[Casper] Any reason not to deploy Apple packages from JSS?

[Miles Leacy]

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 <tlarki at kckps.org> 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*
>
>  *<key>System</key>*
>
> *        <dict>*
>
> *            <key>ComputerName</key>*
>
> *            <string>servername</string>*
>
> *            <key>ComputerNameEncoding</key>*
>
> *            <integer>0</integer>*
>
> *            <key>HostName</key>*
>
> *            <string>fullyqualifiedomain.com</string>*
>
> *        </dict>*
>
>  *Using vi or some other text editor you can change the string under the*
>
> *³HostName² key to be ³xs001‑swu.kckps.org².  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 ³sudo hostname xs001‑swu.kckps.org² 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.**
>
> *
> *
>
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>
>
>
>
>
> >>> "Miles Leacy" <miles.leacy at themacadmin.com> 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
>
>
>
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