you plug it in" level of > troubleshooting - I am remembering correctly that the "enforce > management framework" policy will configure the client's SUS setting > as specified in the JSS, aren't I? > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Eric Young > wrote: > I was seeing that error as well. Trying to run software update from > casper, ARD or any remote command got that error immediately. > > I found the issue was managing the software update server in the WGM > setting for the machine... Once turned off managing the updates the > error went away. > > > > Eric Young > eyoung at thayer.org > 781-664-2286 > > > > > On Oct 24, 2008, at 11:30 AM, Miles Leacy wrote: > > Hey all, > > Sorry if this is slightly off-topic, but is anyone having > difficulties with Software Update Server under 10.5.5? > > I the service is running, I can ping the SUS, the index.sucatalog > file is in the /usr/share/swupd/html/ directory, and the permissions > are lrwxr-xr-x. As far as I can tell this should be working, but > when I try to update a client, I get "Operation could not be > completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error -1100.)" > > Has anyone with a successful 10.5.5 SUS had to do anything beyond > Apple's documentation to get it to work? I'm passing the SUS > setting through Casper. I've tried both the DNS name and IP in the > SUS record in the JSS. > > Thanks, > Miles > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081024/aa99f575/attachment.htm From miles.leacy at themacadmin.com Fri Oct 24 13:15:42 2008 From: miles.leacy at themacadmin.com (Miles Leacy) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:15:42 -0400 Subject: [Casper] 10.5.5 SUS hitting a brick wall In-Reply-To: <5BFE626F-EBF1-4351-BCCE-1D3111254E7F@thayer.org> References: <5BFE626F-EBF1-4351-BCCE-1D3111254E7F@thayer.org> Message-ID: This is resolved. In case anyone was interested, the issue was twofold: 1. I *was* incorrect. Enforce management framework will not set the SUS. The "Set Server" checkbox in the Software Update section of the software tab does that. 2. After creating a policy to do the above, I tried to test it by issuing the following command at the client: sudo jamf manage -action every15 This will trigger the policy, but the random interval will apply. To trigger a policy instantly, the policy verb is used instead of the manage verb. I figured out #1 on my own. Support gave me #2. Support is awesome, call them when you're stuck. I'm sorry I don't remember his name, but during my call, the random interval occurred, and the policy ran, so I told him I was happy and to consider my issue resolved. He called back a few minutes later to explain why it took a few minutes for the policy to run and how to trigger it instantly in the future, which is great seeing as it's been a few months since I've actively managed a JSS and my jamf-binary-fu is weak. So thanks again, mystery support man! On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Eric Young wrote: > I've hardcoded the internal server to the OS package. Then for a belt and > suspenders apprach I also have it in the framework policy and make sure I > enable the Set Server button for the software update policy I run. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. > --H. L. Mencken > > Eric Young > eyoung at thayer.org > > > > On Oct 24, 2008, at 1:24 PM, Miles Leacy wrote: > > Thank you for that. I deleted the client from WGM, deleted the managed > prefs, and rebooted. Then I made sure my "enforce management framework" > policy ran. After that, I ran "softwareupdate -l", and I no longer get the > error. Unfortunately, it seems that my client is looking to Apple instead > of my internal SUS as specified in the JSS. > Any ideas as to what could be causing this? It appears that the client > isn't taking the setting from the JSS. Can anyone refresh my memory - does > the JSS write to com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist, or does it use some other > mechanism? > > There is a /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist file, but it > does not contain an UpdateURL key. There is no > ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist file. > > And just to rule out the "did you plug it in" level of troubleshooting - I > am remembering correctly that the "enforce management framework" policy will > configure the client's SUS setting as specified in the JSS, aren't I? > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Eric Young wrote: > >> I was seeing that error as well. Trying to run software update from >> casper, ARD or any remote command got that error immediately. >> >> I found the issue was managing the software update server in the WGM >> setting for the machine... Once turned off managing the updates the error >> went away. >> >> >> >> Eric Young >> eyoung at thayer.org >> 781-664-2286 >> >> >> >> >> On Oct 24, 2008, at 11:30 AM, Miles Leacy wrote: >> >> Hey all, >>> >>> Sorry if this is slightly off-topic, but is anyone having difficulties >>> with Software Update Server under 10.5.5? >>> >>> I the service is running, I can ping the SUS, the index.sucatalog file is >>> in the /usr/share/swupd/html/ directory, and the permissions are lrwxr-xr-x. >>> As far as I can tell this should be working, but when I try to update a >>> client, I get "Operation could not be completed. (NSURLErrorDomain error >>> -1100.)" >>> >>> Has anyone with a successful 10.5.5 SUS had to do anything beyond Apple's >>> documentation to get it to work? I'm passing the SUS setting through >>> Casper. I've tried both the DNS name and IP in the SUS record in the JSS. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Miles >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Casper mailing list >>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com >>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper >>> >> >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081024/117989b4/attachment.htm From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu Sat Oct 25 18:40:17 2008 From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.) Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:40:17 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Restricting Local Printer Rights Message-ID: Hi Gang, I'm finding I'm not expert when it comes to printing on the Macs, so I figured I try and save some time and ping the vast wealth of knowledge on this list. To put it simply...what's the easiest way to limit who can print to a local USB printer by username? Keeping in mind that these users are Active Directory login users. With an IP printer added into the JSS that's easy with login/logout policies, but what about a local USB? Thanks! Craig Ernst Systems Management & Configuration ---------------------------------- University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Learning & Technology Services 105 Garfield Ave Eau Claire, WI 54701 Phone: (715) 836-3639 Fax: (715) 836-6001 ---------------------------------- ernstcs at uwec.edu From Jesse.Almanrode at cabelas.com Mon Oct 27 12:11:04 2008 From: Jesse.Almanrode at cabelas.com (Jesse Almanrode) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:11:04 -0600 Subject: [Casper] Strange happenings with scripts Message-ID: Has anyone else run into issues when serving scripts through policies over http? IT seems that most of my scripts, or at least AppleScripts, that run as part of policies in Casper are not executing properly when they are pulled down via http. I am still troubleshooting the issue but I thought I would see if anyone else has run into this... ------ Jesse Almanrode ?Sr. Systems Specialist? MIS Technical Services Cabela?s Inc. 308-255-2625 jhalmanr at cabelas.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081027/17da4a08/attachment.html From rharter at uwsp.edu Mon Oct 27 14:28:24 2008 From: rharter at uwsp.edu (Ryan Harter) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:28:24 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Strange happenings with scripts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <860CE0E0-8A9F-4148-9324-D374BC8B0168@uwsp.edu> I've been running scripts as policies since we started using Casper, including a couple that run at ever login, and haven't seen any issues. We have seen some issues with packages pulled over http and have thus shut http downloads off. I don't know if this might be a solution for you. Do you get the same problems if you don't use http downloads? Also, this is a pretty general question, can you be more specific about the problems you are having? I've got a lot of experience script the Mac, though mostly Bash but also AppleScript, and may be able to help if I know what kinds of problems you are having. Ryan Harter UW - Stevens Point Workstation Developer 715.346.2716 Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu On Oct 27, 2008, at 2:11 PM, Jesse Almanrode wrote: > Has anyone else run into issues when serving scripts through > policies over http? IT seems that most of my scripts, or at least > AppleScripts, that run as part of policies in Casper are not > executing properly when they are pulled down via http. I am still > troubleshooting the issue but I thought I would see if anyone else > has run into this... > > > ------ > Jesse Almanrode > ?Sr. Systems Specialist? > MIS Technical Services > Cabela?s Inc. > 308-255-2625 > jhalmanr at cabelas.com > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081027/eefcaf7f/attachment.htm From NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org Mon Oct 27 19:31:06 2008 From: NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org (NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:31:06 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Strange happenings with scripts In-Reply-To: <860CE0E0-8A9F-4148-9324-D374BC8B0168@uwsp.edu> Message-ID: I've seen similar symptoms where small scripts fail over http but work when forced over afp. Small as in binding to Open Directory scripts. -Nathaniel Saint Paul Public Schools Ryan Harter Sent by: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com 10/27/08 04:22 PM To Jesse Almanrode cc "Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com" Subject Re: [Casper] Strange happenings with scripts I've been running scripts as policies since we started using Casper, including a couple that run at ever login, and haven't seen any issues. We have seen some issues with packages pulled over http and have thus shut http downloads off. I don't know if this might be a solution for you. Do you get the same problems if you don't use http downloads? Also, this is a pretty general question, can you be more specific about the problems you are having? I've got a lot of experience script the Mac, though mostly Bash but also AppleScript, and may be able to help if I know what kinds of problems you are having. Ryan Harter UW - Stevens Point Workstation Developer 715.346.2716 Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu On Oct 27, 2008, at 2:11 PM, Jesse Almanrode wrote: Has anyone else run into issues when serving scripts through policies over http? IT seems that most of my scripts, or at least AppleScripts, that run as part of policies in Casper are not executing properly when they are pulled down via http. I am still troubleshooting the issue but I thought I would see if anyone else has run into this... ------ Jesse Almanrode ?Sr. Systems Specialist? MIS Technical Services Cabela?s Inc. 308-255-2625 jhalmanr at cabelas.com _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081029/4ee4a404/attachment.html From tlarki at kckps.org Wed Oct 29 07:47:24 2008 From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:47:24 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Any reason not to deploy Apple packages from JSS? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4908312C.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> I had the same problem with my clients seeing the updates. They would successfully see the SUS but never pull down an update. I was going to post this back to the list but haven't had time yet and I have had other things to do. It had to do with my DNS settings on the SUS itself. For some reason they weren't in proper configuration. Jesse from the mailing list sent me this: Actually, that will only work temporarily. As soon as a new update comes out from apple or you change a setting in your Software Update server (within server admin) this config will get overwritten. What you need to do to ensure that this will work properly is change an entry in the file: /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist This file is used by OS X server to write different configurations when using server admin. In any case, find the following piece of this file System ComputerName servername ComputerNameEncoding 0 HostName fullyqualifiedomain.com Using vi or some other text editor you can change the string under the ?HostName? key to be ?xs001?swu.kckps.org?. This will ensure that when OS X server writes configurations in the future it will use that fqdm as its hostname. To ensure that this change is reflected immediately in your system type ?sudo hostname xs001?swu.kckps.org? in terminal. That pretty much fixed it for me. The hostname string was wrong and wasn't the whole FQDN that we had in our DNS database. Once i fixed that, SUS worked like a charm and I am doing it through self service as of right now. ___________________________ Thomas Larkin TIS Department KCKPS USD500 tlarki at kckps.org blackberry: 913-449-7589 office: 913-627-0351 >>> "Miles Leacy" 10/29/08 9:39 AM >>> Hey all, I'm having trouble getting my 10.4 clients to see updates on my 10.5.5 Software Update Server. While I try to work this out with Apple support, I was thinking of downloading the Apple packages, adding them too the JSS and deploying them that way. Since the general SOP is to have the JSS kick off Apple's softwareupdate, I was wondering if anyone knows of any significant difference in deploying an Apple package via softwareupdate, vs deploying it from the JSS. Thanks, Miles -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I use the same method for non apple updates, so i have only 1 update route Criss Criss Myers Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 LIS Business Support Team Library 301 University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE Ex 5054 01772 895054 >>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:39 PM, in message , "Miles Leacy" wrote: Hey all, I'm having trouble getting my 10.4 clients to see updates on my 10.5.5 Software Update Server. While I try to work this out with Apple support, I was thinking of downloading the Apple packages, adding them too the JSS and deploying them that way. Since the general SOP is to have the JSS kick off Apple's softwareupdate, I was wondering if anyone knows of any significant difference in deploying an Apple package via softwareupdate, vs deploying it from the JSS. Thanks, Miles -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081029/3968542a/attachment.htm From miles.leacy at themacadmin.com Wed Oct 29 07:54:39 2008 From: miles.leacy at themacadmin.com (Miles Leacy) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:54:39 -0400 Subject: [Casper] Any reason not to deploy Apple packages from JSS? In-Reply-To: <4908312C.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> References: <4908312C.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> Message-ID: Thanks! Unfortunately, the plist appears to be correct. I don't manage DNS for my organization, but the HostName string is the same fqdn that is returned by nslookup on my SUS' IP address. On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Thomas Larkin wrote: > I had the same problem with my clients seeing the updates. They would > successfully see the SUS but never pull down an update. I was going to post > this back to the list but haven't had time yet and I have had other things > to do. It had to do with my DNS settings on the SUS itself. For some > reason they weren't in proper configuration. Jesse from the mailing list > sent me this: > > *Actually, that will only work temporarily. As soon as a new update > comes* > > *out from apple or you change a setting in your Software Update server* > > *(within server admin) this config will get overwritten. What you need to > do* > > *to ensure that this will work properly is change an entry in the file:* > > */Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist* > > *This file is used by OS X server to write different configurations when* > > *using server admin. In any case, find the following piece of this file* > > *System* > > * * > > * ComputerName* > > * servername* > > * ComputerNameEncoding* > > * 0* > > * HostName* > > * fullyqualifiedomain.com* > > * * > > *Using vi or some other text editor you can change the string under the* > > *?HostName? key to be ?xs001?swu.kckps.org?. This will ensure that when > OS X* > > *server writes configurations in the future it will use that fqdm as its* > > *hostname. To ensure that this change is reflected immediately in your* > > *system type ?sudo hostname xs001?swu.kckps.org? in terminal.* > > That pretty much fixed it for me. The hostname string was wrong and > wasn't the whole FQDN that we had in our DNS database. Once i fixed that, > SUS worked like a charm and I am doing it through self service as of right > now.** > > * > * > > ___________________________ > Thomas Larkin > TIS Department > KCKPS USD500 > tlarki at kckps.org > blackberry: 913-449-7589 > office: 913-627-0351 > > > > > > >>> "Miles Leacy" 10/29/08 9:39 AM >>> > Hey all, > > > I'm having trouble getting my 10.4 clients to see updates on my 10.5.5 > Software Update Server. While I try to work this out with Apple support, I > was thinking of downloading the Apple packages, adding them too the JSS and > deploying them that way. > > > Since the general SOP is to have the JSS kick off Apple's > softwareupdate, I was wondering if anyone knows of any significant > difference in deploying an Apple package via softwareupdate, vs deploying it > from the JSS. > > > Thanks, > > Miles > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081029/10269568/attachment-0001.html From tlarki at kckps.org Wed Oct 29 07:58:27 2008 From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:58:27 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Any reason not to deploy Apple packages from JSS? In-Reply-To: <49087906.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> References: <49087906.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> Message-ID: <490833C3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> So Criss, you just literally download the pkg files and toss them into casper admin for software updates? I think I almost like that idea better.... >>> "Criss Myers" 10/29/08 9:53 AM >>> Hi, I depoly all updates via the JSS, 1. It means i can control the updates better than via software update server, 2. I can then add them to the autorun for future reimaging 3. I use the same method for non apple updates, so i have only 1 update route Criss Criss Myers Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 LIS Business Support Team Library 301 University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE Ex 5054 01772 895054 >>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:39 PM, in message , "Miles Leacy" wrote: Hey all, I'm having trouble getting my 10.4 clients to see updates on my 10.5.5 Software Update Server. While I try to work this out with Apple support, I was thinking of downloading the Apple packages, adding them too the JSS and deploying them that way. Since the general SOP is to have the JSS kick off Apple's softwareupdate, I was wondering if anyone knows of any significant difference in deploying an Apple package via softwareupdate, vs deploying it from the JSS. Thanks, Miles -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081029/d5e678ae/attachment.html From miles.leacy at themacadmin.com Wed Oct 29 08:00:38 2008 From: miles.leacy at themacadmin.com (Miles Leacy) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:00:38 -0400 Subject: [Casper] NetBackup Message-ID: Is anyone deploying the Veritas NetBackup client via Casper? If so, what's your process? The installer is an interactive script, and before I tackle it, I want to see if any of you fine folks have found a solution already. Thanks, Miles -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081029/73c03696/attachment.htm From damien at mac.com Wed Oct 29 08:01:05 2008 From: damien at mac.com (Damien Weiss) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:01:05 -0400 Subject: [Casper] Any reason not to deploy Apple packages from JSS? In-Reply-To: <490833C3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> References: <49087906.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> <490833C3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> Message-ID: I do that. The only time it's burned me is with the FCP6.0.4 update, which I believe Apple called the ProApps2.0(???) update. Casper reported that it had installed the package, but when we launched the applications, it clearly had not. I believe it was because it was a mpkg, but I never took the time to investigate. Thanks, Damien On Oct 29, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Thomas Larkin wrote: > So Criss, you just literally download the pkg files and toss them > into casper admin for software updates? > > I think I almost like that idea better.... > > >>> "Criss Myers" 10/29/08 9:53 AM >>> > Hi, > > I depoly all updates via the JSS, > > 1. It means i can control the updates better than via software > update server, > 2. I can then add them to the autorun for future reimaging > 3. I use the same method for non apple updates, so i have only 1 > update route > > Criss > > > Criss Myers > Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) > Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 > LIS Business Support Team > Library 301 > University of Central Lancashire > Preston PR1 2HE > Ex 5054 > 01772 895054 > > >>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:39 PM, in message >, "Miles Leacy" wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm having trouble getting my 10.4 clients to see updates on my > 10.5.5 Software Update Server. While I try to work this out with > Apple support, I was thinking of downloading the Apple packages, > adding them too the JSS and deploying them that way. > > Since the general SOP is to have the JSS kick off Apple's > softwareupdate, I was wondering if anyone knows of any significant > difference in deploying an Apple package via softwareupdate, vs > deploying it from the JSS. > > Thanks, > Miles > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081029/24ddcea7/attachment.html From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu Wed Oct 29 11:32:04 2008 From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:32:04 -0400 Subject: [Casper] Acrobat 9 Message-ID: Hi- Has anyone made a prebuilt for Acrobat 9 Pro? Thanks -- Jared Nichols ISD Infrastructure and Operations - Desktop Engineering MIT Lincoln Laboratory 244 Wood St. Lexington, MA 02420-9108 (781) 981-5500 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081029/06cab5a4/attachment.htm From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu Wed Oct 29 12:30:38 2008 From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:30:38 -0400 Subject: [Casper] JSS web interface Message-ID: Is there any way to use a different certificate for the JSS web interface? I've got a certificate signed by our CA on the OS X Server box hosting the JSS, but I don't know how to apply it to JSS's web instance. Thanks! j -- Jared Nichols ISD Infrastructure and Operations - Desktop Engineering MIT Lincoln Laboratory 244 Wood St. Lexington, MA 02420-9108 (781) 981-5500 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081029/ec70c682/attachment.html From chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us Wed Oct 29 12:44:21 2008 From: chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us (Chad Brewer) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:44:21 -0700 Subject: [Casper] JSS web interface In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Yes, it can be done. You need to create a new keystore file. The current keystore file is called .keystore in /Library/Tomcat. I used openssl to create a new keystore file from my existing .crt file. You also have to edit server.xml to include your keystore password and type. Our cert was thru Go Daddy so I used some instructions they had for Tomcat. Chad "Nichols, Jared" on October 29, 2008 at 12:30 PM -0700 wrote: >Is there any way to use a different certificate for the JSS web >interface? I?ve got a certificate signed by our CA on the OS X Server >box hosting the JSS, but I don?t know how to apply it to JSS?s web >instance. > >Thanks! > >j >-- >Jared Nichols >ISD Infrastructure and Operations ? Desktop Engineering >MIT Lincoln Laboratory >244 Wood St. >Lexington, MA 02420-9108 >(781) 981-5500 > _______________________________________________ >Casper mailing list >Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com >http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081029/87077686/attachment.htm From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us Wed Oct 29 15:16:27 2008 From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:16:27 -0600 Subject: [Casper] JSS web interface In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The instructions are all in the JAMF kb website: http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=019 I did this last week and it worked great. The only thing I had to modify was to add in an intermediate certificate, but it all went smoothly. -John On 10/29/08 2:30 PM, "Nichols, Jared" wrote: Is there any way to use a different certificate for the JSS web interface? I've got a certificate signed by our CA on the OS X Server box hosting the JSS, but I don't know how to apply it to JSS's web instance. Thanks! j -- John Wetter Technology Support Administrator Technology & Information Services Hopkins Public Schools 952-988-5373 john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081029/4092b7fd/attachment.htm From rgaudreau at mail.colgate.edu Thu Oct 30 05:30:54 2008 From: rgaudreau at mail.colgate.edu (Rob Gaudreau) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:30:54 -0400 Subject: [Casper] Adobe Creative Suite 4 Message-ID: Hey All, Has anyone tried to make a package for Adobe Creative Suite 4? I know that the "New Adobe Install" was implemented to make our lives easier, but would it be compatible with CS4? I do know there are now two Application discs for the Design Premium suite. I never created any packages for CS3, so any info would be awesome. Rob -- Rob Gaudreau Technology Support Analyst Colgate University 13 Oak Drive Hamilton, NY 13346 Email: rgaudreau at mail.colgate.edu Phone: 315.228.7903 Cell: 315.225.0575 From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu Thu Oct 30 05:46:50 2008 From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:46:50 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Adobe Creative Suite 4 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Although the capability doesn't exist in the current release of the Casper Suite, it will soon I'm sure. In my experience, actually making a traditional package of the suite has been the largest pain in the butt, and I would highly recommend using the tools provided from JAMF. I'm not sure how it's dictated who can get at them, but if you can use Adobe's ESD (Electronic Software Download) you can download full single DMG images of the different suites. We always purchase one copy of Master Collection, download the DMG for that, and use it (just deploying the components we license like a Design Premium bundle) and use the Master Collection serial number for deployment everywhere so there are no conflicts with serialization if we added software later. I have all this media, but have not had time to try anything at this point. I'm also not certain what has changed in the process so for all I know...history means nothing. Craig E On 10/30/08 7:30 AM, "Rob Gaudreau" wrote: Hey All, Has anyone tried to make a package for Adobe Creative Suite 4? I know that the "New Adobe Install" was implemented to make our lives easier, but would it be compatible with CS4? I do know there are now two Application discs for the Design Premium suite. I never created any packages for CS3, so any info would be awesome. Rob -- Rob Gaudreau Technology Support Analyst Colgate University 13 Oak Drive Hamilton, NY 13346 Email: rgaudreau at mail.colgate.edu Phone: 315.228.7903 Cell: 315.225.0575 _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081030/4fc7d321/attachment.html From joelande at hibbing.k12.mn.us Thu Oct 30 05:54:37 2008 From: joelande at hibbing.k12.mn.us (Joel R. Anderson) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:54:37 -0500 Subject: [Casper] PPC & Intel Message-ID: What is the consensus with the group regarding building installers for PPC and Intel Macs? JAMF recommended we build everything (including the OS) from one master Intel box, and only use a PPC for builds when the software required it. I am beginning to regret that decision, as I think there are differences in components that get installed from the OS installation regarding the two platforms. In particular we have noticed differences in Java components installed when the Leopard install disk is run on a PPC vs Intel, so it appears that Leopard does not create a "universal" OS when installed on Intel. ''''''' ^-O-O-^ +----oOO----(_)--------------+ | Joel Anderson | | Director of Technology | | Hibbing Public Schools | | www.hibbing.k12.mn.us | +----------------------oOO---+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081030/99ed0372/attachment.htm From joelande at hibbing.k12.mn.us Thu Oct 30 06:00:10 2008 From: joelande at hibbing.k12.mn.us (Joel R. Anderson) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:00:10 -0500 Subject: [Casper] Acrobat 9 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: "Nichols, Jared" on October 29, 2008 at 1:32 PM -0500 wrote: >Has anyone made a prebuilt for Acrobat 9 Pro? We had problems even building Acrobat Reader and having it work with server-based home directories ''''''' ^-O-O-^ +----oOO----(_)--------------+ | Joel Anderson | | Director of Technology | | Hibbing Public Schools | | www.hibbing.k12.mn.us | +----------------------oOO---+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081030/a8d1f89d/attachment.html From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu Thu Oct 30 07:29:56 2008 From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:29:56 -0500 Subject: [Casper] PPC & Intel In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I haven't noticed any issues thus far. The only programs I've dealt with that I know I have to separate out are Audacity and Adobe Reader...at least that's all that comes to mind. Is there some system issues or some program in particular that you've had an issue with that leads you to state there is a difference in the JAVA components? It sounds like you've done some sort of file comparison already. It'd be interesting to know the details. Craig E On 10/30/08 7:54 AM, "Joel R. Anderson" wrote: What is the consensus with the group regarding building installers for PPC and Intel Macs? JAMF recommended we build everything (including the OS) from one master Intel box, and only use a PPC for builds when the software required it. I am beginning to regret that decision, as I think there are differences in components that get installed from the OS installation regarding the two platforms. In particular we have noticed differences in Java components installed when the Leopard install disk is run on a PPC vs Intel, so it appears that Leopard does not create a "universal" OS when installed on Intel. ''''''' ^-O-O-^ +----oOO----(_)--------------+ | Joel Anderson | | Director of Technology | | Hibbing Public Schools | | www.hibbing.k12.mn.us | +----------------------oOO---+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081030/4c62be10/attachment.htm From tlarki at kckps.org Thu Oct 30 08:03:54 2008 From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:03:54 -0500 Subject: [Casper] CS 2 packaging Message-ID: <4909868A.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> So, I have CS 2 to install now on some older Macs... It comes on like 3 CDs, or at least my version does. Can I make 3 separate disk images of them and create them into one adobe installer in Casper Admin, or should I combine them into 1 disk image and then use the adobe installer in Casper Admin? Thoughts? Thanks, ___________________________ Thomas Larkin TIS Department KCKPS USD500 tlarki at kckps.org blackberry: 913-449-7589 office: 913-627-0351 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081030/48a2c880/attachment.html From CMyers at uclan.ac.uk Thu Oct 30 08:08:33 2008 From: CMyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:08:33 +0000 Subject: [Casper] CS 2 packaging In-Reply-To: <4909868A.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> References: <4909868A.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> Message-ID: <4909CDF1.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> you should be able to create 1 install disk and use that Criss Myers Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 LIS Business Support Team Library 301 University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE Ex 5054 01772 895054 >>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 3:03 PM, in message <4909868A.7141.0039.0 at kckps.org>, "Thomas Larkin" wrote: So, I have CS 2 to install now on some older Macs... It comes on like 3 CDs, or at least my version does. Can I make 3 separate disk images of them and create them into one adobe installer in Casper Admin, or should I combine them into 1 disk image and then use the adobe installer in Casper Admin? Thoughts? Thanks, ___________________________ Thomas Larkin TIS Department KCKPS USD500 tlarki at kckps.org blackberry: 913-449-7589 office: 913-627-0351 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081030/3ee71040/attachment.htm From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu Thu Oct 30 08:10:20 2008 From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:10:20 -0500 Subject: [Casper] CS 2 packaging In-Reply-To: <4909868A.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> Message-ID: I'm thinking you're going to need to create a traditional package for this software, but with this application we were able to break out the application pieces we wanted to without breaking the while thing. So if they really only needed Photoshop you had a CS2 Required package, and then individual packages of the applications. Deploy the required and then the apps you wanted so you can save space. CS2 is a distant memory here already so hopefully I'm recalling properly. I know I still have my old packages archived somewhere. =) Craig E On 10/30/08 10:03 AM, "Thomas Larkin" wrote: So, I have CS 2 to install now on some older Macs... It comes on like 3 CDs, or at least my version does. Can I make 3 separate disk images of them and create them into one adobe installer in Casper Admin, or should I combine them into 1 disk image and then use the adobe installer in Casper Admin? Thoughts? Thanks, ___________________________ Thomas Larkin TIS Department KCKPS USD500 tlarki at kckps.org blackberry: 913-449-7589 office: 913-627-0351 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081030/79ad4456/attachment.html From tlarki at kckps.org Thu Oct 30 08:12:21 2008 From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:12:21 -0500 Subject: [Casper] CS 2 packaging In-Reply-To: <4909CDF1.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> References: <4909868A.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> <4909CDF1.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> Message-ID: <49098885.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> So just combine the disk images then? Could I use composer and do snap shots? ___________________________ Thomas Larkin TIS Department KCKPS USD500 tlarki at kckps.org blackberry: 913-449-7589 office: 913-627-0351 >>> "Criss Myers" 10/30/08 10:08 AM >>> you should be able to create 1 install disk and use that Criss Myers Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 LIS Business Support Team Library 301 University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE Ex 5054 01772 895054 >>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 3:03 PM, in message <4909868A.7141.0039.0 at kckps.org>, "Thomas Larkin" wrote: So, I have CS 2 to install now on some older Macs... It comes on like 3 CDs, or at least my version does. Can I make 3 separate disk images of them and create them into one adobe installer in Casper Admin, or should I combine them into 1 disk image and then use the adobe installer in Casper Admin? Thoughts? Thanks, ___________________________ Thomas Larkin TIS Department KCKPS USD500 tlarki at kckps.org blackberry: 913-449-7589 office: 913-627-0351 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081030/988027c6/attachment-0001.htm From miles.leacy at themacadmin.com Thu Oct 30 08:15:56 2008 From: miles.leacy at themacadmin.com (Miles Leacy) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:15:56 -0400 Subject: [Casper] CS 2 packaging In-Reply-To: <49098885.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> References: <4909868A.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> <4909CDF1.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> <49098885.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> Message-ID: My CS2 package was a snapshot of the whole suite after running and and making sure all apps were serialized. The version of Acrobat that comes with CS2 won't run properly on its own. You have to launch another app in the suite (such as Photoshop) in order for Acrobat to "know" that its been serialized. 2008/10/30 Thomas Larkin > So just combine the disk images then? > > Could I use composer and do snap shots? > > > > ___________________________ > Thomas Larkin > TIS Department > KCKPS USD500 > tlarki at kckps.org > blackberry: 913-449-7589 > office: 913-627-0351 > > > > > > >>> "Criss Myers" 10/30/08 10:08 AM >>> > > you should be able to create 1 install disk and use that > > > Criss Myers > Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) > Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 > LIS Business Support Team > Library 301 > University of Central Lancashire > Preston PR1 2HE > Ex 5054 > 01772 895054 > > >>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 3:03 PM, in message < > 4909868A.7141.0039.0 at kckps.org>, "Thomas Larkin" wrote: > > So, I have CS 2 to install now on some older Macs... > > > It comes on like 3 CDs, or at least my version does. Can I make 3 > separate disk images of them and create them into one adobe installer in > Casper Admin, or should I combine them into 1 disk image and then use the > adobe installer in Casper Admin? > > > Thoughts? > > > Thanks, > > > ___________________________ > Thomas Larkin > TIS Department > KCKPS USD500 > tlarki at kckps.org > blackberry: 913-449-7589 > office: 913-627-0351 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Robb Gibson System Engineer - eMMS, Publishing Systems OfficeMax : 263 Shuman Blvd. : Naperville, IL 60563 (630) 864-5242 On 10/30/08 10:12 AM, "Thomas Larkin" wrote: > > > So just combine the disk images then? > > > > Could I use composer and do snap shots? > > > ___________________________ > Thomas Larkin > TIS Department > KCKPS USD500 > tlarki at kckps.org > blackberry: 913-449-7589 > office: 913-627-0351 > > > > > >>>> >>> "Criss? Myers" 10/30/08 10:08 AM >>> > > > > you should be able to create 1 install disk and use that > > > Criss?Myers > Senior?Customer?Support?Analyst?(Mac?Services) > Apple?Certified?Technical?Coordinator?v10.5 > LIS?Business?Support?Team > Library?301 > University?of?Central?Lancashire > Preston?PR1?2HE > Ex?5054 > 01772?895054 > >>>> >>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at??3:03 PM, in message >>>> <4909868A.7141.0039.0 at kckps.org>, "Thomas Larkin" wrote: > > > > > So, I have CS 2 to install now on some older Macs... > > > > > > > It comes on like 3 CDs, or at least my version does.??Can I make 3 separate > disk images of them and create them into one adobe installer in Casper Admin, > or should I combine them into 1 disk image and then use the adobe installer in > Casper Admin? > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > ___________________________ > Thomas?Larkin > TIS?Department > KCKPS?USD500 > tlarki at kckps.org > blackberry:??913-449-7589 > office:??913-627-0351 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The only programs I've dealt with that I know I have to separate out are Audacity and Adobe Reader...at least that's all that comes to mind. Is there some system issues or some program in particular that you've had an issue with that leads you to state there is a difference in the JAVA components? It sounds like you've done some sort of file comparison already. It'd be interesting to know the details. Craig E On 10/30/08 7:54 AM, "Joel R. Anderson" wrote: What is the consensus with the group regarding building installers for PPC and Intel Macs? JAMF recommended we build everything (including the OS) from one master Intel box, and only use a PPC for builds when the software required it. I am beginning to regret that decision, as I think there are differences in components that get installed from the OS installation regarding the two platforms. In particular we have noticed differences in Java components installed when the Leopard install disk is run on a PPC vs Intel, so it appears that Leopard does not create a "universal" OS when installed on Intel. ''''''' ^-O-O-^ +----oOO----(_)--------------+ | Joel Anderson | | Director of Technology | | Hibbing Public Schools | | www.hibbing.k12.mn.us | +----------------------oOO---+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo -- John Wetter Technology Support Administrator Technology & Information Services Hopkins Public Schools 952-988-5373 john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081030/d9752036/attachment.htm From RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com Thu Oct 30 08:52:11 2008 From: RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com (Gibson, Robb) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:52:11 -0500 Subject: [Casper] PPC & Intel In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The one thing I?ve had problems with has been printers. Creating the installer for the print drivers is no problem, but if we Add Printers through Casper Admin on an Intel Leopard box, PPC Tiger Macs can?t use them. If we add them using any Tiger Mac (PPC or Intel), any Mac can use them. Robb Gibson System Engineer - eMMS, Publishing Systems OfficeMax : 263 Shuman Blvd. : Naperville, IL 60563 (630) 864-5242 On 10/30/08 9:29 AM, "Ernst, Craig S." wrote: > I haven?t noticed any issues thus far. The only programs I?ve dealt with that > I know I have to separate out are Audacity and Adobe Reader...at least that?s > all that comes to mind. Is there some system issues or some program in > particular that you?ve had an issue with that leads you to state there is a > difference in the JAVA components? It sounds like you?ve done some sort of > file comparison already. It?d be interesting to know the details. > > Craig E > > > On 10/30/08 7:54 AM, "Joel R. Anderson" wrote: > >> What is the consensus with the group regarding building installers for PPC >> and Intel Macs? >> >> JAMF recommended we build everything (including the OS) from one master Intel >> box, and only use a PPC for builds when the software required it. >> >> I am beginning to regret that decision, as I think there are differences in >> components that get installed from the OS installation regarding the two >> platforms. >> >> In particular we have noticed differences in Java components installed when >> the Leopard install disk is run on a PPC vs Intel, so it appears that Leopard >> does not create a "universal" OS when installed on Intel. >> >> >> >> ''''''' >> ^-O-O-^ >> +----oOO----(_)--------------+ >> | Joel Anderson | >> | Director of Technology | >> | Hibbing Public Schools | >> | www.hibbing.k12.mn.us | >> +----------------------oOO---+ >> |__|__| >> || || >> ooO Ooo >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Casper mailing list > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Adobe also has a Deployment Toolkit for CS4 (Mac and Windows). It?s free to CLP licensed customers but TLP licensed customers must pay for it. No idea what Adobe charges for it. It allows you to pre-enter your serial number and suppress things like the EULA, Registration and updates. It works similar to QuarkXPress and other applications in that it simply creates a mini-installer with an XML file for a silent install. It does no re-packaging of content, which sucks. They have the audacity to call it "AdobeUberInstaller". I would hope JAMF could license the Toolkit from Adobe because this is the only Adobe-endorsed method for mass deployment that I?ve seen so far. -- bill William M. Smith, Technical Analyst MCS IT Merrill Communications, LLC (651) 632-1492 From mcorippo at lblp.com Thu Oct 30 10:26:19 2008 From: mcorippo at lblp.com (mcorippo) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:26:19 -0700 Subject: [Casper] Any reason not to deploy Apple packages from JSS? In-Reply-To: References: < > <49087906.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> <490833C3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> Message-ID: And we did it on a test box with an OS update. Threw the MacOSXUpdCombo10.5.5.pkg on the JSS as-is, pushed it to a test box running 10.5.4, and required a reboot. It rebooted twice on its own, and was running 10.5.5 with no apparent issues or problems. Too easy. disclaimer: Have not gone beyond early testing at this point. Matt Corippo Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes I.T. Dept. Damien Weiss on October 29, 2008 at 8:01 AM -0700 wrote: > > >I do that. The only time it's burned me is with the FCP6.0.4 update, which I believe Apple called the ProApps2.0(???) update. Casper reported that it had installed the package, but when we launched the >applications, it clearly had not. > > >I believe it was because it was a mpkg, but I never took the time to investigate. > > >Thanks, >Damien > >On Oct 29, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Thomas Larkin wrote: > > > >So Criss, you just literally download the pkg files and toss them into casper admin for software updates? > >I think I almost like that idea better.... > >>>> "Criss Myers" <[ mailto:CMyers at uclan.ac.uk ]CMyers at uclan.ac.uk> 10/29/08 9:53 AM >>> > >Hi, > > >I depoly all updates via the JSS, > > >1. It means i can control the updates better than via software update server, >2. I can then add them to the autorun for future reimaging >3. I use the same method for non apple updates, so i have only 1 update route > > >Criss > > >Criss Myers >Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) >Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 >LIS Business Support Team >Library 301 >University of Central Lancashire >Preston PR1 2HE >Ex 5054 >01772 895054 > >>>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:39 PM, in message <[ mailto:ec2e75ff0810290739p3cb03709j8d26ef13d6ac632b at mail.gmail.com ]ec2e75ff0810290739p3cb03709j8d26ef13d6ac632b at mail.gmail.com>, "Miles Leacy" <[ >mailto:miles.leacy at themacadmin.com ]miles.leacy at themacadmin.com> wrote: > >Hey all, > > >I'm having trouble getting my 10.4 clients to see updates on my 10.5.5 Software Update Server. While I try to work this out with Apple support, I was thinking of downloading the Apple packages, adding them >too the JSS and deploying them that way. > > >Since the general SOP is to have the JSS kick off Apple's softwareupdate, I was wondering if anyone knows of any significant difference in deploying an Apple package via softwareupdate, vs deploying it from >the JSS. > > >Thanks, >Miles > > >_______________________________________________ >Casper mailing list >[ mailto:Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com ]Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com >[ http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper ]http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper > > >_______________________________________________ >Casper mailing list >Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com >http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper From joelande at hibbing.k12.mn.us Thu Oct 30 15:52:56 2008 From: joelande at hibbing.k12.mn.us (Joel R. Anderson) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:52:56 -0500 Subject: [Casper] PPC & Intel In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: "Ernst, Craig S." on October 30, 2008 at 9:29 AM -0500 wrote: > Is there some system issues or some program in particular that you?ve >had an issue with that leads you to state there is a difference in the >JAVA components? It sounds like you?ve done some sort of file comparison >already. It?d be interesting to know the details. Yes. For sure. We did a clean install of Leopard onto an eMac, and compared the version numbers of several Java components, and they were completely different. We discovered this by the fact that PowerSchool's web (java)-based gradebook did not run on the eMacs. We fixed the problem by swapping out the Java frameworks. ''''''' ^-O-O-^ +----oOO----(_)--------------+ | Joel Anderson | | Director of Technology | | Hibbing Public Schools | | www.hibbing.k12.mn.us | +----------------------oOO---+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081030/239a37f9/attachment.htm From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us Thu Oct 30 16:16:57 2008 From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:16:57 -0600 Subject: [Casper] PPC & Intel In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: <4058FCBF8DBA6646855ABFA27F869E51DB2A01AA10@EXCHANGE.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org> This is more due to the version of printer drivers on the computers. We have a set of printers for Tiger and Leopard. We found this out both in our environment and confirmed with JAMF support. Not too big a deal, but it would be nice to have something in the jamf binary to have it know which OS it is and use the right one. We have HP printers in our environment, so it's an even bigger deal as HP updates their drivers in the Apple software updates. Consider this a feature request as well... -John -- John Wetter Technology Support Administrator Technology & Information Services Hopkins Public Schools 952-988-5373 john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us ________________________________ From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Gibson, Robb [RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:52 AM To: Casper List Subject: Re: [Casper] PPC & Intel The one thing I?ve had problems with has been printers. Creating the installer for the print drivers is no problem, but if we Add Printers through Casper Admin on an Intel Leopard box, PPC Tiger Macs can?t use them. If we add them using any Tiger Mac (PPC or Intel), any Mac can use them. [cid:3308208731_7510563] Robb Gibson System Engineer - eMMS, Publishing Systems OfficeMax : 263 Shuman Blvd. : Naperville, IL 60563 (630) 864-5242 On 10/30/08 9:29 AM, "Ernst, Craig S." > wrote: I haven?t noticed any issues thus far. The only programs I?ve dealt with that I know I have to separate out are Audacity and Adobe Reader...at least that?s all that comes to mind. Is there some system issues or some program in particular that you?ve had an issue with that leads you to state there is a difference in the JAVA components? It sounds like you?ve done some sort of file comparison already. It?d be interesting to know the details. Craig E On 10/30/08 7:54 AM, "Joel R. Anderson" > wrote: What is the consensus with the group regarding building installers for PPC and Intel Macs? JAMF recommended we build everything (including the OS) from one master Intel box, and only use a PPC for builds when the software required it. I am beginning to regret that decision, as I think there are differences in components that get installed from the OS installation regarding the two platforms. In particular we have noticed differences in Java components installed when the Leopard install disk is run on a PPC vs Intel, so it appears that Leopard does not create a "universal" OS when installed on Intel. ''''''' ^-O-O-^ +----oOO----(_)--------------+ | Joel Anderson | | Director of Technology | | Hibbing Public Schools | | www.hibbing.k12.mn.us | +----------------------oOO---+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo ________________________________ _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: References: < > <49087906.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> <490833C3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org> Message-ID: <490AD10C.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> Ive done the 10.5.5 update as well as the Java update via JSS no problem, with testing Criss Myers Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 LIS Business Support Team Library 301 University of Central Lancashire Preston PR1 2HE Ex 5054 01772 895054 >>> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 5:26 PM, in message , "mcorippo" wrote: And we did it on a test box with an OS update. Threw the MacOSXUpdCombo10.5.5.pkg on the JSS as-is, pushed it to a test box running 10.5.4, and required a reboot. It rebooted twice on its own, and was running 10.5.5 with no apparent issues or problems. Too easy. disclaimer: Have not gone beyond early testing at this point. Matt Corippo Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes I.T. Dept. Damien Weiss on October 29, 2008 at 8:01 AM -0700 wrote: > > >I do that. The only time it's burned me is with the FCP6.0.4 update, which I believe Apple called the ProApps2.0(???) update. Casper reported that it had installed the package, but when we launched the >applications, it clearly had not. > > >I believe it was because it was a mpkg, but I never took the time to investigate. > > >Thanks, >Damien > >On Oct 29, 2008, at 10:58 AM, Thomas Larkin wrote: > > > >So Criss, you just literally download the pkg files and toss them into casper admin for software updates? > >I think I almost like that idea better.... > >>>> "Criss Myers" <[ mailto:CMyers at uclan.ac.uk ]CMyers at uclan.ac.uk> 10/29/08 9:53 AM >>> > >Hi, > > >I depoly all updates via the JSS, > > >1. It means i can control the updates better than via software update server, >2. I can then add them to the autorun for future reimaging >3. I use the same method for non apple updates, so i have only 1 update route > > >Criss > > >Criss Myers >Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services) >Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5 >LIS Business Support Team >Library 301 >University of Central Lancashire >Preston PR1 2HE >Ex 5054 >01772 895054 > >>>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:39 PM, in message <[ mailto:ec2e75ff0810290739p3cb03709j8d26ef13d6ac632b at mail.gmail.com ]ec2e75ff0810290739p3cb03709j8d26ef13d6ac632b at mail.gmail.com>, "Miles Leacy" <[ >mailto:miles.leacy at themacadmin.com ]miles.leacy at themacadmin.com> wrote: > >Hey all, > > >I'm having trouble getting my 10.4 clients to see updates on my 10.5.5 Software Update Server. While I try to work this out with Apple support, I was thinking of downloading the Apple packages, adding them >too the JSS and deploying them that way. > > >Since the general SOP is to have the JSS kick off Apple's softwareupdate, I was wondering if anyone knows of any significant difference in deploying an Apple package via softwareupdate, vs deploying it from >the JSS. > > >Thanks, >Miles > > >_______________________________________________ >Casper mailing list >[ mailto:Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com ]Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com >[ http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper ]http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper > > >_______________________________________________ >Casper mailing list >Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com >http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper _______________________________________________ Casper mailing list Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081031/34822c5b/attachment-0001.html From miles.leacy at themacadmin.com Fri Oct 31 09:03:28 2008 From: miles.leacy at themacadmin.com (Miles Leacy) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:03:28 -0400 Subject: [Casper] How's your sed-fu? Message-ID: I have a configuration file for an application that contains two lines of text: SERVER = server.domain.ext CLIENT_NAME = client.domain.ext I'd like to be able to change these lines with a simple script. I think sed can get me there, but I'm having a little trouble getting it just right. I've figured out how to replace "server.domain.ext" with "somethingelse" if I know what the server.domain.ext string is. I don't want to rely on knowing what the existing string is. What I want to do is replace everything after "SERVER = " with a string of my choosing. Any of the fine minds on these boards have and idea? Thanks in advance, Miles -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081031/32c9d3b1/attachment.html From rharter at uwsp.edu Fri Oct 31 10:54:51 2008 From: rharter at uwsp.edu (Ryan Harter) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:54:51 -0500 Subject: [Casper] How's your sed-fu? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Miles- I've come to use awk more. It has a bit of a learning curve, but seems quite a bit more powerful. Here's what I would use: > #!/bin/bash > > line1=`grep SERVER test.txt | awk -F" = " '{print $1 " = > newvalue"}'` #returns SERVER = newvalue > line2=`grep CLIENT_NAME test.txt | awk -F" = " '{print $1 " = > newname"}` #returns CLIENT_NAME = newname > > # Then overwrite the file > echo "$line1" > test.txt > echo "$line2" >> test.txt > > exit 0 NOTE: Make sure you have the block quotes (``) around the grep/awk commands so the variable gets what is returned from the commands, not the string. The grep command will pull out just that line, then awk will use " = " as a delimiter (with the F command) and then print $1 (first value in delimited list, SERVER) and the the string in quotes. Then you just use echo and the greater thans to overwrite and append to the file. Hope this helps Ryan Harter UW - Stevens Point Workstation Developer 715.346.2716 Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu On Oct 31, 2008, at 11:03 AM, Miles Leacy wrote: > I have a configuration file for an application that contains two > lines of text: > > SERVER = server.domain.ext > CLIENT_NAME = client.domain.ext > > I'd like to be able to change these lines with a simple script. I > think sed can get me there, but I'm having a little trouble getting > it just right. > > I've figured out how to replace "server.domain.ext" with > "somethingelse" if I know what the server.domain.ext string is. I > don't want to rely on knowing what the existing string is. What I > want to do is replace everything after "SERVER = " with a string of > my choosing. > > Any of the fine minds on these boards have and idea? > > Thanks in advance, > Miles > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There's the simple Apple answer of putting the configuration file on a USB key attached to the server, but I'm looking for a more automated way that won't require me to ever see the server, just to know its serial number . I've got Casper, and I want to rebuild Xserves via my iPhone at a caf? while on my way to more interesting things. One thought I had was to create a traditional image at a point before going through the server setup, and include the configuration file as a separate package on top of the image. Theoretically, at first boot, the system should see a config file present and use it. If anyone has any ideas, or better yet, proven workflows, I'd love to hear about them. Thanks, Miles -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.jamfsoftware.com/pipermail/casper/attachments/20081031/fedf4df9/attachment.htm