From patc at 180amsterdam.com  Mon Aug  3 00:15:14 2009
From: patc at 180amsterdam.com (Pat Camporeale)
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:15:14 +0200
Subject: [Casper] JAMF 7 > admin users becoming non-admins
In-Reply-To: <4A72F62C.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>

Brilliant!
Did it!
Works like a charm ... Cannot do it with Remote.. Must be done by Policy as
Root (for the obvious)

Thanks Chris!!
:)

-P@


On 7/31/09 2:48 PM, "Criss  Myers" <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk> wrote:

>    
> 
>  would it not be removing them from the admin group 80? modify the admin
> group, or maybe push out a new admin group file with just the default admins
> in, it will be in the db folder under groups
> 
>        
> 
>  id create a new group folder and push that out, thus removing all users from
> the admin group
> 
> 
> 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
> 
>>>> >>> "Pat Camporeale" <patc at 180amsterdam.com> 07/31/09 1:41 PM >>>
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>  
>  
> 
>  Folks,
> 
> Anyone have/know the command line for??Downgrading an Admin account to
> Standard User?.
> 
> We want to kick down existing Admin users on local machines to Apple?s
> Standard User.
> I know it?s a tick button per computer in the System Preference and log in and
> out (That is 150 trips of explaining myself and then the whole??No you don?t
> understand, I MUST be an Admin!!?)
> 
> Would love to push this out as a Policy unbeknownst to them.
> Been looking at dscl, dseditgroup and so far have managed to remove the Admin
> Group, so now all local account have become Standard!
> LOL .. It?s a test machine eh.
> 
> I think it?s just a remove of the UserName from Admin Group .. But my blunder
> killed the Admin group thus killing all accounts from??Admin-ibilty?
> 
> 
> Has anyone tried this?
> Wise?
> 
> Thanks all!!!
> 
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From lpnicholas at moravian.edu  Mon Aug  3 07:46:46 2009
From: lpnicholas at moravian.edu (Nicholas, Lauren)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:46:46 -0400
Subject: [Casper]  Re-route Home Directories
Message-ID: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911701F3DB@mail1.moravian.edu>

I know there is a way to re-route the home directories (in a local home
directory environment) to a partition, but I am not sure what all that
entails. Is anyone doing this, and if so, could you let me know how you
are going about this?

 

thanks!

-

lauren

 

-
LAUREN NICHOLAS
User Support Analyst - Hurd Campus

Center for Information Technology - CIT

Moravian College

adjunct prof | graphic design & music
ph. 610 861 1633
lpnicholas at moravian.edu

 

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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Mon Aug  3 07:49:57 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:49:57 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Re-route Home Directories
In-Reply-To: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911701F3DB@mail1.moravian.edu>
References: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911701F3DB@mail1.moravian.edu>
Message-ID: <A2B4CDB5-F376-4160-B8E5-CFE1F6C72B55@latinschool.org>

Lauren,

We are doing this.  Here is what we do.

We bind our clients to AD and we have force local home directory on  
startup drive checked.
We script out to change the users folder to our Data partition and  
rename the users folder on the boot drive to users.old
 From there we script out a sym link to the users document folder so  
that it is linked back to our server.  All other items related to the  
user folder are local to the machine on the second partition.
I can send the script if you want to see it.

Kathie
On Aug 3, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Nicholas, Lauren wrote:

> I know there is a way to re-route the home directories (in a local  
> home directory environment) to a partition, but I am not sure what  
> all that entails. Is anyone doing this, and if so, could you let me  
> know how you are going about this?
>
> thanks!
> -
> lauren
>
> ?
> LAUREN NICHOLAS
> User Support Analyst ? Hurd Campus
> Center for Information Technology ? CIT
> Moravian College
> adjunct prof | graphic design & music
> ph. 610 861 1633
> lpnicholas at moravian.edu
>
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From jamespalmer at smsd.org  Mon Aug  3 07:53:00 2009
From: jamespalmer at smsd.org (James Palmer)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:53:00 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Re-route Home Directories
In-Reply-To: <A2B4CDB5-F376-4160-B8E5-CFE1F6C72B55@latinschool.org>
References: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911701F3DB@mail1.moravian.edu>
	<A2B4CDB5-F376-4160-B8E5-CFE1F6C72B55@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <BD0F083F4ADBA845A3D6B8BFC54993A6285B54D1@ICEX01.SMSD.ORG>

Lauren,

 

We are doing this.  Here is what we do.

 

We bind our clients to AD and we have force local home directory on
startup drive checked.

We script out to change the users folder to our Data partition and
rename the users folder on the boot drive to users.old


From NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org  Mon Aug  3 07:58:00 2009
From: NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org (NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:58:00 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Re-route Home Directories
In-Reply-To: <BD0F083F4ADBA845A3D6B8BFC54993A6285B54D1@ICEX01.SMSD.ORG>
References: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911701F3DB@mail1.moravian.edu>	<A2B4CDB5-F376-4160-B8E5-CFE1F6C72B55@latinschool.org>
	<BD0F083F4ADBA845A3D6B8BFC54993A6285B54D1@ICEX01.SMSD.ORG>
Message-ID: <OF570BC0BC.3996B889-ON86257607.005227FA-86257607.005236C9@spps.org>

I'd like to see the script, too.   We are using AD, with local homes, but 
have Homes mapped in AD properties, too.



Nathaniel Lindley

++++++++++++++++++
Information Technology
Saint Paul Public Schools
Saint Paul, Minnesota
nathaniel.lindley at spps.org
phone:  651-248-6861



From:
James Palmer <jamespalmer at smsd.org>
To:
<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Date:
08/03/2009 09:53 AM
Subject:
Re: [Casper] Re-route Home Directories
Sent by:
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Lauren,
 
We are doing this.  Here is what we do.
 
We bind our clients to AD and we have force local home directory on 
startup drive checked.
We script out to change the users folder to our Data partition and rename 
the users folder on the boot drive to users.old
From there we script out a sym link to the users document folder so that 
it is linked back to our server.  All other items related to the user 
folder are local to the machine on the second partition. 
I can send the script if you want to see it.
 
Kathie
On Aug 3, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Nicholas, Lauren wrote:


I know there is a way to re-route the home directories (in a local home 
directory environment) to a partition, but I am not sure what all that 
entails. Is anyone doing this, and if so, could you let me know how you 
are going about this?
 
thanks!
-
lauren
 
 
I?d like to see the script if you would provide it please?
 
Thank you,
 
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From Toufiq.Yakoob at searshc.com  Mon Aug  3 08:16:30 2009
From: Toufiq.Yakoob at searshc.com (Yakoob, Toufiq)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 11:16:30 -0400
Subject: [Casper] CS4 Update deployment
Message-ID: <D82B90DE52DA804B85838D377D2FEBEF01F5EF65@ustrysvpexch13.kih.kmart.com>

We have packaged up all CS4 updates using casper admin with no issues
and we can deploy these updates to a client fine but the CS4 product
that has multiple updates such as flash and Illustrator which have two
different version:

Illustrator 1301 and 1302

Flash 902 and 903

Later version does not get installed. Even though we have set the
priority to 13 so it goes after the first one is installed and it looks
like it does, but it does not update the product. There are no errors
when deploying it either.. any idea?

 

 

Toufiq Yakoob
CTS (Client Technical Services)
Sears Holdings Corporation Information Technology,
3333 Beverly Rd., Hoffman Estates, IL  60179  Office: B2-172A,

Phone:  847-286-2932 Email:  tyakoob at searshc.com
<mailto:tyakoob at searshc.com>  

SHC Blackberry: '2244650508 at messaging.sprintpcs.com'
<mailto:'2244650508 at messaging.sprintpcs.com'> 

 

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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Mon Aug  3 08:19:41 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:19:41 -0500
Subject: [Casper] CS4 Update deployment
In-Reply-To: <D82B90DE52DA804B85838D377D2FEBEF01F5EF65@ustrysvpexch13.kih.kmart.com>
Message-ID: <C69C6A3D.AAEB%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

Are you actually using packages of the updates created in Composer, or are you taking the downloaded update DMG files and placing them directly into the JSS?

Craig E

On 8/3/09 10:16 AM, "Yakoob, Toufiq" <Toufiq.Yakoob at searshc.com> wrote:

We have packaged up all CS4 updates using casper admin with no issues and we can deploy these updates to a client fine but the CS4 product that has multiple updates such as flash and Illustrator which have two different version:
Illustrator 1301 and 1302
Flash 902 and 903
Later version does not get installed. Even though we have set the priority to 13 so it goes after the first one is installed and it looks like it does, but it does not update the product. There are no errors when deploying it either.. any idea?


Toufiq Yakoob
CTS (Client Technical Services)
Sears Holdings Corporation Information Technology,
3333 Beverly Rd., Hoffman Estates, IL  60179  Office: B2-172A,
Phone:  847-286-2932 Email:  tyakoob at searshc.com <mailto:tyakoob at searshc.com>
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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Mon Aug  3 09:19:49 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 11:19:49 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Re-route Home Directories
In-Reply-To: <fc.011f04d200d6a6b53b9aca00ac05090a.d6a6d3@bend.k12.or.us>
References: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911701F3DB@mail1.moravian.edu>
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On Aug 3, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Chad Brewer wrote:

> Could I get a copy of that script?
>
> Thanks,
> Chad
>
>
> Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> on August 3, 2009 at 7:49  
> AM -0800 wrote:
> Lauren,
>
>
> We are doing this.  Here is what we do.
>
>
> We bind our clients to AD and we have force local home directory on  
> startup drive checked.
> We script out to change the users folder to our Data partition and  
> rename the users folder on the boot drive to users.old
> From there we script out a sym link to the users document folder so  
> that it is linked back to our server.  All other items related to  
> the user folder are local to the machine on the second partition.
> I can send the script if you want to see it.
>
>
> Kathie
> On Aug 3, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Nicholas, Lauren wrote:
>
>
>
> I know there is a way to re-route the home directories (in a local  
> home directory environment) to a partition, but I am not sure what  
> all that entails. Is anyone doing this, and if so, could you let me  
> know how you are going about this?
>
> thanks!
> -
> lauren
>
> ?
> LAUREN NICHOLAS
> User Support Analyst ? Hurd Campus
> Center for Information Technology ? CIT
> Moravian College
> adjunct prof | graphic design & music
> ph. 610 861 1633
> lpnicholas at moravian.edu
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>
>
>
> ___________
> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
> 312.582.6136
>
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>
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From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Tue Aug  4 12:28:45 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 14:28:45 -0500
Subject: [Casper] NetInstall Maker
Message-ID: <C69DF61D.B151%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>

How long should I be waiting on the NetInstall maker to make the NetInstall set?  It's been sitting on 'Adding Startup Scripts...' for about 3.5 hours now.  The processors are busy, though not pegged and Activity monitor doesn't think it's hung.  Just curious on others experiences...

Thanks,
John

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From eyoung at thayer.org  Tue Aug  4 12:42:31 2009
From: eyoung at thayer.org (Eric Young)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 15:42:31 -0400
Subject: [Casper] NetInstall Maker
In-Reply-To: <C69DF61D.B151%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
References: <C69DF61D.B151%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
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thats a very long time.  My netboot images generally take less than 20  
minutes to run them through the creator.

On Aug 4, 2009, at 3:28 PM, John Wetter wrote:

> How long should I be waiting on the NetInstall maker to make the  
> NetInstall set?  It?s been sitting on ?Adding Startup Scripts...?  
> for about 3.5 hours now.  The processors are busy, though not pegged  
> and Activity monitor doesn?t think it?s hung.  Just curious on  
> others experiences...
>
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> John
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From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Tue Aug  4 18:26:23 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 20:26:23 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Casper NetInstall Creator 3
In-Reply-To: <fc.011f04d200d0de993b9aca00d82e3507.d0deba@bend.k12.or.us>
Message-ID: <C69E49EF.B185%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>

I'm having Criss' same issue.  I created a net netinstall set and it's still dropping it back to the terminal.  Criss, did you find a fix, or Chad, did you do anything special?

I've created two NetInstall sets and neither worked.  I created the original OS image using Composer.

Thanks,
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From: Chad Brewer <chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:45:42 -0500
To: <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Casper NetInstall Creator 3

I retract my previous statement.  Due to some network changes I was not netbooting off the server that I thought I was.

My new netboot image is working like it should and it now opens up the LaunchPad when I exit Casper Imaging.  This is a nice feature.

Chad


"Criss  Myers" <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk> on July 6, 2009 at 3:24 AM -0700 wrote:


HI All




Has anyone used this yet?




Ive tried to use it so that when you quit Casper Imaging it then launches the Casper NetInstall LaunchPad with various options such as Open the JSS and open Disk utility




Ive created two netinstall images and both of them go back to opening Terminal should the Casper imaging quit




Had anyone else successfully done this?




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

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From david.lundgren at brooks.edu  Tue Aug  4 18:41:48 2009
From: david.lundgren at brooks.edu (David Lundgren)
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:41:48 -0700
Subject: [Casper] DMG building problems
Message-ID: <C69E316C.10C46%dlundgren@brooks.edu>

Has anyone else seen a problem when building DMG's on Leopard and installing them on Tiger?

I just built a dmg for Firefox 3.0.13 on Leopard and I noticed that I lost javascript functionality (toggling it on/off didn't help). I then built the dmg on a Tiger machine and I was once again able to use javascript. This was most notable on youtube.com where I knew Flash was working, and had to track down why JavaScript apparently wasn't running.

Composer 7.01 was used on both OS's to build the DMG's.

So far out of the several DMG's that I've built on Leopard based machines this is the first one that has caused any major problems, so I'll hopefully be able to dig into it deeper later when I have time.

Thanks,

Dave

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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Wed Aug  5 10:29:13 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:29:13 -0500
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>
Message-ID: <E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>

What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes  
to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes  
forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and  
sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!


From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Wed Aug  5 10:31:05 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:31:05 +0100
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>
	<E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <44EE9F84-60B4-42C8-B021-1406B7C4B16F@uclan.ac.uk>

You can use workgroup manager to lock docks, one of the many  
advantages of a mac OD setup

Criss

On 5 Aug 2009, at 18:29, Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>  
wrote:

> What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes
> to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes
> forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and
> sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper

From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Wed Aug  5 10:32:02 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:32:02 -0500
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <44EE9F84-60B4-42C8-B021-1406B7C4B16F@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>
	<E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
	<44EE9F84-60B4-42C8-B021-1406B7C4B16F@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <F3F8B1CF-9450-43E9-8145-27864334772B@latinschool.org>

I should clarify, we don't use OD and can't use manage preferences.

On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Criss Myers wrote:

> You can use workgroup manager to lock docks, one of the many  
> advantages of a mac OD setup
>
> Criss
>
> On 5 Aug 2009, at 18:29, Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>  
> wrote:
>
>> What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes
>> to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes
>> forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and
>> sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Casper mailing list
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper

___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136





From jorge at nyu.edu  Wed Aug  5 10:34:10 2009
From: jorge at nyu.edu (jorge a. najera-ordonez)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:34:10 -0400
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <44EE9F84-60B4-42C8-B021-1406B7C4B16F@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>
	<E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
	<44EE9F84-60B4-42C8-B021-1406B7C4B16F@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <9C3E1502-4490-4402-B20E-CFE49EB56E9D@nyu.edu>

or if you dont have an od setup you could run wgm on the local clients  
and just import mcx settings for the dock for the specific user account.

jorge

On Aug 5, 2009, at 1:31 PM, Criss Myers wrote:

> You can use workgroup manager to lock docks, one of the many
> advantages of a mac OD setup
>
> Criss
>
> On 5 Aug 2009, at 18:29, Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
> wrote:
>
>> What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes
>> to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes
>> forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and
>> sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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 sdiver at d125.org  Wed Aug  5 10:32:53 2009
From: sdiver at d125.org (Steven Diver)
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:32:53 -0500
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>
	<E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <fc.011f7a1113d06f333b9aca0057a3bfa3.13d06f82@d125.org>

Open Directory is the way to go. Workgroup Manager makes it VERY easy.

Steve

--
Steven Diver, Network Manager
Adlai E. Stevenson High School / www.d125.org
Email: sdiver at d125.org / Phone: 847.415.4304

"Be not simply good, be good for something."
-Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)


Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> on August 5, 2009 at 12:29 PM
-0500 wrote:
>What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes  
>to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes  
>forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and  
>sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!
>
>_______________________________________________
>Casper mailing list
>Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


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From chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us  Wed Aug  5 10:34:33 2009
From: chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us (Chad Brewer)
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:34:33 -0700
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>
	<E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <fc.011f04d200d755273b9aca0057a3bfa3.d755ab@bend.k12.or.us>

You can do it using Open Directory or Casper Managed Preferences.

In Casper create a Managed Preference.  Create Setting from Template >
com.apple.dock and do "Changes Disabled"

You want the contents-immutable key changed to true.


Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> on August 5, 2009 at 10:29 AM
-0800 wrote:
>What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes  
>to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes  
>forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and  
>sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!
>
>_______________________________________________
>Casper mailing list
>Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Wed Aug  5 10:36:11 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:36:11 -0500
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <fc.011f04d200d755273b9aca0057a3bfa3.d755ab@bend.k12.or.us>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>
	<E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
	<fc.011f04d200d755273b9aca0057a3bfa3.d755ab@bend.k12.or.us>
Message-ID: <C678EEF8-263E-4D65-B1E5-8C76761A1081@latinschool.org>

I need to do this without OD
Without Casper Managed Prefs as we have that turned off right now.
I need to do this via Casper.

Is this an impossible task?
On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:

> You can do it using Open Directory or Casper Managed Preferences.
>
> In Casper create a Managed Preference.  Create Setting from Template  
> > com.apple.dock and do "Changes Disabled"
>
> You want the contents-immutable key changed to true.
>
>
> Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> on August 5, 2009 at 10:29  
> AM -0800 wrote:
> What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes
> to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes
> forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and
> sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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

___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



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From NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org  Wed Aug  5 10:42:49 2009
From: NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org (NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:42:49 -0500
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <C678EEF8-263E-4D65-B1E5-8C76761A1081@latinschool.org>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>	<E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
	<fc.011f04d200d755273b9aca0057a3bfa3.d755ab@bend.k12.or.us>
	<C678EEF8-263E-4D65-B1E5-8C76761A1081@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <OF9FC5C44D.F4C1F9F9-ON86257609.00612EA6-86257609.00614E6B@spps.org>

If the "locked" dock is for a specific local user "student" could she 
create a User Environment package for that user that has the dock.plist 
and then set a login or logout policy for those computers to apply that 
package on an ongoing basis.   Cache for offline use, too?




From:
Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
To:
"Chad Brewer" <chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us>
Cc:
casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
Date:
08/05/2009 12:36 PM
Subject:
Re: [Casper] locking docks
Sent by:
casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com



I need to do this without OD
Without Casper Managed Prefs as we have that turned off right now.
I need to do this via Casper. 

Is this an impossible task?
On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:

You can do it using Open Directory or Casper Managed Preferences.

In Casper create a Managed Preference.  Create Setting from Template > 
com.apple.dock and do "Changes Disabled"

You want the contents-immutable key changed to true.


Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> on August 5, 2009 at 10:29 AM 
-0800 wrote:
What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes 
to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes 
forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and 
sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!

_______________________________________________
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

___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136


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From chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us  Wed Aug  5 10:47:10 2009
From: chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us (Chad Brewer)
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:47:10 -0700
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <C678EEF8-263E-4D65-B1E5-8C76761A1081@latinschool.org>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>
	<E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
	<fc.011f04d200d755273b9aca0057a3bfa3.d755ab@bend.k12.or.us>
	<C678EEF8-263E-4D65-B1E5-8C76761A1081@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <fc.011f04d200d756473b9aca0057a3bfa3.d756c7@bend.k12.or.us>

If you are not using Open Directory I don't think theres any downside to
turning on Casper Managed Preferences.

You could probably use plist buddy to modify the contents-immutable key in
com.apple.dock to True and run it on login, but that seems like a lot more
work.

Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> on August 5, 2009 at 10:36 AM
-0800 wrote:
>I need to do this without OD
>Without Casper Managed Prefs as we have that turned off right now.
>I need to do this via Casper. 
>
>
>Is this an impossible task?
>On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:
>
>
>
>You can do it using Open Directory or Casper Managed Preferences.
>
>In Casper create a Managed Preference.  Create Setting from Template >
>com.apple.dock and do "Changes Disabled"
>
>You want the contents-immutable key changed to true.
>
>
>Kathie Iorizzo <[ mailto:kiorizzo at latinschool.org
>]kiorizzo at latinschool.org> on August 5, 2009 at 10:29 AM -0800 wrote:
>What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes  
>to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes  
>forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and  
>sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!
>
>_______________________________________________
>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
>[ 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
>
>
>
>___________
>Kathie Iorizzo
>Lower School Technician
>The Latin School of Chicago
>[ mailto:kiorizzo at latinschool.org ]kiorizzo at latinschool.org
>312.582.6136
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From jorge at nyu.edu  Wed Aug  5 11:05:36 2009
From: jorge at nyu.edu (jorge a. najera-ordonez)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:05:36 -0400
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <fc.011f04d200d756473b9aca0057a3bfa3.d756c7@bend.k12.or.us>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>
	<E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
	<fc.011f04d200d755273b9aca0057a3bfa3.d755ab@bend.k12.or.us>
	<C678EEF8-263E-4D65-B1E5-8C76761A1081@latinschool.org>
	<fc.011f04d200d756473b9aca0057a3bfa3.d756c7@bend.k12.or.us>
Message-ID: <8C7C89D1-F974-4B2D-A6C0-8A72CAAD398B@nyu.edu>

create a server admin tools package and deploy that.

on one machine configure your dock settings via wgm and then in  
terminal export the mcx settings:

sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -mcxexport /Users/"account name here' > ~/Desktop/ 
mcx.txt

package up this mcx file and deploy it to the machines.

run this script via casper to import the mcx settings:

#!/bin/sh

/usr/bin/dscl . -mcximport /Users/"account name here"  /path/to/mcx.txt
rm -f /mcx.txt


jorge

On Aug 5, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:

> If you are not using Open Directory I don't think theres any  
> downside to turning on Casper Managed Preferences.
>
> You could probably use plist buddy to modify the contents-immutable  
> key in com.apple.dock to True and run it on login, but that seems  
> like a lot more work.
>
> Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> on August 5, 2009 at 10:36  
> AM -0800 wrote:
> I need to do this without OD
> Without Casper Managed Prefs as we have that turned off right now.
> I need to do this via Casper.
>
>
> Is this an impossible task?
> On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:
>
>
>
> You can do it using Open Directory or Casper Managed Preferences.
>
> In Casper create a Managed Preference.  Create Setting from Template  
> > com.apple.dock and do "Changes Disabled"
>
> You want the contents-immutable key changed to true.
>
>
> Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> on August 5, 2009 at 10:29  
> AM -0800 wrote:
> What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes
> to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes
> forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and
> sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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
>
>
>
> ___________
> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
> 312.582.6136
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From Dustin.Dorey at district196.org  Wed Aug  5 11:17:14 2009
From: Dustin.Dorey at district196.org (Dorey, Dustin)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:17:14 -0500
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <C678EEF8-263E-4D65-B1E5-8C76761A1081@latinschool.org>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com><E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org><fc.011f04d200d755273b9aca0057a3bfa3.d755ab@bend.k12.or.us>
	<C678EEF8-263E-4D65-B1E5-8C76761A1081@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <DFFCE7044F8AFF41AB2262F92C78216209CAEC48@do-mail03.district196.org>

We set up templates for the student user accounts that are cached
locally on the computer and upon each reboot a policy that is available
off line replaces the potentially changed student prefs such as dock
with the good cached and hidden template.   Let me know if you want more
info on this.

The advantage for us was that I also created an applescript application
that allows our building level technical contacts to create the template
on their own and disperse it via ARD, the only help they need from us is
that we have to put the computers in the scope of the policy.

 

-Dusty-

 

Dustin  Dorey

Technology Support Cluster Specialist

Independant School District 196

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools

dustin.dorey at district196.org

651|423|7971

 

 

From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
[mailto:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Kathie
Iorizzo
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 12:36 PM
To: Chad Brewer
Cc: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
Subject: Re: [Casper] locking docks

 

I need to do this without OD

Without Casper Managed Prefs as we have that turned off right now.

I need to do this via Casper. 

 

Is this an impossible task?

On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:





You can do it using Open Directory or Casper Managed Preferences.

 

In Casper create a Managed Preference.  Create Setting from Template >
com.apple.dock and do "Changes Disabled"

 

You want the contents-immutable key changed to true.

 

Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> on August 5, 2009 at 10:29 AM
-0800 wrote:

What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes  

to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes  

forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and  

sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!

 

_______________________________________________

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

 

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Kathie Iorizzo

Lower School Technician

The Latin School of Chicago

kiorizzo at latinschool.org

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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Wed Aug  5 11:07:27 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:07:27 -0400
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <fc.011f04d200d756473b9aca0057a3bfa3.d756c7@bend.k12.or.us>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>
	<E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
	<fc.011f04d200d755273b9aca0057a3bfa3.d755ab@bend.k12.or.us>
	<C678EEF8-263E-4D65-B1E5-8C76761A1081@latinschool.org>
	<fc.011f04d200d756473b9aca0057a3bfa3.d756c7@bend.k12.or.us>
Message-ID: <E39D1486-A955-4AC9-87E8-11559DF8382E@ll.mit.edu>

Can you change the owner on com.apple.dock.plist so that it can't be modified?
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 5, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:

If you are not using Open Directory I don't think theres any downside to turning on Casper Managed Preferences.

You could probably use plist buddy to modify the contents-immutable key in com.apple.dock to True and run it on login, but that seems like a lot more work.

Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org<mailto:kiorizzo at latinschool.org>> on August 5, 2009 at 10:36 AM -0800 wrote:
I need to do this without OD
Without Casper Managed Prefs as we have that turned off right now.
I need to do this via Casper.


Is this an impossible task?
On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:



You can do it using Open Directory or Casper Managed Preferences.

In Casper create a Managed Preference.  Create Setting from Template > com.apple.dock and do "Changes Disabled"

You want the contents-immutable key changed to true.


Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org<mailto:kiorizzo at latinschool.org>> on August 5, 2009 at 10:29 AM -0800 wrote:
What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes
to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes
forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and
sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!

_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<mailto:Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


_______________________________________________
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Wed Aug  5 11:07:27 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:07:27 -0400
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <fc.011f04d200d756473b9aca0057a3bfa3.d756c7@bend.k12.or.us>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>
	<E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
	<fc.011f04d200d755273b9aca0057a3bfa3.d755ab@bend.k12.or.us>
	<C678EEF8-263E-4D65-B1E5-8C76761A1081@latinschool.org>
	<fc.011f04d200d756473b9aca0057a3bfa3.d756c7@bend.k12.or.us>
Message-ID: <E39D1486-A955-4AC9-87E8-11559DF8382E@ll.mit.edu>

Can you change the owner on com.apple.dock.plist so that it can't be modified?
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 5, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:

If you are not using Open Directory I don't think theres any downside to turning on Casper Managed Preferences.

You could probably use plist buddy to modify the contents-immutable key in com.apple.dock to True and run it on login, but that seems like a lot more work.

Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org<mailto:kiorizzo at latinschool.org>> on August 5, 2009 at 10:36 AM -0800 wrote:
I need to do this without OD
Without Casper Managed Prefs as we have that turned off right now.
I need to do this via Casper.


Is this an impossible task?
On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:



You can do it using Open Directory or Casper Managed Preferences.

In Casper create a Managed Preference.  Create Setting from Template > com.apple.dock and do "Changes Disabled"

You want the contents-immutable key changed to true.


Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org<mailto:kiorizzo at latinschool.org>> on August 5, 2009 at 10:29 AM -0800 wrote:
What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes
to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes
forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and
sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!

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From eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com  Wed Aug  5 11:19:22 2009
From: eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com (Eric Winkelhake)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 13:19:22 -0500
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <E39D1486-A955-4AC9-87E8-11559DF8382E@ll.mit.edu>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>	<E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
	<fc.011f04d200d755273b9aca0057a3bfa3.d755ab@bend.k12.or.us>
	<C678EEF8-263E-4D65-B1E5-8C76761A1081@latinschool.org>
	<fc.011f04d200d756473b9aca0057a3bfa3.d756c7@bend.k12.or.us>
	<E39D1486-A955-4AC9-87E8-11559DF8382E@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <OFA60C3D56.1F6E5617-ON86257609.0064A066-86257609.0064A644@lionresources.com>

what about self healing??

eric winkelhake
mundocomww
office 312 220 1669
cell 312 504 5155




From:
"Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>
To:
Chad Brewer <chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us>
Cc:
"casper at list.jamfsoftware.com" <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Date:
08/05/2009 01:17 PM
Subject:
Re: [Casper] locking docks
Sent by:
casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com



Can you change the owner on com.apple.dock.plist so that it can't be 
modified?
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 5, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:

If you are not using Open Directory I don't think theres any downside to 
turning on Casper Managed Preferences.

You could probably use plist buddy to modify the contents-immutable key in 
com.apple.dock to True and run it on login, but that seems like a lot more 
work.

Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> on August 5, 2009 at 10:36 AM 
-0800 wrote:
I need to do this without OD
Without Casper Managed Prefs as we have that turned off right now.
I need to do this via Casper. 


Is this an impossible task?
On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:



You can do it using Open Directory or Casper Managed Preferences.

In Casper create a Managed Preference.  Create Setting from Template > 
com.apple.dock and do "Changes Disabled"

You want the contents-immutable key changed to true.


Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> on August 5, 2009 at 10:29 AM 
-0800 wrote:
What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes 
to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes 
forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and 
sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!

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From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Wed Aug  5 11:36:50 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 19:36:50 +0100
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <OFA60C3D56.1F6E5617-ON86257609.0064A066-86257609.0064A644@lionresources.com>
References: <C69C5B22.11BD8%patc@180amsterdam.com>	<E771644F-61F6-4665-ABEB-63C7414B6755@latinschool.org>
	<fc.011f04d200d755273b9aca0057a3bfa3.d755ab@bend.k12.or.us>
	<C678EEF8-263E-4D65-B1E5-8C76761A1081@latinschool.org>
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Message-ID: <A0D61DFE-2DAA-4C4E-AB0A-297425348AD9@uclan.ac.uk>

How about using deep freeze?

On 5 Aug 2009, at 19:19, Eric Winkelhake  
<eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com> wrote:

> what about self healing??
>
> eric winkelhake
> mundocomww
> office 312 220 1669
> cell 312 504 5155
>
>
>
> From:	"Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>
> To:	Chad Brewer <chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us>
> Cc:	"casper at list.jamfsoftware.com" <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Date:	08/05/2009 01:17 PM
> Subject:	Re: [Casper] locking docks
> Sent by:	casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
>
>
>
>
> Can you change the owner on com.apple.dock.plist so that it can't be  
> modified?
> ---
> Jared F. Nichols
> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
> Information Services Department
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
> 781.981.5436
>
> On Aug 5, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:
>
> If you are not using Open Directory I don't think theres any  
> downside to turning on Casper Managed Preferences.
>
> You could probably use plist buddy to modify the contents-immutable  
> key in com.apple.dock to True and run it on login, but that seems  
> like a lot more work.
>
> Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> on August 5, 2009 at 10:36  
> AM -0800 wrote:
> I need to do this without OD
> Without Casper Managed Prefs as we have that turned off right now.
> I need to do this via Casper.
>
>
> Is this an impossible task?
> On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:
>
>
>
> You can do it using Open Directory or Casper Managed Preferences.
>
> In Casper create a Managed Preference.  Create Setting from Template  
> > com.apple.dock and do "Changes Disabled"
>
> You want the contents-immutable key changed to true.
>
>
> Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> on August 5, 2009 at 10:29  
> AM -0800 wrote:
> What is the best way to lock the dock so that no one can make changes
> to it. In the past we have used parental controls but this takes
> forever on 100 machines.  I tried just doing it on one machine and
> sending the plist out.. same thing. Any ideas? Thanks!
>
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From william.smith at merrillcorp.com  Wed Aug  5 11:56:30 2009
From: william.smith at merrillcorp.com (Smith, William)
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:56:30 -0500
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <C678EEF8-263E-4D65-B1E5-8C76761A1081@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <C69F400E.DECC%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>

From: Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:36:11 -0500

> I need to do this without OD
> Without Casper Managed Prefs as we have that turned off right now.
> I need to do this via Casper.
> 
> Is this an impossible task?
> On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:
 
Take 20 minutes to explore Managed Preferences in the JSS. Turning it on
does nothing until you actually assign (scope) computers or computer groups
to it. Assign one machine to it for testing.

All machines phone home at login unless they cannot connect to the JSS for
some reason. The new settings will be applied then.

Very simple and very quick to set up. An elegant solution.

-- 

bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
MCS IT
Merrill Communications, LLC
(651) 632-1492


From Rich_Barron at vfc.com  Wed Aug  5 14:55:57 2009
From: Rich_Barron at vfc.com (Rich_Barron at vfc.com)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:55:57 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Trick to unlock folders via policy or self service?
Message-ID: <OF0775F71B.CE1CF02B-ON88257609.0077F1D6-88257609.00787A98@vfc.com>

We have Casper 6 and are installing CS4 to systems. The Photoshop and 
Illustrator swatches and plug-ins folders are locked during this process. 
Now the artists can't add their swatches or plug ins unless we manually go 
unlock the folders for them. Can I use JSS/Casper to unlock those folders 
without having to go touch each machine? I am guessing a policy to run a 
unix chmod command once per computer maybe? I think that is the right 
concept, but could use a hand on the details or any better solutions if 
you have them.

Thanks!

Rich Barron
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From swood at integer.com  Wed Aug  5 15:01:24 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:01:24 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Trick to unlock folders via policy or self service?
In-Reply-To: <OF0775F71B.CE1CF02B-ON88257609.0077F1D6-88257609.00787A98@vfc.com>
References: <OF0775F71B.CE1CF02B-ON88257609.0077F1D6-88257609.00787A98@vfc.com>
Message-ID: <438f5a310908051501y48578453m52028e890802613f@mail.gmail.com>

Have you tried letting your users install to their home folder?  I don't
remember the Adobe article, or if it was even an Adobe article, but using
the Application Support folder in the user's Library folder works.

So, for Photoshop CS4:

~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CS4/Presets

I've used this before and my users can add their own plugins and swatches.
Better than monkeying with the Applications folder and then having to
re-apply permissions after Adobe updates their software.

Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475


On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:55 PM, <Rich_Barron at vfc.com> wrote:

> We have Casper 6 and are installing CS4 to systems. The Photoshop and
> Illustrator swatches and plug-ins folders are locked during this process.
> Now the artists can't add their swatches or plug ins unless we manually go
> unlock the folders for them. Can I use JSS/Casper to unlock those folders
> without having to go touch each machine? I am guessing a policy to run a
> unix chmod command once per computer maybe? I think that is the right
> concept, but could use a hand on the details or any better solutions if you
> have them.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rich Barron
>
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From Rich_Barron at vfc.com  Wed Aug  5 15:34:27 2009
From: Rich_Barron at vfc.com (Rich_Barron at vfc.com)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 15:34:27 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Trick to unlock folders via policy or self service?
In-Reply-To: <438f5a310908051501y48578453m52028e890802613f@mail.gmail.com>
References: <OF0775F71B.CE1CF02B-ON88257609.0077F1D6-88257609.00787A98@vfc.com>
	<438f5a310908051501y48578453m52028e890802613f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <OFBE2D1228.EEFB5B1A-ON88257609.007BEE9A-88257609.007C00E4@vfc.com>

Nice! I'll pass that on to the users and see if that will work for 
them....

Thanks!

Rich Barron




Steve Wood <swood at integer.com> 
08/05/2009 03:01 PM

To
Rich_Barron at vfc.com
cc
Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
Subject
Re: [Casper] Trick to unlock folders via policy or self service?






Have you tried letting your users install to their home folder?  I don't 
remember the Adobe article, or if it was even an Adobe article, but using 
the Application Support folder in the user's Library folder works.

So, for Photoshop CS4:

~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CS4/Presets

I've used this before and my users can add their own plugins and 
swatches.  Better than monkeying with the Applications folder and then 
having to re-apply permissions after Adobe updates their software.

Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com 

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201 
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475 


On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 4:55 PM, <Rich_Barron at vfc.com> wrote:
We have Casper 6 and are installing CS4 to systems. The Photoshop and 
Illustrator swatches and plug-ins folders are locked during this process. 
Now the artists can't add their swatches or plug ins unless we manually go 
unlock the folders for them. Can I use JSS/Casper to unlock those folders 
without having to go touch each machine? I am guessing a policy to run a 
unix chmod command once per computer maybe? I think that is the right 
concept, but could use a hand on the details or any better solutions if 
you have them. 

Thanks! 

Rich Barron

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Wed Aug  5 16:20:20 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:20:20 -0500
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <C69F400E.DECC%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>
References: <C678EEF8-263E-4D65-B1E5-8C76761A1081@latinschool.org>
	<C69F400E.DECC%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>
Message-ID: <4A79CD64.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Just to chime in yet another way...

Self healing log in hooks done by casper policy, and capture the dock with composer and make it a package.  It will get deployed at every log in.   
 
>>> "Smith, William" <william.smith at merrillcorp.com> 08/05/09 1:56 PM >>> 
From: Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:36:11 -0500

> I need to do this without OD
> Without Casper Managed Prefs as we have that turned off right now.
> I need to do this via Casper.
> 
> Is this an impossible task?
> On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:
 
Take 20 minutes to explore Managed Preferences in the JSS. Turning it on
does nothing until you actually assign (scope) computers or computer groups
to it. Assign one machine to it for testing.

All machines phone home at login unless they cannot connect to the JSS for
some reason. The new settings will be applied then.

Very simple and very quick to set up. An elegant solution.

-- 

bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
MCS IT
Merrill Communications, LLC
(651) 632-1492

_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
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From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Wed Aug  5 16:28:35 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:28:35 -0500
Subject: [Casper] locking docks
In-Reply-To: <4A79CD64.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <C69F7FD3.B207%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>

This is how we have done it (though we'll move to managed preferences in Casper this year).  We have the Dock and environment packages apply at startup.  So, a kid can mess with anything and if they do, restart the computer.  Check the box to make available off-line and then it's just there on the machine from then on.  It will make startup a tad slower, but we do it there so as kids log in and out there isn't the delay, only reboot if something is messed up.

Thanks,
John

--
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373


________________________________
From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:20:20 -0500
To: <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>, William Smith <william.smith at merrillcorp.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] locking docks

Just to chime in yet another way...

Self healing log in hooks done by casper policy, and capture the dock with composer and make it a package.  It will get deployed at every log in.

>>> "Smith, William" <william.smith at merrillcorp.com> 08/05/09 1:56 PM >>>
From: Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:36:11 -0500

> I need to do this without OD
> Without Casper Managed Prefs as we have that turned off right now.
> I need to do this via Casper.
>
> Is this an impossible task?
> On Aug 5, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Chad Brewer wrote:

Take 20 minutes to explore Managed Preferences in the JSS. Turning it on
does nothing until you actually assign (scope) computers or computer groups
to it. Assign one machine to it for testing.

All machines phone home at login unless they cannot connect to the JSS for
some reason. The new settings will be applied then.

Very simple and very quick to set up. An elegant solution.

--

bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
MCS IT
Merrill Communications, LLC
(651) 632-1492

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From bstewart at brocku.ca  Wed Aug  5 18:40:32 2009
From: bstewart at brocku.ca (Bruce Stewart)
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:40:32 -0400
Subject: [Casper] getting statistics from Computer Usage logs
Message-ID: <C69FACD0.BE79%bstewart@brocku.ca>

Hello,
I was wondering if anyone out there has ever gotten statistics out of the computer usage logs in Casper?
I would like to be able to get number of unique logins in a day or in a period of a day, or even to compile charts of numbers for each weekday. This would be very helpful to get summaries of usage of a couple of labs that I am using Casper to manage.

Any experiences out there?



Bruce
________________________________
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Information Technology Services
Brock University
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Canada, L2S 3A1
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From patc at 180amsterdam.com  Thu Aug  6 02:21:35 2009
From: patc at 180amsterdam.com (Pat Camporeale)
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:21:35 +0200
Subject: [Casper] casper 7 netboot image kernal panic if image is
	quit(Eric Young)
In-Reply-To: <C695B853.47172%enrique.silberg@yr.com>
Message-ID: <C6A06D3F.11D1B%patc@180amsterdam.com>

Hi all.. Sorry for the late response.
:)

This is what I have to done to test the Kernel Panic (which is gone) but
.....


Simulation 001
I installed vanilla 10.5.7 with all the latest & greatest from Apple.
No tweaks nor mods were made.
Used Composer 7.01 to image.
NetInstall Image Creator 3 from O09 Resource Kit
Advanced Option > Launch Terminal when Quit Casper Imaging

Result:
Quit of Casper Imaging does not Kernel Panic.
Launches Terminal.
Can launch Finder open /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app
When try to launch Casper Imaging  cause Error Box:
    The operation could not be completed. An unexpected error has occurred
(error code ?10822)
Other applications launch fine (QuickTime, Safari, Chess, etc.)
Trying to Restart from Startup Disk Control Panel does nothing. You go
through the whole motion but no effect.
Can only restart from Terminal  by typing reboot
End Simulation 001

Simulation 002
Same Image as above
Advanced Option > Launch the NetInstall LaunchPad when Casper Imaging quits
with all LaunchPad privileges.

Result:
Same results as Simulation 001
End Simulation 002

Simulation 003
Same Image as above
Advanced Option > Shutdown

Result:
Quit of Casper Imaging does not Kernel Panic.
Machine shuts down properly.
End Simulation 003


Hardware Used:
Testing was done on a 15? iMac Intel
1.83 Intel Core Duo
2GB RAM
10.5.7 (latest at time of testing)


:)


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From Rich_Barron at vfc.com  Thu Aug  6 09:43:05 2009
From: Rich_Barron at vfc.com (Rich_Barron at vfc.com)
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:43:05 -0700
Subject: [Casper] List of restricted software?
In-Reply-To: <C69F7FD3.B207%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
References: <4A79CD64.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<C69F7FD3.B207%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
Message-ID: <OF94F86BE6.DE19E749-ON8825760A.005B06EE-8825760A.005BD58A@vfc.com>

Would the list like to help me start a shared list of restricted software 
names and process names? Maybe we can put one together and pass it off to 
JAMF to manage/update? I'm sure we all have our pet peeve applications. 
And I am sure there are new ones coming out all the time or ones we may 
have overlooked. So I suggest bringing our minds together and making a 
master list with some details so we can pick/skip the ones we need.

Here is the format I suggest:

Software Name: Skype
Process Name: skype  <--not sure on this one
Type of Application: Voice over IP software with video and file transfer 
features.
Risk: File transfer features bypass company firewalls and could allow 
infected files in to network.
Website: http://skype.com


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From eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com  Thu Aug  6 09:46:42 2009
From: eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com (Eric Winkelhake)
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:46:42 -0500
Subject: [Casper] casper imaging
Message-ID: <OFE19D9A3E.7138E98A-ON8625760A.005BED63-8625760A.005C2A6F@lionresources.com>

does anyone know where to set "repair permissions" and "update 
prebindings" as defaults when imaging??  ever since casper 7 you need to 
click "custom" to select those options and if it's possible i'd rather 
have them on by default.  i have people that rush through this and don't 
always double check stuff.

eric winkelhake
mundocomww
office 312 220 1669
cell 312 504 5155

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From william.smith at merrillcorp.com  Thu Aug  6 09:54:48 2009
From: william.smith at merrillcorp.com (Smith, William)
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:54:48 -0500
Subject: [Casper] casper imaging
In-Reply-To: <OFE19D9A3E.7138E98A-ON8625760A.005BED63-8625760A.005C2A6F@lionresources.com>
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From: Eric Winkelhake <eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:46:42 -0500

> does anyone know where to set "repair permissions" and "update prebindings" as
> defaults when imaging??  ever since casper 7 you need to click "custom" to
> select those options and if it's possible i'd rather have them on by default.
> i have people that rush through this and don't always double check stuff.

Have you looked at Casper 7.0's new feature for using a Mac OS X disk image
(a la InstaDMG)? If you were to use this then repairing permissions and
updating prebindings shouldn't be necessary, I would think. The OS install
should be pristine.

-- 

bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
MCS IT
Merrill Communications, LLC
(651) 632-1492


From tlarki at kckps.org  Thu Aug  6 10:36:38 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:36:38 -0500
Subject: [Casper] List of restricted software?
In-Reply-To: <OF94F86BE6.DE19E749-ON8825760A.005B06EE-8825760A.005BD58A@vfc.com>
References: <4A79CD64.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<C69F7FD3.B207%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
	<OF94F86BE6.DE19E749-ON8825760A.005B06EE-8825760A.005BD58A@vfc.com>
Message-ID: <4A7ACE55.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I restrict software by folder and no longer do individual apps.  Then I make sure that /Applications is owned by root:admin and do not allow any app to run from any other folder via MCX.  With version 7 you should be able to do this with out having a OD Server in place, I think.  

This is much easier and then it requires way less management.  Then you must authenticate via local admin to install software.  MCX settings already do this via OD Servers.  I then toss all of my apps that I want my IT staff to use in /Applications/Utilities and set the group policy for students to not allow them to run apps from that folder.  

They will not be allowed to run any process outside of the Applications folder and it will require admin rights to install anything in the /Applications folder.  So if they try to run a mobile version of Firefox from say a thumb drive they will get denied.  There are a few caveats to it, like if you allow applications to open other applications outside that folder it can get tricky.  Otherwise, it is way more simple and easy to maintain it that way. 
 

___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> <Rich_Barron at vfc.com> 08/06/09 11:43 AM >>> 
Would the list like to help me start a shared list of restricted software 
names and process names? Maybe we can put one together and pass it off to 
JAMF to manage/update? I'm sure we all have our pet peeve applications. 
And I am sure there are new ones coming out all the time or ones we may 
have overlooked. So I suggest bringing our minds together and making a 
master list with some details so we can pick/skip the ones we need.

Here is the format I suggest:

Software Name: Skype
Process Name: skype  <--not sure on this one
Type of Application: Voice over IP software with video and file transfer 
features.
Risk: File transfer features bypass company firewalls and could allow 
infected files in to network.
Website: http://skype.com


Rich Barron


From Rich_Barron at vfc.com  Thu Aug  6 11:01:16 2009
From: Rich_Barron at vfc.com (Rich_Barron at vfc.com)
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:01:16 -0700
Subject: [Casper] List of restricted software?
In-Reply-To: <4A7ACE55.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4A79CD64.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>	<C69F7FD3.B207%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
	<OF94F86BE6.DE19E749-ON8825760A.005B06EE-8825760A.005BD58A@vfc.com>
	<4A7ACE55.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <OFAF5DDE74.8562EAD5-ON8825760A.0062C18F-8825760A.0062FE02@vfc.com>

That sounds like a good idea. We'll have to give that some thought for the 
next build.

But in the mean time, I'm still looking for a list of 
applications/processes you all are using today.

Rich Barron



"Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> 
Sent by: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
08/06/2009 10:36 AM

To
<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>, <Rich_Barron at vfc.com>
cc

Subject
Re: [Casper] List of restricted software?






I restrict software by folder and no longer do individual apps.  Then I 
make sure that /Applications is owned by root:admin and do not allow any 
app to run from any other folder via MCX.  With version 7 you should be 
able to do this with out having a OD Server in place, I think. 

This is much easier and then it requires way less management.  Then you 
must authenticate via local admin to install software.  MCX settings 
already do this via OD Servers.  I then toss all of my apps that I want my 
IT staff to use in /Applications/Utilities and set the group policy for 
students to not allow them to run apps from that folder. 

They will not be allowed to run any process outside of the Applications 
folder and it will require admin rights to install anything in the 
/Applications folder.  So if they try to run a mobile version of Firefox 
from say a thumb drive they will get denied.  There are a few caveats to 
it, like if you allow applications to open other applications outside that 
folder it can get tricky.  Otherwise, it is way more simple and easy to 
maintain it that way. 
 

___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> <Rich_Barron at vfc.com> 08/06/09 11:43 AM >>> 
Would the list like to help me start a shared list of restricted software 
names and process names? Maybe we can put one together and pass it off to 
JAMF to manage/update? I'm sure we all have our pet peeve applications. 
And I am sure there are new ones coming out all the time or ones we may 
have overlooked. So I suggest bringing our minds together and making a 
master list with some details so we can pick/skip the ones we need.

Here is the format I suggest:

Software Name: Skype
Process Name: skype  <--not sure on this one
Type of Application: Voice over IP software with video and file transfer 
features.
Risk: File transfer features bypass company firewalls and could allow 
infected files in to network.
Website: http://skype.com


Rich Barron

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Thu Aug  6 12:49:04 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:49:04 -0500
Subject: [Casper] List of restricted software?
In-Reply-To: <OFAF5DDE74.8562EAD5-ON8825760A.0062C18F-8825760A.0062FE02@vfc.com>
References: <4A79CD64.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>	<C69F7FD3.B207%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
	<OF94F86BE6.DE19E749-ON8825760A.005B06EE-8825760A.005BD58A@vfc.com>
	<4A7ACE55.7141.0039.0@kckps.org><4A7ACE55.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<OFAF5DDE74.8562EAD5-ON8825760A.0062C18F-8825760A.0062FE02@vfc.com>
Message-ID: <4A7AED60.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Rich

In the past I just installed all of those apps on a machine and took note of what the process was labeled since it is case sensitive.  Skype, should be just like that, Skype.

We had restricted skype and if it detected it, it deleted it and sent the user a message saying their computer has been logged for running illegal software. 
 

I am sorry as I never kept or maintained a list.

-Tom


>>> <Rich_Barron at vfc.com> 08/06/09 1:01 PM >>> 
That sounds like a good idea. We'll have to give that some thought for the 
next build.

But in the mean time, I'm still looking for a list of 
applications/processes you all are using today.

Rich Barron



"Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> 
Sent by: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
08/06/2009 10:36 AM

To
<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>, <Rich_Barron at vfc.com>
cc

Subject
Re: [Casper] List of restricted software?






I restrict software by folder and no longer do individual apps.  Then I 
make sure that /Applications is owned by root:admin and do not allow any 
app to run from any other folder via MCX.  With version 7 you should be 
able to do this with out having a OD Server in place, I think. 

This is much easier and then it requires way less management.  Then you 
must authenticate via local admin to install software.  MCX settings 
already do this via OD Servers.  I then toss all of my apps that I want my 
IT staff to use in /Applications/Utilities and set the group policy for 
students to not allow them to run apps from that folder. 

They will not be allowed to run any process outside of the Applications 
folder and it will require admin rights to install anything in the 
/Applications folder.  So if they try to run a mobile version of Firefox 
from say a thumb drive they will get denied.  There are a few caveats to 
it, like if you allow applications to open other applications outside that 
folder it can get tricky.  Otherwise, it is way more simple and easy to 
maintain it that way. 
 

___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> <Rich_Barron at vfc.com> 08/06/09 11:43 AM >>> 
Would the list like to help me start a shared list of restricted software 
names and process names? Maybe we can put one together and pass it off to 
JAMF to manage/update? I'm sure we all have our pet peeve applications. 
And I am sure there are new ones coming out all the time or ones we may 
have overlooked. So I suggest bringing our minds together and making a 
master list with some details so we can pick/skip the ones we need.

Here is the format I suggest:

Software Name: Skype
Process Name: skype  <--not sure on this one
Type of Application: Voice over IP software with video and file transfer 
features.
Risk: File transfer features bypass company firewalls and could allow 
infected files in to network.
Website: http://skype.com


Rich Barron

_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper



From Rich_Barron at vfc.com  Thu Aug  6 13:23:34 2009
From: Rich_Barron at vfc.com (Rich_Barron at vfc.com)
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 13:23:34 -0700
Subject: [Casper] List of restricted software?
In-Reply-To: <4A7AED60.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4A79CD64.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>	<C69F7FD3.B207%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
	<OF94F86BE6.DE19E749-ON8825760A.005B06EE-8825760A.005BD58A@vfc.com>
	<4A7ACE55.7141.0039.0@kckps.org><4A7ACE55.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<OFAF5DDE74.8562EAD5-ON8825760A.0062C18F-8825760A.0062FE02@vfc.com>
	<4A7AED60.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <OFDEC048DA.9455C8BD-ON8825760A.006F19DE-8825760A.00700560@vfc.com>

> In the past I just installed all of those apps on a machine and took 
note of what the process was labeled since it is case sensitive.

Exactly why I thought we should put a quick list together. It might save 
us all some time and effort and open our eyes to what others are seeing 
out there as problems. Being forewarned is being fore armed. Plus it may 
not look so good to be seen searching for a bunch of 'bad' programs, 
downloading them and running them. It may even violate some laws (be glad 
you don't have to deal with SOX in the edu environments). 

I talked to JAMF and they said they would be happy to get such a list from 
us for the same reasons I mentioned above. So if you have any out there or 
ideas of any maybe I can look into, drop me a note off list.

Thanks!

Rich Barron




"Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> 
08/06/2009 12:49 PM

To
<Rich_Barron at vfc.com>
cc
<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject
Re: [Casper] List of restricted software?






Rich

In the past I just installed all of those apps on a machine and took note 
of what the process was labeled since it is case sensitive.  Skype, should 
be just like that, Skype.

We had restricted skype and if it detected it, it deleted it and sent the 
user a message saying their computer has been logged for running illegal 
software. 
 

I am sorry as I never kept or maintained a list.

-Tom


>>> <Rich_Barron at vfc.com> 08/06/09 1:01 PM >>> 
That sounds like a good idea. We'll have to give that some thought for the 

next build.

But in the mean time, I'm still looking for a list of 
applications/processes you all are using today.

Rich Barron



"Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> 
Sent by: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
08/06/2009 10:36 AM

To
<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>, <Rich_Barron at vfc.com>
cc

Subject
Re: [Casper] List of restricted software?






I restrict software by folder and no longer do individual apps.  Then I 
make sure that /Applications is owned by root:admin and do not allow any 
app to run from any other folder via MCX.  With version 7 you should be 
able to do this with out having a OD Server in place, I think. 

This is much easier and then it requires way less management.  Then you 
must authenticate via local admin to install software.  MCX settings 
already do this via OD Servers.  I then toss all of my apps that I want my 

IT staff to use in /Applications/Utilities and set the group policy for 
students to not allow them to run apps from that folder. 

They will not be allowed to run any process outside of the Applications 
folder and it will require admin rights to install anything in the 
/Applications folder.  So if they try to run a mobile version of Firefox 
from say a thumb drive they will get denied.  There are a few caveats to 
it, like if you allow applications to open other applications outside that 

folder it can get tricky.  Otherwise, it is way more simple and easy to 
maintain it that way. 
 

___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> <Rich_Barron at vfc.com> 08/06/09 11:43 AM >>> 
Would the list like to help me start a shared list of restricted software 
names and process names? Maybe we can put one together and pass it off to 
JAMF to manage/update? I'm sure we all have our pet peeve applications. 
And I am sure there are new ones coming out all the time or ones we may 
have overlooked. So I suggest bringing our minds together and making a 
master list with some details so we can pick/skip the ones we need.

Here is the format I suggest:

Software Name: Skype
Process Name: skype  <--not sure on this one
Type of Application: Voice over IP software with video and file transfer 
features.
Risk: File transfer features bypass company firewalls and could allow 
infected files in to network.
Website: http://skype.com


Rich Barron

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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Thu Aug  6 17:54:52 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 19:54:52 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Composing Home Directory
In-Reply-To: <C698B30C.11BB7%patc@180amsterdam.com>
References: <C698B30C.11BB7%patc@180amsterdam.com>
Message-ID: <D454EBF8-A5AB-47CB-8225-A3A3145D1016@latinschool.org>

I have the same settings for a local user to put on several machines.  
I composed my user "usstudent"   What is the best way to send this  
out? Should I send out the account first via remote and then the home  
folder?  I fill user templates on this?

Thank you in advance!


From sean.hansell at jwt.com  Fri Aug  7 13:07:37 2009
From: sean.hansell at jwt.com (sean.hansell at jwt.com)
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:07:37 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Editing the Self Service Splash
In-Reply-To: <5596f1620907301007v6fd66f9crf50a603c1604091b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <OFE8C73797.CBC1B7AA-ON8525760B.006E901E-8525760B.006E9DCB@jwt.com;
	namail3.na.corp.jwt.com>

Worked like a charm. Thank you. :)








Brad Rellinger <aw_aca_bre at nwoca.org> 
Sent by: brellinger at anthonywayneschools.org
07/30/09 01:09 PM

To
sean.hansell at jwt.com
cc
casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
Subject
Re: [Casper] Editing the Self Service Splash






on the server -- 
/Library/Tomcat/webapps/jamf/WEB-INF/selfservice/login.jsp

I'm sure this isn't a supported method, and will likely get overwritten 
with an update, but it worked for me.
--
Brad Rellinger
Technology Specialist
Anthony Wayne Local Schools K-12
aw_aca_bre at nwoca.org


On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:22 AM, <sean.hansell at jwt.com> wrote:

I wanna add some text to the login screen for Self Service, just telling 
users what account to use to login to Self Service. Does anyone know where 
I can edit this screen (at least I think its editable)? 

Thanks. 


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From chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us  Fri Aug  7 15:14:30 2009
From: chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us (Chad Brewer)
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:14:30 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Reconnecting to SMB volumes
Message-ID: <fc.011f04d200d80d64011f04d200d80d64.d80daf@bend.k12.or.us>

This is not a Casper question, but I'm still going to throw it out there...

We use SMB (Windows server) file shares for everything.  When AD users
login, their SMB home path is automatically mounted and they get a
shortcut in their dock (typical setup).

Our problem is when users close their laptop and leave the network without
logging out.  When they return to the network and try to connect to their
home volume they get a message that states "there was an error connecting
to the server."  I can't find a way to reconnect without logging out and
back in.  I'm somewhat certain this is just "how it works" but I'd still
like to find a way to fix it.

Chad

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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Fri Aug  7 18:29:38 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 20:29:38 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Reconnecting to SMB volumes
In-Reply-To: <fc.011f04d200d80d64011f04d200d80d64.d80daf@bend.k12.or.us>
Message-ID: <C6A23F32.AD48%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

Chad,

This is how it is I've found. I haven't heard enough complaints, hardly any aside from my own, so I have not looked at submitting this to Apple.

Since I have a run of calls into Apple, perhaps I'll rack up another one and see what happens. =)

AFP reconnects nicely I'm told...

Craig E


On 8/7/09 5:14 PM, "Chad Brewer" <chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us> wrote:

This is not a Casper question, but I'm still going to throw it out there...

We use SMB (Windows server) file shares for everything.  When AD users login, their SMB home path is automatically mounted and they get a shortcut in their dock (typical setup).

Our problem is when users close their laptop and leave the network without logging out.  When they return to the network and try to connect to their home volume they get a message that states "there was an error connecting to the server."  I can't find a way to reconnect without logging out and back in.  I'm somewhat certain this is just "how it works" but I'd still like to find a way to fix it.

Chad

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From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Fri Aug  7 18:41:48 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:41:48 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Reconnecting to SMB volumes
In-Reply-To: <C6A23F32.AD48%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
References: <C6A23F32.AD48%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <7BB1F492-1A7A-491A-B4C8-A5700AF0635A@loyolahs.edu>

It used to be the same with us before we went AFP. When users would complain, my answer was shutting down the computer when you're finished or logging out until you want to return would result in fewer errors and best performance. If you're in a 1:1 across a district or have to support hundreds or thousands, consider adding an announcement to a daily bulletin, if you have one. That's how we get the word out to all the students at once about things they should know or do.

- Jeff

Sent from a mobile device.

On Aug 7, 2009, at 18:32, "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu<mailto:ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>> wrote:

Chad,

This is how it is I?ve found. I haven?t heard enough complaints, hardly any aside from my own, so I have not looked at submitting this to Apple.

Since I have a run of calls into Apple, perhaps I?ll rack up another one and see what happens. =)

AFP reconnects nicely I?m told...

Craig E


On 8/7/09 5:14 PM, "Chad Brewer" <<chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us>chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us<mailto:chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us>> wrote:

This is not a Casper question, but I'm still going to throw it out there...

We use SMB (Windows server) file shares for everything.  When AD users login, their SMB home path is automatically mounted and they get a shortcut in their dock (typical setup).

Our problem is when users close their laptop and leave the network without logging out.  When they return to the network and try to connect to their home volume they get a message that states "there was an error connecting to the server."  I can't find a way to reconnect without logging out and back in.  I'm somewhat certain this is just "how it works" but I'd still like to find a way to fix it.

Chad

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From nmiller at comanche.k12.ok.us  Sat Aug  8 07:33:57 2009
From: nmiller at comanche.k12.ok.us (Nelson Miller)
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:33:57 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Problems netbooting emacs
Message-ID: <fc.011edda700a1f2e9011edda700a1f2e9.a1f30c@comanche.k12.ok.us>

I have created a Net Install image using the Casper Net Install Creator. 
I used an emac and installed only the retail copy of 10.5; then I
downloaded and installed the Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update from Apple's
website.  That is all that was done to the image.  Then I booted to an
external drive that had Composer on it and ran through the OS Installer
Package maker.  I then uploaded it to the Casper Server via Casper Admin. 
My Intel Macs can netboot to this Net Install image just fine (since Mac
OS X is Universal Binary) but my eMacs can't.

When I do a netboot on my eMac it finally comes up to the Casper Imaging
splash screen and I input my credentials.  After that they all get stuck
on the "Locating Disk Information" part of the splash screen and it never
gets to the part where I can choose a configuration.

Nelson

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From karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us  Sat Aug  8 12:47:38 2009
From: karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us (Karl Hehr)
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 14:47:38 -0500
Subject: [Casper] VirtualBox Packaging and Deployment
Message-ID: <0B968215-E986-47FE-883A-8B30863D161E@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>

First off, I am new to the Casper suite and I am very excited about  
what this software is doing for me.  I have one big issue right now  
that I need some help with. I am trying to package and deploy  
VirtualBox (A VM with XP on it). RIght now I have two DMGs one with  
the VirtualBox application install and one with the VM install both  
made with Composer, using the Snapshot abilities.  After finding out I  
need to put the VM in a place accessible by all users(/Users/Shared/ 
VirtualBox) (as the default install is in (~/Library/VirtualBox). I  
deploy the two applications and tell casper to populate the users  
library with the prefs pointing to the VM, but I still have to log in  
as a user and point the application to the VM.  I want to not have to  
touch it after the install. Any insight would be great.

My infrastructure setup is 10.5.7 servers, users authenticating  
through Open Directory using Portable homes on 10.5.7 clients.




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From tlarki at kckps.org  Sat Aug  8 16:08:36 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:08:36 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Reconnecting to SMB volumes
Message-ID: <4A7DBF24020000390001084F@gwoes4.kckps.org>

Do you have any OD servers at all?

If you could make them mobile accounts with portable home directories you would not have this problem and you should still be able to keep the home folders on the SMB shares.

>>> "Chad Brewer" <chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us> 08/07/09 5:18 PM >>>
This is not a Casper question, but I'm still going to throw it out there...

We use SMB (Windows server) file shares for everything.  When AD users
login, their SMB home path is automatically mounted and they get a
shortcut in their dock (typical setup).

Our problem is when users close their laptop and leave the network without
logging out.  When they return to the network and try to connect to their
home volume they get a message that states "there was an error connecting
to the server."  I can't find a way to reconnect without logging out and
back in.  I'm somewhat certain this is just "how it works" but I'd still
like to find a way to fix it.

Chad



From tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org  Sun Aug  9 21:34:33 2009
From: tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org (Tatian Greenleaf)
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:34:33 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Problems netbooting emacs
In-Reply-To: <fc.011edda700a1f2e9011edda700a1f2e9.a1f30c@comanche.k12.ok.us>
References: <fc.011edda700a1f2e9011edda700a1f2e9.a1f30c@comanche.k12.ok.us>
Message-ID: <38d97fa20908092134x590c8bc0x323da82067eec4b@mail.gmail.com>

I would recommend talking to JAMF Support.  This is a known bug with Casper
7.  It is not possible to netboot PowerPC machines such as eMacs with the
new version.  Their recommendation was to use Apple's Net Install utility
(the name escapes me at the moment).  I haven't had much luck with it (it
netboots, but I can't figure out how to run Casper Imaging from the net
install image), but that's the way I'm headed.
Tatian

____________________________
Tatian Greenleaf
Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014


On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Nelson Miller <nmiller at comanche.k12.ok.us>wrote:

>  I have created a Net Install image using the Casper Net Install Creator.
>  I used an emac and installed only the retail copy of 10.5; then I
> downloaded and installed the Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update from Apple's
> website.  That is all that was done to the image.  Then I booted to an
> external drive that had Composer on it and ran through the OS Installer
> Package maker.  I then uploaded it to the Casper Server via Casper Admin.
>  My Intel Macs can netboot to this Net Install image just fine (since Mac OS
> X is Universal Binary) but my eMacs can't.
>
> When I do a netboot on my eMac it finally comes up to the Casper Imaging
> splash screen and I input my credentials.  After that they all get stuck on
> the "Locating Disk Information" part of the splash screen and it never gets
> to the part where I can choose a configuration.
>
> Nelson
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Mon Aug 10 00:49:29 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:49:29 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Problems netbooting emacs
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20908092134x590c8bc0x323da82067eec4b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <fc.011edda700a1f2e9011edda700a1f2e9.a1f30c@comanche.k12.ok.us>,
	<38d97fa20908092134x590c8bc0x323da82067eec4b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFA6A@hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>

Here's how we got old macs to boot...

We use the Casper NetInstall Creator to make a NetInstall package that launches Casper.

On our older computers (eMacs, flat panel iMacs) we have had a lot of problems with them kernel panicing.  Andy Hakala found a discussion on Bombich's site about this.  It has to do with the new nVidia graphics drivers and older computers.  So, now after creating the netInstall set, I mount the dmg, and run this command:

kextcache -a ppc -m <locationofnbifolder>/ppc/mach.macosx.mkext -N -L /Volumes/Netinstall-Restore/System/Library/Extensions/

This solves the panic attacks on the older macs.  I have seen the hang on 'locating drive information', even on the NetInstall set, but haven't been able to do it consistently.  I do agree, there is still a problem in there, but we've at least solved one of our big ones!

Netboot images haven't worked for us on ppc machines for some time due to a bug in OS X that I have open but was told not to expect it to ever be resolved...  That's what moved us to NetInstall images.

John

--
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373
________________________________
From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Tatian Greenleaf [tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org]
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 11:34 PM
To: Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
Subject: Re: [Casper] Problems netbooting emacs

I would recommend talking to JAMF Support.  This is a known bug with Casper 7.  It is not possible to netboot PowerPC machines such as eMacs with the new version.  Their recommendation was to use Apple's Net Install utility (the name escapes me at the moment).  I haven't had much luck with it (it netboots, but I can't figure out how to run Casper Imaging from the net install image), but that's the way I'm headed.

Tatian

____________________________
Tatian Greenleaf
Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014


On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Nelson Miller <nmiller at comanche.k12.ok.us<mailto:nmiller at comanche.k12.ok.us>> wrote:
I have created a Net Install image using the Casper Net Install Creator.  I used an emac and installed only the retail copy of 10.5; then I downloaded and installed the Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update from Apple's website.  That is all that was done to the image.  Then I booted to an external drive that had Composer on it and ran through the OS Installer Package maker.  I then uploaded it to the Casper Server via Casper Admin.  My Intel Macs can netboot to this Net Install image just fine (since Mac OS X is Universal Binary) but my eMacs can't.

When I do a netboot on my eMac it finally comes up to the Casper Imaging splash screen and I input my credentials.  After that they all get stuck on the "Locating Disk Information" part of the splash screen and it never gets to the part where I can choose a configuration.

Nelson


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From snookkd at appstate.edu  Mon Aug 10 08:03:26 2009
From: snookkd at appstate.edu (Kevin Snook)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:03:26 -0400
Subject: [Casper] NetInstall with latest MacBook Pro 5,3
Message-ID: <4A8036BE.6020108@appstate.edu>

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From daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk  Mon Aug 10 08:16:16 2009
From: daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk (Daniel Farnworth)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:16:16 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Partitioning Schemes
Message-ID: <552FDE58-57C3-4A94-8172-C58201C4E436@thecreativepartnership.co.uk>

Hi,

Has anyone else been having any issues with the Additional Partitions  
section of a Configuration in Casper Admin? We've set up a few  
additional partitions, but whenever we image a machine using this  
config the partitioning scheme is completely ignored.

Nothing at all shows up in the logs regarding the partitioning.

Anyone got any clues before I go banging on support's door?

Cheers
Dan
-- 
Daniel Farnworth
IT Manager
The Creative Partnership
daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk

http://www.thecreativepartnership.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7439 7762
Fax: +44 (0)20 7437 1467

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From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Mon Aug 10 08:47:45 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:47:45 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Partitioning Schemes
In-Reply-To: <552FDE58-57C3-4A94-8172-C58201C4E436@thecreativepartnership.co.uk>
References: <552FDE58-57C3-4A94-8172-C58201C4E436@thecreativepartnership.co.uk>
Message-ID: <5B178D3A-4AEB-48EE-B558-DADD7F8267FF@uclan.ac.uk>

I've used it with 1 additional partition and it works fine everytime,  
I've also used my own partition script which also works fine

Cross

On 10 Aug 2009, at 16:16, Daniel Farnworth <daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk 
 > wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Has anyone else been having any issues with the Additional Partitions
> section of a Configuration in Casper Admin? We've set up a few
> additional partitions, but whenever we image a machine using this
> config the partitioning scheme is completely ignored.
>
> Nothing at all shows up in the logs regarding the partitioning.
>
> Anyone got any clues before I go banging on support's door?
>
> Cheers
> Dan
> -- 
> Daniel Farnworth
> IT Manager
> The Creative Partnership
> daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk
>
> http://www.thecreativepartnership.co.uk
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7439 7762
> Fax: +44 (0)20 7437 1467
>
> PGP Public Key available
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>
>
>
>
>
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> for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and  
> others authorised to receive it. It may contain confidential or  
> legally privileged information. If you are not the intended  
> recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying,  
> distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of  
> this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you  
> have received this communication in error, please notify postmaster at thecreativepartnership.co.uk 
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Mon Aug 10 08:44:49 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:44:49 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Partitioning Schemes
In-Reply-To: <552FDE58-57C3-4A94-8172-C58201C4E436@thecreativepartnership.co.uk>
References: <552FDE58-57C3-4A94-8172-C58201C4E436@thecreativepartnership.co.uk>
Message-ID: <620DE58B-682D-44E0-AA62-86B4E6C065D6@ll.mit.edu>

You may want to try doing the partitioning manually to see if there  
are any interactive errors being thrown.  If there is not enough  
contiguous free space, the partitioning will fail.  While live  
partitioning in Leopard is great, Apple needs to include some sort of  
optimizer so you can put all the free space at the end of the drive to  
make it really useful.

The few times I've lopped off some disk space to make a new partition  
I've needed to use iDefrag first.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 10, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Daniel Farnworth wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Has anyone else been having any issues with the Additional Partitions
> section of a Configuration in Casper Admin? We've set up a few
> additional partitions, but whenever we image a machine using this
> config the partitioning scheme is completely ignored.
>
> Nothing at all shows up in the logs regarding the partitioning.
>
> Anyone got any clues before I go banging on support's door?
>
> Cheers
> Dan
> -- 
> Daniel Farnworth
> IT Manager
> The Creative Partnership
> daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk
>
> http://www.thecreativepartnership.co.uk
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7439 7762
> Fax: +44 (0)20 7437 1467
>
> PGP Public Key available
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The information contained in this communication is intended solely  
> for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and  
> others authorised to receive it. It may contain confidential or  
> legally privileged information. If you are not the intended  
> recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying,  
> distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of  
> this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you  
> have received this communication in error, please notify postmaster at thecreativepartnership.co.uk 
>  immediately and then delete this email from your system. Any views  
> or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author  
> and do not necessarily represent those of The Creative Partnership.  
> The Creative Partnership has taken every reasonable precaution to  
> ensure that any attachment to this e-mail has been swept for  
> viruses. However, The Creative Partnership cannot accept liability  
> for any damage sustained as a result of s
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Mon Aug 10 08:44:49 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:44:49 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Partitioning Schemes
In-Reply-To: <552FDE58-57C3-4A94-8172-C58201C4E436@thecreativepartnership.co.uk>
References: <552FDE58-57C3-4A94-8172-C58201C4E436@thecreativepartnership.co.uk>
Message-ID: <620DE58B-682D-44E0-AA62-86B4E6C065D6@ll.mit.edu>

You may want to try doing the partitioning manually to see if there  
are any interactive errors being thrown.  If there is not enough  
contiguous free space, the partitioning will fail.  While live  
partitioning in Leopard is great, Apple needs to include some sort of  
optimizer so you can put all the free space at the end of the drive to  
make it really useful.

The few times I've lopped off some disk space to make a new partition  
I've needed to use iDefrag first.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 10, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Daniel Farnworth wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Has anyone else been having any issues with the Additional Partitions
> section of a Configuration in Casper Admin? We've set up a few
> additional partitions, but whenever we image a machine using this
> config the partitioning scheme is completely ignored.
>
> Nothing at all shows up in the logs regarding the partitioning.
>
> Anyone got any clues before I go banging on support's door?
>
> Cheers
> Dan
> -- 
> Daniel Farnworth
> IT Manager
> The Creative Partnership
> daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk
>
> http://www.thecreativepartnership.co.uk
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7439 7762
> Fax: +44 (0)20 7437 1467
>
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Mon Aug 10 09:10:07 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:10:07 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Partitioning Schemes
In-Reply-To: <5B178D3A-4AEB-48EE-B558-DADD7F8267FF@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <552FDE58-57C3-4A94-8172-C58201C4E436@thecreativepartnership.co.uk>
	<5B178D3A-4AEB-48EE-B558-DADD7F8267FF@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <4A80000F.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I just upgraded to 7 today, so I haven't had a chance to play with it that much.  However, in the past I have always had a before image 'preflight' script that runs diskutil commands to partition the drive.  Never had a problem with it. 




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>>> Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> 08/10/09 10:47 AM >>>
I've used it with 1 additional partition and it works fine everytime, 
I've also used my own partition script which also works fine

Cross

On 10 Aug 2009, at 16:16, Daniel Farnworth <daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Has anyone else been having any issues with the Additional Partitions
> section of a Configuration in Casper Admin? We've set up a few
> additional partitions, but whenever we image a machine using this
> config the partitioning scheme is completely ignored.
>
> Nothing at all shows up in the logs regarding the partitioning.
>
> Anyone got any clues before I go banging on support's door?
>
> Cheers
> Dan
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> IT Manager
> The Creative Partnership
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From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Mon Aug 10 09:31:51 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:31:51 -0500
Subject: [Casper] NetInstall with latest MacBook Pro 5,3
In-Reply-To: <4A8036BE.6020108@appstate.edu>
Message-ID: <C6A5B5A7.B30D%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>

Apple always recommends making your netboot/install sets on the newest hardware.  That said, if it's 10.5.8, all drivers should be there now though I haven't confirmed this.

Thanks,
John

--
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373


________________________________
From: Kevin Snook <snookkd at appstate.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:03:26 -0500
To: <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: [Casper] NetInstall with latest MacBook Pro 5,3

Has anyone been able to make a working NetInstall or NetBoot image that works for the latest MBP hardware (5,3 - 5,4 or 5,5)

I made the base image on a 15" MBP 5,3 and after converting it with latest Apple or Casper Netboot/NetInstall tools it would not boot. All older hardware worked fine so I know the image is working.
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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Mon Aug 10 09:49:56 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:49:56 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Managed Preferences Default Ap
Message-ID: <2F65E437-9263-4C3D-95C3-364A38E630D2@latinschool.org>

Is there a way through managed preferences to default all PDF files to  
open with Preview?
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From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Mon Aug 10 09:58:26 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:58:26 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Managed Preferences Default Ap
In-Reply-To: <2F65E437-9263-4C3D-95C3-364A38E630D2@latinschool.org>
References: <2F65E437-9263-4C3D-95C3-364A38E630D2@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <BFAC8F69-DF87-4EED-B7AF-15FEB4C1E106@uclan.ac.uk>

Dunno but there is a free system pref app I can download that u can  
set default applications for file, can't remember what it's called off  
hand, search on versiontracker for an app for setting default  
applications,

U could then push the plist for that app out to all users?

Criss

On 10 Aug 2009, at 17:49, Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>  
wrote:

> Is there a way through managed preferences to default all PDF files  
> to open with Preview?
> ___________
> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
> 312.582.6136
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From aw_aca_bre at nwoca.org  Mon Aug 10 10:09:19 2009
From: aw_aca_bre at nwoca.org (Brad Rellinger)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:09:19 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Managed Preferences Default Ap
In-Reply-To: <2F65E437-9263-4C3D-95C3-364A38E630D2@latinschool.org>
References: <2F65E437-9263-4C3D-95C3-364A38E630D2@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <5596f1620908101009m7e11e778v56c8b476c2ff053d@mail.gmail.com>

com.apple.LaunchServices
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Brad Rellinger
Technology Specialist
Anthony Wayne Local Schools K-12
aw_aca_bre at nwoca.org


On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Kathie Iorizzo
<kiorizzo at latinschool.org>wrote:

> Is there a way through managed preferences to default all PDF files to open
> with Preview?
>  ___________
> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
> 312.582.6136
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From karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us  Mon Aug 10 12:36:59 2009
From: karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us (Karl Hehr)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:36:59 -0500
Subject: [Casper] No reboot
Message-ID: <4B402E8D-66F2-43DF-AB41-3839171F5697@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>

I have run a config to reimage a machine and the computer never  
reboots so the scripts set to run at reboot, do not launch.  I have  
checked the logs and everything appears to work. How long do I need to  
wait usually for a restart?  The application appears to quit, but the  
computer stays at a desktop with a gray background and doesn't reboot.

Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and  
exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
things
																	--- Douglas Adams






From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Mon Aug 10 12:41:16 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:41:16 -0500
Subject: [Casper] No reboot
In-Reply-To: <4B402E8D-66F2-43DF-AB41-3839171F5697@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
Message-ID: <C6A5E20C.ADFC%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

I'm starting to run into a lot of issues with systems not rebooting when they should. Lots of spinning tick marks that never end, etc...

Not sure what is causing it.

Craig E

On 8/10/09 2:36 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> wrote:

I have run a config to reimage a machine and the computer never
reboots so the scripts set to run at reboot, do not launch.  I have
checked the logs and everything appears to work. How long do I need to
wait usually for a restart?  The application appears to quit, but the
computer stays at a desktop with a gray background and doesn't reboot.

Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and
ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and
exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of
things
                                                                                                                                        --- Douglas Adams





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From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Mon Aug 10 12:51:35 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:51:35 -0500
Subject: [Casper] No reboot
In-Reply-To: <C6A5E20C.ADFC%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <C6A5E477.B335%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>

We're seeing some of these too.  I haven't been able to consistently reproduce this yet, but it's there...  Anybody contact support yet?


--
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373


________________________________
From: "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:41:16 -0500
To: Karl Hehr <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>, Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] No reboot

I'm starting to run into a lot of issues with systems not rebooting when they should. Lots of spinning tick marks that never end, etc...

Not sure what is causing it.

Craig E

On 8/10/09 2:36 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> wrote:

I have run a config to reimage a machine and the computer never
reboots so the scripts set to run at reboot, do not launch.  I have
checked the logs and everything appears to work. How long do I need to
wait usually for a restart?  The application appears to quit, but the
computer stays at a desktop with a gray background and doesn't reboot.

Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and
ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and
exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of
things
                                                                                                                                        --- Douglas Adams





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From karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us  Mon Aug 10 13:21:00 2009
From: karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us (Karl Hehr)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:21:00 -0500
Subject: [Casper] No reboot
In-Reply-To: <C6A5E477.B335%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
References: <C6A5E477.B335%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
Message-ID: <10F605C4-539A-47F7-99E6-B441F27ABE02@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>

/Volumes/<destination drive>/System/Library/StartupItems/FirstRun/ 
FirstRun

Ok so this is where the first run script is supposed to be written, if  
the script is not written, what could be the issue?



Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and  
exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
things
																	--- Douglas Adams




On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:51 PM, John Wetter wrote:

> We?re seeing some of these too.  I haven?t been able to consistently  
> reproduce this yet, but it?s there...  Anybody contact support yet?
>
>
> -- 
> John Wetter
> Technology Support Administrator
> Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
> Hopkins Public Schools
> 952-988-5373
>
>
> From: "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>
> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:41:16 -0500
> To: Karl Hehr <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>, Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com 
> >
> Subject: Re: [Casper] No reboot
>
> I?m starting to run into a lot of issues with systems not rebooting  
> when they should. Lots of spinning tick marks that never end, etc...
>
> Not sure what is causing it.
>
> Craig E
>
> On 8/10/09 2:36 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  
> wrote:
>
> I have run a config to reimage a machine and the computer never
> reboots so the scripts set to run at reboot, do not launch.  I have
> checked the logs and everything appears to work. How long do I need to
> wait usually for a restart?  The application appears to quit, but the
> computer stays at a desktop with a gray background and doesn't reboot.
>
> Karl H. Hehr
> Technology/Curriculum Director
> South Hamilton CSD
> www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
> 515.827.5418 (W)
> 515.209.9767 (C)
> 515.827.5368 (F)
>
>
> Luddite by Degrees
> 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and
> ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
> 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and
> exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
> 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of
> things
>                                                                                                                                         --- Douglas 
>  Adams
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Mon Aug 10 13:27:49 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:27:49 -0500
Subject: [Casper] No reboot
In-Reply-To: <10F605C4-539A-47F7-99E6-B441F27ABE02@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
Message-ID: <C6A5ECF5.AE10%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

This is only not written if there is nothing to be done at Reboot. If you don't have any scripts set for At Reboot, AD (or other bindings, or native CS3/CS4 deployments. Other options can make it happen if you have it recon after imaging.

When you are in the Casper Imaging screen in the left hand plan window do you actually see Prepare FirstRun Script section listed at the end?

What version of the Casper Suite are you using?

Craig E

On 8/10/09 3:21 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> wrote:

/Volumes/<destination drive>/System/Library/StartupItems/FirstRun/FirstRun

Ok so this is where the first run script is supposed to be written, if the script is not written, what could be the issue?




Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things
--- Douglas Adams





On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:51 PM, John Wetter wrote:

We're seeing some of these too.  I haven't been able to consistently reproduce this yet, but it's there...  Anybody contact support yet?


 --
 John Wetter
 Technology Support Administrator
 Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
 Hopkins Public Schools
 952-988-5373



________________________________
From: "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>
 Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:41:16 -0500
 To: Karl Hehr <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>, Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
 Subject: Re: [Casper] No reboot

 I'm starting to run into a lot of issues with systems not rebooting when they should. Lots of spinning tick marks that never end, etc...

 Not sure what is causing it.

 Craig E

 On 8/10/09 2:36 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> wrote:


I have run a config to reimage a machine and the computer never
 reboots so the scripts set to run at reboot, do not launch.  I have
 checked the logs and everything appears to work. How long do I need to
 wait usually for a restart?  The application appears to quit, but the
 computer stays at a desktop with a gray background and doesn't reboot.

 Karl H. Hehr
 Technology/Curriculum Director
 South Hamilton CSD
 www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
 515.827.5418 (W)
 515.209.9767 (C)
 515.827.5368 (F)


 Luddite by Degrees
 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and
 ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and
 exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of
 things
                                                                                                                                         --- Douglas Adams





 _______________________________________________
 Casper mailing list
 Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
 http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper




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From karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us  Mon Aug 10 13:49:41 2009
From: karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us (Karl Hehr)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:49:41 -0500
Subject: [Casper] No reboot
In-Reply-To: <C6A5ECF5.AE10%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
References: <C6A5ECF5.AE10%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <7E667A3F-A19B-4D36-BAC9-84BE2A4E5B2C@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>

I am using the newest version, 7.0.1. And the :Prepare First Run  
Script" DOes show up in the left side panel.  THe OD binding, deleting  
of the admin users, enabling ARD are all set to run at reboot.



Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and  
exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
things
																	--- Douglas Adams




On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:

> This is only not written if there is nothing to be done at Reboot.  
> If you don?t have any scripts set for At Reboot, AD (or other  
> bindings, or native CS3/CS4 deployments. Other options can make it  
> happen if you have it recon after imaging.
>
> When you are in the Casper Imaging screen in the left hand plan  
> window do you actually see Prepare FirstRun Script section listed at  
> the end?
>
> What version of the Casper Suite are you using?
>
> Craig E
>
> On 8/10/09 3:21 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  
> wrote:
>
> /Volumes/<destination drive>/System/Library/StartupItems/FirstRun/ 
> FirstRun
>
> Ok so this is where the first run script is supposed to be written,  
> if the script is not written, what could be the issue?
>
>
>
>
> Karl H. Hehr
> Technology/Curriculum Director
> South Hamilton CSD
> www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
> 515.827.5418 (W)
> 515.209.9767 (C)
> 515.827.5368 (F)
>
>
> Luddite by Degrees
> 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
> ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
> 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and  
> exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
> 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
> things
> --- Douglas Adams
>
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:51 PM, John Wetter wrote:
>
> We?re seeing some of these too.  I haven?t been able to consistently  
> reproduce this yet, but it?s there...  Anybody contact support yet?
>
>
>  --
>  John Wetter
>  Technology Support Administrator
>  Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
>  Hopkins Public Schools
>  952-988-5373
>
>
>
> From: "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>
>  Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:41:16 -0500
>  To: Karl Hehr <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>, Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com 
> >
>  Subject: Re: [Casper] No reboot
>
>  I?m starting to run into a lot of issues with systems not rebooting  
> when they should. Lots of spinning tick marks that never end, etc...
>
>  Not sure what is causing it.
>
>  Craig E
>
>  On 8/10/09 2:36 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  
> wrote:
>
>
> I have run a config to reimage a machine and the computer never
>  reboots so the scripts set to run at reboot, do not launch.  I have
>  checked the logs and everything appears to work. How long do I need  
> to
>  wait usually for a restart?  The application appears to quit, but the
>  computer stays at a desktop with a gray background and doesn't  
> reboot.
>
>  Karl H. Hehr
>  Technology/Curriculum Director
>  South Hamilton CSD
>  www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
>  515.827.5418 (W)
>  515.209.9767 (C)
>  515.827.5368 (F)
>
>
>  Luddite by Degrees
>  1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and
>  ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
>  2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and
>  exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
>  3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of
>  things
>                                                                                                                                          --- Douglas 
>  Adams
>
>
>
>
>
>  _______________________________________________
>  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
>
>
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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Mon Aug 10 13:52:44 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:52:44 -0500
Subject: [Casper] No reboot
In-Reply-To: <7E667A3F-A19B-4D36-BAC9-84BE2A4E5B2C@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
Message-ID: <C6A5F2CC.AE16%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

Dumb question I know, you are trying to look at the FirstRun script BEFORE the system reboots to your Destination Drive, correct? The FirstRun script deletes itself when it's done doing it's thing so if you are trying to look at it after the imaging reboot you won't see it.

If that's not the case, you have items under Prepare FirstRun Script, are not rebooting, and still don't see a FirstRun folder in that directory...I'm not certain...

Craig E

On 8/10/09 3:49 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> wrote:

I am using the newest version, 7.0.1. And the :Prepare First Run Script" DOes show up in the left side panel.  THe OD binding, deleting of the admin users, enabling ARD are all set to run at reboot.




Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things
--- Douglas Adams





On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:

This is only not written if there is nothing to be done at Reboot. If you don't have any scripts set for At Reboot, AD (or other bindings, or native CS3/CS4 deployments. Other options can make it happen if you have it recon after imaging.

 When you are in the Casper Imaging screen in the left hand plan window do you actually see Prepare FirstRun Script section listed at the end?

 What version of the Casper Suite are you using?

 Craig E

 On 8/10/09 3:21 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> wrote:


/Volumes/<destination drive>/System/Library/StartupItems/FirstRun/FirstRun

Ok so this is where the first run script is supposed to be written, if the script is not written, what could be the issue?




 Karl H. Hehr
 Technology/Curriculum Director
 South Hamilton CSD
 www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
 515.827.5418 (W)
 515.209.9767 (C)
 515.827.5368 (F)


 Luddite by Degrees
 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things
 --- Douglas Adams





 On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:51 PM, John Wetter wrote:


We're seeing some of these too.  I haven't been able to consistently reproduce this yet, but it's there...  Anybody contact support yet?


  --
  John Wetter
  Technology Support Administrator
  Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
  Hopkins Public Schools
  952-988-5373




________________________________
From: "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>
  Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:41:16 -0500
  To: Karl Hehr <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>, Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
  Subject: Re: [Casper] No reboot

  I'm starting to run into a lot of issues with systems not rebooting when they should. Lots of spinning tick marks that never end, etc...

  Not sure what is causing it.

  Craig E

  On 8/10/09 2:36 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> wrote:



I have run a config to reimage a machine and the computer never
  reboots so the scripts set to run at reboot, do not launch.  I have
  checked the logs and everything appears to work. How long do I need to
  wait usually for a restart?  The application appears to quit, but the
  computer stays at a desktop with a gray background and doesn't reboot.

  Karl H. Hehr
  Technology/Curriculum Director
  South Hamilton CSD
  www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
  515.827.5418 (W)
  515.209.9767 (C)
  515.827.5368 (F)


  Luddite by Degrees
  1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and
  ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
  2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and
  exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
  3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of
  things
                                                                                                                                          --- Douglas Adams





  _______________________________________________
  Casper mailing list
  Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
  http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper





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 Casper mailing list
 Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
 http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper





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From karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us  Mon Aug 10 13:55:50 2009
From: karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us (Karl Hehr)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:55:50 -0500
Subject: [Casper] No reboot
In-Reply-To: <C6A5F2CC.AE16%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
References: <C6A5F2CC.AE16%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <976CF52A-0262-4087-A4EE-6BD9E7A37B57@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>

Yes, checking before the computer reboots, because after the install  
the computer does not reboot on its own, so I can go look. I have it  
set in the imaging app to reboot but no luck.

Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and  
exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
things
																	--- Douglas Adams




On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:

> Dumb question I know, you are trying to look at the FirstRun script  
> BEFORE the system reboots to your Destination Drive, correct? The  
> FirstRun script deletes itself when it?s done doing it?s thing so if  
> you are trying to look at it after the imaging reboot you won?t see  
> it.
>
> If that?s not the case, you have items under Prepare FirstRun  
> Script, are not rebooting, and still don?t see a FirstRun folder in  
> that directory...I?m not certain...
>
> Craig E
>
> On 8/10/09 3:49 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  
> wrote:
>
> I am using the newest version, 7.0.1. And the :Prepare First Run  
> Script" DOes show up in the left side panel.  THe OD binding,  
> deleting of the admin users, enabling ARD are all set to run at  
> reboot.
>
>
>
>
> Karl H. Hehr
> Technology/Curriculum Director
> South Hamilton CSD
> www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
> 515.827.5418 (W)
> 515.209.9767 (C)
> 515.827.5368 (F)
>
>
> Luddite by Degrees
> 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
> ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
> 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and  
> exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
> 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
> things
> --- Douglas Adams
>
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:
>
> This is only not written if there is nothing to be done at Reboot.  
> If you don?t have any scripts set for At Reboot, AD (or other  
> bindings, or native CS3/CS4 deployments. Other options can make it  
> happen if you have it recon after imaging.
>
>  When you are in the Casper Imaging screen in the left hand plan  
> window do you actually see Prepare FirstRun Script section listed at  
> the end?
>
>  What version of the Casper Suite are you using?
>
>  Craig E
>
>  On 8/10/09 3:21 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  
> wrote:
>
>
> /Volumes/<destination drive>/System/Library/StartupItems/FirstRun/ 
> FirstRun
>
> Ok so this is where the first run script is supposed to be written,  
> if the script is not written, what could be the issue?
>
>
>
>
>  Karl H. Hehr
>  Technology/Curriculum Director
>  South Hamilton CSD
>  www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 
> >
>  515.827.5418 (W)
>  515.209.9767 (C)
>  515.827.5368 (F)
>
>
>  Luddite by Degrees
>  1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
> ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
>  2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new  
> and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in  
> it.
>  3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
> things
>  --- Douglas Adams
>
>
>
>
>
>  On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:51 PM, John Wetter wrote:
>
>
> We?re seeing some of these too.  I haven?t been able to consistently  
> reproduce this yet, but it?s there...  Anybody contact support yet?
>
>
>   --
>   John Wetter
>   Technology Support Administrator
>   Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
>   Hopkins Public Schools
>   952-988-5373
>
>
>
>
> From: "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>
>   Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:41:16 -0500
>   To: Karl Hehr <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>, Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com 
> >
>   Subject: Re: [Casper] No reboot
>
>   I?m starting to run into a lot of issues with systems not  
> rebooting when they should. Lots of spinning tick marks that never  
> end, etc...
>
>   Not sure what is causing it.
>
>   Craig E
>
>   On 8/10/09 2:36 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  
> wrote:
>
>
>
> I have run a config to reimage a machine and the computer never
>   reboots so the scripts set to run at reboot, do not launch.  I have
>   checked the logs and everything appears to work. How long do I  
> need to
>   wait usually for a restart?  The application appears to quit, but  
> the
>   computer stays at a desktop with a gray background and doesn't  
> reboot.
>
>   Karl H. Hehr
>   Technology/Curriculum Director
>   South Hamilton CSD
>   www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 
> >
>   515.827.5418 (W)
>   515.209.9767 (C)
>   515.827.5368 (F)
>
>
>   Luddite by Degrees
>   1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and
>   ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
>   2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and
>   exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
>   3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of
>   things
>                                                                                                                                           --- Douglas 
>  Adams
>
>
>
>
>
>   _______________________________________________
>   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
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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Mon Aug 10 13:59:01 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:59:01 -0500
Subject: [Casper] No reboot
In-Reply-To: <976CF52A-0262-4087-A4EE-6BD9E7A37B57@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
Message-ID: <C6A5F445.AE19%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

What is it doing after imaging runs? Are you getting the spinning tick marks forever?

That's kind of not normal of course, what you're seeing.

Craig E

On 8/10/09 3:55 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> wrote:

Yes, checking before the computer reboots, because after the install the computer does not reboot on its own, so I can go look. I have it set in the imaging app to reboot but no luck.


Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things
--- Douglas Adams





On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:

Dumb question I know, you are trying to look at the FirstRun script BEFORE the system reboots to your Destination Drive, correct? The FirstRun script deletes itself when it's done doing it's thing so if you are trying to look at it after the imaging reboot you won't see it.

 If that's not the case, you have items under Prepare FirstRun Script, are not rebooting, and still don't see a FirstRun folder in that directory...I'm not certain...

 Craig E

 On 8/10/09 3:49 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> wrote:


I am using the newest version, 7.0.1. And the :Prepare First Run Script" DOes show up in the left side panel.  THe OD binding, deleting of the admin users, enabling ARD are all set to run at reboot.




 Karl H. Hehr
 Technology/Curriculum Director
 South Hamilton CSD
 www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
 515.827.5418 (W)
 515.209.9767 (C)
 515.827.5368 (F)


 Luddite by Degrees
 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things
 --- Douglas Adams





 On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:


This is only not written if there is nothing to be done at Reboot. If you don't have any scripts set for At Reboot, AD (or other bindings, or native CS3/CS4 deployments. Other options can make it happen if you have it recon after imaging.

  When you are in the Casper Imaging screen in the left hand plan window do you actually see Prepare FirstRun Script section listed at the end?

  What version of the Casper Suite are you using?

  Craig E

  On 8/10/09 3:21 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> wrote:



/Volumes/<destination drive>/System/Library/StartupItems/FirstRun/FirstRun

  Ok so this is where the first run script is supposed to be written, if the script is not written, what could be the issue?




  Karl H. Hehr
  Technology/Curriculum Director
  South Hamilton CSD
  www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
  515.827.5418 (W)
  515.209.9767 (C)
  515.827.5368 (F)


  Luddite by Degrees
  1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
  2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
  3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things
  --- Douglas Adams





  On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:51 PM, John Wetter wrote:



We're seeing some of these too.  I haven't been able to consistently reproduce this yet, but it's there...  Anybody contact support yet?


   --
   John Wetter
   Technology Support Administrator
   Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
   Hopkins Public Schools
   952-988-5373





________________________________
From: "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>
   Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:41:16 -0500
   To: Karl Hehr <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>, Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
   Subject: Re: [Casper] No reboot

   I'm starting to run into a lot of issues with systems not rebooting when they should. Lots of spinning tick marks that never end, etc...

   Not sure what is causing it.

   Craig E

   On 8/10/09 2:36 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> wrote:




I have run a config to reimage a machine and the computer never
   reboots so the scripts set to run at reboot, do not launch.  I have
   checked the logs and everything appears to work. How long do I need to
   wait usually for a restart?  The application appears to quit, but the
   computer stays at a desktop with a gray background and doesn't reboot.

   Karl H. Hehr
   Technology/Curriculum Director
   South Hamilton CSD
   www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
   515.827.5418 (W)
   515.209.9767 (C)
   515.827.5368 (F)


   Luddite by Degrees
   1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and
   ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
   2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and
   exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
   3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of
   things
                                                                                                                                           --- Douglas Adams





   _______________________________________________
   Casper mailing list
   Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
   http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper






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  Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
  http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper







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From Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu  Mon Aug 10 14:06:22 2009
From: Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu (Harter, Ryan)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:06:22 -0500
Subject: [Casper] No reboot
In-Reply-To: <C6A5F445.AE19%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
References: <C6A5F445.AE19%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <9CD34964-2BC6-47C1-B2A6-813EC2A02FDA@uwsp.edu>

I've seen this same issue randomly on machines where Casper Imaging will close but the machine won't reboot.  I haven't had the endless gear, but it just launches Finder (Like Casper Imaging is supposed to do when it exits) and the Terminal pops up (like the netboot images are supposed to do when the main app quits).

It seems like the reboot command isn't being passed reliably when Casper Imaging quits.

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:

What is it doing after imaging runs? Are you getting the spinning tick marks forever?

That?s kind of not normal of course, what you?re seeing.

Craig E

On 8/10/09 3:55 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>> wrote:

Yes, checking before the computer reboots, because after the install the computer does not reboot on its own, so I can go look. I have it set in the imaging app to reboot but no luck.


Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/>>
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things
--- Douglas Adams





On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:

Dumb question I know, you are trying to look at the FirstRun script BEFORE the system reboots to your Destination Drive, correct? The FirstRun script deletes itself when it?s done doing it?s thing so if you are trying to look at it after the imaging reboot you won?t see it.

 If that?s not the case, you have items under Prepare FirstRun Script, are not rebooting, and still don?t see a FirstRun folder in that directory...I?m not certain...

 Craig E

 On 8/10/09 3:49 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>> wrote:


I am using the newest version, 7.0.1. And the :Prepare First Run Script" DOes show up in the left side panel.  THe OD binding, deleting of the admin users, enabling ARD are all set to run at reboot.




 Karl H. Hehr
 Technology/Curriculum Director
 South Hamilton CSD
 www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/>>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/>>
 515.827.5418 (W)
 515.209.9767 (C)
 515.827.5368 (F)


 Luddite by Degrees
 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things
 --- Douglas Adams





 On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:


This is only not written if there is nothing to be done at Reboot. If you don?t have any scripts set for At Reboot, AD (or other bindings, or native CS3/CS4 deployments. Other options can make it happen if you have it recon after imaging.

  When you are in the Casper Imaging screen in the left hand plan window do you actually see Prepare FirstRun Script section listed at the end?

  What version of the Casper Suite are you using?

  Craig E

  On 8/10/09 3:21 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>> wrote:



/Volumes/<destination drive>/System/Library/StartupItems/FirstRun/FirstRun

  Ok so this is where the first run script is supposed to be written, if the script is not written, what could be the issue?




  Karl H. Hehr
  Technology/Curriculum Director
  South Hamilton CSD
  www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/>>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/>>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/>>
  515.827.5418 (W)
  515.209.9767 (C)
  515.827.5368 (F)


  Luddite by Degrees
  1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
  2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
  3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things
  --- Douglas Adams





  On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:51 PM, John Wetter wrote:



We?re seeing some of these too.  I haven?t been able to consistently reproduce this yet, but it?s there...  Anybody contact support yet?


   --
   John Wetter
   Technology Support Administrator
   Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
   Hopkins Public Schools
   952-988-5373





________________________________
From: "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu<x-msg://11/ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>>
   Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:41:16 -0500
   To: Karl Hehr <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>>, Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<x-msg://11/casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>>
   Subject: Re: [Casper] No reboot

   I?m starting to run into a lot of issues with systems not rebooting when they should. Lots of spinning tick marks that never end, etc...

   Not sure what is causing it.

   Craig E

   On 8/10/09 2:36 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>> wrote:




I have run a config to reimage a machine and the computer never
   reboots so the scripts set to run at reboot, do not launch.  I have
   checked the logs and everything appears to work. How long do I need to
   wait usually for a restart?  The application appears to quit, but the
   computer stays at a desktop with a gray background and doesn't reboot.

   Karl H. Hehr
   Technology/Curriculum Director
   South Hamilton CSD
   www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/>>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/>>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/>>
   515.827.5418 (W)
   515.209.9767 (C)
   515.827.5368 (F)


   Luddite by Degrees
   1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and
   ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
   2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and
   exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
   3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of
   things
                                                                                                                                           --- Douglas Adams





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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Mon Aug 10 14:20:14 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:20:14 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Acrobat Pro
Message-ID: <1799C70D-B058-4D19-9554-66B3AFB9A869@latinschool.org>

I am using Managed Preferences to disable the self healing on adobe  
reader. Anyway to disable the adobe acrobat wanting to install the PDF  
printer and other settings on a first launch? Casper support is going  
to voicemail
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



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From karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us  Mon Aug 10 14:33:20 2009
From: karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us (Karl Hehr)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:33:20 -0500
Subject: [Casper] No reboot
In-Reply-To: <9CD34964-2BC6-47C1-B2A6-813EC2A02FDA@uwsp.edu>
References: <C6A5F445.AE19%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
	<9CD34964-2BC6-47C1-B2A6-813EC2A02FDA@uwsp.edu>
Message-ID: <FF62E7FA-CEDE-4D8C-A914-73E3C5B88FF5@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>

After talking with tech support, I am trying a NetBoot Image instead  
of a net install image to run in the imaging process.  THe configs are  
rather long, and this may help.
  Will report back.

Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and  
exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
things
																	--- Douglas Adams




On Aug 10, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Harter, Ryan wrote:

> I've seen this same issue randomly on machines where Casper Imaging  
> will close but the machine won't reboot.  I haven't had the endless  
> gear, but it just launches Finder (Like Casper Imaging is supposed  
> to do when it exits) and the Terminal pops up (like the netboot  
> images are supposed to do when the main app quits).
>
> It seems like the reboot command isn't being passed reliably when  
> Casper Imaging quits.
>
> Ryan Harter
> UW - Stevens Point
> Workstation Developer
> 715.346.2716
> Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>
>
> On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:
>
> What is it doing after imaging runs? Are you getting the spinning  
> tick marks forever?
>
> That?s kind of not normal of course, what you?re seeing.
>
> Craig E
>
> On 8/10/09 3:55 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 
> >> wrote:
>
> Yes, checking before the computer reboots, because after the install  
> the computer does not reboot on its own, so I can go look. I have it  
> set in the imaging app to reboot but no luck.
>
>
> Karl H. Hehr
> Technology/Curriculum Director
> South Hamilton CSD
> www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
> >>
> 515.827.5418 (W)
> 515.209.9767 (C)
> 515.827.5368 (F)
>
>
> Luddite by Degrees
> 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
> ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
> 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and  
> exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
> 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
> things
> --- Douglas Adams
>
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:
>
> Dumb question I know, you are trying to look at the FirstRun script  
> BEFORE the system reboots to your Destination Drive, correct? The  
> FirstRun script deletes itself when it?s done doing it?s thing so if  
> you are trying to look at it after the imaging reboot you won?t see  
> it.
>
> If that?s not the case, you have items under Prepare FirstRun  
> Script, are not rebooting, and still don?t see a FirstRun folder in  
> that directory...I?m not certain...
>
> Craig E
>
> On 8/10/09 3:49 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 
> >> wrote:
>
>
> I am using the newest version, 7.0.1. And the :Prepare First Run  
> Script" DOes show up in the left side panel.  THe OD binding,  
> deleting of the admin users, enabling ARD are all set to run at  
> reboot.
>
>
>
>
> Karl H. Hehr
> Technology/Curriculum Director
> South Hamilton CSD
> www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
> >>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
> >>
> 515.827.5418 (W)
> 515.209.9767 (C)
> 515.827.5368 (F)
>
>
> Luddite by Degrees
> 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
> ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
> 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and  
> exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
> 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
> things
> --- Douglas Adams
>
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:
>
>
> This is only not written if there is nothing to be done at Reboot.  
> If you don?t have any scripts set for At Reboot, AD (or other  
> bindings, or native CS3/CS4 deployments. Other options can make it  
> happen if you have it recon after imaging.
>
>  When you are in the Casper Imaging screen in the left hand plan  
> window do you actually see Prepare FirstRun Script section listed at  
> the end?
>
>  What version of the Casper Suite are you using?
>
>  Craig E
>
>  On 8/10/09 3:21 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 
> >> wrote:
>
>
>
> /Volumes/<destination drive>/System/Library/StartupItems/FirstRun/ 
> FirstRun
>
>  Ok so this is where the first run script is supposed to be written,  
> if the script is not written, what could be the issue?
>
>
>
>
>  Karl H. Hehr
>  Technology/Curriculum Director
>  South Hamilton CSD
>  www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
> >>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
> >>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
> >>
>  515.827.5418 (W)
>  515.209.9767 (C)
>  515.827.5368 (F)
>
>
>  Luddite by Degrees
>  1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
> ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
>  2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new  
> and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in  
> it.
>  3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
> things
>  --- Douglas Adams
>
>
>
>
>
>  On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:51 PM, John Wetter wrote:
>
>
>
> We?re seeing some of these too.  I haven?t been able to consistently  
> reproduce this yet, but it?s there...  Anybody contact support yet?
>
>
>   --
>   John Wetter
>   Technology Support Administrator
>   Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
>   Hopkins Public Schools
>   952-988-5373
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu<x-msg://11/ 
> ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>>
>   Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:41:16 -0500
>   To: Karl Hehr <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 
> >>, Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<x-msg://11/casper at list.jamfsoftware.com 
> >>
>   Subject: Re: [Casper] No reboot
>
>   I?m starting to run into a lot of issues with systems not  
> rebooting when they should. Lots of spinning tick marks that never  
> end, etc...
>
>   Not sure what is causing it.
>
>   Craig E
>
>   On 8/10/09 2:36 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 
> >> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> I have run a config to reimage a machine and the computer never
>   reboots so the scripts set to run at reboot, do not launch.  I have
>   checked the logs and everything appears to work. How long do I  
> need to
>   wait usually for a restart?  The application appears to quit, but  
> the
>   computer stays at a desktop with a gray background and doesn't  
> reboot.
>
>   Karl H. Hehr
>   Technology/Curriculum Director
>   South Hamilton CSD
>   www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
> >>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
> >>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
> >>
>   515.827.5418 (W)
>   515.209.9767 (C)
>   515.827.5368 (F)
>
>
>   Luddite by Degrees
>   1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and
>   ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
>   2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and
>   exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
>   3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of
>   things
>                                                                                                                                           --- Douglas 
>  Adams
>
>
>
>
>
>   _______________________________________________
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> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
>   http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
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From abenedict at integer.com  Mon Aug 10 19:15:57 2009
From: abenedict at integer.com (Alan Benedict)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:15:57 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Displaying script progress to end users?
Message-ID: <5fe906620908101915s2d022f65o50cc194b5816b3fb@mail.gmail.com>

I was wondering if anyone knows a way that I could pass the info
being displayed in a script to the end user?  How I am wanting to
implement this is by putting a software update script in my
SelfService app, yet
let end users see the status of the software update as well as what updates
were applied.
I would also like it to show me all of this live so that users can see
the status as opposed to getting all of the text after the script has
ran.
Any thoughts?
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com
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From karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us  Mon Aug 10 19:21:07 2009
From: karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us (Karl Hehr)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:21:07 -0500
Subject: [Casper] No reboot
In-Reply-To: <FF62E7FA-CEDE-4D8C-A914-73E3C5B88FF5@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
References: <C6A5F445.AE19%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
	<9CD34964-2BC6-47C1-B2A6-813EC2A02FDA@uwsp.edu>
	<FF62E7FA-CEDE-4D8C-A914-73E3C5B88FF5@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
Message-ID: <766E3506-444C-4A59-A80F-CF8D0B41350F@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>

It appears that the issue is a long(er) configuration, not sure if it  
is size or number of steps related. BNy changing to a NetBoot image  
from a NetInstall image there appears to be no more issues.  When I  
get the time I will compress my longer config into one big image and  
see if I still have issues with the deployment with a netinstall  
image. For now I have a work around.

Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and  
exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
things
																	--- Douglas Adams




On Aug 10, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Karl Hehr wrote:

> After talking with tech support, I am trying a NetBoot Image instead  
> of a net install image to run in the imaging process.  THe configs  
> are rather long, and this may help.
> Will report back.
>
> Karl H. Hehr
> Technology/Curriculum Director
> South Hamilton CSD
> www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
> 515.827.5418 (W)
> 515.209.9767 (C)
> 515.827.5368 (F)
>
>
> Luddite by Degrees
> 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
> ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
> 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and  
> exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
> 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
> things
> 																	--- Douglas Adams
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 10, 2009, at 4:06 PM, Harter, Ryan wrote:
>
>> I've seen this same issue randomly on machines where Casper Imaging  
>> will close but the machine won't reboot.  I haven't had the endless  
>> gear, but it just launches Finder (Like Casper Imaging is supposed  
>> to do when it exits) and the Terminal pops up (like the netboot  
>> images are supposed to do when the main app quits).
>>
>> It seems like the reboot command isn't being passed reliably when  
>> Casper Imaging quits.
>>
>> Ryan Harter
>> UW - Stevens Point
>> Workstation Developer
>> 715.346.2716
>> Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>
>>
>> On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:
>>
>> What is it doing after imaging runs? Are you getting the spinning  
>> tick marks forever?
>>
>> That?s kind of not normal of course, what you?re seeing.
>>
>> Craig E
>>
>> On 8/10/09 3:55 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 
>> >> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, checking before the computer reboots, because after the  
>> install the computer does not reboot on its own, so I can go look.  
>> I have it set in the imaging app to reboot but no luck.
>>
>>
>> Karl H. Hehr
>> Technology/Curriculum Director
>> South Hamilton CSD
>> www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
>> >>
>> 515.827.5418 (W)
>> 515.209.9767 (C)
>> 515.827.5368 (F)
>>
>>
>> Luddite by Degrees
>> 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
>> ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
>> 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new  
>> and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in  
>> it.
>> 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
>> things
>> --- Douglas Adams
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:
>>
>> Dumb question I know, you are trying to look at the FirstRun script  
>> BEFORE the system reboots to your Destination Drive, correct? The  
>> FirstRun script deletes itself when it?s done doing it?s thing so  
>> if you are trying to look at it after the imaging reboot you won?t  
>> see it.
>>
>> If that?s not the case, you have items under Prepare FirstRun  
>> Script, are not rebooting, and still don?t see a FirstRun folder in  
>> that directory...I?m not certain...
>>
>> Craig E
>>
>> On 8/10/09 3:49 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 
>> >> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I am using the newest version, 7.0.1. And the :Prepare First Run  
>> Script" DOes show up in the left side panel.  THe OD binding,  
>> deleting of the admin users, enabling ARD are all set to run at  
>> reboot.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Karl H. Hehr
>> Technology/Curriculum Director
>> South Hamilton CSD
>> www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
>> >>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s- 
>> hamilton.k12.ia.us/>>
>> 515.827.5418 (W)
>> 515.209.9767 (C)
>> 515.827.5368 (F)
>>
>>
>> Luddite by Degrees
>> 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
>> ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
>> 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new  
>> and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in  
>> it.
>> 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
>> things
>> --- Douglas Adams
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:
>>
>>
>> This is only not written if there is nothing to be done at Reboot.  
>> If you don?t have any scripts set for At Reboot, AD (or other  
>> bindings, or native CS3/CS4 deployments. Other options can make it  
>> happen if you have it recon after imaging.
>>
>> When you are in the Casper Imaging screen in the left hand plan  
>> window do you actually see Prepare FirstRun Script section listed  
>> at the end?
>>
>> What version of the Casper Suite are you using?
>>
>> Craig E
>>
>> On 8/10/09 3:21 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 
>> >> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> /Volumes/<destination drive>/System/Library/StartupItems/FirstRun/ 
>> FirstRun
>>
>> Ok so this is where the first run script is supposed to be written,  
>> if the script is not written, what could be the issue?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Karl H. Hehr
>> Technology/Curriculum Director
>> South Hamilton CSD
>> www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
>> >>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s- 
>> hamilton.k12.ia.us/>>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
>> >>
>> 515.827.5418 (W)
>> 515.209.9767 (C)
>> 515.827.5368 (F)
>>
>>
>> Luddite by Degrees
>> 1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
>> ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
>> 2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new  
>> and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in  
>> it.
>> 3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
>> things
>> --- Douglas Adams
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:51 PM, John Wetter wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> We?re seeing some of these too.  I haven?t been able to  
>> consistently reproduce this yet, but it?s there...  Anybody contact  
>> support yet?
>>
>>
>>  --
>>  John Wetter
>>  Technology Support Administrator
>>  Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
>>  Hopkins Public Schools
>>  952-988-5373
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu<x-msg://11/ 
>> ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>>
>>  Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:41:16 -0500
>>  To: Karl Hehr <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 
>> >>, Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<x-msg://11/casper at list.jamfsoftware.com 
>> >>
>>  Subject: Re: [Casper] No reboot
>>
>>  I?m starting to run into a lot of issues with systems not  
>> rebooting when they should. Lots of spinning tick marks that never  
>> end, etc...
>>
>>  Not sure what is causing it.
>>
>>  Craig E
>>
>>  On 8/10/09 2:36 PM, "Karl Hehr" <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<x-msg://11/karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 
>> >> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I have run a config to reimage a machine and the computer never
>>  reboots so the scripts set to run at reboot, do not launch.  I have
>>  checked the logs and everything appears to work. How long do I  
>> need to
>>  wait usually for a restart?  The application appears to quit, but  
>> the
>>  computer stays at a desktop with a gray background and doesn't  
>> reboot.
>>
>>  Karl H. Hehr
>>  Technology/Curriculum Director
>>  South Hamilton CSD
>>  www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
>> >>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s- 
>> hamilton.k12.ia.us/>>  <http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us<http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/ 
>> >>
>>  515.827.5418 (W)
>>  515.209.9767 (C)
>>  515.827.5368 (F)
>>
>>
>>  Luddite by Degrees
>>  1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and
>>  ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
>>  2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and
>>  exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
>>  3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of
>>  things
>>                                                                                                                                          --- Douglas 
>>  Adams
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  _______________________________________________
>>  Casper mailing list
>>  Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<x-msg://11/ 
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
>>  http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   _______________________________________________
>> Casper mailing list
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<x-msg://11/Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  _______________________________________________
>> Casper mailing list
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<x-msg://11/Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Casper mailing list
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<mailto:Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>>
>



From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Mon Aug 10 19:22:34 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:22:34 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Displaying script progress to end users?
In-Reply-To: <5fe906620908101915s2d022f65o50cc194b5816b3fb@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C6A6401A.AE42%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

A while back someone (I wish I could credit them) had suggested that instead of running a script for updates you can run the Software Update GUI as root.

Make a self-service policy and on the advanced tab put in the following Run Command:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Software\ Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software\ Update

This appears to work for me, the only caviot being applying firmware updates I think. I haven't put this out system wide yet so I haven't gotten much feedback.

So if you do it this way you get all the feedback you're asking for.

Craig E


On 8/10/09 9:15 PM, "Alan Benedict" <abenedict at integer.com> wrote:

I was wondering if anyone knows a way that I could pass the info being displayed in a script to the end user?  How I am wanting to implement this is by putting a software update script in my SelfService app, yet let end users see the status of the software update as well as what updates were applied. I would also like it to show me all of this live so that users can see the status as opposed to getting all of the text after the script has ran. Any thoughts?
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com


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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Mon Aug 10 19:41:04 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:41:04 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Displaying script progress to end users?
In-Reply-To: <C6A6401A.AE42%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <C6A64470.AE52%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

I forgot a few other things to how I do the Self Service for Software Updates.

I also have a startup item package that just runs a recon cycle after a reboot so the system is officially updated after a reboot and is accurate in inventory.

Make 'em reboot.

Craig E

On 8/10/09 9:22 PM, "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> wrote:

A while back someone (I wish I could credit them) had suggested that instead of running a script for updates you can run the Software Update GUI as root.

Make a self-service policy and on the advanced tab put in the following Run Command:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Software\ Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software\ Update

This appears to work for me, the only caviot being applying firmware updates I think. I haven't put this out system wide yet so I haven't gotten much feedback.

So if you do it this way you get all the feedback you're asking for.

Craig E


On 8/10/09 9:15 PM, "Alan Benedict" <abenedict at integer.com> wrote:

I was wondering if anyone knows a way that I could pass the info being displayed in a script to the end user?  How I am wanting to implement this is by putting a software update script in my SelfService app, yet let end users see the status of the software update as well as what updates were applied. I would also like it to show me all of this live so that users can see the status as opposed to getting all of the text after the script has ran. Any thoughts?
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com



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From CMyers at uclan.ac.uk  Tue Aug 11 00:05:24 2009
From: CMyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss  Myers)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:05:24 +0100
Subject: [Casper] No reboot
In-Reply-To: <4B402E8D-66F2-43DF-AB41-3839171F5697@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
References: <4B402E8D-66F2-43DF-AB41-3839171F5697@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
Message-ID: <4A812644.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>

Hi 

Sorry for not replying earlier but when you guys are at work its night time for me. 

I have the same problem as you, it seems to be totally random, on the same 2 macs, out of 20 image cycles it may occur 2-3 times, I cant see it is based on number of packages or size or even the netinstall image as the same machines image perfectly the rest of the time with the same settings. 

It seems to crash Casper imaging during the writing the jamf binary to /usr...... etc so never gets to the point of creating the first run script or the reboot and blessing stages 

One way might be to use Compiled configurations which i cam currently trying. 

However one way i have found to fix this is to boot from a mac os x install dvd and reformat the drive, the next time it images correctly. I find that once a mac fails to reboot after imaging it keeps repeating this on subsequent imaging as if something is wrong with the mac itself. I also find now that after it quits casper imaging, the next time i try to run casper imaging it says it cannot find the "Macintosh HD" which simply is incorrect, i load disk utility from the launchpad and it verifies the drive, i even reformat the drive and still it fails to find it. The only fix is to reformat the drive for an os x install dvd.

I have forwarded my findings to jamf 

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

>>> Karl Hehr <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> 08/10/09 8:36 PM >>>
I have run a config to reimage a machine and the computer never 
reboots so the scripts set to run at reboot, do not launch.  I have 
checked the logs and everything appears to work. How long do I need to 
wait usually for a restart?  The application appears to quit, but the 
computer stays at a desktop with a gray background and doesn't reboot.

Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and 
ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and 
exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of 
things
--- Douglas Adams





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From Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu  Tue Aug 11 08:42:42 2009
From: Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu (Harter, Ryan)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:42:42 -0500
Subject: [Casper] LaunchPad won't launch
Message-ID: <90E5FFC7-1134-412F-831F-5FA65DD231F5@uwsp.edu>

Hey all-

I've made a couple netinstall images now that are supposed to include the new LaunchPad, but I can't seem to get it to run.  When I boot up from these images and quit Casper Imaging I just get the terminal like before.

Has anyone else seen this?  Any ideas?

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>


From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Tue Aug 11 08:58:29 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:58:29 +0100
Subject: [Casper] LaunchPad won't launch
In-Reply-To: <90E5FFC7-1134-412F-831F-5FA65DD231F5@uwsp.edu>
References: <90E5FFC7-1134-412F-831F-5FA65DD231F5@uwsp.edu>
Message-ID: <38854F72-D2BD-4ACE-A828-53FD6D39C128@uclan.ac.uk>

Yes and nick made a new creator, download the latest resource kit,  
also try on a different mac,

I gad prob but nick fixed them

Criss

On 11 Aug 2009, at 16:42, "Harter, Ryan" <Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu> wrote:

> Hey all-
>
> I've made a couple netinstall images now that are supposed to  
> include the new LaunchPad, but I can't seem to get it to run.  When  
> I boot up from these images and quit Casper Imaging I just get the  
> terminal like before.
>
> Has anyone else seen this?  Any ideas?
>
> Ryan Harter
> UW - Stevens Point
> Workstation Developer
> 715.346.2716
> Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper

From chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us  Tue Aug 11 09:20:40 2009
From: chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us (Chad Brewer)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:20:40 -0700
Subject: [Casper] LaunchPad won't launch
In-Reply-To: <38854F72-D2BD-4ACE-A828-53FD6D39C128@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <38854F72-D2BD-4ACE-A828-53FD6D39C128@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <fc.011f04d200d8bd193b9aca009e7d3669.d8bd4e@bend.k12.or.us>

Just downloaded the latest resource kit - the newest is still 3.0, created
on June 25.  Is there a newer version than this?

Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> on August 11, 2009 at 8:58 AM -0800 wrote:
>Yes and nick made a new creator, download the latest resource kit,  
>also try on a different mac,
>
>I gad prob but nick fixed them
>
>Criss
>
>On 11 Aug 2009, at 16:42, "Harter, Ryan" <Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hey all-
>>
>> I've made a couple netinstall images now that are supposed to  
>> include the new LaunchPad, but I can't seem to get it to run.  When  
>> I boot up from these images and quit Casper Imaging I just get the  
>> terminal like before.
>>
>> Has anyone else seen this?  Any ideas?
>>
>> Ryan Harter
>> UW - Stevens Point
>> Workstation Developer
>> 715.346.2716
>> Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Casper mailing list
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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From Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu  Tue Aug 11 09:55:45 2009
From: Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu (Harter, Ryan)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:55:45 -0500
Subject: [Casper] LaunchPad won't launch
In-Reply-To: <38854F72-D2BD-4ACE-A828-53FD6D39C128@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <90E5FFC7-1134-412F-831F-5FA65DD231F5@uwsp.edu>
	<38854F72-D2BD-4ACE-A828-53FD6D39C128@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <0DA59461-161E-4571-A8B4-28393DAB3F69@uwsp.edu>

I created the images with the June 09 resource kit. I'm pretty sure that's the latest.

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 11, 2009, at 10:58 AM, Criss Myers wrote:

Yes and nick made a new creator, download the latest resource kit,
also try on a different mac,

I gad prob but nick fixed them

Criss

On 11 Aug 2009, at 16:42, "Harter, Ryan" <Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>> wrote:

Hey all-

I've made a couple netinstall images now that are supposed to
include the new LaunchPad, but I can't seem to get it to run.  When
I boot up from these images and quit Casper Imaging I just get the
terminal like before.

Has anyone else seen this?  Any ideas?

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<mailto:Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu  Tue Aug 11 11:18:58 2009
From: Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu (Harter, Ryan)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:18:58 -0500
Subject: [Casper] LaunchPad won't launch
In-Reply-To: <38854F72-D2BD-4ACE-A828-53FD6D39C128@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <90E5FFC7-1134-412F-831F-5FA65DD231F5@uwsp.edu>
	<38854F72-D2BD-4ACE-A828-53FD6D39C128@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <EE52528F-20F3-4B1F-BECF-15E676F2F9BF@uwsp.edu>

So Chris sent me the 3.01b that Nick sent him and that did the trick.  I'm guessing this is a fix in this beta release.

Thanks Chris.

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 11, 2009, at 10:58 AM, Criss Myers wrote:

Yes and nick made a new creator, download the latest resource kit,
also try on a different mac,

I gad prob but nick fixed them

Criss

On 11 Aug 2009, at 16:42, "Harter, Ryan" <Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>> wrote:

Hey all-

I've made a couple netinstall images now that are supposed to
include the new LaunchPad, but I can't seem to get it to run.  When
I boot up from these images and quit Casper Imaging I just get the
terminal like before.

Has anyone else seen this?  Any ideas?

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 11 11:22:53 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:22:53 -0500
Subject: [Casper] InstaDMG and casper
Message-ID: <4A8170AD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

So I need to image a lab of iMacs real quick like.  I was thinking about just doing insta DMG to make a pristine 10.5.7 OS package.  Then add in the casper client and do the rest from casper. 

Any experience with this? 

Thoughts? 

Thanks in advance, 

Tom 
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From karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us  Tue Aug 11 11:29:10 2009
From: karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us (Karl Hehr)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:29:10 -0500
Subject: [Casper] InstaDMG and casper
In-Reply-To: <4A8170AD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4A8170AD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <F5D99489-184B-4B4F-9C6F-F5641D848D75@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>

Inorder to use InstaDMG you need a factory LEOPARD install disk.  So  
if you don't have a 10.5.7 disk, you need the combo update and then a  
package of the Casper tools you want. Then take the thre packages, OS/ 
Updates/Casper items, combine them, ta-da.  Make sure you add in a  
script to write the Apple First run file, too.( so it is 4 pieces  
total I guess.)

Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and  
exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
things
																	--- Douglas Adams




On Aug 11, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

> So I need to image a lab of iMacs real quick like.  I was thinking  
> about just doing insta DMG to make a pristine 10.5.7 OS package.   
> Then add in the casper client and do the rest from casper.
>
> Any experience with this?
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Tom
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper

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From eyoung at thayer.org  Tue Aug 11 11:29:31 2009
From: eyoung at thayer.org (Eric Young)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:29:31 -0400
Subject: [Casper] InstaDMG and casper
In-Reply-To: <4A8170AD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4A8170AD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <BD4EE1A3-E14F-4A1A-B9BE-4D5E9C1697C9@thayer.org>

been a while since I tinkered with instaDMG but... seems to me that it  
would take just as long to get the os running there as it does to make/ 
update and existing core OS for casper.

my core is somewhat customized and clocks in at about 4.5 GB... it  
take all of 10 minutes to compose it into a core and another 3-5 to  
upload it... hell making a netboot set out of it only adds another 5  
minutes in the netinstall creator... unfortunately the upload to each  
netboot serve takes 10-15 :-(

even with a virgin machine, assuming a fresh core OS with it the  
customizations take no more than 30 minutes tops (including software  
updates).





On Aug 11, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

> So I need to image a lab of iMacs real quick like.  I was thinking  
> about just doing insta DMG to make a pristine 10.5.7 OS package.   
> Then add in the casper client and do the rest from casper.
>
> Any experience with this?
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Tom
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 11 11:38:45 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:38:45 -0500
Subject: [Casper] InstaDMG and casper
In-Reply-To: <F5D99489-184B-4B4F-9C6F-F5641D848D75@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>
References: <4A8170AD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
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Karl, 

Yeah I understand that.  I have an image of a retail disk, which should work.  I had a retail disk somewhere but I can't find it.  I think I lent it to someone and it never came back my way.  I was going to drop the 10.5.7 combo updater in there to just make it happen.  Then I was going to add the quickadd.pkg in the custom packages folder, and just zap that lab real quick with that.  Then add in local users via casper policy or send unix command via ARD admin.   

I don't want the initial set up screen and I want to have the users just added at boot for these particular machines.  They probably won't be bound to the OD either and will most likely be managed by Casper 7 with local accounts. 

That Apple First run script does what exactly?  Also, how did you trigger any casper policies?  did you do custom triggers or do it based on smart groups or what?  This lab is maybe 20 iMacs so I need to scope out policy some how for them. 

thanks 

Tom

>>> Karl Hehr <karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us> 08/11/09 1:29 PM >>>
Inorder to use InstaDMG you need a factory LEOPARD install disk.  So if you don't have a 10.5.7 disk, you need the combo update and then a package of the Casper tools you want. Then take the thre packages, OS/Updates/Casper items, combine them, ta-da.  Make sure you add in a script to write the Apple First run file, too.( so it is 4 pieces total I guess.) 



Karl H. Hehr 

Technology/Curriculum Director 

South Hamilton CSD 

www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us 

515.827.5418 (W) 

515.209.9767 (C) 

515.827.5368 (F) 





Luddite by Degrees 

1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 

2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 

3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of things 


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On Aug 11, 2009, at 1:22 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote: 




So I need to image a lab of iMacs real quick like.  I was thinking about just doing insta DMG to make a pristine 10.5.7 OS package.  Then add in the casper client and do the rest from casper. 



Any experience with this? 



Thoughts? 



Thanks in advance, 



Tom 

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From rcorbin at mac.com  Tue Aug 11 11:55:20 2009
From: rcorbin at mac.com (Roger Corbin)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:55:20 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Stolen Machines
In-Reply-To: <mailman.3.1249930804.5180.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
References: <mailman.3.1249930804.5180.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
Message-ID: <3474D294-D315-4423-8B01-BA1FA58484D1@mac.com>

I have about 5 machines that were stolen a few months back. I have  
noticed in the Casper logs that
the IP address for these machines are being updated. I also have usage  
logs of when they are being
logged into or started up etc. We are going to report these IP  
addresses to the police, but I was
wondering if anyone has ever tried sending a package or script to a  
stolen machine that helped
yield some further useful information. As far as I can tell the  
machines are behind a router or on
wireless, but I would think it could still be told via policy to grab  
a package or a script. Has anyone
done anything like that before ?

Roger Corbin
Richmond SD38

From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Tue Aug 11 11:59:14 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:59:14 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Stolen Machines
In-Reply-To: <3474D294-D315-4423-8B01-BA1FA58484D1@mac.com>
Message-ID: <C6A729B2.B3C4%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>

In our case, the police said not to do anything other than tell them exactly when one of the computers updated, they traced the IP and got records from the ISP in real time and within a few minutes they had a laptop back in their hands.  In another case, they went in to an apartment where the occupant had an open wifi and after a search, they didn't find it and that laptop never phoned home again.

I've heard of some people loading the script that takes pictures using the isight camera and e-mails them, but check with the authorities first.

Thanks,
John

--
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373


________________________________
From: Roger Corbin <rcorbin at mac.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:55:20 -0500
To: <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: [Casper] Stolen Machines

I have about 5 machines that were stolen a few months back. I have
noticed in the Casper logs that
the IP address for these machines are being updated. I also have usage
logs of when they are being
logged into or started up etc. We are going to report these IP
addresses to the police, but I was
wondering if anyone has ever tried sending a package or script to a
stolen machine that helped
yield some further useful information. As far as I can tell the
machines are behind a router or on
wireless, but I would think it could still be told via policy to grab
a package or a script. Has anyone
done anything like that before ?

Roger Corbin
Richmond SD38
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From james.alcasid at va.gov  Tue Aug 11 12:02:08 2009
From: james.alcasid at va.gov (James Alcasid)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:02:08 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Stolen Machines
In-Reply-To: <3474D294-D315-4423-8B01-BA1FA58484D1@mac.com>
Message-ID: <C6A73870.1B654%james.alcasid@va.gov>

Roger,
Your best bet is to make no visible modifications to the machines.Whoever
took them never even bothered to zero out the drives or change out the MAC
addresses. The police as John had mentioned can get the laptops back to you
very quickly.


James Alcas?d, ACSA | VeriSolv Technologies
Department of Veterans Affairs | Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering
470 L?Enfant Plaza Suite 3100, Washington DC 20024
Office (202) 245-4573, Mobile (703) 400-1471






> From: Roger Corbin <rcorbin at mac.com>
> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:55:20 -0700
> To: <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Subject: [Casper] Stolen Machines
> 
> I have about 5 machines that were stolen a few months back. I have
> noticed in the Casper logs that
> the IP address for these machines are being updated. I also have usage
> logs of when they are being
> logged into or started up etc. We are going to report these IP
> addresses to the police, but I was
> wondering if anyone has ever tried sending a package or script to a
> stolen machine that helped
> yield some further useful information. As far as I can tell the
> machines are behind a router or on
> wireless, but I would think it could still be told via policy to grab
> a package or a script. Has anyone
> done anything like that before ?
> 
> Roger Corbin
> Richmond SD38
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 11 12:14:47 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:14:47 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Stolen Machines
In-Reply-To: <C6A729B2.B3C4%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
References: <3474D294-D315-4423-8B01-BA1FA58484D1@mac.com>
	<C6A729B2.B3C4%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
Message-ID: <4A817CD7.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

We use computrace which is the corporate version of lowjack.  Is your
JSS on the outside world?  Can you hit your JSS from the www?

>>> John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> 08/11/09 1:59 PM >>>

In our case, the police said not to do anything other than tell them
exactly when one of the computers updated, they traced the IP and got
records from the ISP in real time and within a few minutes they had a
laptop back in their hands.  In another case, they went in to an
apartment where the occupant had an open wifi and after a search, they
didn?t find it and that laptop never phoned home again.

I?ve heard of some people loading the script that takes pictures using
the isight camera and e-mails them, but check with the authorities
first.

Thanks,
John

--
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373


From: Roger Corbin <rcorbin at mac.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:55:20 -0500
To: <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: [Casper] Stolen Machines

I have about 5 machines that were stolen a few months back. I have
noticed in the Casper logs that
the IP address for these machines are being updated. I also have usage
logs of when they are being
logged into or started up etc. We are going to report these IP
addresses to the police, but I was
wondering if anyone has ever tried sending a package or script to a
stolen machine that helped
yield some further useful information. As far as I can tell the
machines are behind a router or on
wireless, but I would think it could still be told via policy to grab
a package or a script. Has anyone
done anything like that before ?

Roger Corbin
Richmond SD38
_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
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From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Tue Aug 11 12:22:07 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:22:07 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Stolen Machines
In-Reply-To: <4A817CD7.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <C6A712EF.5197%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

Agreed. We've recovered five stolen machines with Computrace and have been reimbursed for the 30 they didn't find. Good solution.


On 8/11/09 12:14 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:



 We use computrace which is the corporate version of lowjack.  Is your JSS on the outside world?  Can you hit your JSS from the www?

>>> John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> 08/11/09 1:59 PM >>>




 In our case, the police said not to do anything other than tell them exactly when one of the computers updated, they traced the IP and got records from the ISP in real time and within a few minutes they had a laptop back in their hands.  In another case, they went in to an apartment where the occupant had an open wifi and after a search, they didn't find it and that laptop never phoned home again.

I've heard of some people loading the script that takes pictures using the isight camera and e-mails them, but check with the authorities first.

Thanks,
John

--
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373


________________________________
From: Roger Corbin <rcorbin at mac.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:55:20 -0500
To: <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: [Casper] Stolen Machines

I have about 5 machines that were stolen a few months back. I have
noticed in the Casper logs that
the IP address for these machines are being updated. I also have usage
logs of when they are being
logged into or started up etc. We are going to report these IP
addresses to the police, but I was
wondering if anyone has ever tried sending a package or script to a
stolen machine that helped
yield some further useful information. As far as I can tell the
machines are behind a router or on
wireless, but I would think it could still be told via policy to grab
a package or a script. Has anyone
done anything like that before ?

Roger Corbin
Richmond SD38
_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper






Jeffrey A. Strauss
Department of Educational Technology
Systems Administrator
Loyola High School of Los Angeles
1901 Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, Ca 90006
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From william.smith at merrillcorp.com  Tue Aug 11 12:45:20 2009
From: william.smith at merrillcorp.com (Smith, William)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:45:20 -0500
Subject: [Casper] InstaDMG and casper
In-Reply-To: <4A8170AD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <C6A73480.E1A5%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>

From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:22:53 -0500

> So I need to image a lab of iMacs real quick like.  I was thinking about just
> doing insta DMG to make a pristine 10.5.7 OS package.  Then add in the casper
> client and do the rest from casper.
> 
> Any experience with this?
  
Will you be installing volume licensed software (one serial number) and will
most of the machines be the same?

You might want to consider Casper Admin 7.0's new feature for compiling
monolithic images from configurations. A compiled image, I believe, would
install using a block copy, which is much faster than installing via typical
methods.

I haven't had a need for this yet but would be interested in someone else's
experiences.

-- 

bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
MCS IT
Merrill Communications, LLC
(651) 632-1492


From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Tue Aug 11 12:52:15 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:52:15 -0700
Subject: [Casper] OD Binding
Message-ID: <C6A719FF.51A0%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

Is anyone using the built-in OD bind function in Casper 7? I've added it to my policy (as both priorities 1 and 10) and it seems to be listed in the contents of what will be imaged, and the logs indicate "adding line for binding," but when the machine reboots it's not bound to my ODM. Any ideas?

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 x265

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 11 12:54:48 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:54:48 -0500
Subject: [Casper] InstaDMG and casper
In-Reply-To: <C6A73480.E1A5%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>
References: <4A8170AD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<C6A73480.E1A5%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>
Message-ID: <4A818638.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Yup I just got emailed that exact answer from one of JAMF's staff so I am looking into it. 

I like how instaDMG will let you slip stream everything in, but it looks as if Casper Admin ver. 7 does this already.   

Anyone done this yet?  I can't be the first... 

-Tom

>>> "Smith, William" <william.smith at merrillcorp.com> 08/11/09 2:45 PM >>>
From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:22:53 -0500

> So I need to image a lab of iMacs real quick like.  I was thinking about just
> doing insta DMG to make a pristine 10.5.7 OS package.  Then add in the casper
> client and do the rest from casper.
>
> Any experience with this?
 
Will you be installing volume licensed software (one serial number) and will
most of the machines be the same?

You might want to consider Casper Admin 7.0's new feature for compiling
monolithic images from configurations. A compiled image, I believe, would
install using a block copy, which is much faster than installing via typical
methods.

I haven't had a need for this yet but would be interested in someone else's
experiences.

--

bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
MCS IT
Merrill Communications, LLC
(651) 632-1492

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From sdiver at d125.org  Tue Aug 11 12:54:06 2009
From: sdiver at d125.org (Steven Diver)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:54:06 -0500
Subject: [Casper] OD Binding
In-Reply-To: <C6A719FF.51A0%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
References: <C6A719FF.51A0%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
Message-ID: <fc.011f7a1113d2364c3b9aca001ce9b512.13d23685@d125.org>

Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> on August 11, 2009 at 2:52 PM -0500
wrote:
>Is anyone using the built-in OD bind function in Casper 7? I?ve added it
>to my policy (as both priorities 1 and 10) and it seems to be listed in
>the contents of what will be imaged, and the logs indicate ?adding line
>for binding,? but when the machine reboots it?s not bound to my ODM. Any
>ideas? 

I found I had issues with OD bindings when I was running v7 of the Casper
Suite on my server, and v6.01 of Casper Imaging on my NetBoot image. Once
everything was at v7 or v7.01 the OD bindings started working again.

Steve

--
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Adlai E. Stevenson High School / www.d125.org
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From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Tue Aug 11 12:56:48 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:56:48 -0700
Subject: [Casper] OD Binding
In-Reply-To: <fc.011f7a1113d2364c3b9aca001ce9b512.13d23685@d125.org>
Message-ID: <C6A71B10.51A5%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

I'm 7 across the board...


On 8/11/09 12:54 PM, "Steven Diver" <sdiver at d125.org> wrote:

Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> on August 11, 2009 at 2:52 PM -0500 wrote:
Is anyone using the built-in OD bind function in Casper 7? I've added it to my policy (as both priorities 1 and 10) and it seems to be listed in the contents of what will be imaged, and the logs indicate "adding line for binding," but when the machine reboots it's not bound to my ODM. Any ideas?

I found I had issues with OD bindings when I was running v7 of the Casper Suite on my server, and v6.01 of Casper Imaging on my NetBoot image. Once everything was at v7 or v7.01 the OD bindings started working again.

Steve

--
Steven Diver, Network Manager
Adlai E. Stevenson High School / www.d125.org <http://www.d125.org>
Email: sdiver at d125.org / Phone: 847.415.4304

"Be not simply good, be good for something."
-Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)



Jeffrey A. Strauss
Department of Educational Technology
Systems Administrator
Loyola High School of Los Angeles
1901 Venice Blvd.
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 11 12:59:03 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:59:03 -0500
Subject: [Casper] OD Binding
In-Reply-To: <C6A719FF.51A0%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
References: <C6A719FF.51A0%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
Message-ID: <4A818737.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Jeff 

I have not tried the built in features as I literally just upgraded to
Casper 7 yesterday.  However, in version 6 I run an at first boot script
that binds the client to the specific replica, and it works like a
charm. 

I can post that if you like? 

-Tom

>>> Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> 08/11/09 2:52 PM >>>

Is anyone using the built-in OD bind function in Casper 7? I?ve added it
to my policy (as both priorities 1 and 10) and it seems to be listed in
the contents of what will be imaged, and the logs indicate ?adding line
for binding,? but when the machine reboots it?s not bound to my ODM. Any
ideas?

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 x265
 
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From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Tue Aug 11 13:01:11 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:01:11 -0700
Subject: [Casper] OD Binding
In-Reply-To: <4A818737.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <C6A71C17.51A8%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

Please do. I wrote the script I use, but I'd like to see any differences. :)


On 8/11/09 12:59 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:



 Jeff



 I have not tried the built in features as I literally just upgraded to Casper 7 yesterday.  However, in version 6 I run an at first boot script that binds the client to the specific replica, and it works like a charm.



 I can post that if you like?



 -Tom

>>> Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> 08/11/09 2:52 PM >>>




 Is anyone using the built-in OD bind function in Casper 7? I've added it to my policy (as both priorities 1 and 10) and it seems to be listed in the contents of what will be imaged, and the logs indicate "adding line for binding," but when the machine reboots it's not bound to my ODM. Any ideas?

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 x265

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Jeffrey A. Strauss
Department of Educational Technology
Systems Administrator
Loyola High School of Los Angeles
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(213) 381-5121 x265

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From wylie.horn at oucs.ox.ac.uk  Tue Aug 11 13:04:17 2009
From: wylie.horn at oucs.ox.ac.uk (Wylie Horn)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:04:17 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Stolen Machines
In-Reply-To: <3474D294-D315-4423-8B01-BA1FA58484D1@mac.com>
References: <mailman.3.1249930804.5180.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
	<3474D294-D315-4423-8B01-BA1FA58484D1@mac.com>
Message-ID: <CAB09EDC-2252-40E2-9EDF-F1AA548D2854@oucs.ox.ac.uk>

Too late in this case Roger but you might want to consider Undercover  
as an option in future, <http://www.orbicule.com/undercover>.

Wylie

On 11 Aug 2009, at 19:55, Roger Corbin wrote:

> I have about 5 machines that were stolen a few months back. I have
> noticed in the Casper logs that
> the IP address for these machines are being updated. I also have usage
> logs of when they are being
> logged into or started up etc. We are going to report these IP
> addresses to the police, but I was
> wondering if anyone has ever tried sending a package or script to a
> stolen machine that helped
> yield some further useful information. As far as I can tell the
> machines are behind a router or on
> wireless, but I would think it could still be told via policy to grab
> a package or a script. Has anyone
> done anything like that before ?
>
> Roger Corbin
> Richmond SD38
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> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 11 13:08:53 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:08:53 -0500
Subject: [Casper] OD Binding
In-Reply-To: <C6A71C17.51A8%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
References: <4A818737.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<C6A71C17.51A8%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
Message-ID: <4A818985.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

This is for a simple vanilla bind, no authenticate bind, no computer
name. 

#!/bin/bash 
#This script binds a 10.4.11 or 10.5 client to an LDAP (OD) server. 
#please input your FQDN to the variable below 

newserver="myserver.com" 

/usr/sbin/dsconfigldap -a $newserver 
/usr/bin/dscl localhost -create /Search SearchPolicy
dsAttrTypeStandard:CSPSearchPath 
/usr/bin/dscl localhost -merge /Search CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/$newserver 
/usr/bin/dscl localhost -create /Contact SearchPolicy
dsAttrTypeStandard:CSPSearchPath 
/usr/bin/dscl localhost -merge /Contact CSPSearchPath /LDAPv3/$newserver


exit 0 




As you can see this is very simple, very straight forward and I have it
running on all laptops as a first boot run script.   Works like a champ.

>>> Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> 08/11/09 3:01 PM >>>

Please do. I wrote the script I use, but I?d like to see any
differences. :)


On 8/11/09 12:59 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:


  

  

Jeff 

   

       

  

I have not tried the built in features as I literally just upgraded to
Casper 7 yesterday.  However, in version 6 I run an at first boot script
that binds the client to the specific replica, and it works like a
charm. 

   

       

  

I can post that if you like? 

   

       

  

-Tom


>>> Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> 08/11/09 2:52 PM >>>
    
 
 

 Is anyone using the built-in OD bind function in Casper 7? I?ve added
it to my policy (as both priorities 1 and 10) and it seems to be listed
in the contents of what will be imaged, and the logs indicate ?adding
line for binding,? but when the machine reboots it?s not bound to my
ODM. Any ideas?

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 x265
 
Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

 
 
 



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 x265

? ACSP |  ? ACTC | Casper Certified Administrator
 
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From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Tue Aug 11 13:21:50 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:21:50 +0100
Subject: [Casper] InstaDMG and casper
In-Reply-To: <C6A73480.E1A5%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>
References: <C6A73480.E1A5%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>
Message-ID: <2252539A-85DB-44B8-99A8-07A31961968B@uclan.ac.uk>

I use compiled configurations, I'll update u all tomorrow

On 11 Aug 2009, at 20:45, "Smith, William" <william.smith at merrillcorp.com 
 > wrote:

> From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:22:53 -0500
>
>> So I need to image a lab of iMacs real quick like.  I was thinking  
>> about just
>> doing insta DMG to make a pristine 10.5.7 OS package.  Then add in  
>> the casper
>> client and do the rest from casper.
>>
>> Any experience with this?
>
> Will you be installing volume licensed software (one serial number)  
> and will
> most of the machines be the same?
>
> You might want to consider Casper Admin 7.0's new feature for  
> compiling
> monolithic images from configurations. A compiled image, I believe,  
> would
> install using a block copy, which is much faster than installing via  
> typical
> methods.
>
> I haven't had a need for this yet but would be interested in someone  
> else's
> experiences.
>
> -- 
>
> bill
>
> William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
> MCS IT
> Merrill Communications, LLC
> (651) 632-1492
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper

From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Tue Aug 11 13:23:40 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:23:40 +0100
Subject: [Casper] OD Binding
In-Reply-To: <4A818985.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4A818737.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<C6A71C17.51A8%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
	<4A818985.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <9B74C293-766E-4FBA-8859-07D6AB78FB82@uclan.ac.uk>

U need to upgrade to 7.0.1 jamf fixed the OD issues, works fine now

On 11 Aug 2009, at 21:08, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

> This is for a simple vanilla bind, no authenticate bind, no computer  
> name.
>
> #!/bin/bash
> #This script binds a 10.4.11 or 10.5 client to an LDAP (OD) server.
> #please input your FQDN to the variable below
>
> newserver="myserver.com"
>
> /usr/sbin/dsconfigldap -a $newserver
> /usr/bin/dscl localhost -create /Search SearchPolicy  
> dsAttrTypeStandard:CSPSearchPath
> /usr/bin/dscl localhost -merge /Search CSPSearchPath / 
> LDAPv3/$newserver
> /usr/bin/dscl localhost -create /Contact SearchPolicy  
> dsAttrTypeStandard:CSPSearchPath
> /usr/bin/dscl localhost -merge /Contact CSPSearchPath / 
> LDAPv3/$newserver
>
> exit 0
>
>
>
>
> As you can see this is very simple, very straight forward and I have  
> it running on all laptops as a first boot run script.   Works like a  
> champ.
>
> >>> Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> 08/11/09 3:01 PM >>>
> Please do. I wrote the script I use, but I?d like to see any differe 
> nces. :)
>
>
> On 8/11/09 12:59 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
>
> I have not tried the built in features as I literally just upgraded  
> to Casper 7 yesterday.  However, in version 6 I run an at first boot  
> script that binds the client to the specific replica, and it works  
> like a charm.
>
>
>
>
>
> I can post that if you like?
>
>
>
>
>
> -Tom
>
> >>> Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> 08/11/09 2:52 PM >>>
>
>
>
>
>  Is anyone using the built-in OD bind function in Casper 7? I?ve add 
> ed it to my policy (as both priorities 1 and 10) and it seems to be  
> listed in the contents of what will be imaged, and the logs indicate 
>  ?adding line for binding,? but when the machine reboots it?s  
> not bound to my ODM. Any ideas?
>
> 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 x265
>
> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 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 x265
>
> ? ACSP |  ? ACTC | Casper Certified Administrator
>
> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>
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From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Tue Aug 11 13:25:31 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:25:31 -0700
Subject: [Casper] InstaDMG and casper
In-Reply-To: <2252539A-85DB-44B8-99A8-07A31961968B@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <C6A721CB.51B0%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

I started using compiled images two weeks ago. The overhead of creating the compiled image really saves you time during imaging.


On 8/11/09 1:21 PM, "Criss Myers" <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> wrote:

I use compiled configurations, I'll update u all tomorrow

On 11 Aug 2009, at 20:45, "Smith, William" <william.smith at merrillcorp.com
 > wrote:

> From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:22:53 -0500
>
>> So I need to image a lab of iMacs real quick like.  I was thinking
>> about just
>> doing insta DMG to make a pristine 10.5.7 OS package.  Then add in
>> the casper
>> client and do the rest from casper.
>>
>> Any experience with this?
>
> Will you be installing volume licensed software (one serial number)
> and will
> most of the machines be the same?
>
> You might want to consider Casper Admin 7.0's new feature for
> compiling
> monolithic images from configurations. A compiled image, I believe,
> would
> install using a block copy, which is much faster than installing via
> typical
> methods.
>
> I haven't had a need for this yet but would be interested in someone
> else's
> experiences.
>
> --
>
> bill
>
> William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
> MCS IT
> Merrill Communications, LLC
> (651) 632-1492
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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



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 x265

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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Tue Aug 11 13:59:19 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:59:19 -0500
Subject: [Casper] MS Auto Data
Message-ID: <DB54E92F-BC4E-4A71-95C2-FF6BC5C217F2@latinschool.org>

Does anyone have a way to stop the Microsoft auto setup when a user  
logs in for the first time and launches word?
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Tue Aug 11 14:04:48 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:04:48 -0500
Subject: [Casper] MS Auto Data
In-Reply-To: <DB54E92F-BC4E-4A71-95C2-FF6BC5C217F2@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <C6A74720.AEFD%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

What I've done is with the Office package itself when I create it I launch the applications once (except Entourage), set them up as needed, disable the automatic updates for office, and then do my differential on my package. I use the files in my user to Fill User Templates and our students don't get prompted for anything when they launch the software in the labs.

I don't launch Entourage so that it prompts when the package is deployed in offices for the setup of the email accounts. In labs I actually have a follow-up script that deletes the Entourage application from the machine so students can't use it.

Craig E


On 8/11/09 3:59 PM, "Kathie Iorizzo" <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:

Does anyone have a way to stop the Microsoft auto setup when a user logs in for the first time and launches word?

___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136





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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Tue Aug 11 14:14:51 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:14:51 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Non Admin Adding Printer
Message-ID: <1247407A-25C6-4C20-89FE-41FB6737BE60@latinschool.org>

I set up a managed preference for non admin users to add printers. I  
scoped it to one computer and rebooted.  This machine still has a  
padlock and cannot add/remove or pause a printer. Does anyone else do  
this via Manage Preferences?
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
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From william.smith at merrillcorp.com  Tue Aug 11 15:03:19 2009
From: william.smith at merrillcorp.com (Smith, William)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:03:19 -0500
Subject: [Casper] MS Auto Data
In-Reply-To: <DB54E92F-BC4E-4A71-95C2-FF6BC5C217F2@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <C6A754D7.E1C6%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>

From: Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:59:19 -0500

> Does anyone have a way to stop the Microsoft auto setup when a user logs in
> for the first time and launches word?

IIRC, the setup is triggered by the lack of some Microsoft preference files
and a basic Microsoft User Data folder in the user's home folder (possibly
what's found in /Applications/Microsoft Office 2008/Office/Office First
Run/MUD).

While it was designed to be used with my Exchange setup script, you might
find helpful the "Copy Entourage Files.app" script included with it
<http://entourage.mvps.org/exchange/exchangesetupv3.html>. It's purpose is
to pull together all the Microsoft preference files and a MUD for packaging.
Pushing these files to the User Template or a user home folder should
suppress the assistant.

-- 

bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
MCS IT
Merrill Communications, LLC
(651) 632-1492


From abenedict at integer.com  Tue Aug 11 16:28:45 2009
From: abenedict at integer.com (Alan Benedict)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:28:45 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Non Admin Adding Printer
In-Reply-To: <1247407A-25C6-4C20-89FE-41FB6737BE60@latinschool.org>
References: <1247407A-25C6-4C20-89FE-41FB6737BE60@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <5fe906620908111628u436a2656ud4da01e10dd48886@mail.gmail.com>

It doesn't allow users to add printers from System Preferences, it
will let them add one by selecting add printer from the printer drop
down menu when they are trying to print. ?I personally could not get
that managed pref to work. ?I ended up creating a policy that executed
the command ?dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership $3
That will add the user to the lpadmin group and all of my problems
were solved.  If anyone can figure out how to get the managed pref to
work, I would love to hear how.
:)


--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com



On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Kathie Iorizzo
<kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:
>
> I set up a managed preference for non admin users to add printers. I scoped it to one computer and rebooted. ?This machine still has a padlock and cannot add/remove or pause a printer. Does anyone else do this via Manage Preferences?
> ___________
> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
> 312.582.6136
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>

From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 11 16:37:36 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:37:36 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Non Admin Adding Printer
In-Reply-To: <5fe906620908111628u436a2656ud4da01e10dd48886@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1247407A-25C6-4C20-89FE-41FB6737BE60@latinschool.org>
	<5fe906620908111628u436a2656ud4da01e10dd48886@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4A81BA6F.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Maybe I am off on this, but isn't every user a member of _lpadmin? 
 

___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> 08/11/09 6:28 PM >>> 
It doesn't allow users to add printers from System Preferences, it
will let them add one by selecting add printer from the printer drop
down menu when they are trying to print.  I personally could not get
that managed pref to work.  I ended up creating a policy that executed
the command  dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership $3
That will add the user to the lpadmin group and all of my problems
were solved.  If anyone can figure out how to get the managed pref to
work, I would love to hear how.
:)


--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com



On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Kathie Iorizzo
<kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:
>
> I set up a managed preference for non admin users to add printers. I
scoped it to one computer and rebooted.  This machine still has a
padlock and cannot add/remove or pause a printer. Does anyone else do
this via Manage Preferences?
> ___________
> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
> 312.582.6136
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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 ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Tue Aug 11 17:18:56 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:18:56 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Non Admin Adding Printer
In-Reply-To: <4A81BA6F.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <1247407A-25C6-4C20-89FE-41FB6737BE60@latinschool.org>
	<5fe906620908111628u436a2656ud4da01e10dd48886@mail.gmail.com>
	<4A81BA6F.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <B1D25334-87D2-4D55-AC5B-CC201418E528@uwec.edu>

In 10.5.8 it is for sure broke, even for admins from what I can tell  
so we've even had to add the admin group back into the _lpadmin group!

Craig Ernst
UW-Eau Claire
(715) 836-3639

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 11, 2009, at 6:37 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

> Maybe I am off on this, but isn't every user a member of _lpadmin?
>
>
> ___________________________
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> blackberry:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
>
>
>
>
>
>>>> Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> 08/11/09 6:28 PM >>>
> It doesn't allow users to add printers from System Preferences, it
> will let them add one by selecting add printer from the printer drop
> down menu when they are trying to print.  I personally could not get
> that managed pref to work.  I ended up creating a policy that executed
> the command  dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership $3
> That will add the user to the lpadmin group and all of my problems
> were solved.  If anyone can figure out how to get the managed pref to
> work, I would love to hear how.
> :)
>
>
> --
> Alan Benedict
> ?
> Macintosh Technician
> The Integer Group
> O: 515-247-2738
> C: 515-770-8234
> http://www.integer.com
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Kathie Iorizzo
> <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:
>>
>> I set up a managed preference for non admin users to add printers. I
> scoped it to one computer and rebooted.  This machine still has a
> padlock and cannot add/remove or pause a printer. Does anyone else do
> this via Manage Preferences?
>> ___________
>> Kathie Iorizzo
>> Lower School Technician
>> The Latin School of Chicago
>> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
>> 312.582.6136
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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 cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Tue Aug 11 23:01:27 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:01:27 +0100
Subject: [Casper] MS Auto Data
In-Reply-To: <C6A74720.AEFD%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
References: <C6A74720.AEFD%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <B979B5F0-E444-4F98-B32B-4825E3732665@uclan.ac.uk>

I setup those products with a users account and then add the plist  
files to workgroup manager to manage them, works treat, I do that for  
other app settings as well

Criss

On 11 Aug 2009, at 22:04, "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> wrote:

> What I?ve done is with the Office package itself when I create it I  
> launch the applications once (except Entourage), set them up as need 
> ed, disable the automatic updates for office, and then do my differe 
> ntial on my package. I use the files in my user to Fill User Templat 
> es and our students don?t get prompted for anything when they launch 
>  the software in the labs.
>
> I don?t launch Entourage so that it prompts when the package is depl 
> oyed in offices for the setup of the email accounts. In labs I actua 
> lly have a follow-up script that deletes the Entourage application f 
> rom the machine so students can?t use it.
>
> Craig E
>
>
> On 8/11/09 3:59 PM, "Kathie Iorizzo" <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have a way to stop the Microsoft auto setup when a user  
> logs in for the first time and launches word?
>
> ___________
> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
> 312.582.6136
>
>
>
>
>
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From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Tue Aug 11 23:05:23 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:05:23 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Non Admin Adding Printer
In-Reply-To: <4A81BA6F.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <1247407A-25C6-4C20-89FE-41FB6737BE60@latinschool.org>
	<5fe906620908111628u436a2656ud4da01e10dd48886@mail.gmail.com>
	<4A81BA6F.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <E4B0C172-ABA4-4D38-8763-7B55B40AE212@uclan.ac.uk>

No tom only admins are added to lpadmin, I just added my AD all users  
group to lpadmin, I used the caspers managed prefs as well so sorry I  
can't say which one fixed it, but it works fine for me, the padlock is  
still in the sys perfs but the + and - are active for any user so u  
can add and delete printers without unlocking the padlock, u can also  
pause and resemue print queues and delete jobs

Criss

On 12 Aug 2009, at 00:37, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

> Maybe I am off on this, but isn't every user a member of _lpadmin?
>
>
> ___________________________
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> blackberry:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
>
>
>
>
>
>>>> Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> 08/11/09 6:28 PM >>>
> It doesn't allow users to add printers from System Preferences, it
> will let them add one by selecting add printer from the printer drop
> down menu when they are trying to print.  I personally could not get
> that managed pref to work.  I ended up creating a policy that executed
> the command  dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership $3
> That will add the user to the lpadmin group and all of my problems
> were solved.  If anyone can figure out how to get the managed pref to
> work, I would love to hear how.
> :)
>
>
> --
> Alan Benedict
> ?
> Macintosh Technician
> The Integer Group
> O: 515-247-2738
> C: 515-770-8234
> http://www.integer.com
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Kathie Iorizzo
> <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:
>>
>> I set up a managed preference for non admin users to add printers. I
> scoped it to one computer and rebooted.  This machine still has a
> padlock and cannot add/remove or pause a printer. Does anyone else do
> this via Manage Preferences?
>> ___________
>> Kathie Iorizzo
>> Lower School Technician
>> The Latin School of Chicago
>> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
>> 312.582.6136
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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 CMyers at uclan.ac.uk  Wed Aug 12 01:33:01 2009
From: CMyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss  Myers)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:33:01 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Complied Configuration
Message-ID: <4A828C4D.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>

Hi, 

How many other people are using these, 

I have been experimenting with them for the past few weeks, 

My findings are: 

They seems to significantly improve the imaging time, my 9.2GB complied configuration DMG takes only 18 minutes to deploy to a 100BaseT client and it would normally take 45 minutes to deploy without the complied configuration. 

I also think this may help to solve the Casper imaging crashing issues. 

Issues i have found: 

If the resulting image size is going to be over 20GB then complied configuration fails to work, i have been working with JAMF to find the issue but no joy, my solution is to manually create a sparseimage n the Casper share compiled configurations folder with the name of the configuration and all seems to work fine after that. 

It takes a long time to compiled the configurations, an install that normally takes 45mins can take 60-70 minutes to compile, thats with a 1GB admin machine 

It also naturally takes up more space on the share 

Certain packages require authorization to install so that means entering your username and password a lot during the complying, so they compile cannot be initialed and just left to run. 

If you make any changes to a configuration you have recompile every time 

However when done  i think the advantages out way the disadvantages 

Anyone else had any poor experiences? 

How big are your configurations? 

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
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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Wed Aug 12 04:25:17 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:25:17 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Non Admin Adding Printer
In-Reply-To: <E4B0C172-ABA4-4D38-8763-7B55B40AE212@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <1247407A-25C6-4C20-89FE-41FB6737BE60@latinschool.org>
	<5fe906620908111628u436a2656ud4da01e10dd48886@mail.gmail.com>
	<4A81BA6F.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<E4B0C172-ABA4-4D38-8763-7B55B40AE212@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <21E3F0C4-F3C6-4932-BB95-439C88FEE056@latinschool.org>

How do you ad them to the group? Are you using OD?

Sent from my iPhone on T-Mobile

On Aug 12, 2009, at 1:05 AM, Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> wrote:

> No tom only admins are added to lpadmin, I just added my AD all users
> group to lpadmin, I used the caspers managed prefs as well so sorry I
> can't say which one fixed it, but it works fine for me, the padlock is
> still in the sys perfs but the + and - are active for any user so u
> can add and delete printers without unlocking the padlock, u can also
> pause and resemue print queues and delete jobs
>
> Criss
>
> On 12 Aug 2009, at 00:37, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
>
>> Maybe I am off on this, but isn't every user a member of _lpadmin?
>>
>>
>> ___________________________
>> Thomas Larkin
>> TIS Department
>> KCKPS USD500
>> tlarki at kckps.org
>> blackberry:  913-449-7589
>> office:  913-627-0351
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> 08/11/09 6:28 PM >>>
>> It doesn't allow users to add printers from System Preferences, it
>> will let them add one by selecting add printer from the printer drop
>> down menu when they are trying to print.  I personally could not get
>> that managed pref to work.  I ended up creating a policy that  
>> executed
>> the command  dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership $3
>> That will add the user to the lpadmin group and all of my problems
>> were solved.  If anyone can figure out how to get the managed pref to
>> work, I would love to hear how.
>> :)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alan Benedict
>> ?
>> Macintosh Technician
>> The Integer Group
>> O: 515-247-2738
>> C: 515-770-8234
>> http://www.integer.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Kathie Iorizzo
>> <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I set up a managed preference for non admin users to add printers. I
>> scoped it to one computer and rebooted.  This machine still has a
>> padlock and cannot add/remove or pause a printer. Does anyone else do
>> this via Manage Preferences?
>>> ___________
>>> Kathie Iorizzo
>>> Lower School Technician
>>> The Latin School of Chicago
>>> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
>>> 312.582.6136
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 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
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Wed Aug 12 05:04:35 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:04:35 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Complied Configuration
In-Reply-To: <4A828C4D.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <C6A81A03.AF50%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

I've started to dabble with it. None of my compiled images top 20GB. The block copy imaging is so fast I thought something was wrong a few times, but it wasn't. =)

It does take a while to compile, but you have to keep in mind it is going to take longer than just the normal image process of that configuration. The tool has to create an image of all of this and then it scans it for restore as well so there is some additional work that needs to be done there.

I compile my configurations on one of my restore images so it's running as root so no prompts for passwords. =)

Overall, very cool...and I'm still looking into how it deals with Standard Configurations versus Smart Configurations underneath. I figured you could compile the Standard and then the Smart ones underneath would use it and then install the bits and bytes it's missing, but that doesn't appear to be the case, but still checking into that, may have been another issue.

Craig E

On 8/12/09 3:33 AM, "Criss Myers" <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> wrote:



 Hi,



 How many other people are using these,



 I have been experimenting with them for the past few weeks,



 My findings are:



 They seems to significantly improve the imaging time, my 9.2GB complied configuration DMG takes only 18 minutes to deploy to a 100BaseT client and it would normally take 45 minutes to deploy without the complied configuration.



 I also think this may help to solve the Casper imaging crashing issues.



 Issues i have found:



 If the resulting image size is going to be over 20GB then complied configuration fails to work, i have been working with JAMF to find the issue but no joy, my solution is to manually create a sparseimage n the Casper share compiled configurations folder with the name of the configuration and all seems to work fine after that.



 It takes a long time to compiled the configurations, an install that normally takes 45mins can take 60-70 minutes to compile, thats with a 1GB admin machine



 It also naturally takes up more space on the share



 Certain packages require authorization to install so that means entering your username and password a lot during the complying, so they compile cannot be initialed and just left to run.



 If you make any changes to a configuration you have recompile every time



 However when done  i think the advantages out way the disadvantages



 Anyone else had any poor experiences?



 How big are your configurations?



 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

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From CMyers at uclan.ac.uk  Wed Aug 12 05:30:21 2009
From: CMyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss  Myers)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:30:21 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Complied Configuration
In-Reply-To: <C6A81A03.AF50%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
References: <4A828C4D.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk> <C6A81A03.AF50%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <4A82C3ED.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>

Very very true 

but it doesnt install any At Reboot scripts nor the CS dmg's but apart
from that it ace. 

Just any configs for 20gb need that pre sparseimage creation 

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

>>> "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> 08/12/09 1:04 PM >>>

I?ve started to dabble with it. None of my compiled images top 20GB. The
block copy imaging is so fast I thought something was wrong a few times,
but it wasn?t. =)

It does take a while to compile, but you have to keep in mind it is
going to take longer than just the normal image process of that
configuration. The tool has to create an image of all of this and then
it scans it for restore as well so there is some additional work that
needs to be done there.

I compile my configurations on one of my restore images so it?s running
as root so no prompts for passwords. =)

Overall, very cool...and I?m still looking into how it deals with
Standard Configurations versus Smart Configurations underneath. I
figured you could compile the Standard and then the Smart ones
underneath would use it and then install the bits and bytes it?s
missing, but that doesn?t appear to be the case, but still checking into
that, may have been another issue.

Craig E

On 8/12/09 3:33 AM, "Criss Myers" <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> wrote:


  

  

Hi, 

   

       

  

How many other people are using these, 

   

       

  

I have been experimenting with them for the past few weeks, 

   

       

  

My findings are: 

   

       

  

They seems to significantly improve the imaging time, my 9.2GB complied
configuration DMG takes only 18 minutes to deploy to a 100BaseT client
and it would normally take 45 minutes to deploy without the complied
configuration. 

   

       

  

I also think this may help to solve the Casper imaging crashing issues. 

   

       

  

Issues i have found: 

   

       

  

If the resulting image size is going to be over 20GB then complied
configuration fails to work, i have been working with JAMF to find the
issue but no joy, my solution is to manually create a sparseimage n the
Casper share compiled configurations folder with the name of the
configuration and all seems to work fine after that. 

   

       

  

It takes a long time to compiled the configurations, an install that
normally takes 45mins can take 60-70 minutes to compile, thats with a
1GB admin machine 

   

       

  

It also naturally takes up more space on the share 

   

       

  

Certain packages require authorization to install so that means entering
your username and password a lot during the complying, so they compile
cannot be initialed and just left to run. 

   

       

  

If you make any changes to a configuration you have recompile every time


   

       

  

However when done  i think the advantages out way the disadvantages 

   

       

  

Anyone else had any poor experiences? 

   

       

  

How big are your configurations? 

   

       

  

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

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From jamespalmer at smsd.org  Wed Aug 12 05:43:32 2009
From: jamespalmer at smsd.org (James Palmer)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:43:32 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Non Admin Adding Printer
In-Reply-To: <21E3F0C4-F3C6-4932-BB95-439C88FEE056@latinschool.org>
References: <1247407A-25C6-4C20-89FE-41FB6737BE60@latinschool.org><5fe906620908111628u436a2656ud4da01e10dd48886@mail.gmail.com><4A81BA6F.7141.0039.0@kckps.org><E4B0C172-ABA4-4D38-8763-7B55B40AE212@uclan.ac.uk>
	<21E3F0C4-F3C6-4932-BB95-439C88FEE056@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <BD0F083F4ADBA845A3D6B8BFC54993A6285B5503@ICEX01.SMSD.ORG>


>How do you ad them to the group? Are you using OD?
>
>Sent from my iPhone on T-Mobile
>
>On Aug 12, 2009, at 1:05 AM, Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> No tom only admins are added to lpadmin, I just added my AD all users
> group to lpadmin, I used the caspers managed prefs as well so sorry I
> can't say which one fixed it, but it works fine for me, the padlock is
> still in the sys perfs but the + and - are active for any user so u
> can add and delete printers without unlocking the padlock, u can also
> pause and resemue print queues and delete jobs
>
> Criss
>
> On 12 Aug 2009, at 00:37, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
>
>> Maybe I am off on this, but isn't every user a member of _lpadmin?
>>
>>
>> ___________________________
>> Thomas Larkin
>> TIS Department
>> KCKPS USD500
>> tlarki at kckps.org
>> blackberry:  913-449-7589
>> office:  913-627-0351
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> 08/11/09 6:28 PM >>>
>> It doesn't allow users to add printers from System Preferences, it
>> will let them add one by selecting add printer from the printer drop
>> down menu when they are trying to print.  I personally could not get
>> that managed pref to work.  I ended up creating a policy that  
>> executed
>> the command  dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership $3
>> That will add the user to the lpadmin group and all of my problems
>> were solved.  If anyone can figure out how to get the managed pref to
>> work, I would love to hear how.
>> :)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alan Benedict
>> ?
>> Macintosh Technician
>> The Integer Group
>> O: 515-247-2738
>> C: 515-770-8234
>> http://www.integer.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Kathie Iorizzo
>> <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I set up a managed preference for non admin users to add printers. I
>> scoped it to one computer and rebooted.  This machine still has a
>> padlock and cannot add/remove or pause a printer. Does anyone else do
>> this via Manage Preferences?
>>> ___________
>>> Kathie Iorizzo
>>> Lower School Technician
>>> The Latin School of Chicago
>>> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
>>> 312.582.6136
>>>

I had this problem but only with PPC machines. Copy the /etc/authorization file from a working Intel machine to the PPC machines fixed this printing issue for me.

- JD

From Jason.Weber at district196.org  Wed Aug 12 05:44:34 2009
From: Jason.Weber at district196.org (Weber, Jason)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:44:34 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Non Admin Adding Printer
In-Reply-To: <21E3F0C4-F3C6-4932-BB95-439C88FEE056@latinschool.org>
References: <1247407A-25C6-4C20-89FE-41FB6737BE60@latinschool.org><5fe906620908111628u436a2656ud4da01e10dd48886@mail.gmail.com><4A81BA6F.7141.0039.0@kckps.org><E4B0C172-ABA4-4D38-8763-7B55B40AE212@uclan.ac.uk>
	<21E3F0C4-F3C6-4932-BB95-439C88FEE056@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <DFFCE7044F8AFF41AB2262F92C78216209D1658A@do-mail03.district196.org>

One way to add a user to the lpadmin group is to setup a policy to issue the following command:

dscl . append /Groups/lpadmin GroupMembership username

We've used this to add in a building level tech account besides the system admin account.


Jason Weber
Technology Support Cluster Specialist
Independent School District 196
jason.weber at district196.org




-----Original Message-----
From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [mailto:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Kathie Iorizzo
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 6:25 AM
To: Criss Myers
Cc: Casper List
Subject: Re: [Casper] Non Admin Adding Printer

How do you ad them to the group? Are you using OD?

Sent from my iPhone on T-Mobile

On Aug 12, 2009, at 1:05 AM, Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> wrote:

> No tom only admins are added to lpadmin, I just added my AD all users
> group to lpadmin, I used the caspers managed prefs as well so sorry I
> can't say which one fixed it, but it works fine for me, the padlock is
> still in the sys perfs but the + and - are active for any user so u
> can add and delete printers without unlocking the padlock, u can also
> pause and resemue print queues and delete jobs
>
> Criss
>
> On 12 Aug 2009, at 00:37, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
>
>> Maybe I am off on this, but isn't every user a member of _lpadmin?
>>
>>
>> ___________________________
>> Thomas Larkin
>> TIS Department
>> KCKPS USD500
>> tlarki at kckps.org
>> blackberry:  913-449-7589
>> office:  913-627-0351
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> 08/11/09 6:28 PM >>>
>> It doesn't allow users to add printers from System Preferences, it
>> will let them add one by selecting add printer from the printer drop
>> down menu when they are trying to print.  I personally could not get
>> that managed pref to work.  I ended up creating a policy that  
>> executed
>> the command  dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership $3
>> That will add the user to the lpadmin group and all of my problems
>> were solved.  If anyone can figure out how to get the managed pref to
>> work, I would love to hear how.
>> :)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alan Benedict
>> ?
>> Macintosh Technician
>> The Integer Group
>> O: 515-247-2738
>> C: 515-770-8234
>> http://www.integer.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Kathie Iorizzo
>> <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I set up a managed preference for non admin users to add printers. I
>> scoped it to one computer and rebooted.  This machine still has a
>> padlock and cannot add/remove or pause a printer. Does anyone else do
>> this via Manage Preferences?
>>> ___________
>>> Kathie Iorizzo
>>> Lower School Technician
>>> The Latin School of Chicago
>>> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
>>> 312.582.6136
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 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
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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Wed Aug 12 05:53:40 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:53:40 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Complied Configuration
In-Reply-To: <4A828C4D.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <4A828C4D.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <A1716E46-465E-4E61-BF5E-D7A5211D1331@latinschool.org>

We started using this when Nick came down a few weeks ago. I found it  
drops the image in about 20 minutes instead of an hour. Our image is  
17G in size, so this was a great improvement. I don't like that you  
have to re-compile and babysit it for user name and passwords.

I think the pro's out weigh the con's in a big way.  I noticed the  
same con's you mentioned.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On Aug 12, 2009, at 3:33 AM, Criss Myers wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How many other people are using these,
>
> I have been experimenting with them for the past few weeks,
>
> My findings are:
>
> They seems to significantly improve the imaging time, my 9.2GB  
> complied configuration DMG takes only 18 minutes to deploy to a  
> 100BaseT client and it would normally take 45 minutes to deploy  
> without the complied configuration.
>
> I also think this may help to solve the Casper imaging crashing  
> issues.
>
> Issues i have found:
>
> If the resulting image size is going to be over 20GB then complied  
> configuration fails to work, i have been working with JAMF to find  
> the issue but no joy, my solution is to manually create a  
> sparseimage n the Casper share compiled configurations folder with  
> the name of the configuration and all seems to work fine after that.
>
> It takes a long time to compiled the configurations, an install that  
> normally takes 45mins can take 60-70 minutes to compile, thats with  
> a 1GB admin machine
>
> It also naturally takes up more space on the share
>
> Certain packages require authorization to install so that means  
> entering your username and password a lot during the complying, so  
> they compile cannot be initialed and just left to run.
>
> If you make any changes to a configuration you have recompile every  
> time
>
> However when done  i think the advantages out way the disadvantages
>
> Anyone else had any poor experiences?
>
> How big are your configurations?
>
> 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
>
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From sdiver at d125.org  Wed Aug 12 05:59:13 2009
From: sdiver at d125.org (Steven Diver)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:59:13 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Non Admin Adding Printer
In-Reply-To: <DFFCE7044F8AFF41AB2262F92C78216209D1658A@do-mail03.district196.org>
References: <DFFCE7044F8AFF41AB2262F92C78216209D1658A@do-mail03.district196.org>
Message-ID: <fc.011f7a1113d26b243b9aca00f5a2f40e.13d26c44@d125.org>

To get a non-admin account or a network based Active Directory or Open
Directory account to be able to add a printer without password
authorization, you can also edit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf

Look for the following lines:

  # All administration operations require an administrator to
authenticate...
  <Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Modify-Class
CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default>
    AuthType Default
    Require user @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>

and comment two of the lines to look like this...

  # All administration operations require an administrator to
authenticate...
  <Limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Modify-Class
CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default>
  #  AuthType Default
  # Require user @SYSTEM
    Order deny,allow
  </Limit>

Once that is done, reboot the computer. That will allow a user to add a
printer from an application when printer. As in, when they are in
Microsoft Word for example, they navigate to File--> Print, in the print
window they will be able to choose Add Printer and not be prompted for a
password. The Print & Fax PreferencePane is still password protected so no
user (other than an admin) will be able to add a printer from that
location.

I built this in as a part fo my image, but I also created a package and
policy to automatically push it out to machines that were imaged prior to
this fix being put in place.

Steve

--
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Adlai E. Stevenson High School / www.d125.org
Email: sdiver at d125.org / Phone: 847.415.4304

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"Weber, Jason" <Jason.Weber at district196.org> on August 12, 2009 at 7:44 AM
-0500 wrote:
>One way to add a user to the lpadmin group is to setup a policy to issue
>the following command:
>
>dscl . append /Groups/lpadmin GroupMembership username
>
>We've used this to add in a building level tech account besides the
>system admin account.
>
>
>Jason Weber
>Technology Support Cluster Specialist
>Independent School District 196
>jason.weber at district196.org
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
>[mailto:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Kathie Iorizzo
>Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 6:25 AM
>To: Criss Myers
>Cc: Casper List
>Subject: Re: [Casper] Non Admin Adding Printer
>
>How do you ad them to the group? Are you using OD?
>
>Sent from my iPhone on T-Mobile
>
>On Aug 12, 2009, at 1:05 AM, Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> No tom only admins are added to lpadmin, I just added my AD all users
>> group to lpadmin, I used the caspers managed prefs as well so sorry I
>> can't say which one fixed it, but it works fine for me, the padlock is
>> still in the sys perfs but the + and - are active for any user so u
>> can add and delete printers without unlocking the padlock, u can also
>> pause and resemue print queues and delete jobs
>>
>> Criss
>>
>> On 12 Aug 2009, at 00:37, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe I am off on this, but isn't every user a member of _lpadmin?
>>>
>>>
>>> ___________________________
>>> Thomas Larkin
>>> TIS Department
>>> KCKPS USD500
>>> tlarki at kckps.org
>>> blackberry:  913-449-7589
>>> office:  913-627-0351
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>> Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> 08/11/09 6:28 PM >>>
>>> It doesn't allow users to add printers from System Preferences, it
>>> will let them add one by selecting add printer from the printer drop
>>> down menu when they are trying to print.  I personally could not get
>>> that managed pref to work.  I ended up creating a policy that  
>>> executed
>>> the command  dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership $3
>>> That will add the user to the lpadmin group and all of my problems
>>> were solved.  If anyone can figure out how to get the managed pref to
>>> work, I would love to hear how.
>>> :)
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alan Benedict
>>> 
>>> Macintosh Technician
>>> The Integer Group
>>> O: 515-247-2738
>>> C: 515-770-8234
>>> http://www.integer.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Kathie Iorizzo
>>> <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I set up a managed preference for non admin users to add printers. I
>>> scoped it to one computer and rebooted.  This machine still has a
>>> padlock and cannot add/remove or pause a printer. Does anyone else do
>>> this via Manage Preferences?
>>>> ___________
>>>> Kathie Iorizzo
>>>> Lower School Technician
>>>> The Latin School of Chicago
>>>> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
>>>> 312.582.6136

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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Wed Aug 12 05:51:56 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:51:56 -0400
Subject: [Casper] system.log error
Message-ID: <B4518074-2606-41DA-960A-0C1BB695ADBC@ll.mit.edu>

Hi-

I'm getting this error over and over in my system.log file:

Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]: Traceback (most recent  
call last):
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/bin/twistd", line 21, in <module>
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     run()
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 27, in run
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     app.run(runApp,  
ServerOptions)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 379, in run
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     runApp(config)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 23, in runApp
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:      
_SomeApplicationRunner(config).run()
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 156, in run
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     self.preApplication()
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/_twistd_unix.py", line 203, in  
preApplication
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     self.config 
['prefix'], self.config['nodaemon'])
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/_twistd_unix.py", line 113, in  
startLogging
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     logFile =  
app.getLogFile(logfilename or 'twistd.log')
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 410, in getLogFile
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     os.path.dirname 
(logPath))
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 113, in __init__
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     BaseLogFile.__init__ 
(self, name, directory, defaultMode)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 26, in __init__
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     assert os.path.isdir 
(self.directory)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]: AssertionError
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.wikid[2526]):  
Exited with exit code: 1
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.wikid):  
Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds


I've tracked things down a bit:
If I go into Server Admin and enable the Web Service, it comes up as  
on (which is fine.)  If I shut it off and then disable the service, it  
goes away.  However, then I lose the symlink in the httpd service that  
allows users to download packages.  If I use JSS Admin to re-create  
the symlink, I get the errors again.

Now, this wouldn't really be so much of a problem, but my server is  
crashing regularly.  There were two other errors I was getting,  
related to clamav and xgridagent that I resolved by simply unloading  
the Launch Daemons with launchctl.  Time will tell if those were what  
was leading to the crashes, but I'd like to resolve this one if I can  
as it's the only thing in my system.log right now.  A bit of backstory  
is that this server (before prod to only Casper) was hosting a small  
wiki service at the same time that Casper was being ramped up.  That  
wiki service was moved elsewhere when Casper went to production and  
this seems to be some sort of residual.

Any ideas?
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436


From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Wed Aug 12 05:51:56 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:51:56 -0400
Subject: [Casper] system.log error
Message-ID: <B4518074-2606-41DA-960A-0C1BB695ADBC@ll.mit.edu>

Hi-

I'm getting this error over and over in my system.log file:

Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]: Traceback (most recent  
call last):
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/bin/twistd", line 21, in <module>
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     run()
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 27, in run
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     app.run(runApp,  
ServerOptions)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 379, in run
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     runApp(config)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 23, in runApp
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:      
_SomeApplicationRunner(config).run()
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 156, in run
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     self.preApplication()
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/_twistd_unix.py", line 203, in  
preApplication
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     self.config 
['prefix'], self.config['nodaemon'])
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/_twistd_unix.py", line 113, in  
startLogging
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     logFile =  
app.getLogFile(logfilename or 'twistd.log')
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 410, in getLogFile
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     os.path.dirname 
(logPath))
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 113, in __init__
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     BaseLogFile.__init__ 
(self, name, directory, defaultMode)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/ 
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 26, in __init__
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     assert os.path.isdir 
(self.directory)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]: AssertionError
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.wikid[2526]):  
Exited with exit code: 1
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.wikid):  
Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds


I've tracked things down a bit:
If I go into Server Admin and enable the Web Service, it comes up as  
on (which is fine.)  If I shut it off and then disable the service, it  
goes away.  However, then I lose the symlink in the httpd service that  
allows users to download packages.  If I use JSS Admin to re-create  
the symlink, I get the errors again.

Now, this wouldn't really be so much of a problem, but my server is  
crashing regularly.  There were two other errors I was getting,  
related to clamav and xgridagent that I resolved by simply unloading  
the Launch Daemons with launchctl.  Time will tell if those were what  
was leading to the crashes, but I'd like to resolve this one if I can  
as it's the only thing in my system.log right now.  A bit of backstory  
is that this server (before prod to only Casper) was hosting a small  
wiki service at the same time that Casper was being ramped up.  That  
wiki service was moved elsewhere when Casper went to production and  
this seems to be some sort of residual.

Any ideas?
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436


From tlarki at kckps.org  Wed Aug 12 06:20:17 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:20:17 -0500
Subject: [Casper] system.log error
In-Reply-To: <B4518074-2606-41DA-960A-0C1BB695ADBC@ll.mit.edu>
References: <B4518074-2606-41DA-960A-0C1BB695ADBC@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <4A827B41.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Do you have iCal server running?  I keep seeing the caldav daemon.  The wiki daemon as well.  

>>> "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> 08/12/09 7:51 AM >>>
Hi-

I'm getting this error over and over in my system.log file:

Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]: Traceback (most recent 
call last):
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/bin/twistd", line 21, in <module>
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     run()
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 27, in run
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     app.run(runApp, 
ServerOptions)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 379, in run
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     runApp(config)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 23, in runApp
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     
_SomeApplicationRunner(config).run()
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 156, in run
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     self.preApplication()
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/_twistd_unix.py", line 203, in 
preApplication
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     self.config
['prefix'], self.config['nodaemon'])
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/_twistd_unix.py", line 113, in 
startLogging
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     logFile = 
app.getLogFile(logfilename or 'twistd.log')
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 410, in getLogFile
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     os.path.dirname
(logPath))
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 113, in __init__
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     BaseLogFile.__init__
(self, name, directory, defaultMode)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 26, in __init__
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     assert os.path.isdir
(self.directory)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]: AssertionError
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.wikid[2526]): 
Exited with exit code: 1
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.wikid): 
Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds


I've tracked things down a bit:
If I go into Server Admin and enable the Web Service, it comes up as 
on (which is fine.)  If I shut it off and then disable the service, it 
goes away.  However, then I lose the symlink in the httpd service that 
allows users to download packages.  If I use JSS Admin to re-create 
the symlink, I get the errors again.

Now, this wouldn't really be so much of a problem, but my server is 
crashing regularly.  There were two other errors I was getting, 
related to clamav and xgridagent that I resolved by simply unloading 
the Launch Daemons with launchctl.  Time will tell if those were what 
was leading to the crashes, but I'd like to resolve this one if I can 
as it's the only thing in my system.log right now.  A bit of backstory 
is that this server (before prod to only Casper) was hosting a small 
wiki service at the same time that Casper was being ramped up.  That 
wiki service was moved elsewhere when Casper went to production and 
this seems to be some sort of residual.

Any ideas?
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Wed Aug 12 06:32:34 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:32:34 -0400
Subject: [Casper] system.log error
In-Reply-To: <4A827B41.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <B4518074-2606-41DA-960A-0C1BB695ADBC@ll.mit.edu>
	<4A827B41.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <E3EE84B9-9300-4C9C-B8F8-05BAACC5E9A5@ll.mit.edu>

I did, but don't now, which is why I don't understand why they're in there.  I suppose I could try doing a launchctl unload on the wikid and see if that makes a difference...

Thoughts on that?
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 12, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

Do you have iCal server running?  I keep seeing the caldav daemon.  The wiki daemon as well.

>>> "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu<mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>> 08/12/09 7:51 AM >>>
Hi-

I'm getting this error over and over in my system.log file:

Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]: Traceback (most recent
call last):
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/bin/twistd", line 21, in <module>
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     run()
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 27, in run
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     app.run(runApp,
ServerOptions)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 379, in run
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     runApp(config)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/twistd.py", line 23, in runApp
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:
_SomeApplicationRunner(config).run()
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 156, in run
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     self.preApplication()
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/_twistd_unix.py", line 203, in
preApplication
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     self.config
['prefix'], self.config['nodaemon'])
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/scripts/_twistd_unix.py", line 113, in
startLogging
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     logFile =
app.getLogFile(logfilename or 'twistd.log')
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/application/app.py", line 410, in getLogFile
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     os.path.dirname
(logPath))
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 113, in __init__
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     BaseLogFile.__init__
(self, name, directory, defaultMode)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:   File "/usr/share/
caldavd/lib/python/twisted/python/logfile.py", line 26, in __init__
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]:     assert os.path.isdir
(self.directory)
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.wikid[2526]: AssertionError
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.wikid[2526]):
Exited with exit code: 1
Aug 12 08:40:33 llosx1 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.wikid):
Throttling respawn: Will start in 9 seconds


I've tracked things down a bit:
If I go into Server Admin and enable the Web Service, it comes up as
on (which is fine.)  If I shut it off and then disable the service, it
goes away.  However, then I lose the symlink in the httpd service that
allows users to download packages.  If I use JSS Admin to re-create
the symlink, I get the errors again.

Now, this wouldn't really be so much of a problem, but my server is
crashing regularly.  There were two other errors I was getting,
related to clamav and xgridagent that I resolved by simply unloading
the Launch Daemons with launchctl.  Time will tell if those were what
was leading to the crashes, but I'd like to resolve this one if I can
as it's the only thing in my system.log right now.  A bit of backstory
is that this server (before prod to only Casper) was hosting a small
wiki service at the same time that Casper was being ramped up.  That
wiki service was moved elsewhere when Casper went to production and
this seems to be some sort of residual.

Any ideas?
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

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From lopez at embl.de  Wed Aug 12 07:09:30 2009
From: lopez at embl.de (Carmelo Lopez)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:09:30 +0200
Subject: [Casper] Complied Configuration
In-Reply-To: <4A828C4D.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <4A828C4D.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <DCBE8D45-E1FE-4F56-A9EA-2FE7292202BC@embl.de>

Hi

I use only 1 compiled image, it is 5.7GB and it works really fine and  
fast. Around 20 min to load, with partition and installation of  
Windows XP system also

I also have rEfit running on the image.
I also had the issue with the password while compiling the image, but  
it is a minor thing.
cheers

carmelo lopez

On Aug 12, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Criss Myers wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How many other people are using these,
>
> I have been experimenting with them for the past few weeks,
>
> My findings are:
>
> They seems to significantly improve the imaging time, my 9.2GB  
> complied configuration DMG takes only 18 minutes to deploy to a  
> 100BaseT client and it would normally take 45 minutes to deploy  
> without the complied configuration.
>
> I also think this may help to solve the Casper imaging crashing  
> issues.
>
> Issues i have found:
>
> If the resulting image size is going to be over 20GB then complied  
> configuration fails to work, i have been working with JAMF to find  
> the issue but no joy, my solution is to manually create a  
> sparseimage n the Casper share compiled configurations folder with  
> the name of the configuration and all seems to work fine after that.
>
> It takes a long time to compiled the configurations, an install that  
> normally takes 45mins can take 60-70 minutes to compile, thats with  
> a 1GB admin machine
>
> It also naturally takes up more space on the share
>
> Certain packages require authorization to install so that means  
> entering your username and password a lot during the complying, so  
> they compile cannot be initialed and just left to run.
>
> If you make any changes to a configuration you have recompile every  
> time
>
> However when done  i think the advantages out way the disadvantages
>
> Anyone else had any poor experiences?
>
> How big are your configurations?
>
> 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
>
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From tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org  Wed Aug 12 07:26:09 2009
From: tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org (Tatian Greenleaf)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:26:09 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading iLife without losing files
Message-ID: <38d97fa20908120726x12162871n1e66c4a54b86b6dc@mail.gmail.com>

I learned the hard way that my iLife '09 package replaces the iPhoto Library
folder and therefore deletes all of the existing photos.
In thinking about how to upgrade a computer from iLife '06 to iLife '09, the
best idea I have is to remove the user-specific folders (e.g. iTunes
Library, iPhoto Library, etc.) from the package after I create it, and then
to create a script that checks for those existing folders and adds them only
is they don't exist.

How do you upgrade iLife without losing files?

Tatian

____________________________
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Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Wed Aug 12 07:43:41 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:43:41 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading iLife without losing files
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20908120726x12162871n1e66c4a54b86b6dc@mail.gmail.com>
References: <38d97fa20908120726x12162871n1e66c4a54b86b6dc@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4A828ECD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Wow, it really over writes the existing folder?  That is not good.  I am about to roll out iLife 09.  I guess with out looking at it a simple script that will copy the database to a temp area, then copy it back after the package is installed... 

Oh wait, now that I re-read your email....that is because iPhoto 06 did not use the database.  Instead it used folders, since iPhoto is actually a database of photos it needs to be in one database file.  Otherwise there were problems with it.  I believe Apple shifted it from the folder level to an actual database in iLife 08. 

I think you could apple script iPhoto to export the library to a file, then install the new package, then import the old file once done.  Users with very large iPhoto data may cause issues. 

So, I would look into automator or apple script to tell iPhoto to export all photos to a back up file, then have casper install the package, and as post install have an apple script or automator process import those files back in.

>>> Tatian Greenleaf <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> 08/12/09 9:26 AM >>>
I learned the hard way that my iLife '09 package replaces the iPhoto Library folder and therefore deletes all of the existing photos. 


In thinking about how to upgrade a computer from iLife '06 to iLife '09, the best idea I have is to remove the user-specific folders (e.g. iTunes Library, iPhoto Library, etc.) from the package after I create it, and then to create a script that checks for those existing folders and adds them only is they don't exist. 



How do you upgrade iLife without losing files? 



Tatian 


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Saint Mark's School
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From chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us  Wed Aug 12 07:59:03 2009
From: chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us (Chad Brewer)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:59:03 -0700
Subject: [Casper] OD Binding
In-Reply-To: <C6A719FF.51A0%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
References: <C6A719FF.51A0%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
Message-ID: <fc.011f04d200d924403b9aca001ce9b512.d9245d@bend.k12.or.us>

Jeff, I've been using it for a few weeks now and haven't had any problems
with it.  I was previously using a script, but am now solely relying on
the built-in binding.

Chad

Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> on August 11, 2009 at 12:52 PM -0800
wrote:
>Is anyone using the built-in OD bind function in Casper 7? I?ve added it
>to my policy (as both priorities 1 and 10) and it seems to be listed in
>the contents of what will be imaged, and the logs indicate ?adding line
>for binding,? but when the machine reboots it?s not bound to my ODM. Any
>ideas? 
>
>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 x265
> 
>Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
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From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Wed Aug 12 08:28:02 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:28:02 -0700
Subject: [Casper] OD Binding
In-Reply-To: <fc.011f04d200d924403b9aca001ce9b512.d9245d@bend.k12.or.us>
References: <C6A719FF.51A0%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
	<fc.011f04d200d924403b9aca001ce9b512.d9245d@bend.k12.or.us>
Message-ID: <A4EA9B7D-CC57-4073-9BD4-D1560781CBF9@loyolahs.edu>

Chad,

I've heard my issue was related to version 7.0 and was fixed in 7.0.1, which I'm installing today. This feature is cool and I want to use it. :)

Sent from a mobile device.

On Aug 12, 2009, at 8:00, "Chad Brewer" <chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us<mailto:chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us>> wrote:

Jeff, I've been using it for a few weeks now and haven't had any problems with it.  I was previously using a script, but am now solely relying on the built-in binding.

Chad

Jeff Strauss <<mailto:jstrauss at loyolahs.edu>jstrauss at loyolahs.edu<mailto:jstrauss at loyolahs.edu>> on August 11, 2009 at 12:52 PM -0800 wrote:
Is anyone using the built-in OD bind function in Casper 7? I?ve added it to my policy (as both priorities 1 and 10) and it seems to be listed in the contents of what will be imaged, and the logs indicate ?adding line for binding,? but when the machine reboots it?s not bound to my ODM. Any ideas?

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 x265

Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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From Justin.G.Crowe at nasa.gov  Wed Aug 12 14:55:58 2009
From: Justin.G.Crowe at nasa.gov (Justin Crowe)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:55:58 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading systems to 10.5.8
Message-ID: <F7E8E24C-D341-418A-B3CD-0AE1653BC9F2@nasa.gov>

I was wondering if anyone has used Casper to push out 10.5.8.  I have  
done some testing and it works.  But, looking through some forums  
there are some bad repair permissions problems, where if you repair  
permissions the files will no longer have any permissions at all.  It  
appears as though installing the update a second time seems to fix  
this issue.  I tried installing the package twice in one policy and  
just doing the reboot after the second one installs, but that still  
seemed to fail.

Has anyone else had success or any suggestions?

Thank you,

Justin

From miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com  Wed Aug 12 15:10:39 2009
From: miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com (Miles Leacy)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:10:39 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Composing Home Directory
In-Reply-To: <D454EBF8-A5AB-47CB-8225-A3A3145D1016@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <C6A8B61F.899%miles.leacy@jamfsoftware.com>

Kathie,

If you use the Fill User Template feature on your packages to populate all of the data you'd like to have in your local account, then you won't need to distribute a home folder.

If you have user data other than what gets distributed by your normal packages, you can package a home folder, but you'll want to be sure to address ownership and permissions, either in Composer when you build the package or with an After or At Reboot script.

I hope this helps...

Thanks,

--
Miles Leacy
Technical Training Manager
Mobile (347) 277-7321

miles at jamfsoftware.com
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On 8/6/09 8:54 PM, "Kathie Iorizzo" <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:

I have the same settings for a local user to put on several machines.
I composed my user "usstudent"   What is the best way to send this
out? Should I send out the account first via remote and then the home
folder?  I fill user templates on this?

Thank you in advance!

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From gallaghersj at chop.edu  Wed Aug 12 15:13:42 2009
From: gallaghersj at chop.edu (gallaghersj at chop.edu)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:13:42 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Clients delaying an installation
Message-ID: <C6A8B6D6.117C7%gallaghersj@chop.edu>

I wanted to see if anyone has a way of letting clients delay an installation
of software. Example: A message pops up before the install and allows
clients to click a button and delay the process to a later fixed time like
30 minutes or so, or allows them to click a button and continue with the
install. If anyone knows of a script or something along those lines that I
could use with Casper I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Sean
-- 
Sincerely,

Sean J. Gallagher
Platform Engineering

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Wanamaker Bldg. 100 Penn Square
Philadelphia, PA. 19102
Phone: 267-426-2607
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From eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com  Wed Aug 12 15:25:13 2009
From: eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com (Eric Winkelhake)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:25:13 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Clients delaying an installation
In-Reply-To: <C6A8B6D6.117C7%gallaghersj@chop.edu>
References: <C6A8B6D6.117C7%gallaghersj@chop.edu>
Message-ID: <OF8B89FCBA.9793A754-ON86257610.007B1083-86257610.007B287E@lionresources.com>

seems to me this would be a perfect situation for self service, then they 
can do it whenever they want.

eric winkelhake
mundocomww
office 312 220 1669
cell 312 504 5155




From:
"gallaghersj at chop.edu" <gallaghersj at chop.edu>
To:
<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Date:
08/12/2009 05:14 PM
Subject:
[Casper] Clients delaying an installation
Sent by:
casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com



I wanted to see if anyone has a way of letting clients delay an 
installation of software. Example: A message pops up before the install 
and allows clients to click a button and delay the process to a later 
fixed time like 30 minutes or so, or allows them to click a button and 
continue with the install. If anyone knows of a script or something along 
those lines that I could use with Casper I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Sean
-- 
Sincerely,

Sean J. Gallagher
Platform Engineering

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Wanamaker Bldg. 100 Penn Square
Philadelphia, PA. 19102
Phone: 267-426-2607
Cell: 215-910-1551
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From gallaghersj at chop.edu  Wed Aug 12 15:27:09 2009
From: gallaghersj at chop.edu (gallaghersj at chop.edu)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:27:09 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Clients delaying an installation
In-Reply-To: <OF8B89FCBA.9793A754-ON86257610.007B1083-86257610.007B287E@lionresources.com>
Message-ID: <C6A8B9FD.117CB%gallaghersj@chop.edu>

I would agree, but I need to see if there is another way. The powers that be
like to keep the experiences the same for both Windows and Mac?s.


On 8/12/09 6:25 PM, "Eric Winkelhake" <eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com>
wrote:

> seems to me this would be a perfect situation for self service, then they can
> do it whenever they want.
> 
> eric winkelhake
> mundocomww
> office 312 220 1669
> cell 312 504 5155
> 
> 
> 
> From:"gallaghersj at chop.edu" <gallaghersj at chop.edu>
> To:<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Date:08/12/2009 05:14 PM
> Subject:[Casper] Clients delaying an installation
> Sent by:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I wanted to see if anyone has a way of letting clients delay an installation
> of software. Example: A message pops up before the install and allows clients
> to click a button and delay the process to a later fixed time like 30 minutes
> or so, or allows them to click a button and continue with the install. If
> anyone knows of a script or something along those lines that I could use with
> Casper I would appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sean

-- 
Sincerely,

Sean J. Gallagher
Platform Engineering

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Wanamaker Bldg. 100 Penn Square
Philadelphia, PA. 19102
Phone: 267-426-2607
Cell: 215-910-1551



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From abenedict at integer.com  Wed Aug 12 15:51:03 2009
From: abenedict at integer.com (Alan Benedict)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:51:03 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Clients delaying an installation
In-Reply-To: <C6A8B9FD.117CB%gallaghersj@chop.edu>
References: <OF8B89FCBA.9793A754-ON86257610.007B1083-86257610.007B287E@lionresources.com>
	<C6A8B9FD.117CB%gallaghersj@chop.edu>
Message-ID: <5fe906620908121551r7dd0719ex875a686e22e0df69@mail.gmail.com>

This is going to sound strange but I think it would work.  You could create
a policy that runs a script that would give the user a choice and keep
bugging them every 30 min or so to install.  Then once the user clicks ok,
you could have a second policy setup with a custom trigger, then the script
can then send a command to the jamf binary to trigger that custom trigger.
 You could also use this in conjunction with caching packages before hand as
well so that the package is already on the computer and ready to be
installed.
I am currently looking into this myself as I want to be able to force users
to upgrade certain things as opposed to waiting for them to use the self
service app to update. I also don't want to step on any toes as far as
making people restart if they are giving a presentation or working on a
tight deadline.

Can anyone else think of a reason that this wouldn't work?
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com



On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:27 PM, gallaghersj at chop.edu
<gallaghersj at chop.edu>wrote:

>  I would agree, but I need to see if there is another way. The powers that
> be like to keep the experiences the same for both Windows and Mac?s.
>
>
> On 8/12/09 6:25 PM, "Eric Winkelhake" <eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com>
> wrote:
>
> seems to me this would be a perfect situation for self service, then they
> can do it whenever they want.
>
> eric winkelhake
> mundocomww
> office 312 220 1669
> cell 312 504 5155
>
>
>
> From:"gallaghersj at chop.edu" <gallaghersj at chop.edu>
> To:<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Date:08/12/2009 05:14 PM
> Subject:[Casper] Clients delaying an installation
> Sent by:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> I wanted to see if anyone has a way of letting clients delay an
> installation of software. Example: A message pops up before the install and
> allows clients to click a button and delay the process to a later fixed time
> like 30 minutes or so, or allows them to click a button and continue with
> the install. If anyone knows of a script or something along those lines that
> I could use with Casper I would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Sean J. Gallagher
> Platform Engineering
>
> Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
> Wanamaker Bldg. 100 Penn Square
> Philadelphia, PA. 19102
> Phone: 267-426-2607
> Cell: 215-910-1551
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com  Wed Aug 12 15:59:55 2009
From: eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com (Eric Winkelhake)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:59:55 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Clients delaying an installation
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wouldn't a popup every so often be just as bad...especially in a 
presentation to say....a client?

eric winkelhake
mundocomww
office 312 220 1669
cell 312 504 5155




From:
Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com>
To:
Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Date:
08/12/2009 05:51 PM
Subject:
Re: [Casper] Clients delaying an installation
Sent by:
casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com



This is going to sound strange but I think it would work.  You could 
create a policy that runs a script that would give the user a choice and 
keep bugging them every 30 min or so to install.  Then once the user 
clicks ok, you could have a second policy setup with a custom trigger, 
then the script can then send a command to the jamf binary to trigger that 
custom trigger.  You could also use this in conjunction with caching 
packages before hand as well so that the package is already on the 
computer and ready to be installed.

I am currently looking into this myself as I want to be able to force 
users to upgrade certain things as opposed to waiting for them to use the 
self service app to update. I also don't want to step on any toes as far 
as making people restart if they are giving a presentation or working on a 
tight deadline.

Can anyone else think of a reason that this wouldn't work?
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician 
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com



On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:27 PM, gallaghersj at chop.edu <
gallaghersj at chop.edu> wrote:
I would agree, but I need to see if there is another way. The powers that 
be like to keep the experiences the same for both Windows and Mac?s.



On 8/12/09 6:25 PM, "Eric Winkelhake" <eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com> 
wrote:

seems to me this would be a perfect situation for self service, then they 
can do it whenever they want.

eric winkelhake
mundocomww
office 312 220 1669
cell 312 504 5155



From:"gallaghersj at chop.edu" <gallaghersj at chop.edu>
To:<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Date:08/12/2009 05:14 PM
Subject:[Casper] Clients delaying an installation
Sent by:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com



I wanted to see if anyone has a way of letting clients delay an 
installation of software. Example: A message pops up before the install 
and allows clients to click a button and delay the process to a later 
fixed time like 30 minutes or so, or allows them to click a button and 
continue with the install. If anyone knows of a script or something along 
those lines that I could use with Casper I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Sean

-- 
Sincerely,

Sean J. Gallagher
Platform Engineering

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Wanamaker Bldg. 100 Penn Square
Philadelphia, PA. 19102
Phone: 267-426-2607
Cell: 215-910-1551



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From abenedict at integer.com  Wed Aug 12 20:23:09 2009
From: abenedict at integer.com (Alan Benedict)
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:23:09 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Clients delaying an installation
In-Reply-To: <OF4C0B6BB7.C81F9CFB-ON86257610.007E06B6-86257610.007E55EB@lionresources.com>
References: <OF8B89FCBA.9793A754-ON86257610.007B1083-86257610.007B287E@lionresources.com>
	<C6A8B9FD.117CB%gallaghersj@chop.edu>
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Unless you have the policy for the script to run at login. Most would
already be logged in by that point that they would know they need to install
the update before.  Another thought would be to add a text input box to let
the user enter how much time to delay in minutes, so the user has a little
more control of their pending update.  This task in itself is pretty major
considering the amount of time it takes to create a script like this, unless
someone on this list is willing to volunteer to writing it (hint...hint..).
 :)
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com



On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Eric Winkelhake <
eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com> wrote:

> wouldn't a popup every so often be just as bad...especially in a
> presentation to say....a client?
>
> eric winkelhake
> mundocomww
> office 312 220 1669
> cell 312 504 5155
>
>
>
> From:Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> To:Casper List <
> casper at list.jamfsoftware.com> Date:08/12/2009 05:51 PMSubject: Re:
> [Casper] Clients delaying an installation
> Sent by: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
>
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> This is going to sound strange but I think it would work.  You could create
> a policy that runs a script that would give the user a choice and keep
> bugging them every 30 min or so to install.  Then once the user clicks ok,
> you could have a second policy setup with a custom trigger, then the script
> can then send a command to the jamf binary to trigger that custom trigger.
>  You could also use this in conjunction with caching packages before hand as
> well so that the package is already on the computer and ready to be
> installed.
>
> I am currently looking into this myself as I want to be able to force users
> to upgrade certain things as opposed to waiting for them to use the self
> service app to update. I also don't want to step on any toes as far as
> making people restart if they are giving a presentation or working on a
> tight deadline.
>
> Can anyone else think of a reason that this wouldn't work?
> --
> Alan Benedict
> ?
> Macintosh Technician
> The Integer Group
> O: 515-247-2738
> C: 515-770-8234*
> **http://www.integer.com* <http://www.integer.com/>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:27 PM, *gallaghersj at chop.edu*<gallaghersj at chop.edu>
> <*gallaghersj at chop.edu* <gallaghersj at chop.edu>> wrote:
> I would agree, but I need to see if there is another way. The powers that
> be like to keep the experiences the same for both Windows and Mac?s.
>
>
>
> On 8/12/09 6:25 PM, "Eric Winkelhake" <*eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com*<http://eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com/>>
> wrote:
>
> seems to me this would be a perfect situation for self service, then they
> can do it whenever they want.
>
> eric winkelhake
> mundocomww
> office 312 220 1669
> cell 312 504 5155
>
>
>
> From:"*gallaghersj at chop.edu* <http://gallaghersj at chop.edu/>" <*
> gallaghersj at chop.edu* <http://gallaghersj at chop.edu/>>
> To:<*casper at list.jamfsoftware.com* <http://casper at list.jamfsoftware.com/>>
> Date:08/12/2009 05:14 PM
> Subject:[Casper] Clients delaying an installation
> Sent by:*casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com*<http://casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com/>
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> I wanted to see if anyone has a way of letting clients delay an
> installation of software. Example: A message pops up before the install and
> allows clients to click a button and delay the process to a later fixed time
> like 30 minutes or so, or allows them to click a button and continue with
> the install. If anyone knows of a script or something along those lines that
> I could use with Casper I would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Sean J. Gallagher
> Platform Engineering
>
> Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
> Wanamaker Bldg. 100 Penn Square
> Philadelphia, PA. 19102
> Phone: 267-426-2607
> Cell: 215-910-1551
>
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From patc at 180amsterdam.com  Thu Aug 13 03:07:31 2009
From: patc at 180amsterdam.com (Pat Camporeale)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:07:31 +0200
Subject: [Casper] Jamf 7 > Casper Admin 7.01 ... Cancel Upload??
Message-ID: <C6A9B283.11F02%patc@180amsterdam.com>

Howdy all,

Anyone know a way to stop the copying/upload to the JAMF server through
Casper Admin?

I have inadvertently copied 3 big (5 GB) of the wrong files to Casper Admin
... No biggie.. Can just delete them. But I have to wait for all to upload.
Delete.
And upload again which is now going to take an hour ....aaarrrghh!!!

Would be cool to have a Stop Copy / Cancel button...

I tried the usual Command +Period ... But doesn?t do anything.
I?m not a big fan of Force Quitting Apps that don?t need to be : ) but if
that is the method .. Ok!

If not ... Maybe add to the Wish List?


Thanks,



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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Thu Aug 13 05:06:45 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:06:45 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading systems to 10.5.8
In-Reply-To: <F7E8E24C-D341-418A-B3CD-0AE1653BC9F2@nasa.gov>
References: <F7E8E24C-D341-418A-B3CD-0AE1653BC9F2@nasa.gov>
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do your users have admin rights?  if so, why not just direct them to  
an internal SUS?
---
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Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 12, 2009, at 5:55 PM, Justin Crowe wrote:

> I was wondering if anyone has used Casper to push out 10.5.8.  I have
> done some testing and it works.  But, looking through some forums
> there are some bad repair permissions problems, where if you repair
> permissions the files will no longer have any permissions at all.  It
> appears as though installing the update a second time seems to fix
> this issue.  I tried installing the package twice in one policy and
> just doing the reboot after the second one installs, but that still
> seemed to fail.
>
> Has anyone else had success or any suggestions?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Justin
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From daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk  Thu Aug 13 05:49:08 2009
From: daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk (Daniel Farnworth)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:49:08 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Partitioning Schemes
In-Reply-To: <620DE58B-682D-44E0-AA62-86B4E6C065D6@ll.mit.edu>
References: <552FDE58-57C3-4A94-8172-C58201C4E436@thecreativepartnership.co.uk>
	<620DE58B-682D-44E0-AA62-86B4E6C065D6@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <4872AB75-3077-4444-87EC-30E51D581585@thecreativepartnership.co.uk>

Thanks chaps for your responses. It turned out to be a PEBKAC!

Sorry to waste everyone's time.

Cheers
Dan

On 10 Aug 2009, at 16:44, Nichols, Jared wrote:

> You may want to try doing the partitioning manually to see if there
> are any interactive errors being thrown.  If there is not enough
> contiguous free space, the partitioning will fail.  While live
> partitioning in Leopard is great, Apple needs to include some sort of
> optimizer so you can put all the free space at the end of the drive to
> make it really useful.
>
> The few times I've lopped off some disk space to make a new partition
> I've needed to use iDefrag first.
>
> j
> ---
> Jared F. Nichols
> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
> Information Services Department
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
> 781.981.5436
>
> On Aug 10, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Daniel Farnworth wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Has anyone else been having any issues with the Additional Partitions
>> section of a Configuration in Casper Admin? We've set up a few
>> additional partitions, but whenever we image a machine using this
>> config the partitioning scheme is completely ignored.
>>
>> Nothing at all shows up in the logs regarding the partitioning.
>>
>> Anyone got any clues before I go banging on support's door?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Dan
>> --  
>> Daniel Farnworth
>> IT Manager
>> The Creative Partnership
>> daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk
>>
>> http://www.thecreativepartnership.co.uk
>> Tel: +44 (0)20 7439 7762
>> Fax: +44 (0)20 7437 1467
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From daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk  Thu Aug 13 05:56:15 2009
From: daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk (Daniel Farnworth)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:56:15 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Re-route Home Directories
In-Reply-To: <A2B4CDB5-F376-4160-B8E5-CFE1F6C72B55@latinschool.org>
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	<A2B4CDB5-F376-4160-B8E5-CFE1F6C72B55@latinschool.org>
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Beware Symlinks when it comes to Home Directories! I know of at least  
two industry standard applications that do not understand symlinks  
and will refuse to run up when encountering them trying to link to a  
home directory.

We have our script write an fstab that mounts the Data partition  
directly at /Users. Has the same effect as a symlink but more  
transparent to applications.

I can provide examples if anybody wants them...

Cheers
Dan


On 3 Aug 2009, at 15:49, Kathie Iorizzo wrote:

> Lauren,
>
> We are doing this.  Here is what we do.
>
> We bind our clients to AD and we have force local home directory on  
> startup drive checked.
> We script out to change the users folder to our Data partition and  
> rename the users folder on the boot drive to users.old
> From there we script out a sym link to the users document folder so  
> that it is linked back to our server.  All other items related to  
> the user folder are local to the machine on the second partition.
> I can send the script if you want to see it.
>
> Kathie
> On Aug 3, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Nicholas, Lauren wrote:
>
>> I know there is a way to re-route the home directories (in a local  
>> home directory environment) to a partition, but I am not sure what  
>> all that entails. Is anyone doing this, and if so, could you let  
>> me know how you are going about this?
>>
>> thanks!
>> -
>> lauren
>>
>> ?
>> LAUREN NICHOLAS
>> User Support Analyst ? Hurd Campus
>> Center for Information Technology ? CIT
>> Moravian College
>> adjunct prof | graphic design & music
>> ph. 610 861 1633
>> lpnicholas at moravian.edu
>>
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>
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From daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk  Thu Aug 13 06:16:13 2009
From: daniel.farnworth at thecreativepartnership.co.uk (Daniel Farnworth)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:16:13 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Casper NetInstall Creator 3
In-Reply-To: <C69E49EF.B185%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
References: <C69E49EF.B185%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
Message-ID: <3905E77C-3C27-4CE5-AA3F-A0D7767987CC@thecreativepartnership.co.uk>

We're seeing something slightly different.

The NetInstall image launches Casper Imaging successfully (although  
we do see kernel panics when we quit CI), but CI does not pick up  
information from the JSS at all and sits waiting for someone to  
configure the install.

Anybody seen this?

Dan

On 5 Aug 2009, at 02:26, John Wetter wrote:

> I?m having Criss? same issue.  I created a net netinstall set and  
> it?s still dropping it back to the terminal.  Criss, did you find a  
> fix, or Chad, did you do anything special?
>
> I?ve created two NetInstall sets and neither worked.  I created the  
> original OS image using Composer.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> -- 
> John Wetter
> Technology Support Administrator
> Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
> Hopkins Public Schools
> 952-988-5373
>
>
> From: Chad Brewer <chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us>
> Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:45:42 -0500
> To: <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] Casper NetInstall Creator 3
>
> I retract my previous statement.  Due to some network changes I was  
> not netbooting off the server that I thought I was.
>
> My new netboot image is working like it should and it now opens up  
> the LaunchPad when I exit Casper Imaging.  This is a nice feature.
>
> Chad
>
>
> "Criss  Myers" <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk> on July 6, 2009 at 3:24 AM  
> -0700 wrote:
>
>
> HI All
>
>
>
>
> Has anyone used this yet?
>
>
>
>
> Ive tried to use it so that when you quit Casper Imaging it then  
> launches the Casper NetInstall LaunchPad with various options such  
> as Open the JSS and open Disk utility
>
>
>
>
> Ive created two netinstall images and both of them go back to  
> opening Terminal should the Casper imaging quit
>
>
>
>
> Had anyone else successfully done this?
>
>
>
>
> 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
>
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From griffin.stewart at northpoint.org  Thu Aug 13 07:46:12 2009
From: griffin.stewart at northpoint.org (J. Griffin Stewart)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:46:12 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Reboot Dialog Warning Box
In-Reply-To: <8849EFC485BBB646A2706F0A1C89A5846E2480@DIST-WIN-MAIL-8.cusdnet.org>
References: <8849EFC485BBB646A2706F0A1C89A5846E2480@DIST-WIN-MAIL-8.cusdnet.org>
Message-ID: <7941B32E-8CE1-4530-BDDC-454C68143305@northpoint.org>

I am trying to figure out a way to get a dialog box to notify users of  
the the fact that software updates have been installed and they need  
to reboot their machine.  All of the scripts etc I have tried error  
out with a time out message or an AppleEvent Time Out and usually the  
dialog disappears when this happens.  This is not acceptable because  
then the user may not see it if they are out to lunch etc and then we  
get calls about their computer acting strange.
Ideally I would like to deploy an application to the users machine  
with the sole purpose of popping up on their dock and having a dialog  
and telling them to restart.  I have tried to do this with the  
included scripts and the window stays up, but eventually a second  
window appears saying AppleEvent Timed Out.  This looks buggy for the  
user perspective and also, once this happens the restart button on the  
dialog box does nothing.  Also, while the dialog box is up, Finder is  
hosed and unusable.
The idea is with software update run a script that tells the pre- 
installed app to open and that is all the casper script does, then the  
program opens and stays open indefinitely.  any help or suggestions  
would be appreciated.  Also, if this could be quickly coded with cocoa  
so that it is not relying on Apple Script that would be awesome.   
Thanks so much.

:::
griffin stewart | technology solutions administrator
north point ministries|678.892.5857
computer.help at northpoint.org
art.northpoint.org
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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Thu Aug 13 07:59:53 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:59:53 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Reboot Dialog Warning Box
In-Reply-To: <7941B32E-8CE1-4530-BDDC-454C68143305@northpoint.org>
References: <8849EFC485BBB646A2706F0A1C89A5846E2480@DIST-WIN-MAIL-8.cusdnet.org>
	<7941B32E-8CE1-4530-BDDC-454C68143305@northpoint.org>
Message-ID: <7D9FD265-64A6-4CAF-B6B0-DEC6F92A71AA@uwec.edu>

Griffin

I cant see the scpt on my phone, but are you using the jamf binary at all to display messages?

I think it's just

jamf displayMessage 'message here'

But you can use that if you are not currently. Just double check the jamf binary help for syntax.

Also, this will not display, last I knew, at a logon screen, but who cares for a reboot then.

Craig Ernst
UW-Eau Claire
(715) 836-3639

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 13, 2009, at 9:46 AM, "J. Griffin Stewart" <griffin.stewart at northpoint.org<mailto:griffin.stewart at northpoint.org>> wrote:

I am trying to figure out a way to get a dialog box to notify users of the the fact that software updates have been installed and they need to reboot their machine.  All of the scripts etc I have tried error out with a time out message or an AppleEvent Time Out and usually the dialog disappears when this happens.  This is not acceptable because then the user may not see it if they are out to lunch etc and then we get calls about their computer acting strange.
Ideally I would like to deploy an application to the users machine with the sole purpose of popping up on their dock and having a dialog and telling them to restart.  I have tried to do this with the included scripts and the window stays up, but eventually a second window appears saying AppleEvent Timed Out.  This looks buggy for the user perspective and also, once this happens the restart button on the dialog box does nothing.  Also, while the dialog box is up, Finder is hosed and unusable.
The idea is with software update run a script that tells the pre-installed app to open and that is all the casper script does, then the program opens and stays open indefinitely.  any help or suggestions would be appreciated.  Also, if this could be quickly coded with cocoa so that it is not relying on Apple Script that would be awesome.  Thanks so much.
<Restart.scpt>
<Restart.app>
<Restart Script.sh>

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From pgawlocki at cellsignal.net  Thu Aug 13 08:11:43 2009
From: pgawlocki at cellsignal.net (Peter Gawlocki)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:11:43 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Reboot Dialog Warning Box
In-Reply-To: <7D9FD265-64A6-4CAF-B6B0-DEC6F92A71AA@uwec.edu>
References: <8849EFC485BBB646A2706F0A1C89A5846E2480@DIST-WIN-MAIL-8.cusdnet.org>
	<7941B32E-8CE1-4530-BDDC-454C68143305@northpoint.org>
	<7D9FD265-64A6-4CAF-B6B0-DEC6F92A71AA@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <B42FE86B-7853-47D0-9B75-13688597064F@cellsignal.net>

I have installed BigHonkingText on all machines and call it whenever i  
need a Big message to appear on the screen.  The finder stays usable  
underneath the message.


Peter


On Aug 13, 2009, at 10:59 AM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:

> Griffin
>
> I cant see the scpt on my phone, but are you using the jamf binary  
> at all to display messages?
>
> I think it's just
>
> jamf displayMessage 'message here'
>
> But you can use that if you are not currently. Just double check the  
> jamf binary help for syntax.
>
> Also, this will not display, last I knew, at a logon screen, but who  
> cares for a reboot then.
>
> Craig Ernst
> UW-Eau Claire
> (715) 836-3639
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 13, 2009, at 9:46 AM, "J. Griffin Stewart" <griffin.stewart at northpoint.org 
> > wrote:
>
>> I am trying to figure out a way to get a dialog box to notify users  
>> of the the fact that software updates have been installed and they  
>> need to reboot their machine.  All of the scripts etc I have tried  
>> error out with a time out message or an AppleEvent Time Out and  
>> usually the dialog disappears when this happens.  This is not  
>> acceptable because then the user may not see it if they are out to  
>> lunch etc and then we get calls about their computer acting strange.
>> Ideally I would like to deploy an application to the users machine  
>> with the sole purpose of popping up on their dock and having a  
>> dialog and telling them to restart.  I have tried to do this with  
>> the included scripts and the window stays up, but eventually a  
>> second window appears saying AppleEvent Timed Out.  This looks  
>> buggy for the user perspective and also, once this happens the  
>> restart button on the dialog box does nothing.  Also, while the  
>> dialog box is up, Finder is hosed and unusable.
>> The idea is with software update run a script that tells the pre- 
>> installed app to open and that is all the casper script does, then  
>> the program opens and stays open indefinitely.  any help or  
>> suggestions would be appreciated.  Also, if this could be quickly  
>> coded with cocoa so that it is not relying on Apple Script that  
>> would be awesome.  Thanks so much.
>> <Restart.scpt>
>> <Restart.app>
>> <Restart Script.sh>
>>
>> :::
>> griffin stewart | technology solutions administrator
>> north point ministries|678.892.5857
>> computer.help at northpoint.org
>> art.northpoint.org
>> _______________________________________________
>> Casper mailing list
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Thu Aug 13 08:59:18 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:59:18 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Reboot Dialog Warning Box
In-Reply-To: <7941B32E-8CE1-4530-BDDC-454C68143305@northpoint.org>
References: <8849EFC485BBB646A2706F0A1C89A5846E2480@DIST-WIN-MAIL-8.cusdnet.org>
	<7941B32E-8CE1-4530-BDDC-454C68143305@northpoint.org>
Message-ID: <BF820DF4-AEFF-4E74-8364-E6309385B411@uclan.ac.uk>

Have a look at ihook, u could design and ihook .hook to display a msg  
and an ok button to click, that would be perfect, I use ihook to  
display images at logout or after packages are installed , u can set  
the size, background pic and ok button plus echo commands

On 13 Aug 2009, at 15:46, "J. Griffin Stewart" <griffin.stewart at northpoint.org 
 > wrote:

> I am trying to figure out a way to get a dialog box to notify users  
> of the the fact that software updates have been installed and they  
> need to reboot their machine.  All of the scripts etc I have tried  
> error out with a time out message or an AppleEvent Time Out and  
> usually the dialog disappears when this happens.  This is not  
> acceptable because then the user may not see it if they are out to  
> lunch etc and then we get calls about their computer acting strange.
> Ideally I would like to deploy an application to the users machine  
> with the sole purpose of popping up on their dock and having a  
> dialog and telling them to restart.  I have tried to do this with  
> the included scripts and the window stays up, but eventually a  
> second window appears saying AppleEvent Timed Out.  This looks buggy  
> for the user perspective and also, once this happens the restart  
> button on the dialog box does nothing.  Also, while the dialog box  
> is up, Finder is hosed and unusable.
> The idea is with software update run a script that tells the pre- 
> installed app to open and that is all the casper script does, then  
> the program opens and stays open indefinitely.  any help or  
> suggestions would be appreciated.  Also, if this could be quickly  
> coded with cocoa so that it is not relying on Apple Script that  
> would be awesome.  Thanks so much.
> <Restart.scpt>
>
> <Restart.app>
>
> <Restart Script.sh>
>
> :::
> griffin stewart | technology solutions administrator
> north point ministries|678.892.5857
> computer.help at northpoint.org
> art.northpoint.org
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From justin.g.crowe at nasa.gov  Thu Aug 13 09:29:55 2009
From: justin.g.crowe at nasa.gov (Justin Crowe)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:29:55 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading systems to 10.5.8
In-Reply-To: <101ECA60-E9DC-4DCB-B381-E0D148298DA1@ll.mit.edu>
References: <F7E8E24C-D341-418A-B3CD-0AE1653BC9F2@nasa.gov>
	<101ECA60-E9DC-4DCB-B381-E0D148298DA1@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <CAAA863A-C3FE-4AFD-B524-93F1C3D23304@nasa.gov>

Our users don't have admin rights.  We skipped 10.5.7 because of some  
bugs that would affect our work.  Now in doing so it appears that only  
the 10.5.8 combo updater has permissions problems and not the delta.

If no one else has seen this issue you can find out more information  
about it here Apple - Support - Discussions - Repairing permissions  
after 10.5.8 ....  I have seen it on every mac that I have pushed out  
the combo updater to once.  The second install of the combo updater  
fixes the issue.

Justin


On Aug 13, 2009, at 5:06 AM, Nichols, Jared wrote:

> do your users have admin rights?  if so, why not just direct them to
> an internal SUS?
> ---
> Jared F. Nichols
> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
> Information Services Department
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
> 781.981.5436
>
> On Aug 12, 2009, at 5:55 PM, Justin Crowe wrote:
>
>> I was wondering if anyone has used Casper to push out 10.5.8.  I have
>> done some testing and it works.  But, looking through some forums
>> there are some bad repair permissions problems, where if you repair
>> permissions the files will no longer have any permissions at all.  It
>> appears as though installing the update a second time seems to fix
>> this issue.  I tried installing the package twice in one policy and
>> just doing the reboot after the second one installs, but that still
>> seemed to fail.
>>
>> Has anyone else had success or any suggestions?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Justin
>> _______________________________________________
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Thu Aug 13 10:26:13 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:26:13 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading systems to 10.5.8
In-Reply-To: <CAAA863A-C3FE-4AFD-B524-93F1C3D23304@nasa.gov>
References: <F7E8E24C-D341-418A-B3CD-0AE1653BC9F2@nasa.gov>
	<101ECA60-E9DC-4DCB-B381-E0D148298DA1@ll.mit.edu>
	<CAAA863A-C3FE-4AFD-B524-93F1C3D23304@nasa.gov>
Message-ID: <863CC83D-D41F-448D-AA96-F5E08D86E3F4@ll.mit.edu>

If it's the combo that's the problem, you could, in theory, chain the updates...  That may get a little dicey being OS updates though...

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 13, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Justin Crowe wrote:

Our users don't have admin rights.  We skipped 10.5.7 because of some bugs that would affect our work.  Now in doing so it appears that only the 10.5.8 combo updater has permissions problems and not the delta.

If no one else has seen this issue you can find out more information about it here Apple - Support - Discussions - Repairing permissions after 10.5.8 ...<http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2106528&start=30&tstart=0>.  I have seen it on every mac that I have pushed out the combo updater to once.  The second install of the combo updater fixes the issue.

Justin


On Aug 13, 2009, at 5:06 AM, Nichols, Jared wrote:

do your users have admin rights?  if so, why not just direct them to
an internal SUS?
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 12, 2009, at 5:55 PM, Justin Crowe wrote:

I was wondering if anyone has used Casper to push out 10.5.8.  I have
done some testing and it works.  But, looking through some forums
there are some bad repair permissions problems, where if you repair
permissions the files will no longer have any permissions at all.  It
appears as though installing the update a second time seems to fix
this issue.  I tried installing the package twice in one policy and
just doing the reboot after the second one installs, but that still
seemed to fail.

Has anyone else had success or any suggestions?

Thank you,

Justin
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From moclassen at salesforce.com  Thu Aug 13 11:25:23 2009
From: moclassen at salesforce.com (Matt Oclassen)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:25:23 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Casper NetInstall Creator 3
In-Reply-To: <3905E77C-3C27-4CE5-AA3F-A0D7767987CC@thecreativepartnership.co.uk>
References: <C69E49EF.B185%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
	<3905E77C-3C27-4CE5-AA3F-A0D7767987CC@thecreativepartnership.co.uk>
Message-ID: <A25D5B57-8E4A-4DB2-B02E-FC1AF2BAC2E2@salesforce.com>

We are getting kernel panics in the middle of imaging after creating a  
netboot image using netinstall creator 3.  Is anyone else seeing this?


On Aug 13, 2009, at 6:16 AM, Daniel Farnworth wrote:

> We're seeing something slightly different.
>
> The NetInstall image launches Casper Imaging successfully (although
> we do see kernel panics when we quit CI), but CI does not pick up
> information from the JSS at all and sits waiting for someone to
> configure the install.
>
> Anybody seen this?
>
> Dan
>
> On 5 Aug 2009, at 02:26, John Wetter wrote:
>
>> I?m having Criss? same issue.  I created a net netinstall set and
>> it?s still dropping it back to the terminal.  Criss, did you find a
>> fix, or Chad, did you do anything special?
>>
>> I?ve created two NetInstall sets and neither worked.  I created the
>> original OS image using Composer.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>> -- 
>> John Wetter
>> Technology Support Administrator
>> Educational Technology, Media & Information Services
>> Hopkins Public Schools
>> 952-988-5373
>>
>>
>> From: Chad Brewer <chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us>
>> Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 10:45:42 -0500
>> To: <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Casper] Casper NetInstall Creator 3
>>
>> I retract my previous statement.  Due to some network changes I was
>> not netbooting off the server that I thought I was.
>>
>> My new netboot image is working like it should and it now opens up
>> the LaunchPad when I exit Casper Imaging.  This is a nice feature.
>>
>> Chad
>>
>>
>> "Criss  Myers" <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk> on July 6, 2009 at 3:24 AM
>> -0700 wrote:
>>
>>
>> HI All
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anyone used this yet?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ive tried to use it so that when you quit Casper Imaging it then
>> launches the Casper NetInstall LaunchPad with various options such
>> as Open the JSS and open Disk utility
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Ive created two netinstall images and both of them go back to
>> opening Terminal should the Casper imaging quit
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Had anyone else successfully done this?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Thu Aug 13 20:28:28 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:28:28 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Reboot Dialog Warning Box
Message-ID: <4A84938C0200003900010DB5@gwoes4.kckps.org>

You can invoke shell commands from Apple scripts and vice versa.

So, if you were using the software update command, you could use osascript to have the finder display a dialog box, and so forth.

I do this via self service usually, and since self service is a web app I use basic HTML to display in giant red letters, that their system will be rebooted when they run this policy.

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>>> Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> 08/13/09 11:03 AM >>>
Have a look at ihook, u could design and ihook .hook to display a msg  
and an ok button to click, that would be perfect, I use ihook to  
display images at logout or after packages are installed , u can set  
the size, background pic and ok button plus echo commands

On 13 Aug 2009, at 15:46, "J. Griffin Stewart" <griffin.stewart at northpoint.org 
 > wrote:

> I am trying to figure out a way to get a dialog box to notify users  
> of the the fact that software updates have been installed and they  
> need to reboot their machine.  All of the scripts etc I have tried  
> error out with a time out message or an AppleEvent Time Out and  
> usually the dialog disappears when this happens.  This is not  
> acceptable because then the user may not see it if they are out to  
> lunch etc and then we get calls about their computer acting strange.
> Ideally I would like to deploy an application to the users machine  
> with the sole purpose of popping up on their dock and having a  
> dialog and telling them to restart.  I have tried to do this with  
> the included scripts and the window stays up, but eventually a  
> second window appears saying AppleEvent Timed Out.  This looks buggy  
> for the user perspective and also, once this happens the restart  
> button on the dialog box does nothing.  Also, while the dialog box  
> is up, Finder is hosed and unusable.
> The idea is with software update run a script that tells the pre- 
> installed app to open and that is all the casper script does, then  
> the program opens and stays open indefinitely.  any help or  
> suggestions would be appreciated.  Also, if this could be quickly  
> coded with cocoa so that it is not relying on Apple Script that  
> would be awesome.  Thanks so much.
> <Restart.scpt>
>
> <Restart.app>
>
> <Restart Script.sh>
>
> :::
> griffin stewart | technology solutions administrator
> north point ministries|678.892.5857
> computer.help at northpoint.org
> art.northpoint.org
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org  Thu Aug 13 22:35:33 2009
From: tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org (Tatian Greenleaf)
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:35:33 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading iLife without losing files
In-Reply-To: <4A828ECD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <38d97fa20908120726x12162871n1e66c4a54b86b6dc@mail.gmail.com>
	<4A828ECD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <38d97fa20908132235i6106f1kcc72a5b95c1833a5@mail.gmail.com>

Well, part of the issue was that I ran out of hard drive space during the
imaging process, so I'm not sure if a full install actually erases the
folder.  I was under that assumption because the '06 folder (and contents)
was replaced by a single '09 file.  The file ("iPhoto Library") would not
open in iPhoto '06 or '09.  I was able to "Show Package Contents" and
re-import the originals into iPhoto '09.  Not a great process, but at least
I didn't lose everything.
Tatian

____________________________
Tatian Greenleaf
Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014


On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

>  Wow, it really over writes the existing folder?  That is not good.  I am
> about to roll out iLife 09.  I guess with out looking at it a simple script
> that will copy the database to a temp area, then copy it back after the
> package is installed...
>
>  Oh wait, now that I re-read your email....that is because iPhoto 06 did
> not use the database.  Instead it used folders, since iPhoto is actually a
> database of photos it needs to be in one database file.  Otherwise there
> were problems with it.  I believe Apple shifted it from the folder level to
> an actual database in iLife 08.
>
>  I think you could apple script iPhoto to export the library to a file,
> then install the new package, then import the old file once done.  Users
> with very large iPhoto data may cause issues.
>
>  So, I would look into automator or apple script to tell iPhoto to export
> all photos to a back up file, then have casper install the package, and as
> post install have an apple script or automator process import those files
> back in.
>
> >>> Tatian Greenleaf <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> 08/12/09 9:26 AM
> >>>
>
> I learned the hard way that my iLife '09 package replaces the iPhoto
> Library folder and therefore deletes all of the existing photos.
>
>
>   In thinking about how to upgrade a computer from iLife '06 to iLife '09,
> the best idea I have is to remove the user-specific folders (e.g. iTunes
> Library, iPhoto Library, etc.) from the package after I create it, and then
> to create a script that checks for those existing folders and adds them only
> is they don't exist.
>
>
>   How do you upgrade iLife without losing files?
>
>
>   Tatian
>
>
> ____________________________
> Tatian Greenleaf
> Associate Director of Technology
> Saint Mark's School
> (415) 472-8000 x1014
>
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From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Fri Aug 14 10:45:27 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:45:27 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Large file upload
Message-ID: <C6AAF0C7.5232%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

Anyone experiencing any problems uploading large DMGs into Casper Admin? I'm talking 20+ gigs. The images are made fine, but Admin seems to not like them...

Jeffrey A. Strauss
Department of Educational Technology
Systems Administrator
Loyola High School of Los Angeles
1901 Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, Ca 90006
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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Fri Aug 14 11:06:14 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:06:14 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Large file upload
In-Reply-To: <C6AAF0C7.5232%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
References: <C6AAF0C7.5232%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
Message-ID: <C709A992-1DE3-4258-BEE1-6FD3CD684816@latinschool.org>

If I have large files I copy them straight to my caspershare/packages  
folder.

Sent from my iPhone on T-Mobile

On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu>  
wrote:

> Anyone experiencing any problems uploading large DMGs into Casper  
> Admin? I?m talking 20+ gigs. The images are made fine, but Admin see 
> ms to not like them...
>
> 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 x265
>
> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>
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From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Fri Aug 14 11:08:03 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:08:03 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Large file upload
In-Reply-To: <C709A992-1DE3-4258-BEE1-6FD3CD684816@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <C6AAF613.5236%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

Good call. :)


On 8/14/09 11:06 AM, "Kathie Iorizzo" <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:

If I have large files I copy them straight to my caspershare/packages folder.

Sent from my iPhone on T-Mobile

On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> wrote:

Anyone experiencing any problems uploading large DMGs into Casper Admin? I'm talking 20+ gigs. The images are made fine, but Admin seems to not like them...

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 x265

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_______________________________________________
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Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper



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 x265

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From gallaghersj at chop.edu  Fri Aug 14 12:10:42 2009
From: gallaghersj at chop.edu (gallaghersj at chop.edu)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:10:42 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Casper Digest, Vol 32, Issue 11
In-Reply-To: <mailman.9.1250276405.32305.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
Message-ID: <C6AB2EF2.11832%gallaghersj@chop.edu>

Disconnect from the web share, reconnect and try again.

Sean


On 8/14/09 3:00 PM, "casper-request at list.jamfsoftware.com"
<casper-request at list.jamfsoftware.com> wrote:

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> Today's Topics:
> 
>    1. Re: Reboot Dialog Warning Box (Thomas Larkin)
>    2. Re: Upgrading iLife without losing files (Tatian Greenleaf)
>    3. Large file upload (Jeff Strauss)
>    4. Re: Large file upload (Kathie Iorizzo)
>    5. Re: Large file upload (Jeff Strauss)
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:28:28 -0500
> From: "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] Reboot Dialog Warning Box
> To: <griffin.stewart at northpoint.org>,<cmyers at uclan.ac.uk>
> Cc: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> Message-ID: <4A84938C0200003900010DB5 at gwoes4.kckps.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> 
> You can invoke shell commands from Apple scripts and vice versa.
> 
> So, if you were using the software update command, you could use osascript to
> have the finder display a dialog box, and so forth.
> 
> I do this via self service usually, and since self service is a web app I use
> basic HTML to display in giant red letters, that their system will be rebooted
> when they run this policy.
> 
> ___________________________
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> blackberry:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
> 
> 
> 
>>>> Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> 08/13/09 11:03 AM >>>
> Have a look at ihook, u could design and ihook .hook to display a msg
> and an ok button to click, that would be perfect, I use ihook to
> display images at logout or after packages are installed , u can set
> the size, background pic and ok button plus echo commands
> 
> On 13 Aug 2009, at 15:46, "J. Griffin Stewart" <griffin.stewart at northpoint.org
>> wrote:
> 
>> I am trying to figure out a way to get a dialog box to notify users
>> of the the fact that software updates have been installed and they
>> need to reboot their machine.  All of the scripts etc I have tried
>> error out with a time out message or an AppleEvent Time Out and
>> usually the dialog disappears when this happens.  This is not
>> acceptable because then the user may not see it if they are out to
>> lunch etc and then we get calls about their computer acting strange.
>> Ideally I would like to deploy an application to the users machine
>> with the sole purpose of popping up on their dock and having a
>> dialog and telling them to restart.  I have tried to do this with
>> the included scripts and the window stays up, but eventually a
>> second window appears saying AppleEvent Timed Out.  This looks buggy
>> for the user perspective and also, once this happens the restart
>> button on the dialog box does nothing.  Also, while the dialog box
>> is up, Finder is hosed and unusable.
>> The idea is with software update run a script that tells the pre-
>> installed app to open and that is all the casper script does, then
>> the program opens and stays open indefinitely.  any help or
>> suggestions would be appreciated.  Also, if this could be quickly
>> coded with cocoa so that it is not relying on Apple Script that
>> would be awesome.  Thanks so much.
>> <Restart.scpt>
>> 
>> <Restart.app>
>> 
>> <Restart Script.sh>
>> 
>> :::
>> griffin stewart | technology solutions administrator
>> north point ministries|678.892.5857
>> computer.help at northpoint.org
>> art.northpoint.org
>> _______________________________________________
>> Casper mailing list
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:35:33 -0700
> From: Tatian Greenleaf <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] Upgrading iLife without losing files
> To: casper <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Message-ID:
> <38d97fa20908132235i6106f1kcc72a5b95c1833a5 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> Well, part of the issue was that I ran out of hard drive space during the
> imaging process, so I'm not sure if a full install actually erases the
> folder.  I was under that assumption because the '06 folder (and contents)
> was replaced by a single '09 file.  The file ("iPhoto Library") would not
> open in iPhoto '06 or '09.  I was able to "Show Package Contents" and
> re-import the originals into iPhoto '09.  Not a great process, but at least
> I didn't lose everything.
> Tatian
> 
> ____________________________
> Tatian Greenleaf
> Associate Director of Technology
> Saint Mark's School
> (415) 472-8000 x1014
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
> 
>>  Wow, it really over writes the existing folder?  That is not good.  I am
>> about to roll out iLife 09.  I guess with out looking at it a simple script
>> that will copy the database to a temp area, then copy it back after the
>> package is installed...
>> 
>>  Oh wait, now that I re-read your email....that is because iPhoto 06 did
>> not use the database.  Instead it used folders, since iPhoto is actually a
>> database of photos it needs to be in one database file.  Otherwise there
>> were problems with it.  I believe Apple shifted it from the folder level to
>> an actual database in iLife 08.
>> 
>>  I think you could apple script iPhoto to export the library to a file,
>> then install the new package, then import the old file once done.  Users
>> with very large iPhoto data may cause issues.
>> 
>>  So, I would look into automator or apple script to tell iPhoto to export
>> all photos to a back up file, then have casper install the package, and as
>> post install have an apple script or automator process import those files
>> back in.
>> 
>>>>> Tatian Greenleaf <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> 08/12/09 9:26 AM
>>>>> 
>> 
>> I learned the hard way that my iLife '09 package replaces the iPhoto
>> Library folder and therefore deletes all of the existing photos.
>> 
>> 
>>   In thinking about how to upgrade a computer from iLife '06 to iLife '09,
>> the best idea I have is to remove the user-specific folders (e.g. iTunes
>> Library, iPhoto Library, etc.) from the package after I create it, and then
>> to create a script that checks for those existing folders and adds them only
>> is they don't exist.
>> 
>> 
>>   How do you upgrade iLife without losing files?
>> 
>> 
>>   Tatian
>> 
>> 
>> ____________________________
>> Tatian Greenleaf
>> Associate Director of Technology
>> Saint Mark's School
>> (415) 472-8000 x1014
>> 
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> From: Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu>
> Subject: [Casper] Large file upload
> To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
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> Anyone experiencing any problems uploading large DMGs into Casper Admin? I'm
> talking 20+ gigs. The images are made fine, but Admin seems to not like
> them...
> 
> 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 x265
> 
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> From: Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] Large file upload
> To: Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu>
> Cc: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Message-ID: <C709A992-1DE3-4258-BEE1-6FD3CD684816 at latinschool.org>
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> 
> If I have large files I copy them straight to my caspershare/packages
> folder.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone on T-Mobile
> 
> On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu>
> wrote:
> 
>> Anyone experiencing any problems uploading large DMGs into Casper
>> Admin? I?m talking 20+ gigs. The images are made fine, but Admin see
>> ms to not like them...
>> 
>> 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 x265
>> 
>> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>> 
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> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:08:03 -0700
> From: Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] Large file upload
> To: Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
> Cc: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Message-ID: <C6AAF613.5236%jstrauss at loyolahs.edu>
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> Good call. :)
> 
> 
> On 8/14/09 11:06 AM, "Kathie Iorizzo" <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:
> 
> If I have large files I copy them straight to my caspershare/packages folder.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone on T-Mobile
> 
> On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> wrote:
> 
> Anyone experiencing any problems uploading large DMGs into Casper Admin? I'm
> talking 20+ gigs. The images are made fine, but Admin seems to not like
> them...
> 
> 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 x265
> 
> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
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> 
> 
> 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 x265
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From rhlist1 at hammen.org  Fri Aug 14 14:49:06 2009
From: rhlist1 at hammen.org (Robert Hammen)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:49:06 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Mac OS X 10.5.x retail DVD later than 10.5.6?
Message-ID: <FA22933B-F863-470C-92ED-1F8DA1925227@hammen.org>

Anyone know if Apple has issues a retail 10.5.x install DVD version  
beyond 10.5.6?

I know they did 10.5, 10.5.1, 10.5.4, and 10.5.6 (which is the last  
one I have).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.5

Would sure make life easier if I didn't have to keep track of the  
various 10.5.6+ and 10.5.7+ discs for various machines...

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1159

of course 10.6 will fix that problem, but not until it's fully baked  
and tested...

--Robert

From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Fri Aug 14 14:59:14 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:59:14 -0700
Subject: [Casper] OD Binding
Message-ID: <C6AB2C42.523C%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

Oy. OK I'm having some issues with OD binding that I somehow need to get figured out. I've upgraded to 7.01 across the board and binding won't work with either the built-in option or with a script. I can bind manually after imaging, so I know that everything's cool on my ODM. Everything in the logs show that things are smooth, but the machines don't show up in WGM and there's no ODM info in Directory Utility.

Also (and this may or may not be related), when I select for the computer to reboot to the startup disk, it doesn't; it just sits in Imaging until the LaunchPad launches and I can select to restart the computer.

Anyone seen any of these issues?

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 x265

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From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Fri Aug 14 15:10:05 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:10:05 -0700
Subject: [Casper] OD Binding
In-Reply-To: <C6AB2C42.523C%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
Message-ID: <C6AB2ECE.5240%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

Bah. Binding works post-imaging via policy. I'll just do that, since I have to image next week. Whew, came in the nick of time. :-/

Any further info on the issue would still be helpful, though.

- Jeff


On 8/14/09 2:59 PM, "Jeff Strauss" <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> wrote:

Oy. OK I'm having some issues with OD binding that I somehow need to get figured out. I've upgraded to 7.01 across the board and binding won't work with either the built-in option or with a script. I can bind manually after imaging, so I know that everything's cool on my ODM. Everything in the logs show that things are smooth, but the machines don't show up in WGM and there's no ODM info in Directory Utility.

Also (and this may or may not be related), when I select for the computer to reboot to the startup disk, it doesn't; it just sits in Imaging until the LaunchPad launches and I can select to restart the computer.

Anyone seen any of these issues?

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 x265

Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.




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 x265

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From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Sat Aug 15 03:08:24 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:08:24 +0100
Subject: [Casper] OD Binding
In-Reply-To: <C6AB2ECE.5240%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
References: <C6AB2ECE.5240%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
Message-ID: <4F149306-CA59-4D3C-B78E-CA2A912983F1@uclan.ac.uk>

It's not the binding it's ur imaging , do u run any other first run  
scripts or cs4?

U think ur first run script isn't being created, see other posts  
regarding Casper imaging crashing

On 14 Aug 2009, at 23:10, Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> wrote:

> Bah. Binding works post-imaging via policy. I?ll just do that, since 
>  I have to image next week. Whew, came in the nick of time. :-/
>
> Any further info on the issue would still be helpful, though.
>
> - Jeff
>
>
> On 8/14/09 2:59 PM, "Jeff Strauss" <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> wrote:
>
> Oy. OK I?m having some issues with OD binding that I somehow need to 
>  get figured out. I?ve upgraded to 7.01 across the board and binding 
>  won?t work with either the built-in option or with a script. I can  
> bind manually after imaging, so I know that everything?s cool on my  
> ODM. Everything in the logs show that things are smooth, but the mac 
> hines don?t show up in WGM and there?s no ODM info in Directory  
> Utility.
>
> Also (and this may or may not be related), when I select for the  
> computer to reboot to the startup disk, it doesn?t; it just sits in  
> Imaging until the LaunchPad launches and I can select to restart the 
>  computer.
>
> Anyone seen any of these issues?
>
> 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 x265
>
> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>
>
>
>
> 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 x265
>
> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>
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From mskaj at parkland.edu  Sun Aug 16 07:39:08 2009
From: mskaj at parkland.edu (Matthew Skaj)
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 09:39:08 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Deploying Final Cut Studio
Message-ID: <4A87D3BC.232E.00A8.0@parkland.edu>

Hello Everyone,
We just started using Casper here at Parkland College and I was wondering how everyone else was deploying Apple's Final Cut Studio 2 (or 3)? Are you just snapshotting the full installation with Composer or is there a way to create a custom Installer like Adobe CS out of the 8 DVD's for FCS. I have managed to combine the four Adobe DVD's for CS4 Design Premium and create and Adobe installer for that, but I haven't been able to find any info through the JAMF KB or Google for doing that with FCS.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Matt




Matthew Skaj - ACTC, CCNA, Net+
Microcomputer Support Specialist
Macintosh Systems Administrator
Campus Technologies
Parkland College

217-351-2515



From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Sun Aug 16 08:50:49 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:50:49 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Deploying Final Cut Studio
Message-ID: <C9CB1FEB-AC13-4371-8F2A-338E426B4C0A@uwec.edu>

Hi Matt,

We deploy studio here, but you need to make sure you have a volume  
license installer (min 5 copies I believe) if you don't want to  
serialize each system you install your package  on as that application  
is typically a hardware specific application.

With the last version I made a regular composer package of just the  
main application and all the add-on pkg and mpgk installers I put in  
as is.

It seemed to work, just need to make sure you install the pieces in  
the right order. Hope that helps. Just got our copy of the new release  
so I haven't done that, maybe this week.

Craig Ernst
UW-Eau Claire
(715) 836-3639

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 16, 2009, at 9:39 AM, "Matthew Skaj" <mskaj at parkland.edu> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> We just started using Casper here at Parkland College and I was  
> wondering how everyone else was deploying Apple's Final Cut Studio 2  
> (or 3)? Are you just snapshotting the full installation with  
> Composer or is there a way to create a custom Installer like Adobe  
> CS out of the 8 DVD's for FCS. I have managed to combine the four  
> Adobe DVD's for CS4 Design Premium and create and Adobe installer  
> for that, but I haven't been able to find any info through the JAMF  
> KB or Google for doing that with FCS.
>
> Any advice is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
>
>
>
> Matthew Skaj - ACTC, CCNA, Net+
> Microcomputer Support Specialist
> Macintosh Systems Administrator
> Campus Technologies
> Parkland College
>
> 217-351-2515
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Sun Aug 16 11:19:29 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:19:29 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Deploying Final Cut Studio
In-Reply-To: <4A87D3BC.232E.00A8.0@parkland.edu>
References: <4A87D3BC.232E.00A8.0@parkland.edu>
Message-ID: <1CDD65F6-93DE-41EE-B49E-E2F0826332C2@uclan.ac.uk>

I snap shot it and it works fine

On 16 Aug 2009, at 15:39, "Matthew Skaj" <mskaj at parkland.edu> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> We just started using Casper here at Parkland College and I was  
> wondering how everyone else was deploying Apple's Final Cut Studio 2  
> (or 3)? Are you just snapshotting the full installation with  
> Composer or is there a way to create a custom Installer like Adobe  
> CS out of the 8 DVD's for FCS. I have managed to combine the four  
> Adobe DVD's for CS4 Design Premium and create and Adobe installer  
> for that, but I haven't been able to find any info through the JAMF  
> KB or Google for doing that with FCS.
>
> Any advice is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
>
>
>
> Matthew Skaj - ACTC, CCNA, Net+
> Microcomputer Support Specialist
> Macintosh Systems Administrator
> Campus Technologies
> Parkland College
>
> 217-351-2515
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper

From tlarki at kckps.org  Sun Aug 16 19:11:47 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:11:47 -0500
Subject: [Casper] OD Binding
Message-ID: <4A8876130200003900010FB0@gwoes4.kckps.org>

I have not tried the built in BIND features of Casper v7 as I have just upgraded.  I do however, run a post image script that works just fine to BIND all my clients to what replica I tell it to.

___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351



>>> Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> 08/14/09 5:13 PM >>>
Bah. Binding works post-imaging via policy. I'll just do that, since I have to image next week. Whew, came in the nick of time. :-/

Any further info on the issue would still be helpful, though.

- Jeff


On 8/14/09 2:59 PM, "Jeff Strauss" <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> wrote:

Oy. OK I'm having some issues with OD binding that I somehow need to get figured out. I've upgraded to 7.01 across the board and binding won't work with either the built-in option or with a script. I can bind manually after imaging, so I know that everything's cool on my ODM. Everything in the logs show that things are smooth, but the machines don't show up in WGM and there's no ODM info in Directory Utility.

Also (and this may or may not be related), when I select for the computer to reboot to the startup disk, it doesn't; it just sits in Imaging until the LaunchPad launches and I can select to restart the computer.

Anyone seen any of these issues?

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 x265

Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.




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 x265

Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.



From lpnicholas at moravian.edu  Mon Aug 17 05:29:31 2009
From: lpnicholas at moravian.edu (Nicholas, Lauren)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:29:31 -0400
Subject: [Casper]  ADmitMac built-in binding
Message-ID: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911701F43C@mail1.moravian.edu>

Has anyone tried the ADmitMac built-in binding in casper 7.01? I have
filled in all of my information but am unsure as to how this is supposed
to take place. I'm assuming I still need my admitmac.pkg but I'm not
sure of the order in which to have casper carry this out. If someone has
been successful in this, please let me know what you've done.

 

thanks,

-

lauren

 

-
LAUREN NICHOLAS
User Support Analyst - Hurd Campus

Center for Information Technology - CIT

Moravian College

adjunct prof | graphic design & music
ph. 610 861 1633
lpnicholas at moravian.edu

 

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Mon Aug 17 06:37:25 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:37:25 -0500
Subject: [Casper] bug in Casper Admin v 7.01 with synchronizing
Message-ID: <4A8916C5.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I just noticed that when I want to synchronize my casper shares it now says replicate.  However, in the older versions I used to be able to select several shares on the left hand nav bar and right click and say sync.  Now, it seems that when I try to replicate anything Casper Admin becomes unresponsive, and I can no longer select multiple distribution points at once. 

Anyone else experiencing this? 

thanks 

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From Halvorson.Jason at mayo.edu  Mon Aug 17 06:54:31 2009
From: Halvorson.Jason at mayo.edu (Jason Halvorson)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:54:31 -0500
Subject: [Casper] bug in Casper Admin v 7.01 with synchronizing
In-Reply-To: <4A8916C5.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <C6AECB47.B69%Halvorson.Jason@mayo.edu>

We are experiencing the same issues with Casper Admin 7.01:  you can only
replicate (sync) one distro point at a time and the Casper Admin becomes
unresponsive after replicating.

The work-around that JAMF provided was to type ?command? + ?L? to return
Casper Admin to a Show All view.  This way you don?t have to force quit the
application to proceed with your next task.  (The Show All command is also
available under the ?File? menu.)

Jason




On 8/17/09 8:37 AM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

>    
> 
>  I just noticed that when I want to synchronize my casper shares it now says
> replicate.  However, in the older versions I used to be able to select several
> shares on the left hand nav bar and right click and say sync.  Now, it seems
> that when I try to replicate anything Casper Admin becomes unresponsive, and I
> can no longer select multiple distribution points at once.
> 
>        
> 
>  Anyone else experiencing this?
> 
>        
> 
>  thanks    
> 
>        
> 
>  Tom 
>  
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
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From abenedict at integer.com  Mon Aug 17 08:14:27 2009
From: abenedict at integer.com (Alan Benedict)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:14:27 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Running apps from only the Applications folder
Message-ID: <5fe906620908170814x27f10835i8a844f054e7a83d6@mail.gmail.com>

I remember a while back seeing someone on this list mentioning that they
only allow apps to be run from the Applications folder.  I am currently
looking at implementing a similar setup.  Is this done using Managed
Preferences or some other way?  Any advice you could throw my way would be
helpful.  Thanks!
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Mon Aug 17 08:26:56 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:26:56 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Running apps from only the Applications folder
In-Reply-To: <5fe906620908170814x27f10835i8a844f054e7a83d6@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5fe906620908170814x27f10835i8a844f054e7a83d6@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4A89306F.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I do this exact configuration and I use MCX to do it.  I do it from an
OD server but Casper version 7 should be able to do the same thing.

>>> Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> 08/17/09 10:14 AM >>>
I remember a while back seeing someone on this list mentioning that they
only allow apps to be run from the Applications folder. I am currently
looking at implementing a similar setup. Is this done using Managed
Preferences or some other way? Any advice you could throw my way would
be helpful. Thanks!
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com


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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Mon Aug 17 08:27:19 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:27:19 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Running apps from only the Applications folder
In-Reply-To: <5fe906620908170814x27f10835i8a844f054e7a83d6@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C6AEE107.B114%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

Look up posts from Thomas Larkin. =)

I'll see if I can dig it up...

Craig E

On 8/17/09 10:14 AM, "Alan Benedict" <abenedict at integer.com> wrote:

I remember a while back seeing someone on this list mentioning that they only allow apps to be run from the Applications folder.  I am currently looking at implementing a similar setup.  Is this done using Managed Preferences or some other way?  Any advice you could throw my way would be helpful.  Thanks!
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com


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From chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us  Mon Aug 17 08:27:53 2009
From: chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us (Chad Brewer)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:27:53 -0700
Subject: [Casper] laid
Message-ID: <fc.011f04d200da7989011f04d200da7989.da7b66@bend.k12.or.us>

After moving to 10.5.8 my image is now just over 8 gigs compressed. 
Unfortunately, it looks like its now too big to block copy onto a 40gig
hard drive (eMac).  The image itself, once laid down, only uses about
16gigs.  Whats the limitation here?  Why does block copy require so much
extra disk space?

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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Mon Aug 17 08:28:18 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:28:18 -0500
Subject: [Casper] FW:  List of restricted software?
In-Reply-To: <4A7ACE55.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <C6AEE142.B115%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

I think this was it...

Craig E

------ Forwarded Message
From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 12:36:38 -0500
To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>, <Rich_Barron at vfc.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] List of restricted software?

I restrict software by folder and no longer do individual apps.  Then I make sure that /Applications is owned by root:admin and do not allow any app to run from any other folder via MCX.  With version 7 you should be able to do this with out having a OD Server in place, I think.

This is much easier and then it requires way less management.  Then you must authenticate via local admin to install software.  MCX settings already do this via OD Servers.  I then toss all of my apps that I want my IT staff to use in /Applications/Utilities and set the group policy for students to not allow them to run apps from that folder.

They will not be allowed to run any process outside of the Applications folder and it will require admin rights to install anything in the /Applications folder.  So if they try to run a mobile version of Firefox from say a thumb drive they will get denied.  There are a few caveats to it, like if you allow applications to open other applications outside that folder it can get tricky.  Otherwise, it is way more simple and easy to maintain it that way.


___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> <Rich_Barron at vfc.com> 08/06/09 11:43 AM >>>
Would the list like to help me start a shared list of restricted software
names and process names? Maybe we can put one together and pass it off to
JAMF to manage/update? I'm sure we all have our pet peeve applications.
And I am sure there are new ones coming out all the time or ones we may
have overlooked. So I suggest bringing our minds together and making a
master list with some details so we can pick/skip the ones we need.

Here is the format I suggest:

Software Name: Skype
Process Name: skype  <--not sure on this one
Type of Application: Voice over IP software with video and file transfer
features.
Risk: File transfer features bypass company firewalls and could allow
infected files in to network.
Website: http://skype.com


Rich Barron

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From chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us  Mon Aug 17 08:30:30 2009
From: chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us (Chad Brewer)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:30:30 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Block Copy size limit
Message-ID: <fc.011f04d200da7b9b011f04d200da7b9b.da7baa@bend.k12.or.us>

After moving to 10.5.8 my image is now just over 8 gigs compressed. 
Unfortunately, it looks like its now too big to block copy onto a 40gig
hard drive (eMac).  The image itself, once laid down, only uses about
16gigs.  Whats the limitation here?  Why does block copy require so much
extra disk space?

Chad

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From lori.weed at wk.com  Mon Aug 17 09:25:03 2009
From: lori.weed at wk.com (Lori Weed)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:25:03 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Hardware issues after Office install
Message-ID: <C6AEFC9F.5A1D%lori.weed@wk.com>

Was wondering if anyone has suffered hardware issues after pushing an Office
2008 image? 3 black MacBooks all suffered the same hardware issue after
Entourage finished transferring data from Office 2004. All computers hard
drives failed. I?m a little concerned and don?t know whether it?s just a
coincidence or if I should continue with the upgrade? Any feedback would be
greatly appreciated.
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From scott-frederick at uiowa.edu  Mon Aug 17 12:05:56 2009
From: scott-frederick at uiowa.edu (Frederick, Scott A)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:05:56 -0500
Subject: [Casper] bug in Casper Admin v 7.01 with synchronizing
Message-ID: <C6AF1444.82BF%scott-frederick@uiowa.edu>

I have seen the same thing as I was trying to setup a replication sever  this past Friday. I thought it might have been how I was setting  things up, but this verifies that it wasn't. Casper Admin does become unresponsive and you have to quit/relaunch to be able to keep working with the program.
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Mon Aug 17 12:11:24 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:11:24 -0500
Subject: [Casper] bug in Casper Admin v 7.01 with synchronizing
In-Reply-To: <C6AF1444.82BF%scott-frederick@uiowa.edu>
References: <C6AF1444.82BF%scott-frederick@uiowa.edu>
Message-ID: <4A89650C.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

If you hit cmd + L it will go back into list mode and it will bypass
this.  They are going to fix that soon.  However, you can still only
replicate one server at a time now.  I have an open ticket with jamf
support on the issue. 

You can still just mount the share and copy stuff over AFP as well,
which I have done over the past.

>>> "Frederick, Scott A" <scott-frederick at uiowa.edu> 08/17/09 2:05 PM
>>>

I have seen the same thing as I was trying to setup a replication sever 
this past Friday. I thought it might have been how I was setting  things
up, but this verifies that it wasn?t. Casper Admin does become
unresponsive and you have to quit/relaunch to be able to keep working
with the program. 

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Mon Aug 17 14:07:10 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:07:10 -0500
Subject: [Casper] FYI on how to deploy MAP test from NWEA
Message-ID: <4A89802E.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Since I have pounded my head against the wall dealing with NWEA, I went ahead and documented how I deployed it.  So if you are going to deploy 6.4 to intel based macs you may want to give this a read.  I used Composer and Self service to pretty much build the whole thing 

http://tlarkin.com/tech/how-deploy-nwea-testtaker-64-intel-macs-casper 

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From william.smith at merrillcorp.com  Mon Aug 17 15:03:53 2009
From: william.smith at merrillcorp.com (Smith, William)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:03:53 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Hardware issues after Office install
In-Reply-To: <C6AEFC9F.5A1D%lori.weed@wk.com>
Message-ID: <C6AF3DF9.2BE79%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>

From: Lori Weed <lori.weed at wk.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:25:03 -0400

> Was wondering if anyone has suffered hardware issues after pushing an Office
> 2008 image? 3 black MacBooks all suffered the same hardware issue after
> Entourage finished transferring data from Office 2004. All computers hard
> drives failed. I?m a little concerned and don?t know whether it?s just a
> coincidence or if I should continue with the upgrade? Any feedback would be
> greatly appreciated.

Unless software includes some sort of firmware change, which Office does
not, software cannot cause hardware problems. I suspect your MacBooks are
probably from the same batch of machines within the same order and that you
are experiencing an endemic hardware issue with the machines themselves.

-- 

bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
MCS IT
Merrill Communications, LLC
(651) 632-1492


From tlarki at kckps.org  Mon Aug 17 18:20:32 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:20:32 -0500
Subject: [Casper] laid
In-Reply-To: <fc.011f04d200da7989011f04d200da7989.da7b66@bend.k12.or.us>
References: <fc.011f04d200da7989011f04d200da7989.da7b66@bend.k12.or.us>
Message-ID: <4A89BB90.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Block copying requires that the image file be copied to the HD and then expanded to it's actual size, then you need room to move things around.  If it is 8Gigs compressed what is it total?  
 

___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> "Chad Brewer" <chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us> 08/17/09 10:27 AM >>> 
After moving to 10.5.8 my image is now just over 8 gigs compressed. 
Unfortunately, it looks like its now too big to block copy onto a 40gig
hard drive (eMac).  The image itself, once laid down, only uses about
16gigs.  Whats the limitation here?  Why does block copy require so much
extra disk space?




From lpnicholas at moravian.edu  Tue Aug 18 06:32:42 2009
From: lpnicholas at moravian.edu (Nicholas, Lauren)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:32:42 -0400
Subject: [Casper]  iMovie (previous version) folder
Message-ID: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911701F44A@mail1.moravian.edu>

Dear all-

I'm scriptally challenged...

this has got to be the most basic elementary script, but I haven't
ventured into scripting yet, so if someone could help, I'd appreciate
it!

 

I'm looking to write a simple post-image script to remove the
/Applications/iMovie (previous version) folder

 

thanks in advance,

-

lauren

 

-
LAUREN NICHOLAS
User Support Analyst - Hurd Campus

Center for Information Technology - CIT

Moravian College

adjunct prof | graphic design & music
ph. 610 861 1633
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From Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu  Tue Aug 18 07:05:38 2009
From: Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu (Harter, Ryan)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:05:38 -0500
Subject: [Casper] iMovie (previous version) folder
In-Reply-To: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911701F44A@mail1.moravian.edu>
References: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911701F44A@mail1.moravian.edu>
Message-ID: <8DCC0EF2-080E-43B9-9FC5-BE79133B6D8F@uwsp.edu>

If all you want to do is remove the folder it should be a simple:

#!/bin/bash

/bin/rm -r /Applications/iMovie



Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 18, 2009, at 8:32 AM, Nicholas, Lauren wrote:

Dear all-
I?m scriptally challenged...
this has got to be the most basic elementary script, but I haven?t ventured into scripting yet, so if someone could help, I?d appreciate it!

I?m looking to write a simple post-image script to remove the /Applications/iMovie (previous version) folder

thanks in advance,
-
lauren

?
LAUREN NICHOLAS
User Support Analyst ? Hurd Campus
Center for Information Technology ? CIT
Moravian College
adjunct prof | graphic design & music
ph. 610 861 1633
lpnicholas at moravian.edu

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 18 07:14:05 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:14:05 -0500
Subject: [Casper] iMovie (previous version) folder
In-Reply-To: <8DCC0EF2-080E-43B9-9FC5-BE79133B6D8F@uwsp.edu>
References: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911701F44A@mail1.moravian.edu>
	<8DCC0EF2-080E-43B9-9FC5-BE79133B6D8F@uwsp.edu>
Message-ID: <4A8A70DD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

You don't even need to write a script.  Just create a casper policy with
the run command option under the advanced tab.  Then put in your 1 line
of code to remove that application.  Then set the policy to run after
image or at first boot. 

I  would take that out of your image if possible.


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>>> "Harter, Ryan" <Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu> 08/18/09 9:05 AM >>>
If all you want to do is remove the folder it should be a simple:

#!/bin/bash

/bin/rm -r /Applications/iMovie



Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 18, 2009, at 8:32 AM, Nicholas, Lauren wrote:

Dear all-
I?m scriptally challenged...
this has got to be the most basic elementary script, but I haven?t
ventured into scripting yet, so if someone could help, I?d appreciate
it!

I?m looking to write a simple post-image script to remove the
/Applications/iMovie (previous version) folder

thanks in advance,
-
lauren

?
LAUREN NICHOLAS
User Support Analyst ? Hurd Campus
Center for Information Technology ? CIT
Moravian College
adjunct prof | graphic design & music
ph. 610 861 1633
lpnicholas at moravian.edu

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From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Tue Aug 18 07:48:01 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:48:01 -0500
Subject: [Casper] iMovie (previous version) folder
In-Reply-To: <8DCC0EF2-080E-43B9-9FC5-BE79133B6D8F@uwsp.edu>
References: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911701F44A@mail1.moravian.edu>,
	<8DCC0EF2-080E-43B9-9FC5-BE79133B6D8F@uwsp.edu>
Message-ID: <F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFAC2@hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>

With the spaces, you'll need:

rm -r "/Applications/iMovie (previous version)/"

The quotes will let you out of needing to exception the special characters and spaces.  We are still using the previous version, so I won't be running that anytime soon!

John

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Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
________________________________________
From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Harter, Ryan [Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:05 AM
To: Nicholas, Lauren
Cc: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
Subject: Re: [Casper] iMovie (previous version) folder

If all you want to do is remove the folder it should be a simple:

#!/bin/bash

/bin/rm -r /Applications/iMovie



Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 18, 2009, at 8:32 AM, Nicholas, Lauren wrote:

Dear all-
I?m scriptally challenged...
this has got to be the most basic elementary script, but I haven?t ventured into scripting yet, so if someone could help, I?d appreciate it!

I?m looking to write a simple post-image script to remove the /Applications/iMovie (previous version) folder

thanks in advance,
-
lauren

?
LAUREN NICHOLAS
User Support Analyst ? Hurd Campus
Center for Information Technology ? CIT
Moravian College
adjunct prof | graphic design & music
ph. 610 861 1633
lpnicholas at moravian.edu

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 18 12:01:07 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:01:07 -0500
Subject: [Casper] sym link weirdness
Message-ID: <4A8AB422.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Hello everyone, 

Happy back to school for those that work in schools, and I mean that sarcastically :(  I have this kind of weird intermittent issue.  I am noticing a client every now and then will be showing the symbolic link directories in the finder.  I see the the Unix directories that are sym links to /private.  Now this is not on all clients just some... 

If I look into chflags and I run the command ls -alO / it will show me the flags on each file, and some do not say hidden when they should say hidden.    So then logically I think well an easy fix is to just fix the flags via sudo chflags -R -H /private/etc for example so it will follow the sym links. 

Well, didn't work out exactly how I had planned.  Any advice on getting those sym links out of the finder?  Also, we just reimaged all machines and some of them are getting this, anyone else imaging them and seeing these results?  I don't recall this being an issue with Casper and imaging last year at all..... 

I am looking at the JAMF binary but I don't see anything that fixes the symbolic links... 

thanks 

Tom 
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From miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com  Tue Aug 18 12:05:07 2009
From: miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com (Miles Leacy)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:05:07 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading iLife without losing files
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20908132235i6106f1kcc72a5b95c1833a5@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C6B073A3.8FC%miles.leacy@jamfsoftware.com>

Hi All,

I see a couple of solutions...

Remove the "iPhoto Library" bundle from your package:
If iLife'09 launches and doesn't find an iPhoto Library at ~/Pictures/, it displays a dialog asking you to browse to your library or create a new one.  This isn't an ideal user experience, but it isn't terrible either.  If there is a preexisting library from a previous version, the app will update the iPhoto library on first launch.

Be selective about FUT & FEU:
If you package iPhoto with a default library, using FUT will ensure that new accounts have a library and don't experience the process described above.  If you use FEU, that's where you can get into issues with overwriting user data.  If you don't use FEU, again users without a library will experience the process described above and users with a library will have their library updated.

I hope this is helpful.

Thanks,

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On 8/14/09 1:35 AM, "Tatian Greenleaf" <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> wrote:

Well, part of the issue was that I ran out of hard drive space during the imaging process, so I'm not sure if a full install actually erases the folder.  I was under that assumption because the '06 folder (and contents) was replaced by a single '09 file.  The file ("iPhoto Library") would not open in iPhoto '06 or '09.  I was able to "Show Package Contents" and re-import the originals into iPhoto '09.  Not a great process, but at least I didn't lose everything.

Tatian

____________________________
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Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014


On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:



 Wow, it really over writes the existing folder?  That is not good.  I am about to roll out iLife 09.  I guess with out looking at it a simple script that will copy the database to a temp area, then copy it back after the package is installed...



 Oh wait, now that I re-read your email....that is because iPhoto 06 did not use the database.  Instead it used folders, since iPhoto is actually a database of photos it needs to be in one database file.  Otherwise there were problems with it.  I believe Apple shifted it from the folder level to an actual database in iLife 08.



 I think you could apple script iPhoto to export the library to a file, then install the new package, then import the old file once done.  Users with very large iPhoto data may cause issues.



 So, I would look into automator or apple script to tell iPhoto to export all photos to a back up file, then have casper install the package, and as post install have an apple script or automator process import those files back in.

>>> Tatian Greenleaf <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> 08/12/09 9:26 AM >>>


I learned the hard way that my iLife '09 package replaces the iPhoto Library folder and therefore deletes all of the existing photos.









 In thinking about how to upgrade a computer from iLife '06 to iLife '09, the best idea I have is to remove the user-specific folders (e.g. iTunes Library, iPhoto Library, etc.) from the package after I create it, and then to create a script that checks for those existing folders and adds them only is they don't exist.










 How do you upgrade iLife without losing files?










 Tatian





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From chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us  Tue Aug 18 12:10:00 2009
From: chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us (Chad Brewer)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:10:00 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Block Copy size limit
In-Reply-To: <4A89BB90.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <fc.011f04d200da7989011f04d200da7989.da7b66@bend.k12.or.us>
	<4A89BB90.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <fc.011f04d200db0b08011f04d200da7989.db0b2f@bend.k12.or.us>

Its just over 16 uncompressed.  So if it takes 8 to store and then writes
16 thats only a total of 24.  Seems like a 40gig drive would be okay.

"Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> on August 17, 2009 at 6:20 PM -0800
wrote:
>Block copying requires that the image file be copied to the HD and then
>expanded to it's actual size, then you need room to move things around. 
>If it is 8Gigs compressed what is it total?  
> 
>
>___________________________
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>
>
>
>
>
>>>> "Chad Brewer" <chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us> 08/17/09 10:27 AM >>> 
>After moving to 10.5.8 my image is now just over 8 gigs compressed. 
>Unfortunately, it looks like its now too big to block copy onto a 40gig
>hard drive (eMac).  The image itself, once laid down, only uses about
>16gigs.  Whats the limitation here?  Why does block copy require so much
>extra disk space?
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From tqueck at nkasd.com  Tue Aug 18 12:19:04 2009
From: tqueck at nkasd.com (Thomas Queck)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:19:04 -0400
Subject: [Casper] New OD Master
Message-ID: <0FF31141-36B5-41BD-9E39-A46D7A3497A1@nkasd.com>

	We will be changing our OD Master before the school year begins, and  
have already re-imaged most of our Mac Books with a configuration that  
has them look to the old OD Master for authentication. Is there an  
easy way to replace the old OD Master info with the new? I assume it  
would involve running an Unbind to OD Master script and then a Bind to  
OD Master script with the new server info, but wasn't exactly sure how  
to pull that off or if the two scripts could be combined. Has anyone  
done this before?
Tom Queck
New Kensington Arnold School District
New Kensington, PA

From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 18 12:25:16 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:25:16 -0500
Subject: [Casper] New OD Master
In-Reply-To: <0FF31141-36B5-41BD-9E39-A46D7A3497A1@nkasd.com>
References: <0FF31141-36B5-41BD-9E39-A46D7A3497A1@nkasd.com>
Message-ID: <4A8AB9CC.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I already have a script that does then as we had every machine bound to our master but then wanted to bind each building to specific replicas.  You can just fill in the blanks and run it as a casper policy. 

http://tlarkin.com/tech/shell-script-remove-clients-bindings-old-server-and-then-bind-them-new-directory-server 

This script will bind the client to the new Directory Server after removing the old one first.  Then in OD you just need to promote your new server to Master and demote your old one to stand alone and everything should be kosher. 

enjoy 

-Tom

>>> Thomas Queck <tqueck at nkasd.com> 08/18/09 2:19 PM >>>
We will be changing our OD Master before the school year begins, and 
have already re-imaged most of our Mac Books with a configuration that 
has them look to the old OD Master for authentication. Is there an 
easy way to replace the old OD Master info with the new? I assume it 
would involve running an Unbind to OD Master script and then a Bind to 
OD Master script with the new server info, but wasn't exactly sure how 
to pull that off or if the two scripts could be combined. Has anyone 
done this before?
Tom Queck
New Kensington Arnold School District
New Kensington, PA
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 18 15:58:03 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:58:03 -0500
Subject: [Casper] FUT and FEU when the user account isn't in /Users
Message-ID: <4A8AEBAB.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>


I am pondering something right now....I have a policy that enables clear text passwords in AFP for a legacy network connection at my work.  So, I edited the plist, captured it with composer and set it as a start up policy and duped it as a log in hook, but my local admin account lives in /private/var and when I execute the policy (I have a manual trigger too) it runs and it fills all the existing users but I don't think it works on my local admin account because the home directory lives in /private/var instead....

Is this true, anyone else have accounts that are not in /Users and have issues with user based policies not running?

It doesn't need to run on this local account as it is for admin work only, but I am wondering if this is why it isn't working on the local admin account?

Thoughts?

Thanks

Tom


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From Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu  Wed Aug 19 05:50:10 2009
From: Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu (Harter, Ryan)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:50:10 -0500
Subject: [Casper] FUT and FEU when the user account isn't in /Users
In-Reply-To: <4A8AEBAB.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4A8AEBAB.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <4CBE9A06-9B70-4071-A306-6A90A0F0B670@uwsp.edu>

I've actually wondered about that too and talked to Jamf a while ago.  We use Admit Mac here and put our users in /Domain/uwsp.edu/Users so that we can easily differentiate between domain and local accounts.  I haven't though about this in a long time, however, and haven't paid attention to if it's working or not.

I think it really depends on if they're using cp <package contents> /Users/*/ or if they're getting the user accounts out of dscl and populating their list based on the home variable in there.

Anyone have any more light to shed on this?

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 18, 2009, at 5:58 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:


I am pondering something right now....I have a policy that enables clear text passwords in AFP for a legacy network connection at my work.  So, I edited the plist, captured it with composer and set it as a start up policy and duped it as a log in hook, but my local admin account lives in /private/var and when I execute the policy (I have a manual trigger too) it runs and it fills all the existing users but I don't think it works on my local admin account because the home directory lives in /private/var instead....

Is this true, anyone else have accounts that are not in /Users and have issues with user based policies not running?

It doesn't need to run on this local account as it is for admin work only, but I am wondering if this is why it isn't working on the local admin account?

Thoughts?

Thanks

Tom


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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Wed Aug 19 05:52:29 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:52:29 -0500
Subject: [Casper] LP Admin Group
Message-ID: <03FC9FE1-B024-4EF4-A632-C52BD553FB2A@latinschool.org>

If you don't use OD in your environment.. is there a way to put people  
in the lpadmin group via the client level?
Has anyone tried managed preferences, parental controls for printers?  
Everything the list has sent me on this doesn't work when I test it..  
I even tried the MCX setting in the JSS for Allow non admin printers,  
and it doesn't work.
___________
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Lower School Technician
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From Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu  Wed Aug 19 06:03:54 2009
From: Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu (Harter, Ryan)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:03:54 -0500
Subject: [Casper] LP Admin Group
In-Reply-To: <03FC9FE1-B024-4EF4-A632-C52BD553FB2A@latinschool.org>
References: <03FC9FE1-B024-4EF4-A632-C52BD553FB2A@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <49269A14-DE3C-4C72-B314-006DF0D0392C@uwsp.edu>

Kathie, this may be simple, but do you have "Apply Computer Level Enforced Managed Preferences" checked in your JSS > Management tab > Management Framework Settings?

I haven't played with MCX because I found a bug that if that check box is enabled, it seems that if the JSS is not responding for some reason then clients will fail to log in because the jamf binary will be endlessly looking for the server.  This poses a problem for us since we do have mobile users who may not always be able to see the jss.

One thing you could do (which works for us and gets around this problem) is create a login policy set to ongoing and enabled offline (so it will just cache it) with a script that just adds the currently logging in user to the lpadmin group.

Hope it helps.

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 19, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Kathie Iorizzo wrote:

If you don't use OD in your environment.. is there a way to put people in the lpadmin group via the client level?
Has anyone tried managed preferences, parental controls for printers? Everything the list has sent me on this doesn't work when I test it.. I even tried the MCX setting in the JSS for Allow non admin printers, and it doesn't work.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org<mailto:kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Wed Aug 19 06:07:19 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:07:19 -0500
Subject: [Casper] LP Admin Group
In-Reply-To: <49269A14-DE3C-4C72-B314-006DF0D0392C@uwsp.edu>
References: <03FC9FE1-B024-4EF4-A632-C52BD553FB2A@latinschool.org>
	<49269A14-DE3C-4C72-B314-006DF0D0392C@uwsp.edu>
Message-ID: <D51535F8-F009-4EE2-8929-9F9866A9DFE8@latinschool.org>

Ryan,

I do have that checked. We had some issues in 7.0 but since the  
upgrade to 7.01 the issues are resolved and we are using MCX  
settings.  Would you share how you did that policy, that would work  
for us.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On Aug 19, 2009, at 8:03 AM, Harter, Ryan wrote:

> Kathie, this may be simple, but do you have "Apply Computer Level  
> Enforced Managed Preferences" checked in your JSS > Management tab >  
> Management Framework Settings?
>
> I haven't played with MCX because I found a bug that if that check  
> box is enabled, it seems that if the JSS is not responding for some  
> reason then clients will fail to log in because the jamf binary will  
> be endlessly looking for the server.  This poses a problem for us  
> since we do have mobile users who may not always be able to see the  
> jss.
>
> One thing you could do (which works for us and gets around this  
> problem) is create a login policy set to ongoing and enabled offline  
> (so it will just cache it) with a script that just adds the  
> currently logging in user to the lpadmin group.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> Ryan Harter
> UW - Stevens Point
> Workstation Developer
> 715.346.2716
> Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>
>
> On Aug 19, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Kathie Iorizzo wrote:
>
> If you don't use OD in your environment.. is there a way to put  
> people in the lpadmin group via the client level?
> Has anyone tried managed preferences, parental controls for  
> printers? Everything the list has sent me on this doesn't work when  
> I test it.. I even tried the MCX setting in the JSS for Allow non  
> admin printers, and it doesn't work.
> ___________
> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org<mailto:kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
> 312.582.6136
>
>
>
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From Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu  Wed Aug 19 06:20:24 2009
From: Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu (Harter, Ryan)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:20:24 -0500
Subject: [Casper] LP Admin Group
In-Reply-To: <D51535F8-F009-4EE2-8929-9F9866A9DFE8@latinschool.org>
References: <03FC9FE1-B024-4EF4-A632-C52BD553FB2A@latinschool.org>
	<49269A14-DE3C-4C72-B314-006DF0D0392C@uwsp.edu>
	<D51535F8-F009-4EE2-8929-9F9866A9DFE8@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <764B5803-F539-4BB2-B189-59117B089401@uwsp.edu>

For the script, it is just a one liner, unless you want to add error checking which is always good.  I like to make sure users are network users by ensuring their uid is > 100000.

#!/bin/bash

dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership <path to users>/$3

For the path to users, in our active directory environment it is "/Active Directory/All Domains/Users/".  It may be different for you, you'll just have to hop into dscl (by just entering the dscl command with no arguments) and ls and cd your way around to find out what it is.

Then I just created a policy set to be available offline, at login, that runs that script.

Note that  this script is untested.  We do similar things, but not this exact operation, so make sure you test this in your test environment before deploying it.

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 19, 2009, at 8:07 AM, Kathie Iorizzo wrote:

Ryan,

I do have that checked. We had some issues in 7.0 but since the
upgrade to 7.01 the issues are resolved and we are using MCX
settings.  Would you share how you did that policy, that would work
for us.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org<mailto:kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
312.582.6136



On Aug 19, 2009, at 8:03 AM, Harter, Ryan wrote:

Kathie, this may be simple, but do you have "Apply Computer Level
Enforced Managed Preferences" checked in your JSS > Management tab >
Management Framework Settings?

I haven't played with MCX because I found a bug that if that check
box is enabled, it seems that if the JSS is not responding for some
reason then clients will fail to log in because the jamf binary will
be endlessly looking for the server.  This poses a problem for us
since we do have mobile users who may not always be able to see the
jss.

One thing you could do (which works for us and gets around this
problem) is create a login policy set to ongoing and enabled offline
(so it will just cache it) with a script that just adds the
currently logging in user to the lpadmin group.

Hope it helps.

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 19, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Kathie Iorizzo wrote:

If you don't use OD in your environment.. is there a way to put
people in the lpadmin group via the client level?
Has anyone tried managed preferences, parental controls for
printers? Everything the list has sent me on this doesn't work when
I test it.. I even tried the MCX setting in the JSS for Allow non
admin printers, and it doesn't work.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org<mailto:kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
312.582.6136



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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Wed Aug 19 07:51:55 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:51:55 -0500
Subject: [Casper] LP Admin Group
In-Reply-To: <764B5803-F539-4BB2-B189-59117B089401@uwsp.edu>
References: <03FC9FE1-B024-4EF4-A632-C52BD553FB2A@latinschool.org>
	<49269A14-DE3C-4C72-B314-006DF0D0392C@uwsp.edu>
	<D51535F8-F009-4EE2-8929-9F9866A9DFE8@latinschool.org>
	<764B5803-F539-4BB2-B189-59117B089401@uwsp.edu>
Message-ID: <5A76A372-54F9-43FC-848B-73FA0670ECB2@latinschool.org>

Ryan,

We just tested this changing the script for our environment..   and it  
appears to go through, but when I try add or pause/resume.. it prompts  
me for the user name and password for an admin user.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On Aug 19, 2009, at 8:20 AM, Harter, Ryan wrote:

> For the script, it is just a one liner, unless you want to add error  
> checking which is always good.  I like to make sure users are  
> network users by ensuring their uid is > 100000.
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership <path to users>/$3
>
> For the path to users, in our active directory environment it is "/ 
> Active Directory/All Domains/Users/".  It may be different for you,  
> you'll just have to hop into dscl (by just entering the dscl command  
> with no arguments) and ls and cd your way around to find out what it  
> is.
>
> Then I just created a policy set to be available offline, at login,  
> that runs that script.
>
> Note that  this script is untested.  We do similar things, but not  
> this exact operation, so make sure you test this in your test  
> environment before deploying it.



From tlarki at kckps.org  Wed Aug 19 08:22:46 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:22:46 -0500
Subject: [Casper] FUT and FEU when the user account isn't in /Users
In-Reply-To: <4CBE9A06-9B70-4071-A306-6A90A0F0B670@uwsp.edu>
References: <4A8AEBAB.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<4CBE9A06-9B70-4071-A306-6A90A0F0B670@uwsp.edu>
Message-ID: <4A8BD276.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Well composer asks if you want to copy the user data over and it will create mirrors of what you did in /users but I always delete that out of my package because I don't want my local admin account being duped into /users.  Then if I do the FUT it should fill out to existing users in /Users.  It works, on my mobile accounts but it never works on my local admin, and I guess this is why. 




___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> "Harter, Ryan" <Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu> 08/19/09 7:50 AM >>>
I've actually wondered about that too and talked to Jamf a while ago.  We use Admit Mac here and put our users in /Domain/uwsp.edu/Users so that we can easily differentiate between domain and local accounts.  I haven't though about this in a long time, however, and haven't paid attention to if it's working or not.

I think it really depends on if they're using cp <package contents> /Users/*/ or if they're getting the user accounts out of dscl and populating their list based on the home variable in there.

Anyone have any more light to shed on this?

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 18, 2009, at 5:58 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:


I am pondering something right now....I have a policy that enables clear text passwords in AFP for a legacy network connection at my work.  So, I edited the plist, captured it with composer and set it as a start up policy and duped it as a log in hook, but my local admin account lives in /private/var and when I execute the policy (I have a manual trigger too) it runs and it fills all the existing users but I don't think it works on my local admin account because the home directory lives in /private/var instead....

Is this true, anyone else have accounts that are not in /Users and have issues with user based policies not running?

It doesn't need to run on this local account as it is for admin work only, but I am wondering if this is why it isn't working on the local admin account?

Thoughts?

Thanks

Tom


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TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
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From tqueck at nkasd.com  Wed Aug 19 10:20:16 2009
From: tqueck at nkasd.com (Thomas Queck)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:20:16 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Moving from open wireless to protected wireless network
Message-ID: <80360A04-66A8-450F-9E7C-B8BD70B274E3@nkasd.com>

	During the past school year, we used an open wireless network  
throughout our school district. When creating our original base OS  
image, the Mac Book we used to create the image connected to this  
network, and so all Mac Books imaged with this base OS also looked to  
this network for wireless. This worked fine for us last year. Over the  
summer the district has incorporated several protected wireless  
networks ( Teacher Wireless, Student Wireless,etc) to replace the open  
wireless network for the coming school year. Do we need to create all  
new base os images,(One for teacher Mac Books, one for Student Mac  
Books, etc.) that will look to each of these individual wireless  
networks? How do we incorporate the wireless password to connect to  
each of these networks, as the district wants this to happen without  
user intervention, so that the wireless passwords do not need to be  
distributed to all teachers and students? Any help will be greatly  
appreciated.

Tom Queck
New Kensington Arnold School District

From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Wed Aug 19 10:22:05 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:22:05 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Moving from open wireless to protected wireless network
In-Reply-To: <80360A04-66A8-450F-9E7C-B8BD70B274E3@nkasd.com>
Message-ID: <C6B182CD.52C7%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

I'm interested in this, too; I know there's a way to do it. Currently I have two base images: one for student wireless, and one for faculty/staff. The only difference is which SSID they're using.


On 8/19/09 10:20 AM, "Thomas Queck" <tqueck at nkasd.com> wrote:

       During the past school year, we used an open wireless network
throughout our school district. When creating our original base OS
image, the Mac Book we used to create the image connected to this
network, and so all Mac Books imaged with this base OS also looked to
this network for wireless. This worked fine for us last year. Over the
summer the district has incorporated several protected wireless
networks ( Teacher Wireless, Student Wireless,etc) to replace the open
wireless network for the coming school year. Do we need to create all
new base os images,(One for teacher Mac Books, one for Student Mac
Books, etc.) that will look to each of these individual wireless
networks? How do we incorporate the wireless password to connect to
each of these networks, as the district wants this to happen without
user intervention, so that the wireless passwords do not need to be
distributed to all teachers and students? Any help will be greatly
appreciated.

Tom Queck
New Kensington Arnold School District
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From eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com  Wed Aug 19 10:26:07 2009
From: eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com (Eric Winkelhake)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:26:07 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Moving from open wireless to protected wireless network
In-Reply-To: <C6B182CD.52C7%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
References: <80360A04-66A8-450F-9E7C-B8BD70B274E3@nkasd.com>
	<C6B182CD.52C7%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
Message-ID: <OFDD4D9E59.6F7907C0-ON86257617.005FAB68-86257617.005FC67C@lionresources.com>

networksetup -setairportnetwork <network> [password]
Set AirPort Network to <network> using optional [password] if specified.


eric winkelhake
mundocomww
office 312 220 1669
cell 312 504 5155




From:
Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu>
To:
Thomas Queck <tqueck at nkasd.com>, "casper at list.jamfsoftware.com" 
<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Date:
08/19/2009 12:22 PM
Subject:
Re: [Casper] Moving from open wireless to protected wireless network
Sent by:
casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com



I?m interested in this, too; I know there?s a way to do it. Currently I 
have two base images: one for student wireless, and one for faculty/staff. 
The only difference is which SSID they?re using.


On 8/19/09 10:20 AM, "Thomas Queck" <tqueck at nkasd.com> wrote:

       During the past school year, we used an open wireless network
throughout our school district. When creating our original base OS
image, the Mac Book we used to create the image connected to this
network, and so all Mac Books imaged with this base OS also looked to
this network for wireless. This worked fine for us last year. Over the
summer the district has incorporated several protected wireless
networks ( Teacher Wireless, Student Wireless,etc) to replace the open
wireless network for the coming school year. Do we need to create all
new base os images,(One for teacher Mac Books, one for Student Mac
Books, etc.) that will look to each of these individual wireless
networks? How do we incorporate the wireless password to connect to
each of these networks, as the district wants this to happen without
user intervention, so that the wireless passwords do not need to be
distributed to all teachers and students? Any help will be greatly
appreciated.

Tom Queck
New Kensington Arnold School District
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Department of Educational Technology
Systems Administrator
Loyola High School of Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, Ca 90006
(213) 381-5121 x265
 
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Wed Aug 19 10:32:47 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:32:47 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Moving from open wireless to protected wireless	network
In-Reply-To: <OFDD4D9E59.6F7907C0-ON86257617.005FAB68-86257617.005FC67C@lionresources.com>
References: <80360A04-66A8-450F-9E7C-B8BD70B274E3@nkasd.com>
	<C6B182CD.52C7%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
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That won't save the passkey in the keychain though, which is a big
issue.  I will attack an app which an Apple Engineer gave a friend of
mine that does SSID deployment.  Please note I have not tested this app
at all, but Tommy from Raytown Schools has and I got permission from the
Apple Engineer to pass this along to whomever. 

Test it out first for sure, and then let us know.  If the attachment is
too big I will host it on my site and post a link in a bit. 

There should be a read me file in that zip file with instructions.  It
is in PKG format so you should be able to deploy it via imaging


___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> Eric Winkelhake <eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com> 08/19/09 12:26 PM
>>>
networksetup -setairportnetwork <network> [password]
Set AirPort Network to <network> using optional [password] if specified.


eric winkelhake
mundocomww
office 312 220 1669
cell 312 504 5155





From: 
Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> 

To: 
Thomas Queck <tqueck at nkasd.com>, "casper at list.jamfsoftware.com"
<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com> 

Date: 
08/19/2009 12:22 PM 

Subject: 
Re: [Casper] Moving from open wireless to protected wireless network 

Sent by: 
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I?m interested in this, too; I know there?s a way to do it. Currently I
have two base images: one for student wireless, and one for
faculty/staff. The only difference is which SSID they?re using.


On 8/19/09 10:20 AM, "Thomas Queck" <tqueck at nkasd.com> wrote:

       During the past school year, we used an open wireless network
throughout our school district. When creating our original base OS
image, the Mac Book we used to create the image connected to this
network, and so all Mac Books imaged with this base OS also looked to
this network for wireless. This worked fine for us last year. Over the
summer the district has incorporated several protected wireless
networks ( Teacher Wireless, Student Wireless,etc) to replace the open
wireless network for the coming school year. Do we need to create all
new base os images,(One for teacher Mac Books, one for Student Mac
Books, etc.) that will look to each of these individual wireless
networks? How do we incorporate the wireless password to connect to
each of these networks, as the district wants this to happen without
user intervention, so that the wireless passwords do not need to be
distributed to all teachers and students? Any help will be greatly
appreciated.

Tom Queck
New Kensington Arnold School District
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Los Angeles, Ca 90006
(213) 381-5121 x265

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From tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org  Wed Aug 19 12:04:11 2009
From: tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org (Tatian Greenleaf)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:04:11 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Problems netbooting emacs
In-Reply-To: <F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFA6A@hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>
References: <fc.011edda700a1f2e9011edda700a1f2e9.a1f30c@comanche.k12.ok.us>
	<38d97fa20908092134x590c8bc0x323da82067eec4b@mail.gmail.com>
	<F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFA6A@hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>
Message-ID: <38d97fa20908191204u61ad8699q1eef62f151b2db41@mail.gmail.com>

John,
Do you run the terminal command on the PPC NetInstall dmg?  I use the
Netboot service to default to an Intel NetInstall image and also enable a
PPC NetInstall image, so I'm not sure which image is causing the kernel
panic (but I suspect it's the initial Intel one).

Tatian

____________________________
Tatian Greenleaf
Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014


On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:49 AM, John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us
> wrote:

>  Here's how we got old macs to boot...
>
> We use the Casper NetInstall Creator to make a NetInstall package that
> launches Casper.
>
> On our older computers (eMacs, flat panel iMacs) we have had a lot of
> problems with them kernel panicing.  Andy Hakala found a discussion on
> Bombich's site about this.  It has to do with the new nVidia graphics
> drivers and older computers.  So, now after creating the netInstall set, I
> mount the dmg, and run this command:
>
> kextcache -a ppc -m <locationofnbifolder>/ppc/mach.macosx.mkext -N -L
> /Volumes/Netinstall-Restore/System/Library/Extensions/
>
> This solves the panic attacks on the older macs.  I have seen the hang on
> 'locating drive information', even on the NetInstall set, but haven't been
> able to do it consistently.  I do agree, there is still a problem in there,
> but we've at least solved one of our big ones!
>
> Netboot images haven't worked for us on ppc machines for some time due to a
> bug in OS X that I have open but was told not to expect it to ever be
> resolved...  That's what moved us to NetInstall images.
>
> John
>
>  --
> John Wetter
> Technology Support Administrator
> Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
> Hopkins Public Schools
> 952-988-5373
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [
> casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Tatian Greenleaf [
> tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org]
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 09, 2009 11:34 PM
> *To:* Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Casper] Problems netbooting emacs
>
>  I would recommend talking to JAMF Support.  This is a known bug with
> Casper 7.  It is not possible to netboot PowerPC machines such as eMacs with
> the new version.  Their recommendation was to use Apple's Net Install
> utility (the name escapes me at the moment).  I haven't had much luck with
> it (it netboots, but I can't figure out how to run Casper Imaging from the
> net install image), but that's the way I'm headed.
>  Tatian
>
> ____________________________
> Tatian Greenleaf
> Associate Director of Technology
> Saint Mark's School
> (415) 472-8000 x1014
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Nelson Miller <nmiller at comanche.k12.ok.us>wrote:
>
>>  I have created a Net Install image using the Casper Net Install Creator.
>>  I used an emac and installed only the retail copy of 10.5; then I
>> downloaded and installed the Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update from Apple's
>> website.  That is all that was done to the image.  Then I booted to an
>> external drive that had Composer on it and ran through the OS Installer
>> Package maker.  I then uploaded it to the Casper Server via Casper Admin.
>>  My Intel Macs can netboot to this Net Install image just fine (since Mac OS
>> X is Universal Binary) but my eMacs can't.
>>
>> When I do a netboot on my eMac it finally comes up to the Casper Imaging
>> splash screen and I input my credentials.  After that they all get stuck on
>> the "Locating Disk Information" part of the splash screen and it never gets
>> to the part where I can choose a configuration.
>>
>> Nelson
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From jhill at sheboygan.k12.wi.us  Wed Aug 19 12:16:04 2009
From: jhill at sheboygan.k12.wi.us (Janice Hill)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:16:04 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Imaging weirdness
Message-ID: <C6B1B9A4.CBAA%jhill@sheboygan.k12.wi.us>

We imaged several hundred computers over the past few weeks and are finding
some strange anomalies.  A machine may be missing Office or perhaps another
is missing Adobe Reader.  There doesn't seem to be a pattern, rhyme or
reason.  The machines are identical hardware, new out of the box and the
configurations clearly list all those packages.  We receive no errors to
warn us this has happened.

Janice K. Hill
PC Support Manager
Apple Certified Technical Coordinator
Sheboygan Area School District



From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Wed Aug 19 12:20:10 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:20:10 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Imaging weirdness
In-Reply-To: <C6B1B9A4.CBAA%jhill@sheboygan.k12.wi.us>
References: <C6B1B9A4.CBAA%jhill@sheboygan.k12.wi.us>
Message-ID: <71377668-EA22-4A0B-818C-95D68ED6A015@latinschool.org>

Janice,

We had this last year in our environment as well. What version are you  
using of Casper?
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On Aug 19, 2009, at 2:16 PM, Janice Hill wrote:

> We imaged several hundred computers over the past few weeks and are  
> finding
> some strange anomalies.  A machine may be missing Office or perhaps  
> another
> is missing Adobe Reader.  There doesn't seem to be a pattern, rhyme or
> reason.  The machines are identical hardware, new out of the box and  
> the
> configurations clearly list all those packages.  We receive no  
> errors to
> warn us this has happened.
>
> Janice K. Hill
> PC Support Manager
> Apple Certified Technical Coordinator
> Sheboygan Area School District
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper



From miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com  Wed Aug 19 12:41:00 2009
From: miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com (Miles Leacy)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:41:00 -0700
Subject: [Casper] LP Admin Group
In-Reply-To: <5A76A372-54F9-43FC-848B-73FA0670ECB2@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <C6B1CD8C.911%miles.leacy@jamfsoftware.com>

Kathie,

I posted an article to my blog recently on printing security configuration.  I think it may be of some use to you.  You may be able to package up a single file or use a defaults or PlistBuddy script to achieve your goals.

Have a look at:
http://themacadmin.com/2009/08/12/printing-for-non-admins-in-leopard/

And now for the disclaimer: Anything you find on my blog is written from my personal experiences as a Mac sysadmin and is not endorsed, supported, provided by or  connected to JAMF Software in any way.  Follow good testing and QA procedures if you choose to use anything you find there.

I hope this is helpful.

Thanks,

--
Miles Leacy
Technical Training Manager
Mobile (347) 277-7321

miles at jamfsoftware.com
....................................................................
JAMF Software
1011 Washington Ave. S
Suite 350
Minneapolis, MN 55415
....................................................................
Office:        (612) 605-6625
Facsimile:     (612) 332-9054
....................................................................
US Support:  (612) 216-1296
UK Support +44.(0)20.3002.3907
AU Support +61.(0)2.8014.7469
....................................................................
http://www.jamfsoftware.com





On 8/19/09 10:51 AM, "Kathie Iorizzo" <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:

Ryan,

We just tested this changing the script for our environment..   and it
appears to go through, but when I try add or pause/resume.. it prompts
me for the user name and password for an admin user.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On Aug 19, 2009, at 8:20 AM, Harter, Ryan wrote:

> For the script, it is just a one liner, unless you want to add error
> checking which is always good.  I like to make sure users are
> network users by ensuring their uid is > 100000.
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership <path to users>/$3
>
> For the path to users, in our active directory environment it is "/
> Active Directory/All Domains/Users/".  It may be different for you,
> you'll just have to hop into dscl (by just entering the dscl command
> with no arguments) and ls and cd your way around to find out what it
> is.
>
> Then I just created a policy set to be available offline, at login,
> that runs that script.
>
> Note that  this script is untested.  We do similar things, but not
> this exact operation, so make sure you test this in your test
> environment before deploying it.


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From tlarki at kckps.org  Wed Aug 19 14:15:09 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:15:09 -0500
Subject: [Casper] CS4 deployment when it comes on 2 DVDs
Message-ID: <4A8C250C.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

So, the CS4 suite I have is two DVDs and some apps are on the second DVD.  Do I have to make separate images and separate installers for these DVDs, or should I combine them into one image?   

help? 

Capturing preinsalled from composer 7 keeps spitting out errors 

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From abenedict at integer.com  Wed Aug 19 14:23:17 2009
From: abenedict at integer.com (Alan Benedict)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:23:17 -0500
Subject: [Casper] LP Admin Group
In-Reply-To: <C6B1CD8C.911%miles.leacy@jamfsoftware.com>
References: <5A76A372-54F9-43FC-848B-73FA0670ECB2@latinschool.org> 
	<C6B1CD8C.911%miles.leacy@jamfsoftware.com>
Message-ID: <5fe906620908191423x18723963g24764c702e6a08f4@mail.gmail.com>

Miles, Good article.  Does this apply differently to network users that are
using mobile accounts? Is there any way to have CUPS look authenticate from
an OD group, or is that even necessary?  The problem I've seen with the
security is users cannot even pause or un-pause a printer, nor can they
delete jobs from the queue. Otherwise I could care less if my users can add
printers or not. Any thoughts?
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com



On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Miles Leacy
<miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com>wrote:

>  Kathie,
>
> I posted an article to my blog recently on printing security configuration.
>  I think it may be of some use to you.  You may be able to package up a
> single file or use a defaults or PlistBuddy script to achieve your goals.
>
> Have a look at:
> http://themacadmin.com/2009/08/12/printing-for-non-admins-in-leopard/
>
> And now for the disclaimer: Anything you find on my blog is written from my
> personal experiences as a Mac sysadmin and is not endorsed, supported,
> provided by or  connected to JAMF Software in any way.  Follow good testing
> and QA procedures if you choose to use anything you find there.
>
> I hope this is helpful.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Miles Leacy
> Technical Training Manager
> Mobile (347) 277-7321
>
> miles at jamfsoftware.com
> ....................................................................
> JAMF Software
> 1011 Washington Ave. S
> Suite 350
> Minneapolis, MN 55415
> ....................................................................
> Office:        (612) 605-6625
> Facsimile:     (612) 332-9054
> ....................................................................
> US Support:  (612) 216-1296
> UK Support +44.(0)20.3002.3907
> AU Support +61.(0)2.8014.7469
> ....................................................................
> http://www.jamfsoftware.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 8/19/09 10:51 AM, "Kathie Iorizzo" <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:
>
> Ryan,
>
> We just tested this changing the script for our environment..   and it
> appears to go through, but when I try add or pause/resume.. it prompts
> me for the user name and password for an admin user.
> ___________
> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
> 312.582.6136
>
>
>
> On Aug 19, 2009, at 8:20 AM, Harter, Ryan wrote:
>
> > For the script, it is just a one liner, unless you want to add error
> > checking which is always good.  I like to make sure users are
> > network users by ensuring their uid is > 100000.
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership <path to users>/$3
> >
> > For the path to users, in our active directory environment it is "/
> > Active Directory/All Domains/Users/".  It may be different for you,
> > you'll just have to hop into dscl (by just entering the dscl command
> > with no arguments) and ls and cd your way around to find out what it
> > is.
> >
> > Then I just created a policy set to be available offline, at login,
> > that runs that script.
> >
> > Note that  this script is untested.  We do similar things, but not
> > this exact operation, so make sure you test this in your test
> > environment before deploying it.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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
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From miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com  Wed Aug 19 15:03:35 2009
From: miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com (Miles Leacy)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:03:35 -0700
Subject: [Casper] LP Admin Group
In-Reply-To: <5fe906620908191423x18723963g24764c702e6a08f4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C6B1EEF7.918%miles.leacy@jamfsoftware.com>

Alan,

Thanks, I'm glad it can be of some help.

I'm sure this is just one of many ways to get it done, but here's what I'd do based on your description.

- create a local group called "mycups" (or whatever makes sense to you).
- create a CUPS policy (or modify one of the default ones) to grant the mycups group the rights you need them to have.
- use dscl as Ryan described earlier to add users to the group above  ( dscl . -append /Groups/mycups GroupMembership <path to users>/$3).

Mobile and network accounts can belong to local groups, so you should be able to manage those users using the same method, just be sure to properly reference the path to the user(s) in your dscl command.

The default private/etc/cups/cupsd.conf file contains policies that govern the processes you mention.

Pause-Printer and Resume-Printer are part of the third to last policy in the default cupsd.conf file (begins with "# All printer operations require a printer operator to authenticate...").

Cancel-Job is part of the second to last policy in the default cupsd.conf file (begins with "# Only the owner or an administrator can cancel or authenticate a job...").

I hope this is helpful.

Thanks,

--
Miles Leacy
Technical Training Manager
Mobile (347) 277-7321

miles at jamfsoftware.com
....................................................................
JAMF Software
1011 Washington Ave. S
Suite 350
Minneapolis, MN 55415
....................................................................
Office:        (612) 605-6625
Facsimile:     (612) 332-9054
....................................................................
US Support:  (612) 216-1296
UK Support +44.(0)20.3002.3907
AU Support +61.(0)2.8014.7469
....................................................................
http://www.jamfsoftware.com




On 8/19/09 5:23 PM, "Alan Benedict" <abenedict at integer.com> wrote:

Miles, Good article.  Does this apply differently to network users that are using mobile accounts? Is there any way to have CUPS look authenticate from an OD group, or is that even necessary?  The problem I've seen with the security is users cannot even pause or un-pause a printer, nor can they delete jobs from the queue. Otherwise I could care less if my users can add printers or not. Any thoughts?
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com



On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Miles Leacy <miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com> wrote:
Kathie,

I posted an article to my blog recently on printing security configuration.  I think it may be of some use to you.  You may be able to package up a single file or use a defaults or PlistBuddy script to achieve your goals.

Have a look at:
http://themacadmin.com/2009/08/12/printing-for-non-admins-in-leopard/

And now for the disclaimer: Anything you find on my blog is written from my personal experiences as a Mac sysadmin and is not endorsed, supported, provided by or  connected to JAMF Software in any way.  Follow good testing and QA procedures if you choose to use anything you find there.

I hope this is helpful.

Thanks,
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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Wed Aug 19 19:58:31 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:58:31 -0500
Subject: [Casper] CS4 deployment when it comes on 2 DVDs
In-Reply-To: <4A8C250C.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <C6B22607.B2E3%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

Tom,

It should be possible to combine your disks into a single image to place into the JSS. It appears to be hit and miss sometimes based on who tries. =)

I don't have any documentation handy at this time, and the knowledge base isn't cooperating for me right now, but email support and ask if they have any documentation on making a single disk image the JSS can read of your suite, I believe they do.

Craig E

On 8/19/09 4:15 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:



 So, the CS4 suite I have is two DVDs and some apps are on the second DVD.  Do I have to make separate images and separate installers for these DVDs, or should I combine them into one image?



 help?



 Capturing preinsalled from composer 7 keeps spitting out errors



 thanks



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From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Thu Aug 20 04:01:40 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:01:40 +0100
Subject: [Casper] CS4 deployment when it comes on 2 DVDs
In-Reply-To: <4A8C250C.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4A8C250C.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <41B018F6-87AE-4746-97DD-906724D45FD6@uclan.ac.uk>

I have each one on a diff disc so I made a diff installer on each, for  
you wouldn't it best best to make a new DVD image for of both CDs like  
jamf advise for cs3 ?

Thats what I did for cs3  master collection

On 19 Aug 2009, at 22:15, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

> So, the CS4 suite I have is two DVDs and some apps are on the second  
> DVD.  Do I have to make separate images and separate installers for  
> these DVDs, or should I combine them into one image?
>
> help?
>
> Capturing preinsalled from composer 7 keeps spitting out errors
>
> thanks
>
> tom
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Thu Aug 20 04:02:35 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:02:35 +0100
Subject: [Casper] LP Admin Group
In-Reply-To: <5fe906620908191423x18723963g24764c702e6a08f4@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5A76A372-54F9-43FC-848B-73FA0670ECB2@latinschool.org>
	<C6B1CD8C.911%miles.leacy@jamfsoftware.com>
	<5fe906620908191423x18723963g24764c702e6a08f4@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <B64E4684-FEA6-48E9-BA4D-08DE35D24A3E@uclan.ac.uk>

The lpadmin group works fine my users to stop delete and resume ques

On 19 Aug 2009, at 22:23, Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> wrote:

> Miles, Good article.  Does this apply differently to network users  
> that are using mobile accounts? Is there any way to have CUPS look  
> authenticate from an OD group, or is that even necessary?  The  
> problem I've seen with the security is users cannot even pause or un- 
> pause a printer, nor can they delete jobs from the queue. Otherwise  
> I could care less if my users can add printers or not. Any thoughts?
> --
> Alan Benedict
> ?
> Macintosh Technician
> The Integer Group
> O: 515-247-2738
> C: 515-770-8234
> http://www.integer.com
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Miles Leacy <miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com 
> > wrote:
> Kathie,
>
> I posted an article to my blog recently on printing security  
> configuration.  I think it may be of some use to you.  You may be  
> able to package up a single file or use a defaults or PlistBuddy  
> script to achieve your goals.
>
> Have a look at:
> http://themacadmin.com/2009/08/12/printing-for-non-admins-in-leopard/
>
> And now for the disclaimer: Anything you find on my blog is written  
> from my personal experiences as a Mac sysadmin and is not endorsed,  
> supported, provided by or  connected to JAMF Software in any way.   
> Follow good testing and QA procedures if you choose to use anything  
> you find there.
>
> I hope this is helpful.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- 
> Miles Leacy
> Technical Training Manager
> Mobile (347) 277-7321
>
> miles at jamfsoftware.com
> ....................................................................
> JAMF Software
> 1011 Washington Ave. S
> Suite 350
> Minneapolis, MN 55415
> ....................................................................
> Office:        (612) 605-6625
> Facsimile:     (612) 332-9054
> ....................................................................
> US Support:  (612) 216-1296
> UK Support +44.(0)20.3002.3907
> AU Support +61.(0)2.8014.7469
> ....................................................................
> http://www.jamfsoftware.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 8/19/09 10:51 AM, "Kathie Iorizzo" <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>  
> wrote:
>
> Ryan,
>
> We just tested this changing the script for our environment..   and it
> appears to go through, but when I try add or pause/resume.. it prompts
> me for the user name and password for an admin user.
> ___________
> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
> 312.582.6136
>
>
>
> On Aug 19, 2009, at 8:20 AM, Harter, Ryan wrote:
>
> > For the script, it is just a one liner, unless you want to add error
> > checking which is always good.  I like to make sure users are
> > network users by ensuring their uid is > 100000.
> >
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership <path to users>/$3
> >
> > For the path to users, in our active directory environment it is "/
> > Active Directory/All Domains/Users/".  It may be different for you,
> > you'll just have to hop into dscl (by just entering the dscl command
> > with no arguments) and ls and cd your way around to find out what it
> > is.
> >
> > Then I just created a policy set to be available offline, at login,
> > that runs that script.
> >
> > Note that  this script is untested.  We do similar things, but not
> > this exact operation, so make sure you test this in your test
> > environment before deploying it.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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
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From tqueck at nkasd.com  Thu Aug 20 06:08:22 2009
From: tqueck at nkasd.com (Thomas Queck)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:08:22 -0400
Subject: [Casper] First Attempt at Boot Camp
Message-ID: <96D6292F-E737-4962-AEDE-9A0BAF7F3E2A@nkasd.com>

	This is our first attempt at imaging with a Boot Camp/Win XP  
partition. Does the winclone image get categorized as an OS with a  
priority of one or as something else? When building the configuration,  
does the winclone image get added as a package or is it just included  
when working under the Additional Partitions tab, as the image to be  
installed on the new partition? Thanks.
Tom Queck
New Kensington Arnold School District

From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Thu Aug 20 06:13:24 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:13:24 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Problems netbooting emacs
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20908191204u61ad8699q1eef62f151b2db41@mail.gmail.com>
References: <fc.011edda700a1f2e9011edda700a1f2e9.a1f30c@comanche.k12.ok.us>
	<38d97fa20908092134x590c8bc0x323da82067eec4b@mail.gmail.com>
	<F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFA6A@hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>,
	<38d97fa20908191204u61ad8699q1eef62f151b2db41@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFAE0@hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>

We have a single Leopard image that we use to boot intel and ppc computers.  There does seem to be something in 10.5.8 that further breaks old computers from booting.  We used to be able to get away with netbooting old flat panel iMacs to the Leopard image too even though they didn't meet the leopard specs.  Something in 10.5.8 seems to have changed that...

John

--
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373
________________________________
From: Tatian Greenleaf [tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org]
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:04 PM
To: John Wetter
Cc: Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
Subject: Re: [Casper] Problems netbooting emacs

John,

Do you run the terminal command on the PPC NetInstall dmg?  I use the Netboot service to default to an Intel NetInstall image and also enable a PPC NetInstall image, so I'm not sure which image is causing the kernel panic (but I suspect it's the initial Intel one).

Tatian

____________________________
Tatian Greenleaf
Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014


On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:49 AM, John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us<mailto:john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us>> wrote:
Here's how we got old macs to boot...

We use the Casper NetInstall Creator to make a NetInstall package that launches Casper.

On our older computers (eMacs, flat panel iMacs) we have had a lot of problems with them kernel panicing.  Andy Hakala found a discussion on Bombich's site about this.  It has to do with the new nVidia graphics drivers and older computers.  So, now after creating the netInstall set, I mount the dmg, and run this command:

kextcache -a ppc -m <locationofnbifolder>/ppc/mach.macosx.mkext -N -L /Volumes/Netinstall-Restore/System/Library/Extensions/

This solves the panic attacks on the older macs.  I have seen the hang on 'locating drive information', even on the NetInstall set, but haven't been able to do it consistently.  I do agree, there is still a problem in there, but we've at least solved one of our big ones!

Netboot images haven't worked for us on ppc machines for some time due to a bug in OS X that I have open but was told not to expect it to ever be resolved...  That's what moved us to NetInstall images.

John

--
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373
________________________________
From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com<mailto:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com> [casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com<mailto:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com>] On Behalf Of Tatian Greenleaf [tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org<mailto:tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org>]
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 11:34 PM
To: Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<mailto:Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Problems netbooting emacs

I would recommend talking to JAMF Support.  This is a known bug with Casper 7.  It is not possible to netboot PowerPC machines such as eMacs with the new version.  Their recommendation was to use Apple's Net Install utility (the name escapes me at the moment).  I haven't had much luck with it (it netboots, but I can't figure out how to run Casper Imaging from the net install image), but that's the way I'm headed.

Tatian

____________________________
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Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014


On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Nelson Miller <nmiller at comanche.k12.ok.us<mailto:nmiller at comanche.k12.ok.us>> wrote:
I have created a Net Install image using the Casper Net Install Creator.  I used an emac and installed only the retail copy of 10.5; then I downloaded and installed the Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update from Apple's website.  That is all that was done to the image.  Then I booted to an external drive that had Composer on it and ran through the OS Installer Package maker.  I then uploaded it to the Casper Server via Casper Admin.  My Intel Macs can netboot to this Net Install image just fine (since Mac OS X is Universal Binary) but my eMacs can't.

When I do a netboot on my eMac it finally comes up to the Casper Imaging splash screen and I input my credentials.  After that they all get stuck on the "Locating Disk Information" part of the splash screen and it never gets to the part where I can choose a configuration.

Nelson


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From jeff.johnson at glendale.k12.wi.us  Thu Aug 20 06:18:31 2009
From: jeff.johnson at glendale.k12.wi.us (Jeff Johnson)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:18:31 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Problems netbooting emacs
In-Reply-To: <F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFAE0@hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>
References: <fc.011edda700a1f2e9011edda700a1f2e9.a1f30c@comanche.k12.ok.us> <	>
	<38d97fa20908092134x590c8bc0x323da82067eec4b@mail.gmail.com> <	>
	<F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFA6A@hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>
	<,	> <38d97fa20908191204u61ad8699q1eef62f151b2db41@mail.gmail.com>
	<F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFAE0@hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>
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John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> on August 20, 2009 at 8:13 AM
-0500 wrote:
>We have a single Leopard image that we use to boot intel and ppc
>computers.  There does seem to be something in 10.5.8 that further breaks
>old computers from booting.  We used to be able to get away with
>netbooting old flat panel iMacs to the Leopard image too even though they
>didn't meet the leopard specs.  Something in 10.5.8 seems to have changed
>that...

This is what I have learned by recent experience too. I am now using
separate OS 10.5.8 images for PPC and Intel Macs.

Jeff Johnson
Technology Coordinator
Glendale-River Hills School District
Glendale, WI 53209
jeff.johnson at glendale.k12.wi.us


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From abenedict at integer.com  Thu Aug 20 06:57:05 2009
From: abenedict at integer.com (Alan Benedict)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:57:05 -0500
Subject: [Casper] LP Admin Group
In-Reply-To: <B64E4684-FEA6-48E9-BA4D-08DE35D24A3E@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <5A76A372-54F9-43FC-848B-73FA0670ECB2@latinschool.org> 
	<C6B1CD8C.911%miles.leacy@jamfsoftware.com>
	<5fe906620908191423x18723963g24764c702e6a08f4@mail.gmail.com> 
	<B64E4684-FEA6-48E9-BA4D-08DE35D24A3E@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <5fe906620908200657k5e6b5684g68246360f5e6100f@mail.gmail.com>

Right, mine works as well when my users are in the lpadmin group.  My
problem is if I don't want my users to be able to add or delete printers
then they also lose the pause, delete and resume functionality as well.
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com



On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> wrote:

> The lpadmin group works fine my users to stop delete and resume ques
>
>
> On 19 Aug 2009, at 22:23, Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> wrote:
>
> Miles, Good article.  Does this apply differently to network users that are
> using mobile accounts? Is there any way to have CUPS look authenticate from
> an OD group, or is that even necessary?  The problem I've seen with the
> security is users cannot even pause or un-pause a printer, nor can they
> delete jobs from the queue. Otherwise I could care less if my users can add
> printers or not. Any thoughts?
> --
> Alan Benedict
> ?
> Macintosh Technician
> The Integer Group
> O: 515-247-2738
> C: 515-770-8234
> <http://www.integer.com>http://www.integer.com
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Miles Leacy <<miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com>
> miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com> wrote:
>
>>  Kathie,
>>
>> I posted an article to my blog recently on printing security
>> configuration.  I think it may be of some use to you.  You may be able to
>> package up a single file or use a defaults or PlistBuddy script to achieve
>> your goals.
>>
>> Have a look at:
>>  <http://themacadmin.com/2009/08/12/printing-for-non-admins-in-leopard/>
>> http://themacadmin.com/2009/08/12/printing-for-non-admins-in-leopard/
>>
>> And now for the disclaimer: Anything you find on my blog is written from
>> my personal experiences as a Mac sysadmin and is not endorsed, supported,
>> provided by or  connected to JAMF Software in any way.  Follow good testing
>> and QA procedures if you choose to use anything you find there.
>>
>> I hope this is helpful.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Miles Leacy
>> Technical Training Manager
>> Mobile (347) 277-7321
>>
>>  <http://miles at jamfsoftware.com>miles at jamfsoftware.com
>> ....................................................................
>> JAMF Software
>> 1011 Washington Ave. S
>> Suite 350
>> Minneapolis, MN 55415
>> ....................................................................
>> Office:        (612) 605-6625
>> Facsimile:     (612) 332-9054
>> ....................................................................
>> US Support:  (612) 216-1296
>> UK Support +44.(0)20.3002.3907
>> AU Support +61.(0)2.8014.7469
>> ....................................................................
>>  <http://www.jamfsoftware.com>http://www.jamfsoftware.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/19/09 10:51 AM, "Kathie Iorizzo" < <http://kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
>> kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:
>>
>> Ryan,
>>
>> We just tested this changing the script for our environment..   and it
>> appears to go through, but when I try add or pause/resume.. it prompts
>> me for the user name and password for an admin user.
>> ___________
>> Kathie Iorizzo
>> Lower School Technician
>> The Latin School of Chicago
>>  <http://kiorizzo at latinschool.org>kiorizzo at latinschool.org
>> 312.582.6136
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 19, 2009, at 8:20 AM, Harter, Ryan wrote:
>>
>> > For the script, it is just a one liner, unless you want to add error
>> > checking which is always good.  I like to make sure users are
>> > network users by ensuring their uid is > 100000.
>> >
>> > #!/bin/bash
>> >
>> > dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership <path to users>/$3
>> >
>> > For the path to users, in our active directory environment it is "/
>> > Active Directory/All Domains/Users/".  It may be different for you,
>> > you'll just have to hop into dscl (by just entering the dscl command
>> > with no arguments) and ls and cd your way around to find out what it
>> > is.
>> >
>> > Then I just created a policy set to be available offline, at login,
>> > that runs that script.
>> >
>> > Note that  this script is untested.  We do similar things, but not
>> > this exact operation, so make sure you test this in your test
>> > environment before deploying it.
>>
>>
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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Thu Aug 20 07:50:50 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:50:50 -0500
Subject: [Casper] CS4 deployment when it comes on 2 DVDs
In-Reply-To: <41B018F6-87AE-4746-97DD-906724D45FD6@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <4A8C250C.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<41B018F6-87AE-4746-97DD-906724D45FD6@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <712CD1D2-97E1-489B-BB02-DF5EE317E9E5@latinschool.org>

We used composer..  we did like any other package instead of doing it  
via adobe install through casper admin. Nick was at our location from  
Jamf, and this was the best solution.  It works great, minus that we  
have to load Photoshop and tell it to never register and also Acrobat  
Pro still self heals.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On Aug 20, 2009, at 6:01 AM, Criss Myers wrote:

> I have each one on a diff disc so I made a diff installer on each,  
> for you wouldn't it best best to make a new DVD image for of both  
> CDs like jamf advise for cs3 ?
>
> Thats what I did for cs3  master collection
>
> On 19 Aug 2009, at 22:15, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
>
>> So, the CS4 suite I have is two DVDs and some apps are on the  
>> second DVD.  Do I have to make separate images and separate  
>> installers for these DVDs, or should I combine them into one image?
>>
>> help?
>>
>> Capturing preinsalled from composer 7 keeps spitting out errors
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> tom
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From NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org  Thu Aug 20 08:04:01 2009
From: NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org (NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:04:01 -0500
Subject: [Casper] CS4 deployment when it comes on 2 DVDs
In-Reply-To: <712CD1D2-97E1-489B-BB02-DF5EE317E9E5@latinschool.org>
References: <4A8C250C.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>	<41B018F6-87AE-4746-97DD-906724D45FD6@uclan.ac.uk>
	<712CD1D2-97E1-489B-BB02-DF5EE317E9E5@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <OF595BF490.3F49AC30-ON86257618.0052BDFD-86257618.0052C45A@spps.org>

I've had success with Adobe CS4 Master Collection (4 DVDs) using the JAMF 
recommended combine DVDs and install.  However, I couldn't get Adobe CS4 
Design Preimium (2 DVDs) to work.  Not sure why, but I'll get back to it 
later.  CS3 Design Premium works great, too.   strange.

In terms of the annoying Acrobat Self-heal, I'm going to try this 
technique for this site next week and see if that helps.   
http://itmac.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/adobe-acrobat-admin-password-self-heal-problems/

BTW:   I do really enjoy reading and learn from  all the posts even if I 
don't reply or add to the conversations.  Thank you all.


Nathaniel Lindley

++++++++++++++++++
Information Technology
Saint Paul Public Schools
Saint Paul, Minnesota
nathaniel.lindley at spps.org
phone:  651-248-6861



From:
Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
To:
Criss Myers <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk>
Cc:
"<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>" <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Date:
08/20/2009 09:51 AM
Subject:
Re: [Casper] CS4 deployment when it comes on 2 DVDs
Sent by:
casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com



We used composer..  we did like any other package instead of doing it via 
adobe install through casper admin. Nick was at our location from Jamf, 
and this was the best solution.  It works great, minus that we have to 
load Photoshop and tell it to never register and also Acrobat Pro still 
self heals.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On Aug 20, 2009, at 6:01 AM, Criss Myers wrote:

I have each one on a diff disc so I made a diff installer on each, for you 
wouldn't it best best to make a new DVD image for of both CDs like jamf 
advise for cs3 ?

Thats what I did for cs3  master collection

On 19 Aug 2009, at 22:15, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

So, the CS4 suite I have is two DVDs and some apps are on the second DVD. 
Do I have to make separate images and separate installers for these DVDs, 
or should I combine them into one image?   

help? 

Capturing preinsalled from composer 7 keeps spitting out errors 

thanks 

tom 
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From NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org  Thu Aug 20 08:08:32 2009
From: NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org (NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:08:32 -0500
Subject: [Casper] First Attempt at Boot Camp
In-Reply-To: <96D6292F-E737-4962-AEDE-9A0BAF7F3E2A@nkasd.com>
References: <96D6292F-E737-4962-AEDE-9A0BAF7F3E2A@nkasd.com>
Message-ID: <OF14FB9750.82400718-ON86257618.0052DD15-86257618.00532E33@spps.org>

I've used the winclone image in a Casper Configuration successfully.  The 
winclone package I put in the "OS" group and priority 2, but it doesn't 
matter as long as it is not priority 1.   Then in your Configuration -> 
Additional Partitions, you add it as the image to lay down in the "Install 
this window image" menu.  Works great for us depending on how good your 
Winclone and syspred image is. 
Sounds like you are doing it correctly.




Nathaniel Lindley

++++++++++++++++++
Information Technology
Saint Paul Public Schools
Saint Paul, Minnesota
nathaniel.lindley at spps.org
phone:  651-248-6861



From:
Thomas Queck <tqueck at nkasd.com>
To:
casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
Date:
08/20/2009 08:08 AM
Subject:
[Casper] First Attempt at Boot Camp
Sent by:
casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com



                 This is our first attempt at imaging with a Boot Camp/Win 
XP 
partition. Does the winclone image get categorized as an OS with a 
priority of one or as something else? When building the configuration, 
does the winclone image get added as a package or is it just included 
when working under the Additional Partitions tab, as the image to be 
installed on the new partition? Thanks.
Tom Queck
New Kensington Arnold School District
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From chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us  Thu Aug 20 08:10:46 2009
From: chad.brewer at bend.k12.or.us (Chad Brewer)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:10:46 -0700
Subject: [Casper] First Attempt at Boot Camp
In-Reply-To: <OF14FB9750.82400718-ON86257618.0052DD15-86257618.00532E33@spps.org>
References: <OF14FB9750.82400718-ON86257618.0052DD15-86257618.00532E33@spps.org>
Message-ID: <fc.011f04d200dbca2f3b9aca0079b77359.dbcac9@bend.k12.or.us>

I'm using a winclone image set as priority 1.  We're not use additional
partitions.  We create the partition with disk util or boot camp assistant
and then use casper imaging to install the image just like we would an os
x image.

Chad

NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org on August 20, 2009 at 8:08 AM -0800 wrote:
>I've used the winclone image in a Casper Configuration successfully.  The
>winclone package I put in the "OS" group and priority 2, but it doesn't
>matter as long as it is not priority 1.   Then in your Configuration ->
>Additional Partitions, you add it as the image to lay down in the
> "Install this window image" menu.  Works great for us depending on how
>good your Winclone and syspred image is.   
>Sounds like you are doing it correctly. 
>
>
>
>
>Nathaniel Lindley
>
>++++++++++++++++++
>Information Technology
>Saint Paul Public Schools
>Saint Paul, Minnesota
>nathaniel.lindley at spps.org
>phone:  651-248-6861 
>
>
>
>
>From: 	Thomas Queck <tqueck at nkasd.com> 
>To: 	casper at list.jamfsoftware.com 
>Date: 	08/20/2009 08:08 AM 
>Subject: 	[Casper] First Attempt at Boot Camp 
>Sent by: 	casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
>
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>                 This is our first attempt at imaging with a Boot
>Camp/Win XP  
>partition. Does the winclone image get categorized as an OS with a  
>priority of one or as something else? When building the configuration,  
>does the winclone image get added as a package or is it just included  
>when working under the Additional Partitions tab, as the image to be  
>installed on the new partition? Thanks.
>Tom Queck
>New Kensington Arnold School District
>_______________________________________________
>Casper mailing list
>Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>[ http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Thu Aug 20 08:14:29 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:14:29 -0500
Subject: [Casper] CS4 deployment when it comes on 2 DVDs
In-Reply-To: <OF595BF490.3F49AC30-ON86257618.0052BDFD-86257618.0052C45A@spps.org>
Message-ID: <C6B2D285.B332%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

I actually just had success on my whole install CS4 Design and Web from a Master Collection image at Casper Imaging time (should work for self service now too) and have a string of policies that install the patches, other fixes and user settings, launches photoshop to clean up the licensing database, and then installs the pdf9 printer after FirstRun finishes. As far as I can tell Acrobat Pro is not prompting for admin and doesn't ask me to launch photoshop. I haven't broken self healing either, although tempting. =)

It's quite a complicated little process (similar to my CS3 one) and has one little issue, a hanging reboot after FirstRun (neverending spinning gear), but I can deal with that when it happens...seems to be aluminum iMacs that do it only, really weird. Restarting the system continues the process just fine, but really sucks when you are trying to do updates remotely.

I can put together a document with some of the packs and scripts to make it work if people are interested, but it may take me a little bit to get it done with other things I need to do before classes start up here.

Craig E

On 8/20/09 10:04 AM, "Nathaniel Lindley" <NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org> wrote:

I've had success with Adobe CS4 Master Collection (4 DVDs) using the JAMF recommended combine DVDs and install.  However, I couldn't get Adobe CS4 Design Preimium (2 DVDs) to work.  Not sure why, but I'll get back to it later.  CS3 Design Premium works great, too.   strange.

In terms of the annoying Acrobat Self-heal, I'm going to try this technique for this site next week and see if that helps.   http://itmac.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/adobe-acrobat-admin-password-self-heal-problems/ <http://itmac.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/adobe-acrobat-admin-password-self-heal-problems/>

BTW:   I do really enjoy reading and learn from  all the posts even if I don't reply or add to the conversations.  Thank you all.


Nathaniel Lindley

++++++++++++++++++
Information Technology
Saint Paul Public Schools
Saint Paul, Minnesota
nathaniel.lindley at spps.org
phone:  651-248-6861


From: Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
To: Criss Myers <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk>
Cc: "<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>" <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Date: 08/20/2009 09:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Casper] CS4 deployment when it comes on 2 DVDs
Sent by: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
________________________________



We used composer..  we did like any other package instead of doing it via adobe install through casper admin. Nick was at our location from Jamf, and this was the best solution.  It works great, minus that we have to load Photoshop and tell it to never register and also Acrobat Pro still self heals.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org <mailto:kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
312.582.6136



On Aug 20, 2009, at 6:01 AM, Criss Myers wrote:

I have each one on a diff disc so I made a diff installer on each, for you wouldn't it best best to make a new DVD image for of both CDs like jamf advise for cs3 ?

Thats what I did for cs3  master collection

On 19 Aug 2009, at 22:15, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org <mailto:tlarki at kckps.org> > wrote:

So, the CS4 suite I have is two DVDs and some apps are on the second DVD.  Do I have to make separate images and separate installers for these DVDs, or should I combine them into one image?

help?

Capturing preinsalled from composer 7 keeps spitting out errors

thanks

tom
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From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:15:02 -0500
Subject: [Casper] CS4 deployment when it comes on 2 DVDs
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I just got off the phone with Adobe support and it was very painful.  They out source their tech support to India.  After I realized tech support was not the right number I got transferred to volume license support.  All Adobe products are available for electronic download, but only if you pay for the service...which is retarded.  So I am contacting my Adobe sales rep and seeing if they can just give that to us, since we own 6 volume site licenses to CS4 Design Premium, I am sure they can just give me the ability to download the file.  When you download it, it comes in one giant image file. 

I don't want to fuss with DVDs.   

If I get that one image file I should be good to go.  Anyone who deploys Adobe products should just pay the fee to get them electronically, I mean after all who even wants DVDs of apps these days?  I guess the fee is like $20 or something nominal, but it should be included in my opinion. 

-tom

>>> <NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org> 08/20/09 10:04 AM >>>
I've had success with Adobe CS4 Master Collection (4 DVDs) using the JAMF recommended combine DVDs and install.  However, I couldn't get Adobe CS4 Design Preimium (2 DVDs) to work.  Not sure why, but I'll get back to it later.  CS3 Design Premium works great, too.   strange.

In terms of the annoying Acrobat Self-heal, I'm going to try this technique for this site next week and see if that helps.   http://itmac.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/adobe-acrobat-admin-password-self-heal-problems/

BTW:   I do really enjoy reading and learn from  all the posts even if I don't reply or add to the conversations.  Thank you all.


Nathaniel Lindley

++++++++++++++++++
Information Technology
Saint Paul Public Schools
Saint Paul, Minnesota
nathaniel.lindley at spps.org
phone:  651-248-6861




From: 
Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> 

To: 
Criss Myers <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk> 

Cc: 
"<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>" <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com> 

Date: 
08/20/2009 09:51 AM 

Subject: 
Re: [Casper] CS4 deployment when it comes on 2 DVDs 

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We used composer..  we did like any other package instead of doing it via adobe install through casper admin. Nick was at our location from Jamf, and this was the best solution.  It works great, minus that we have to load Photoshop and tell it to never register and also Acrobat Pro still self heals.
___________
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Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On Aug 20, 2009, at 6:01 AM, Criss Myers wrote:

I have each one on a diff disc so I made a diff installer on each, for you wouldn't it best best to make a new DVD image for of both CDs like jamf advise for cs3 ?

Thats what I did for cs3  master collection

On 19 Aug 2009, at 22:15, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

So, the CS4 suite I have is two DVDs and some apps are on the second DVD.  Do I have to make separate images and separate installers for these DVDs, or should I combine them into one image?   

help? 

Capturing preinsalled from composer 7 keeps spitting out errors 

thanks 

tom 
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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Thu Aug 20 08:19:58 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:19:58 -0500
Subject: [Casper] CS4 deployment when it comes on 2 DVDs
In-Reply-To: <4A8D2226.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <C6B2D3CE.B338%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

Yeah, I would be lost without my downloaded image of Master Collection.

Power to the people! Complain to your Adobe rep for electronic downloads of single DMG images!

Craig E

On 8/20/09 10:15 AM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:



 I just got off the phone with Adobe support and it was very painful.  They out source their tech support to India.  After I realized tech support was not the right number I got transferred to volume license support.  All Adobe products are available for electronic download, but only if you pay for the service...which is retarded.  So I am contacting my Adobe sales rep and seeing if they can just give that to us, since we own 6 volume site licenses to CS4 Design Premium, I am sure they can just give me the ability to download the file.  When you download it, it comes in one giant image file.



 I don't want to fuss with DVDs.



 If I get that one image file I should be good to go.  Anyone who deploys Adobe products should just pay the fee to get them electronically, I mean after all who even wants DVDs of apps these days?  I guess the fee is like $20 or something nominal, but it should be included in my opinion.



 -tom

>>> <NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org> 08/20/09 10:04 AM >>>
I've had success with Adobe CS4 Master Collection (4 DVDs) using the JAMF recommended combine DVDs and install.  However, I couldn't get Adobe CS4 Design Preimium (2 DVDs) to work.  Not sure why, but I'll get back to it later.  CS3 Design Premium works great, too.   strange.

In terms of the annoying Acrobat Self-heal, I'm going to try this technique for this site next week and see if that helps.   http://itmac.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/adobe-acrobat-admin-password-self-heal-problems/

BTW:   I do really enjoy reading and learn from  all the posts even if I don't reply or add to the conversations.  Thank you all.


Nathaniel Lindley

++++++++++++++++++
Information Technology
Saint Paul Public Schools
Saint Paul, Minnesota
nathaniel.lindley at spps.org
phone:  651-248-6861




   From:              Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
   To:              Criss Myers <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk>
   Cc:              "<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>" <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
   Date:              08/20/2009 09:51 AM
   Subject:              Re: [Casper] CS4 deployment when it comes on 2 DVDs
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 We used composer..  we did like any other package instead of doing it via adobe install through casper admin. Nick was at our location from Jamf, and this was the best solution.  It works great, minus that we have to load Photoshop and tell it to never register and also Acrobat Pro still self heals.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org <mailto:kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
312.582.6136



On Aug 20, 2009, at 6:01 AM, Criss Myers wrote:

I have each one on a diff disc so I made a diff installer on each, for you wouldn't it best best to make a new DVD image for of both CDs like jamf advise for cs3 ?

Thats what I did for cs3  master collection

On 19 Aug 2009, at 22:15, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org <mailto:tlarki at kckps.org> > wrote:

So, the CS4 suite I have is two DVDs and some apps are on the second DVD.  Do I have to make separate images and separate installers for these DVDs, or should I combine them into one image?

help?

Capturing preinsalled from composer 7 keeps spitting out errors

thanks

tom
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From becky_folwick at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Thu Aug 20 08:41:10 2009
From: becky_folwick at hopkins.k12.mn.us (Becky Folwick)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:41:10 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Casper Imaging Errors
In-Reply-To: <4A703942.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <C6B2D8C6.17F6B%Becky_Folwick@hopkins.k12.mn.us>

Could you post a copy of the script you created to wipe out all of the partitions? We have been dealing with the NilObject error on our PPCs as well.
Becky


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From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:57:54 -0500
To: Eric Young <eyoung at thayer.org>, Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk>
Cc: Casper Listserv <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Casper Imaging Errors



 I have a first run script that wipes out all partitions, and I suggest everyone does this, since the erase drive option only formats and doesn't lay down a new partition.



 Also, make sure your passwords are correct for all your accounts, because if I recall, when I saw that problem it was due to me changing a password and the accounts didn't match so they couldn't authenticate.



 FYI



 Tom

>>> Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> 07/29/09 11:33 AM >>>




 That sound like me, it fails at the first run script, the bind etc , plus the adobe, all od which I need, but it's random and only about 5% of the time,










 I'm only fix was a boot from DVD and disk erase

On 29 Jul 2009, at 17:19, Eric Young <eyoung at thayer.org> wrote:











 Luckily (I think) it seems to lay down 99% of the image... it just sort of skips the bind to OD, name, and a few minor scripts I run at the end.. Annoying but not a show stopper.  It would be interesting if its failing at different points in the process for different people's builds.















 On Jul 29, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Criss Myers wrote:










 Yea I see at the end when it's creating the first run script










 The only thing I could do was boot from DVD and erase the hard disk

On 29 Jul 2009, at 16:58, Eric Young <eyoung at thayer.org> wrote:












 I have a ticket open for the "NilObjectException was not handled"  error, I am only seeing it at the very end of the install.. seemingly as Imaging is creating the login hooks












 I am only seeing this error on PPC machines.
















 On Jul 29, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Steven Diver wrote:










 I am seeing a some errors with Casper Imaging v7, that have just cropped up in the last few hours, and I am at a loss on how to resolve them...








 When netbooting a machine with a Casper NetInstall image, Casper Imaging opens and one of two things happens...







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 *
 *
 *   OK, I am dropped into a Terminal window, I need to restart, and I get the same error the next time I go into Casper Imaging.
 *
 *
 *
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 *   If that doesn't happen, as soon a the NetInstall imagine loads, and Casper Imaging launches, I get an
 *
 *
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 *
 *
 *
 *   Error parsing xml for Autorun
 *
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 *
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 *
 *
 *
 *   message. And again, upon hitting
 *
 *
 *
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 *
 *
 *
 *   OK, I am dropped into a Terminal window and need to restart.
 *
 *



 I have tried everything I can think of...so I am wondering if anyone has seen this issue or experienced this issues, or just has any ideas...








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 Steve








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From tlarki at kckps.org  Thu Aug 20 08:46:40 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:46:40 -0500
Subject: [Casper] [BULK]  Re:  Casper Imaging Errors
In-Reply-To: <C6B2D8C6.17F6B%Becky_Folwick@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
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It is a very simple one liner... 

#!/bin/bash 

/usr/sbin/diskutil eraseDisk "HFS+ Journaled" "Macintosh HD" disk0 

exit 0 


That runs as preflight so it wipes out the whole partition and names it Macintosh HD.  You could get fancy and create multiple partitions from this script as well. 


>>> Becky Folwick <becky_folwick at hopkins.k12.mn.us> 08/20/09 10:41 AM >>>

Could you post a copy of the script you created to wipe out all of the partitions? We have been dealing with the NilObject error on our PPCs as well.
Becky


From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:57:54 -0500
To: Eric Young <eyoung at thayer.org>, Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk>
Cc: Casper Listserv <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Casper Imaging Errors

   

  

I have a first run script that wipes out all partitions, and I suggest everyone does this, since the erase drive option only formats and doesn't lay down a new partition. 

   

       

  

Also, make sure your passwords are correct for all your accounts, because if I recall, when I saw that problem it was due to me changing a password and the accounts didn't match so they couldn't authenticate. 

   

       

  

FYI 

   

       

  

Tom


>>> Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> 07/29/09 11:33 AM >>>
    
 
 

 That sound like me, it fails at the first run script, the bind etc , plus the adobe, all od which I need, but it's random and only about 5% of the time,      
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 I'm only fix was a boot from DVD and disk erase 

On 29 Jul 2009, at 17:19, Eric Young <eyoung at thayer.org> wrote:

      
 
 

         
 


 
 

 Luckily (I think) it seems to lay down 99% of the image... it just sort of skips the bind to OD, name, and a few minor scripts I run at the end.. Annoying but not a show stopper.  It would be interesting if its failing at different points in the process for different people's builds.          
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 On Jul 29, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Criss Myers wrote:            
 
 

 
 
 


 
 

 Yea I see at the end when it's creating the first run script                
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 The only thing I could do was boot from DVD and erase the hard disk

On 29 Jul 2009, at 16:58, Eric Young <eyoung at thayer.org> wrote:

                
 
 

                   
 


 
 
 

 I have a ticket open for the "NilObjectException was not handled"  error, I am only seeing it at the very end of the install.. seemingly as Imaging is creating the login hooks                       
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 I am only seeing this error on PPC machines.                      
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 On Jul 29, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Steven Diver wrote:                      
 
 

 
 
 


 
 

  

I am seeing a some errors with Casper Imaging v7, that have just cropped up in the last few hours, and I am at a loss on how to resolve them... 

                         
 
 

 
 
 
 

  

When netbooting a machine with a Casper NetInstall image, Casper Imaging opens and one of two things happens... 

                         
 
 

 
 
 




I go thru Casper Imaging, select my options, and when I select an Install Configuration, I immediately get the following error message: 

                            




                                




An excetption of class NilObjectException was not handled. The application must shut down.                             




                                




I hit                             




                                




OK, I am dropped into a Terminal window, I need to restart, and I get the same error the next time I go into Casper Imaging. 

                            





If that doesn't happen, as soon a the NetInstall imagine loads, and Casper Imaging launches, I get an 

                            




                                




Error parsing xml for Autorun                             




                                




message. And again, upon hitting                             




                                




OK, I am dropped into a Terminal window and need to restart. 

                            




 

  

I have tried everything I can think of...so I am wondering if anyone has seen this issue or experienced this issues, or just has any ideas... 

                         
 
 

 
 
 
 

  

Thanks, 

                         
 
 
 

  

Steve 

                         
 
 

 
 
 
 

  

-- 

                         
 
 
 

  

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Adlai E. Stevenson High School / 

                         
 
 

                              
 
 

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Email: 

                         
 
 

                              
 
 

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From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:52:33 -0500
Subject: [Casper]  [BULK]  Re:  Casper Imaging Errors
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Ooops I wrote that from memory and there is a syntax error, I should have checked it before I wrote it down..... 

it should be: 

/usr/sbin/diskutil eraseDisk "Journaled HFS+" "Macintosh HD" disk0 



I had the journaled part flopped around, likewise you can just also put HFS+ as well or whatever file system you want it to be formatted in.  The Journaled goes first though, FYI 

-T

>>> "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> 08/20/09 10:46 AM >>>

It is a very simple one liner... 


#!/bin/bash 


/usr/sbin/diskutil eraseDisk "HFS+ Journaled" "Macintosh HD" disk0 


exit 0 



That runs as preflight so it wipes out the whole partition and names it Macintosh HD.  You could get fancy and create multiple partitions from this script as well. 


>>> Becky Folwick <becky_folwick at hopkins.k12.mn.us> 08/20/09 10:41 AM >>>

Could you post a copy of the script you created to wipe out all of the partitions? We have been dealing with the NilObject error on our PPCs as well.
Becky



From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:57:54 -0500
To: Eric Young <eyoung at thayer.org>, Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk>
Cc: Casper Listserv <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Casper Imaging Errors

   

        

I have a first run script that wipes out all partitions, and I suggest everyone does this, since the erase drive option only formats and doesn't lay down a new partition. 

             

       

        

Also, make sure your passwords are correct for all your accounts, because if I recall, when I saw that problem it was due to me changing a password and the accounts didn't match so they couldn't authenticate. 

             

       

        

FYI 

             

       

        

Tom


>>> Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> 07/29/09 11:33 AM >>>
    
 
 

 That sound like me, it fails at the first run script, the bind etc , plus the adobe, all od which I need, but it's random and only about 5% of the time,      
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 I'm only fix was a boot from DVD and disk erase 

On 29 Jul 2009, at 17:19, Eric Young <eyoung at thayer.org> wrote:

      
 
 

         
 


             
 

 Luckily (I think) it seems to lay down 99% of the image... it just sort of skips the bind to OD, name, and a few minor scripts I run at the end.. Annoying but not a show stopper.  It would be interesting if its failing at different points in the process for different people's builds.          
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 On Jul 29, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Criss Myers wrote:            
 
 

 
 
 


               
 

 Yea I see at the end when it's creating the first run script                
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 The only thing I could do was boot from DVD and erase the hard disk

On 29 Jul 2009, at 16:58, Eric Young <eyoung at thayer.org> wrote:

                
 
 

                   
 


                 
 
 

 I have a ticket open for the "NilObjectException was not handled"  error, I am only seeing it at the very end of the install.. seemingly as Imaging is creating the login hooks                       
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 I am only seeing this error on PPC machines.                      
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 On Jul 29, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Steven Diver wrote:                      
 
 

 
 
 


                   
 

                

I am seeing a some errors with Casper Imaging v7, that have just cropped up in the last few hours, and I am at a loss on how to resolve them... 

                                           
 
 

 
 
 
 

                

When netbooting a machine with a Casper NetInstall image, Casper Imaging opens and one of two things happens... 

                                           
 
 

 
 
 







I go thru Casper Imaging, select my options, and when I select an Install Configuration, I immediately get the following error message: 

                                                                    







                                                                        







An excetption of class NilObjectException was not handled. The application must shut down.                                               







                                                                        







I hit                                               







                                                                        







OK, I am dropped into a Terminal window, I need to restart, and I get the same error the next time I go into Casper Imaging. 

                                                                    









If that doesn't happen, as soon a the NetInstall imagine loads, and Casper Imaging launches, I get an 

                                                                    







                                                                        







Error parsing xml for Autorun                                               







                                                                        







message. And again, upon hitting                                               







                                                                        







OK, I am dropped into a Terminal window and need to restart. 

                                                                    




                   

                

I have tried everything I can think of...so I am wondering if anyone has seen this issue or experienced this issues, or just has any ideas... 

                                           
 
 

 
 
 
 

                

Thanks, 

                                           
 
 
 

                

Steve 

                                           
 
 

 
 
 
 

                

-- 

                                           
 
 
 

                

Steven Diver, Network Manager 

                                           
 
 
 

                

Adlai E. Stevenson High School / 

                                           
 
 

                              
 
 

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Email: 

                                           
 
 

                              
 
 

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From lpnicholas at moravian.edu  Thu Aug 20 10:28:43 2009
From: lpnicholas at moravian.edu (Nicholas, Lauren)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:28:43 -0400
Subject: [Casper] LP Admin Group
References: <5A76A372-54F9-43FC-848B-73FA0670ECB2@latinschool.org>
	<C6B1CD8C.911%miles.leacy@jamfsoftware.com><5fe906620908191423x18723963g24764c702e6a08f4@mail.gmail.com>
	<B64E4684-FEA6-48E9-BA4D-08DE35D24A3E@uclan.ac.uk>
	<5fe906620908200657k5e6b5684g68246360f5e6100f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911558ABC5@mail1.moravian.edu>

I'm really not sure why, but I have still been having a heck of a time getting this lpadmin group to actually work. I've tried the couple of scripts (distributed via policy) that have been shared with the listserv. Also I've tried the MCX management. Still not sure what is going wrong! I'm on 10.5.8 and I thought that was resolved with that update? Anyhow, in my environment I have network users who are given admin rights to their local machines via the management console in AD. When they login to their Mac, and go to Accounts, you see "username: Admin, Network" So, maybe that was why I was having some issues with the lpadmin group?

Anyhow, either way, here's how I fixed it:

Booted up into Single User Mode.

mount -uw /
/bin/launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist &
dseditgroup -o edit -p -a admin -t group _lpadmin

reboot

works great. 
not sure why the other solutions weren't working for me. If anyone has any ideas, let me know. Either way, maybe this will help someone.
-
lauren

-----Original Message-----
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Subject:	Re: [Casper] LP Admin Group

Right, mine works as well when my users are in the lpadmin group.  My
problem is if I don't want my users to be able to add or delete printers
then they also lose the pause, delete and resume functionality as well.
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com



On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> wrote:

> The lpadmin group works fine my users to stop delete and resume ques
>
>
> On 19 Aug 2009, at 22:23, Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> wrote:
>
> Miles, Good article.  Does this apply differently to network users that are
> using mobile accounts? Is there any way to have CUPS look authenticate from
> an OD group, or is that even necessary?  The problem I've seen with the
> security is users cannot even pause or un-pause a printer, nor can they
> delete jobs from the queue. Otherwise I could care less if my users can add
> printers or not. Any thoughts?
> --
> Alan Benedict
> ?
> Macintosh Technician
> The Integer Group
> O: 515-247-2738
> C: 515-770-8234
> <http://www.integer.com>http://www.integer.com
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Miles Leacy <<miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com>
> miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com> wrote:
>
>>  Kathie,
>>
>> I posted an article to my blog recently on printing security
>> configuration.  I think it may be of some use to you.  You may be able to
>> package up a single file or use a defaults or PlistBuddy script to achieve
>> your goals.
>>
>> Have a look at:
>>  <http://themacadmin.com/2009/08/12/printing-for-non-admins-in-leopard/>
>> http://themacadmin.com/2009/08/12/printing-for-non-admins-in-leopard/
>>
>> And now for the disclaimer: Anything you find on my blog is written from
>> my personal experiences as a Mac sysadmin and is not endorsed, supported,
>> provided by or  connected to JAMF Software in any way.  Follow good testing
>> and QA procedures if you choose to use anything you find there.
>>
>> I hope this is helpful.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Miles Leacy
>> Technical Training Manager
>> Mobile (347) 277-7321
>>
>>  <http://miles at jamfsoftware.com>miles at jamfsoftware.com
>> ....................................................................
>> JAMF Software
>> 1011 Washington Ave. S
>> Suite 350
>> Minneapolis, MN 55415
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>> ....................................................................
>>  <http://www.jamfsoftware.com>http://www.jamfsoftware.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/19/09 10:51 AM, "Kathie Iorizzo" < <http://kiorizzo at latinschool.org>
>> kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:
>>
>> Ryan,
>>
>> We just tested this changing the script for our environment..   and it
>> appears to go through, but when I try add or pause/resume.. it prompts
>> me for the user name and password for an admin user.
>> ___________
>> Kathie Iorizzo
>> Lower School Technician
>> The Latin School of Chicago
>>  <http://kiorizzo at latinschool.org>kiorizzo at latinschool.org
>> 312.582.6136
>>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 19, 2009, at 8:20 AM, Harter, Ryan wrote:
>>
>> > For the script, it is just a one liner, unless you want to add error
>> > checking which is always good.  I like to make sure users are
>> > network users by ensuring their uid is > 100000.
>> >
>> > #!/bin/bash
>> >
>> > dscl . -append /Groups/_lpadmin GroupMembership <path to users>/$3
>> >
>> > For the path to users, in our active directory environment it is "/
>> > Active Directory/All Domains/Users/".  It may be different for you,
>> > you'll just have to hop into dscl (by just entering the dscl command
>> > with no arguments) and ls and cd your way around to find out what it
>> > is.
>> >
>> > Then I just created a policy set to be available offline, at login,
>> > that runs that script.
>> >
>> > Note that  this script is untested.  We do similar things, but not
>> > this exact operation, so make sure you test this in your test
>> > environment before deploying it.
>>
>>
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From scott-frederick at uiowa.edu  Thu Aug 20 12:13:31 2009
From: scott-frederick at uiowa.edu (Frederick, Scott A)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:13:31 -0500
Subject: [Casper] CCA Class in Iowa?
Message-ID: <C6B30A8B.5520%scott-frederick@uiowa.edu>

We?d love to host a 4 day CCA session at the U of Iowa during winter break. Anyone else outside of the 7 we have at the U of I, in the surrounding area, interested in coming here for a CCA session?
Just taking a survey......

Thanks,

Scott
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From paul.austin at wachovia.com  Thu Aug 20 14:27:45 2009
From: paul.austin at wachovia.com (Paul Austin)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:27:45 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Run a script as the User
Message-ID: <EAB27D6C-CC32-4C14-AFB1-A471E347C03D@wachovia.com>

I need to be able to have a script run as a user as part of a login  
policy. The script that I am using is an Applescript. How would I get  
Casper to call the script at login as the user?

Thanks

Paul Austin

Wachovia/Wells Fargo Desktop Services
704 427-0903

From Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu  Thu Aug 20 14:38:08 2009
From: Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu (Harter, Ryan)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:38:08 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Run a script as the User
In-Reply-To: <EAB27D6C-CC32-4C14-AFB1-A471E347C03D@wachovia.com>
References: <EAB27D6C-CC32-4C14-AFB1-A471E347C03D@wachovia.com>
Message-ID: <930C6F02-2D7D-4CF1-8A6A-2F2B89D26D76@uwsp.edu>

What you would need to do it in bash is have a script that contains "su $3 -c "osascript -e 'applescript commands'".  That is assuming $3 is the user of course.

Applescript might also have some functionality for doing this, but I'm a bash guy so I'm not too sure.

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 20, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Paul Austin wrote:

I need to be able to have a script run as a user as part of a login
policy. The script that I am using is an Applescript. How would I get
Casper to call the script at login as the user?

Thanks

Paul Austin

Wachovia/Wells Fargo Desktop Services
704 427-0903
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Thu Aug 20 14:51:15 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:51:15 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Run a script as the User
In-Reply-To: <930C6F02-2D7D-4CF1-8A6A-2F2B89D26D76@uwsp.edu>
References: <EAB27D6C-CC32-4C14-AFB1-A471E347C03D@wachovia.com>
	<930C6F02-2D7D-4CF1-8A6A-2F2B89D26D76@uwsp.edu>
Message-ID: <4A8D7F02.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

the $3 only counts as the current user if casper runs it as a log in hook, otherwise it doesn't work.  If you need to script something as root but not as a log in hook the easiest way to get the current logged in user, and I just learned this a few days ago myself (I was using a more complicated method previously) is just put a variable like this 

user=`/usr/bin/logname` 

Then call that variable in your script by using $user 

So if you trigger it as like a self service policy you could use this method and remember you can invoke shell form apple script and apple script from shell. 

-Tom

>>> "Harter, Ryan" <Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu> 08/20/09 4:38 PM >>>
What you would need to do it in bash is have a script that contains "su $3 -c "osascript -e 'applescript commands'".  That is assuming $3 is the user of course.

Applescript might also have some functionality for doing this, but I'm a bash guy so I'm not too sure.

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 20, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Paul Austin wrote:

I need to be able to have a script run as a user as part of a login
policy. The script that I am using is an Applescript. How would I get
Casper to call the script at login as the user?

Thanks

Paul Austin

Wachovia/Wells Fargo Desktop Services
704 427-0903
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From bfranke at ucls.uchicago.edu  Fri Aug 21 05:21:02 2009
From: bfranke at ucls.uchicago.edu (Baker Franke)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:21:02 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Imaging corrupting Macintosh HD
Message-ID: <4EF9C5C9-7691-4189-A15F-DEE2C69009D1@ucls.uchicago.edu>

HI all, Casper noob here, but I'm having an issue with imaging.

Full disclosure, I haven't *fully* researched my problem yet, but I'm  
having an issue where during imaging Macintosh HD is somehow being  
rendered unreadable.  I can fix the problem by opening disk utility  
from the netboot image, erasing Macintosh HD so that it's mountable  
again, and then starting the imaging process.  This will work for  
another imaging session or two, but then happens again.

Since testing this takes a while, I'm just sending out a feeler to see  
if anyone else has run into it and has a suggestion for something to  
look at.

Thanks,

-Baker


Baker Franke
Computer Science Dept.
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
773.702.5419


From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Fri Aug 21 05:40:08 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:40:08 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Imaging corrupting Macintosh HD
In-Reply-To: <4EF9C5C9-7691-4189-A15F-DEE2C69009D1@ucls.uchicago.edu>
Message-ID: <C6B3FFD8.947B%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

Is your NetBoot image configured to be "Diskless"?

Craig E

On 8/21/09 7:21 AM, "Baker Franke" <bfranke at ucls.uchicago.edu> wrote:

> HI all, Casper noob here, but I'm having an issue with imaging.
> 
> Full disclosure, I haven't *fully* researched my problem yet, but I'm
> having an issue where during imaging Macintosh HD is somehow being
> rendered unreadable.  I can fix the problem by opening disk utility
> from the netboot image, erasing Macintosh HD so that it's mountable
> again, and then starting the imaging process.  This will work for
> another imaging session or two, but then happens again.
> 
> Since testing this takes a while, I'm just sending out a feeler to see
> if anyone else has run into it and has a suggestion for something to
> look at.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Baker
> 
> 
> Baker Franke
> Computer Science Dept.
> University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
> 773.702.5419
> 
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From Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu  Fri Aug 21 08:12:29 2009
From: Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu (Harter, Ryan)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:12:29 -0500
Subject: [Casper] FUT and FEU when the user account isn't in /Users
In-Reply-To: <4A8BD276.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4A8AEBAB.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<4CBE9A06-9B70-4071-A306-6A90A0F0B670@uwsp.edu>
	<4A8BD276.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <F788E915-72AB-4371-88F1-D6FDD2BE660B@uwsp.edu>

That's kind of what I was thinking.  If I create a package with my domain account Composer will ask if I want to copy it over to /Users.  My assumption is that when it drops the contents of that to the client, though, it only fills the directories in /Users/*.  This poses some issues for me since, like I said, our domain accounts live in /Domain/uwsp.edu/Users.

Did you find anything more about this?

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 19, 2009, at 10:22 AM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

Well composer asks if you want to copy the user data over and it will create mirrors of what you did in /users but I always delete that out of my package because I don't want my local admin account being duped into /users.  Then if I do the FUT it should fill out to existing users in /Users.  It works, on my mobile accounts but it never works on my local admin, and I guess this is why.




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TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org<mailto:tlarki at kckps.org>
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> "Harter, Ryan" <Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>> 08/19/09 7:50 AM >>>
I've actually wondered about that too and talked to Jamf a while ago.  We use Admit Mac here and put our users in /Domain/uwsp.edu/Users so that we can easily differentiate between domain and local accounts.  I haven't though about this in a long time, however, and haven't paid attention to if it's working or not.

I think it really depends on if they're using cp <package contents> /Users/*/ or if they're getting the user accounts out of dscl and populating their list based on the home variable in there.

Anyone have any more light to shed on this?

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 18, 2009, at 5:58 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:


I am pondering something right now....I have a policy that enables clear text passwords in AFP for a legacy network connection at my work.  So, I edited the plist, captured it with composer and set it as a start up policy and duped it as a log in hook, but my local admin account lives in /private/var and when I execute the policy (I have a manual trigger too) it runs and it fills all the existing users but I don't think it works on my local admin account because the home directory lives in /private/var instead....

Is this true, anyone else have accounts that are not in /Users and have issues with user based policies not running?

It doesn't need to run on this local account as it is for admin work only, but I am wondering if this is why it isn't working on the local admin account?

Thoughts?

Thanks

Tom


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From william.smith at merrillcorp.com  Fri Aug 21 08:55:23 2009
From: william.smith at merrillcorp.com (Smith, William)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:55:23 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Imaging corrupting Macintosh HD
In-Reply-To: <4EF9C5C9-7691-4189-A15F-DEE2C69009D1@ucls.uchicago.edu>
Message-ID: <C6B42D9B.2C15B%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>

> From: Baker Franke <bfranke at ucls.uchicago.edu>
> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:21:02 -0500
> 
> HI all, Casper noob here, but I'm having an issue with imaging.
> 
> Full disclosure, I haven't *fully* researched my problem yet, but I'm
> having an issue where during imaging Macintosh HD is somehow being
> rendered unreadable.  I can fix the problem by opening disk utility
> from the netboot image, erasing Macintosh HD so that it's mountable
> again, and then starting the imaging process.  This will work for
> another imaging session or two, but then happens again.
> 
> Since testing this takes a while, I'm just sending out a feeler to see
> if anyone else has run into it and has a suggestion for something to
> look at.

I'm not sure what you're using to initially partition/format your disks, but
even with Leopard, you must format your volumes with the GUID partition
scheme for Intel Macs and with the Apple partition scheme for PowerPC Macs.

Surprisingly, I've found that a GUID partition can still boot a PowerPC Mac
and vise versa, however, the volumes are unavailable in Startup Disk.

Hope this helps!
 
-- 

bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
MCS IT
Merrill Communications, LLC
(651) 632-1492


From tlarki at kckps.org  Fri Aug 21 09:48:06 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:48:06 -0500
Subject: [Casper] FUT and FEU when the user account isn't in /Users
In-Reply-To: <F788E915-72AB-4371-88F1-D6FDD2BE660B@uwsp.edu>
References: <4A8AEBAB.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<4CBE9A06-9B70-4071-A306-6A90A0F0B670@uwsp.edu>
	<4A8BD276.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<F788E915-72AB-4371-88F1-D6FDD2BE660B@uwsp.edu>
Message-ID: <4A8E8976.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

No I haven't because it only affects my local admin accounts that live in /private/var so it is not a big deal as only IT staff use those accounts and IT staff and edit whatever preference they want to make it work. 

However, Now that I am thinking about it, Composer captures things in full path, so if you were to edit what it captures by choosing edit the package feature in Composer.  You can probably actually edit or replace the user template that it goes off of to reflect your path change.  I think that maybe it just reads the info off the user template and uses that.  So you may try editing it and see what happens. 

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20011010033851924 ( http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20011010033851924 ) 

That is a basic how to edit the user template article. 

Let us know if you do anything cool

>>> "Harter, Ryan" <Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu> 08/21/09 10:12 AM >>>
That's kind of what I was thinking.  If I create a package with my domain account Composer will ask if I want to copy it over to /Users.  My assumption is that when it drops the contents of that to the client, though, it only fills the directories in /Users/*.  This poses some issues for me since, like I said, our domain accounts live in /Domain/uwsp.edu/Users.

Did you find anything more about this?

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 19, 2009, at 10:22 AM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

Well composer asks if you want to copy the user data over and it will create mirrors of what you did in /users but I always delete that out of my package because I don't want my local admin account being duped into /users.  Then if I do the FUT it should fill out to existing users in /Users.  It works, on my mobile accounts but it never works on my local admin, and I guess this is why.




___________________________
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TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org<mailto:tlarki at kckps.org>
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> "Harter, Ryan" <Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>> 08/19/09 7:50 AM >>>
I've actually wondered about that too and talked to Jamf a while ago.  We use Admit Mac here and put our users in /Domain/uwsp.edu/Users so that we can easily differentiate between domain and local accounts.  I haven't though about this in a long time, however, and haven't paid attention to if it's working or not.

I think it really depends on if they're using cp <package contents> /Users/*/ or if they're getting the user accounts out of dscl and populating their list based on the home variable in there.

Anyone have any more light to shed on this?

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 18, 2009, at 5:58 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:


I am pondering something right now....I have a policy that enables clear text passwords in AFP for a legacy network connection at my work.  So, I edited the plist, captured it with composer and set it as a start up policy and duped it as a log in hook, but my local admin account lives in /private/var and when I execute the policy (I have a manual trigger too) it runs and it fills all the existing users but I don't think it works on my local admin account because the home directory lives in /private/var instead....

Is this true, anyone else have accounts that are not in /Users and have issues with user based policies not running?

It doesn't need to run on this local account as it is for admin work only, but I am wondering if this is why it isn't working on the local admin account?

Thoughts?

Thanks

Tom


___________________________
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TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
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From abenedict at integer.com  Fri Aug 21 11:16:13 2009
From: abenedict at integer.com (Alan Benedict)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:16:13 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Has anyone seen this?
Message-ID: <5fe906620908211116w7ba560c4mff5f05dc85c23065@mail.gmail.com>

I have noticed that some of my users are not getting things pushed to them
via policy.  When I check some of the logs I see a lot of instances where
the "Enforce Framework Management" policy hasn't run in weeks, and the last
line in the last entry from when it did run last says "The Management
Framework will be enforced as soon as all Policies are done executing."
 Does anyone know of a way to reset the jamf binary so that it will start
functioning properly again? Thanks

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From tony.wu at wunderman.com  Fri Aug 21 13:30:34 2009
From: tony.wu at wunderman.com (Tony S. Wu)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:30:34 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Prompt to open image
Message-ID: <C6B451FC.718%tony.wu@wunderman.com>

I was trying to push out Adobe CS4 Design Premium.
The first time that I tried, Casper Remote?s status said ?Are you sure you
want to open this disk image? (Y/N)? (screen shot attached) and just
stopped.
I rebooted the computer and tried again, and the problem went away.
I wanted to see if anyone has seen this before, and if it?s a persisting
problem.
Thanks.

Tony S. Wu
IT Intern
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From nmiller at comanche.k12.ok.us  Fri Aug 21 13:58:31 2009
From: nmiller at comanche.k12.ok.us (Nelson Miller)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:58:31 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Desperate Help Needed in pushing out Docks
Message-ID: <fc.011edda700a3f5ce011edda700a3f5ce.a3f5e1@comanche.k12.ok.us>

I know this is probably simple but I can't figure it out.  I have a
com.apple.dock.plist file that I want all of my teachers to use when they
login.  How do I do this?  Managed preferences? Policies?

Thanks for the help!

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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Fri Aug 21 14:00:05 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:00:05 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Desperate Help Needed in pushing out Docks
In-Reply-To: <fc.011edda700a3f5ce011edda700a3f5ce.a3f5e1@comanche.k12.ok.us>
References: <fc.011edda700a3f5ce011edda700a3f5ce.a3f5e1@comanche.k12.ok.us>
Message-ID: <04AE62D1-7493-4BFA-9A4E-07D9FDC665D6@latinschool.org>

Nelson,

You can do this many ways.. I send mine out via Casper Remote and fill  
user templates and fill existing users.  However, you can do this via  
policy or managed preference. How many docks are you trying to  
compile? We have about 10.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On Aug 21, 2009, at 3:58 PM, Nelson Miller wrote:

> I know this is probably simple but I can't figure it out.  I have a  
> com.apple.dock.plist file that I want all of my teachers to use when  
> they login.  How do I do this?  Managed preferences? Policies?
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Nelson
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From william.smith at merrillcorp.com  Fri Aug 21 20:20:38 2009
From: william.smith at merrillcorp.com (Smith, William)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:20:38 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Desperate Help Needed in pushing out Docks
In-Reply-To: <fc.011edda700a3f5ce011edda700a3f5ce.a3f5e1@comanche.k12.ok.us>
Message-ID: <C6B4CE36.2C193%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>

From: Nelson Miller <nmiller at comanche.k12.ok.us>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:58:31 -0500

> I know this is probably simple but I can't figure it out.  I have a
> com.apple.dock.plist file that I want all of my teachers to use when they
> login.  How do I do this?  Managed preferences? Policies?

Are you trying to push to user accounts managed by Active Directory or Open
Directory? If so, this was changed beginning with Casper 6.0 and is no
longer possible. According to JAMF Support, they are now using dscl to
locate home directories, however, with network accounts the home directories
don't exist except for those who are currently logged in. Something like
that.

You'll need to set a login policy that will push the Dock once per user. You
can set this to push "Once" unless your users may log in to multiple
machines. Then you'll have to create an "Ongoing" policy and it will run at
every login (overwriting any changes the user may make).

If this sounds like your issue then I urge you to request this to be changed
back to the behavior we had with version 5.0 and earlier. This has been a
big headache for our company.

-- 

bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
MCS IT
Merrill Communications, LLC
(651) 632-1492


From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Sat Aug 22 19:03:33 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:03:33 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Cached packages
Message-ID: <C6B5F185.508A%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

Is it possible to cache software updates directly from an internal SUS, or do I have to download each Apple update package manually and cache it?

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 x265

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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Sun Aug 23 06:38:50 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:38:50 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Cached packages
In-Reply-To: <C6B5F185.508A%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
References: <C6B5F185.508A%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
Message-ID: <7F9DB306-ECBC-498F-933B-A80CA37960D4@uwec.edu>

If I'm understanding you correctly the answer is no. I'm not aware of a way to cache from a SUS. If you wanted to cache an update from Apple you would need to do it as described, add each one to the JSS you would like to treat like a regular package.

Craig Ernst
UW-Eau Claire
(715) 836-3639

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 22, 2009, at 9:03 PM, "Jeff Strauss" <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu<mailto:jstrauss at loyolahs.edu>> wrote:

Is it possible to cache software updates directly from an internal SUS, or do I have to download each Apple update package manually and cache it?

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 x265

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From patc at 180amsterdam.com  Mon Aug 24 00:00:47 2009
From: patc at 180amsterdam.com (Pat Camporeale)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:00:47 +0200
Subject: [Casper] Purging from the Waiting Room
Message-ID: <C6B8073F.121DA%patc@180amsterdam.com>

Folks,

I there a setting/command to purge the Waiting Room folder that houses all
OInstall Cache? deployments?
Stuff that has built up over time, due to my n00bieness of Casper, would
love to to kill it completely

Thanks and happy Monday!
:P

-- 
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180 Amsterdam BV
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From lpnicholas at moravian.edu  Mon Aug 24 06:59:07 2009
From: lpnicholas at moravian.edu (Nicholas, Lauren)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:59:07 -0400
Subject: [Casper]  iWork.pkg in user template
Message-ID: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911558ABE6@mail1.moravian.edu>

I am not sure why, but sometimes the iWork.pkg file will end up on the desktop of every user after imaging. So, it's in the usertemplate/desktop folder. I am using the iwork09.mkpg in deployment so i have no idea why the iwork.pkg would end up there. 

any ideas?

From miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com  Mon Aug 24 07:02:40 2009
From: miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com (Miles Leacy)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:02:40 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Cached packages
In-Reply-To: <7F9DB306-ECBC-498F-933B-A80CA37960D4@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <C6B815C0.959%miles.leacy@jamfsoftware.com>

Hey,

I can think of one way, but it's a little convoluted.  It may be worth testing if your need is to cache Apple SWUs, and you *really* want to avoid downloading the .pkgs and adding them to the JSS.  Personally, I'd probably just download the SWUs and add them to the JSS, but I'm all for eliminating manual processes.

The command:

softwareupdate -d --all

will download all available updates to the Downloads folder.  (First item to test... do these go to /var/root/Downloads when run with a script as root?)

You can then use two "for" loops.  The first to install all of the .pkgs, the second to delete them (to keep things clean, and prevent reinstalling old updates).

...just a thought.

--
Miles Leacy
Technical Training Manager
Mobile (347) 277-7321

miles at jamfsoftware.com
....................................................................
JAMF Software
1011 Washington Ave. S
Suite 350
Minneapolis, MN 55415
....................................................................
Office:        (612) 605-6625
Facsimile:     (612) 332-9054
....................................................................
US Support:  (612) 216-1296
UK Support +44.(0)20.3002.3907
AU Support +61.(0)2.8014.7469
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On 8/23/09 9:38 AM, "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> wrote:

If I'm understanding you correctly the answer is no. I'm not aware of a way to cache from a SUS. If you wanted to cache an update from Apple you would need to do it as described, add each one to the JSS you would like to treat like a regular package.

Craig Ernst
UW-Eau Claire
(715) 836-3639

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 22, 2009, at 9:03 PM, "Jeff Strauss" <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> wrote:

Is it possible to cache software updates directly from an internal SUS, or do I have to download each Apple update package manually and cache it?

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 x265

Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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From miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com  Mon Aug 24 07:51:35 2009
From: miles.leacy at jamfsoftware.com (Miles Leacy)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:51:35 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Run a script as the User
In-Reply-To: <4A8D7F02.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <C6B82137.962%miles.leacy@jamfsoftware.com>

Hey all,

In my testing, logname returns the name of the user executing the command which, when run via policy, is your management account as defined in the JSS for the machine in question.

The following command will return the name of the user logged in at the console:

/usr/bin/who | /usr/bin/grep console | /usr/bin/cut -d " " -f 1

I hope this is helpful.

--
Miles Leacy
Technical Training Manager
Mobile (347) 277-7321

miles at jamfsoftware.com
....................................................................
JAMF Software
1011 Washington Ave. S
Suite 350
Minneapolis, MN 55415
....................................................................
Office:        (612) 605-6625
Facsimile:     (612) 332-9054
....................................................................
US Support:  (612) 216-1296
UK Support +44.(0)20.3002.3907
AU Support +61.(0)2.8014.7469
....................................................................
http://www.jamfsoftware.com




On 8/20/09 5:51 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:



 the $3 only counts as the current user if casper runs it as a log in hook, otherwise it doesn't work.  If you need to script something as root but not as a log in hook the easiest way to get the current logged in user, and I just learned this a few days ago myself (I was using a more complicated method previously) is just put a variable like this



 user=`/usr/bin/logname`



 Then call that variable in your script by using $user



 So if you trigger it as like a self service policy you could use this method and remember you can invoke shell form apple script and apple script from shell.



 -Tom

>>> "Harter, Ryan" <Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu> 08/20/09 4:38 PM >>>
What you would need to do it in bash is have a script that contains "su $3 -c "osascript -e 'applescript commands'".  That is assuming $3 is the user of course.

Applescript might also have some functionality for doing this, but I'm a bash guy so I'm not too sure.

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>

On Aug 20, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Paul Austin wrote:

I need to be able to have a script run as a user as part of a login
policy. The script that I am using is an Applescript. How would I get
Casper to call the script at login as the user?

Thanks

Paul Austin

Wachovia/Wells Fargo Desktop Services
704 427-0903
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Mon Aug 24 07:57:03 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:57:03 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Run a script as the User
In-Reply-To: <C6B82137.962%miles.leacy@jamfsoftware.com>
References: <C6B82137.962%miles.leacy@jamfsoftware.com>
Message-ID: <9125622F-E28C-4ADE-BA0F-A15295D04057@ll.mit.edu>

I've also used:

user=`ls -l /dev/console | cut -d " " -f 4`

to return the current user.  Then just call $user where you want to use it.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 24, 2009, at 10:51 AM, Miles Leacy wrote:

Hey all,

In my testing, logname returns the name of the user executing the command which, when run via policy, is your management account as defined in the JSS for the machine in question.

The following command will return the name of the user logged in at the console:

/usr/bin/who | /usr/bin/grep console | /usr/bin/cut -d " " -f 1

I hope this is helpful.

--
Miles Leacy
Technical Training Manager
Mobile (347) 277-7321

miles at jamfsoftware.com<x-msg://216/miles at jamfsoftware.com>
....................................................................
JAMF Software
1011 Washington Ave. S
Suite 350
Minneapolis, MN 55415
....................................................................
Office:        (612) 605-6625
Facsimile:     (612) 332-9054
....................................................................
US Support:  (612) 216-1296
UK Support +44.(0)20.3002.3907
AU Support +61.(0)2.8014.7469
....................................................................
http://www.jamfsoftware.com<http://www.jamfsoftware.com/>




On 8/20/09 5:51 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org<x-msg://216/tlarki at kckps.org>> wrote:



 the $3 only counts as the current user if casper runs it as a log in hook, otherwise it doesn't work.  If you need to script something as root but not as a log in hook the easiest way to get the current logged in user, and I just learned this a few days ago myself (I was using a more complicated method previously) is just put a variable like this



 user=`/usr/bin/logname`



 Then call that variable in your script by using $user



 So if you trigger it as like a self service policy you could use this method and remember you can invoke shell form apple script and apple script from shell.



 -Tom

>>> "Harter, Ryan" <Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<x-msg://216/Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu>> 08/20/09 4:38 PM >>>
What you would need to do it in bash is have a script that contains "su $3 -c "osascript -e 'applescript commands'".  That is assuming $3 is the user of course.

Applescript might also have some functionality for doing this, but I'm a bash guy so I'm not too sure.

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu<mailto:Ryan.Harter<x-msg://216/Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu%3Cmailto:Ryan.Harter>@uwsp.edu>

On Aug 20, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Paul Austin wrote:

I need to be able to have a script run as a user as part of a login
policy. The script that I am using is an Applescript. How would I get
Casper to call the script at login as the user?

Thanks

Paul Austin

Wachovia/Wells Fargo Desktop Services
704 427-0903
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From keith.hamilton at wk.com  Mon Aug 24 08:59:55 2009
From: keith.hamilton at wk.com (Keith Hamilton)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:59:55 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Casper Digest, Vol 32, Issue 21
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1251054003.3641.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
References: <mailman.1.1251054003.3641.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
Message-ID: <596EB374-5444-4050-A16F-92ACA0184D46@wk.com>

Hey Jeff,

If you are using an internal SUS, you could try just setting a policy  
with a logout hook...the download portion of the update process is  
ridiculously fast if run internally, so it'd be almost as if you had  
cached them anyway.

Hope you're doing well!
Keith

Wieden+Kennedy
keith.hamilton at wk.com



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From Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu  Mon Aug 24 09:21:27 2009
From: Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu (Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:21:27 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Netboot taking a while on Macs 10.5.8
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Mon Aug 24 09:26:01 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:26:01 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Netboot taking a while on Macs 10.5.8
In-Reply-To: <OF46EB52D2.0BBBF0D7-ON8525761C.0059DAC2-8525761C.0059DAC3@qc.cuny.edu>
References: <OF46EB52D2.0BBBF0D7-ON8525761C.0059DAC2-8525761C.0059DAC3@qc.cuny.edu>
Message-ID: <4A9278C9.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

How are your server resources looking when you netboot?  Did this problem only occur after upgrading to 10.5.8?

>>> <Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu> 08/24/09 11:21 AM >>>

Hi All,

Hope someone can help.  Having netboot problems, seems to be taking forever for each machine to netboot from the default Capser NetInstall set.  If I netboot 1 machine it seems just fine but once I try to netboot more that 1 it take forever like around 5-10 mins for each machine to netboot and reach the Casper Imaging screen.  Have anyone had this problem before ?

Thanks,


Jason Kong

Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
DH-154
718-997-5993 


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From: Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu (Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:04:36 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Netboot taking a while on Macs 10.5.8
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From: Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu (Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:12:08 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Casper Remote 7.01 view freezing
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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Mon Aug 24 13:13:54 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:13:54 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Casper Remote 7.01 view freezing
In-Reply-To: <OF05754819.69E12C39-ON8525761C.006EF993-8525761C.006EF993@qc.cuny.edu>
References: <OF05754819.69E12C39-ON8525761C.006EF993-8525761C.006EF993@qc.cuny.edu>
Message-ID: <C03F8BDA-64A5-46BF-9601-E30581EAA2A3@latinschool.org>

WE have this problem and were told by jamf, to click on override  
defaults and force over http.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On Aug 24, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu wrote:

> Aside from my netbooting problem, I have another problem.  When  
> using Casper Remote it randomly crashes, where I have to Force Quit  
> to run again.  This usually happens when I try to push software out  
> to a lab(office 2008 and firefox)  I've checked the Casper Remote  
> logs and the job is still working, but just the view for Casper  
> Remote doesn't seems to be updating.
>
> Anyone having this problem too ?
>
> Jason Kong
>
>
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 25 06:27:19 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:27:19 -0500
Subject: [Casper] CS4 deployment when it comes on 2 DVDs
In-Reply-To: <712CD1D2-97E1-489B-BB02-DF5EE317E9E5@latinschool.org>
References: <4A8C250C.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<41B018F6-87AE-4746-97DD-906724D45FD6@uclan.ac.uk>
	<712CD1D2-97E1-489B-BB02-DF5EE317E9E5@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <4A93A067.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Update for you all: 

After three phone calls to Abode support, 1 call to our CDW rep, and one conference call with our CDW rep and with our regional Adobe rep, I was finally able to get the information to purchase the on line download license.   

So, now I am just waiting for my log in credentials to be sent to me and I should be able to download CS4 Design Premium in one giant image file.  I think the cost is between 20 and 30 dollars, and probably way worth it. 

FYI 

Tom

>>> Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> 08/20/09 9:50 AM >>>
We used composer..  we did like any other package instead of doing it via adobe install through casper admin. Nick was at our location from Jamf, and this was the best solution.  It works great, minus that we have to load Photoshop and tell it to never register and also Acrobat Pro still self heals.

___________ 

Kathie Iorizzo 

Lower School Technician 

The Latin School of Chicago 

kiorizzo at latinschool.org 

312.582.6136 







On Aug 20, 2009, at 6:01 AM, Criss Myers wrote: 




I have each one on a diff disc so I made a diff installer on each, for you wouldn't it best best to make a new DVD image for of both CDs like jamf advise for cs3 ? 



Thats what I did for cs3  master collection

On 19 Aug 2009, at 22:15, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:




So, the CS4 suite I have is two DVDs and some apps are on the second DVD.  Do I have to make separate images and separate installers for these DVDs, or should I combine them into one image?   



help? 



Capturing preinsalled from composer 7 keeps spitting out errors 



thanks 



tom 


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From bfranke at ucls.uchicago.edu  Tue Aug 25 06:39:35 2009
From: bfranke at ucls.uchicago.edu (Baker Franke)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:39:35 -0500
Subject: [Casper] LDAP mappings
In-Reply-To: <4A93A067.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4A8C250C.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<41B018F6-87AE-4746-97DD-906724D45FD6@uclan.ac.uk>
	<712CD1D2-97E1-489B-BB02-DF5EE317E9E5@latinschool.org>
	<4A93A067.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <6B515AA9-B844-42E4-91AF-32E32844CC3A@ucls.uchicago.edu>

Hi all,

The short version of my question:
What's the best way to make custom LDAP mappings stick when you're  
using LDAP for authentication?  We need the custom settings because on  
our student side there are very few mappings available and login takes  
5 minutes while searching and failing to find non-existent mappings.

The slightly longer version:

I'm working in a computer lab situation where I want to use LDAP for  
authentication.  Unfortunately, on the student side our LDAP has very  
few mappings so when you use the default mappings it takes about 5  
minutes to log in while it searches and fails to find non-existent  
mappings.  (we also don't have roaming profiles or anything like  
that.  Home directories are just mapped statically to a local account  
on the machine).

So, in my past setup (we're switching over to casper right now) I've  
simply gone into the directory utility and removed any and all  
mappings that I know don't exist.

Anyway, all I want is for those mappings, which appear to be stored  
in /Library/Preferences/DirectoryService/Data/ 
DSLDAPv3PlugInConfig.plist to be applied.  However, it appears as the  
though the way casper does the bindings will overwrite whatever I  
attempt to do.

I hope I've explained this well.

Any way to make those custom mappings stick?

Thanks,

-Baker




--------------------------------------------------------------
Baker Franke
Computer Science Dept.
The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
773.702.5419


From tqueck at nkasd.com  Tue Aug 25 07:51:51 2009
From: tqueck at nkasd.com (Thomas Queck)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:51:51 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Wireless Password as Part of Image
Message-ID: <01BA1C0A-F791-4EC7-B279-2AA74F6F5D4D@nkasd.com>

	We have moved from an open wireless network to a protected wireless  
network, and are experimenting with sending out the network name and  
password with the base OS image. When the image is deployed to a  
Student Mac Book, it keeps the name and password under Network  
Settings as a Preferred Network, but does not automatically connect to  
it without the user choosing to select it. With the open wireless, we  
connected to it, made the OS image with that Mac Book, and when  
deployed, all Mac Books with that image connected to the open network  
without user intervention. We can't seem to make it work with the  
protected wireless, though. Any suggestions?
Tom Queck
New Kensington Arnold School District

From lpnicholas at moravian.edu  Tue Aug 25 07:51:52 2009
From: lpnicholas at moravian.edu (Lauren Nicholas)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:51:52 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Casper Remote 7.01 view freezing
In-Reply-To: <C03F8BDA-64A5-46BF-9601-E30581EAA2A3@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <C6B972C8.91A%lpnicholas@moravian.edu>

same here. Force over Http.
I wish that were a preference you could turn on or something because I
always always have to do that!


On 8/24/09 4:13 PM, "Kathie Iorizzo" <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:

> WE have this problem and were told by jamf, to click on override defaults and
> force over http. 
>  
> ___________
> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
> 312.582.6136
> 
> 
>  
> 
> On Aug 24, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu wrote:
> 
>> Aside from my netbooting problem, I have another problem.  When using Casper
>> Remote it randomly crashes, where I have to Force Quit to run again.  This
>> usually happens when I try to push software out to a lab(office 2008 and
>> firefox)  I've checked the Casper Remote logs and the job is still working,
>> but just the view for Casper Remote doesn't seems to be updating.
>> 
>> Anyone having this problem too ?
>> 
>> Jason Kong
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> This communication (including any attachments) is intended solely for the
>> recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential,
>> privileged or legally protected. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of
>> this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this
>> communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by return
>> email message and delete all copies of the original communication. Thank
>> you for your cooperation.
>> 
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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Tue Aug 25 08:11:41 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:11:41 -0500
Subject: [Casper] CS4 deployment when it comes on 2 DVDs
In-Reply-To: <4A93A067.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4A8C250C.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<41B018F6-87AE-4746-97DD-906724D45FD6@uclan.ac.uk>
	<712CD1D2-97E1-489B-BB02-DF5EE317E9E5@latinschool.org>
	<4A93A067.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <DE3D369B-D2E3-4336-9549-85F45BDAD0DA@uwec.edu>

I guarantee it is

Craig Ernst
UW-Eau Claire
(715) 836-3639

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 25, 2009, at 8:27 AM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org<mailto:tlarki at kckps.org>> wrote:


Update for you all:


After three phone calls to Abode support, 1 call to our CDW rep, and one conference call with our CDW rep and with our regional Adobe rep, I was finally able to get the information to purchase the on line download license.


So, now I am just waiting for my log in credentials to be sent to me and I should be able to download CS4 Design Premium in one giant image file.  I think the cost is between 20 and 30 dollars, and probably way worth it.


FYI


Tom

>>> Kathie Iorizzo <kiorizzo at latinschool.org<mailto:kiorizzo at latinschool.org>> 08/20/09 9:50 AM >>>
We used composer..  we did like any other package instead of doing it via adobe install through casper admin. Nick was at our location from Jamf, and this was the best solution.  It works great, minus that we have to load Photoshop and tell it to never register and also Acrobat Pro still self heals.

___________

Kathie Iorizzo

Lower School Technician

The Latin School of Chicago

kiorizzo at latinschool.org<mailto:kiorizzo at latinschool.org>

312.582.6136




On Aug 20, 2009, at 6:01 AM, Criss Myers wrote:


I have each one on a diff disc so I made a diff installer on each, for you wouldn't it best best to make a new DVD image for of both CDs like jamf advise for cs3 ?


Thats what I did for cs3  master collection

On 19 Aug 2009, at 22:15, "Thomas Larkin" <<mailto:tlarki at kckps.org>tlarki at kckps.org<mailto:tlarki at kckps.org>> wrote:



So, the CS4 suite I have is two DVDs and some apps are on the second DVD.  Do I have to make separate images and separate installers for these DVDs, or should I combine them into one image?


help?


Capturing preinsalled from composer 7 keeps spitting out errors


thanks


tom

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 25 08:17:43 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:17:43 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Wireless Password as Part of Image
In-Reply-To: <01BA1C0A-F791-4EC7-B279-2AA74F6F5D4D@nkasd.com>
References: <01BA1C0A-F791-4EC7-B279-2AA74F6F5D4D@nkasd.com>
Message-ID: <4A93BA47.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Tom, 

So these macbooks are already out in the user's hand and you are looking to add this via a casper policy to your live environment?


___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> Thomas Queck <tqueck at nkasd.com> 08/25/09 9:51 AM >>>
We have moved from an open wireless network to a protected wireless 
network, and are experimenting with sending out the network name and 
password with the base OS image. When the image is deployed to a 
Student Mac Book, it keeps the name and password under Network 
Settings as a Preferred Network, but does not automatically connect to 
it without the user choosing to select it. With the open wireless, we 
connected to it, made the OS image with that Mac Book, and when 
deployed, all Mac Books with that image connected to the open network 
without user intervention. We can't seem to make it work with the 
protected wireless, though. Any suggestions?
Tom Queck
New Kensington Arnold School District
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From tony.wu at wunderman.com  Tue Aug 25 10:14:21 2009
From: tony.wu at wunderman.com (Tony S. Wu)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:14:21 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Casper Admin not showing file names
Message-ID: <C6B969FE.769%tony.wu@wunderman.com>

I have a problem with Casper Admin where the file name column of the table
is blank.
I?ve run into this problem before, and a restart fixed it.
Not this time, however.
It?s been like this for 2 days.
Anyone has a fix for this?
Thanks.

Tony S. Wu
IT Intern
tony.wu at wunderman.com



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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Tue Aug 25 10:34:04 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:34:04 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Casper Admin not showing file names
In-Reply-To: <C6B969FE.769%tony.wu@wunderman.com>
References: <C6B969FE.769%tony.wu@wunderman.com>
Message-ID: <ED53457C-01A1-4542-BD62-C5FDAD87E435@uwec.edu>

Hold the option key when you launch admin to reset your preferences. I had the same issue a week ago.

Craig Ernst
UW-Eau Claire
(715) 836-3639

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 25, 2009, at 12:14 PM, "Tony S. Wu" <tony.wu at wunderman.com<mailto:tony.wu at wunderman.com>> wrote:

I have a problem with Casper Admin where the file name column of the table is blank.
I?ve run into this problem before, and a restart fixed it.
Not this time, however.
It?s been like this for 2 days.
Anyone has a fix for this?
Thanks.

Tony S. Wu
IT Intern
<tony.wu at wunderman.com>tony.wu at wunderman.com<mailto:tony.wu at wunderman.com>

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From tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org  Tue Aug 25 10:40:03 2009
From: tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org (Tatian Greenleaf)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:40:03 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading from 10.4.11 to 10.5.8?
Message-ID: <38d97fa20908251040neca035cqcd81c78cf079a6c9@mail.gmail.com>

If I want to upgrade several computers to Leopard, is it best to do this
manually with the install DVD, or is there a way to use Composer/Casper
Imaging to do this upgrade?  Would I snapshot the new OS (new & modified) or
create an OS package?
Tatian
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Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
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From tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org  Tue Aug 25 10:46:01 2009
From: tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org (Tatian Greenleaf)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:46:01 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading from 10.4.11 to 10.5.8?
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20908251040neca035cqcd81c78cf079a6c9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <38d97fa20908251040neca035cqcd81c78cf079a6c9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <38d97fa20908251046t49fc5b3el6a3fac69626f2a8d@mail.gmail.com>

And a follow-up question... if I did reformat and re-image the machines
completely, what is the best way to restore the user account(s)?  Do I just
copy the /Users/<username> folder to an external HD, create the new user on
the re-imaged machine, and then replace the /Users/<username folder with the
backed up copy?  Are there any permissions problems with doing this?
Thanks,
Tatian

____________________________
Tatian Greenleaf
Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014


On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Tatian Greenleaf <
tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> wrote:

> If I want to upgrade several computers to Leopard, is it best to do this
> manually with the install DVD, or is there a way to use Composer/Casper
> Imaging to do this upgrade?  Would I snapshot the new OS (new & modified) or
> create an OS package?
> Tatian
> ____________________________
> Tatian Greenleaf
> Associate Director of Technology
> Saint Mark's School
> (415) 472-8000 x1014
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From swood at integer.com  Tue Aug 25 10:55:17 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:55:17 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading from 10.4.11 to 10.5.8?
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20908251046t49fc5b3el6a3fac69626f2a8d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <38d97fa20908251040neca035cqcd81c78cf079a6c9@mail.gmail.com>
	<38d97fa20908251046t49fc5b3el6a3fac69626f2a8d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <438f5a310908251055u2337d989va81c295953143e7e@mail.gmail.com>

I can tell you the way I do upgrades like that, and it is to backup the user
folder to an external hard drive, perform the upgrade, then push the data
back.  So basically:

1.  Login as an admin, open Terminal and use the following to push the user
folder to the external drive:

     rsync -aEv /Users/<username> /Volumes/ExternalHD

2.  Then use Casper to wipe the drive and lay down the 10.5.8 image and all
apps.

3.  Login to the machine as the user, then logout.

4.  Login to the machine as admin, open Terminal, then do the following:

     cd /Users/<username>
     rm -rf *
     rm -rf .*
     rsync -aEv /Volumes/ExternalHD/<username> ./
     cd ..
     chown -R <username>:staff <username>

5.  Logout and log back in as the user to verify all of their stuff is
there.


You can do the move of the user data via scripts if you want, but I just
like doing it myself to make sure it is done right.



Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475


On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Tatian Greenleaf <
tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> wrote:

> And a follow-up question... if I did reformat and re-image the machines
> completely, what is the best way to restore the user account(s)?  Do I just
> copy the /Users/<username> folder to an external HD, create the new user on
> the re-imaged machine, and then replace the /Users/<username folder with the
> backed up copy?  Are there any permissions problems with doing this?
> Thanks,
> Tatian
>
> ____________________________
> Tatian Greenleaf
> Associate Director of Technology
> Saint Mark's School
> (415) 472-8000 x1014
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Tatian Greenleaf <
> tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> wrote:
>
>> If I want to upgrade several computers to Leopard, is it best to do this
>> manually with the install DVD, or is there a way to use Composer/Casper
>> Imaging to do this upgrade?  Would I snapshot the new OS (new & modified) or
>> create an OS package?
>> Tatian
>> ____________________________
>> Tatian Greenleaf
>> Associate Director of Technology
>> Saint Mark's School
>> (415) 472-8000 x1014
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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From taugust04.lists at gmail.com  Tue Aug 25 11:07:20 2009
From: taugust04.lists at gmail.com (Ted August)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:07:20 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Questions regarding Multicast.
Message-ID: <18D84271-5285-4551-8858-11E843F8B375@gmail.com>

Hi everyone,

I'm in the process of migrating everything over to Casper.  I'm in  
that in-between phase where I haven't had the chance to create all of  
my individual packages yet, so for the moment I'm still deploying  
"NetRestore Style" monolithic images.  I do know that the base image  
is supposed to be relatively clean, but that's just not an option at  
this point in time.

Anyway - I plan on multicasting these images down to the lab  
computers.  I'm already familiar with Mike Bombich's multicasting  
tips, but after reading the documentation included with the Casper  
Resource kit I just wanted to be sure I'm following the correct steps:

1.) Upload the MultiCastRestore.sh script to Casper Server using  
Casper Admin.  Give it a priority of "Before".
2.) Create a Configuration that has the MultiCastRestore.sh script in  
it (Lets call it "Lab Multicast").  If I don't have any additional  
packages to install, then MultiCastRestore.sh would be the only item  
in the Configuration, since everything would else would be installed  
in the monolithic image I'm multicasting out to the clients.
3.) Start up and configure the CasperMCS application.
4.) Boot up clients and have them run "Lab Multicast" configuration  
from Casper Imaging.

One concern I have is the clean up after the multicast session is  
completed.  If I were just installing this normally as a package it  
would go in and cleanup the ByHost information for the computer at the  
end of the installation.  It doesn't seem like the multicast script  
does this.

Again - I know Casper isn't fully designed to deploy images in this  
way.  I know the proper workflow is to have a very simple base image  
with all my settings and applications configured into packages and  
added to the configuration, then compiled for block copy distribution  
if needed.  However time constraints are forcing me to use this method  
for the time being as I get everything prepared for the upcoming  
semester.

Thanks for any help or feedback you can provide.

-- 
Ted August
Salve Regina University

From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 25 11:19:21 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:19:21 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading from 10.4.11 to 10.5.8?
In-Reply-To: <438f5a310908251055u2337d989va81c295953143e7e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <38d97fa20908251040neca035cqcd81c78cf079a6c9@mail.gmail.com>
	<38d97fa20908251046t49fc5b3el6a3fac69626f2a8d@mail.gmail.com>
	<438f5a310908251055u2337d989va81c295953143e7e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4A93E4D9.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

You could write a script that would copy all the data from the users folder to another volume then you would wipe reload and run another script to copy it back.  If you are going to manage accounts and data locally though, I highly recommend you look at keeping the OS on one partition and the user accounts and data on another.  


___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> Steve Wood <swood at integer.com> 08/25/09 12:55 PM >>>
I can tell you the way I do upgrades like that, and it is to backup the user folder to an external hard drive, perform the upgrade, then push the data back. So basically:

1. Login as an admin, open Terminal and use the following to push the user folder to the external drive:

rsync -aEv /Users/<username> /Volumes/ExternalHD

2. Then use Casper to wipe the drive and lay down the 10.5.8 image and all apps.

3. Login to the machine as the user, then logout.

4. Login to the machine as admin, open Terminal, then do the following:

cd /Users/<username>
rm -rf *
rm -rf .*
rsync -aEv /Volumes/ExternalHD/<username> ./
cd ..
chown -R <username>:staff <username>

5. Logout and log back in as the user to verify all of their stuff is there.


You can do the move of the user data via scripts if you want, but I just like doing it myself to make sure it is done right.



Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475



On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Tatian Greenleaf 
<tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> 

wrote:


And a follow-up question... if I did reformat and re-image the machines completely, what is the best way to restore the user account(s)? Do I just copy the /Users/<username> folder to an external HD, create the new user on the re-imaged machine, and then replace the /Users/<username folder with the backed up copy? Are there any permissions problems with doing this? 



Thanks, 

Tatian 


____________________________
Tatian Greenleaf
Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014




On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Tatian Greenleaf 
<tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> 

wrote:


If I want to upgrade several computers to Leopard, is it best to do this manually with the install DVD, or is there a way to use Composer/Casper Imaging to do this upgrade? Would I snapshot the new OS (new & modified) or create an OS package? 



Tatian 


____________________________
Tatian Greenleaf
Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014




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From clinton.blackmore at westwind.ab.ca  Tue Aug 25 11:34:23 2009
From: clinton.blackmore at westwind.ab.ca (Clinton Blackmore)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:34:23 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Questions regarding Multicast.
In-Reply-To: <18D84271-5285-4551-8858-11E843F8B375@gmail.com>
References: <18D84271-5285-4551-8858-11E843F8B375@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <B7A2F4C6-F3A9-46D4-BFEA-234F296D47B9@westwind.ab.ca>

We were very much in the same situation this summer.  I was  
disappointed in the multicast restore script provided in the resource  
kit.  It seems to me to be a little rough (although I may have been  
doing something wrong.)  In particular, you don't get a lot of status  
information while the system restores, and if the multicast restore  
fails, you may not get an indication of this and Casper will install  
packages anyways (instead of alerting you that your machine is not  
functional).

We used this workflow instead:

- I created a custom report and exported data out of Casper in a  
format understood by DeployStudio (and NetRestore)
- We named and multicast-imaged our machines using DeployStudio
- As a post-install step, a script was put in to run at startup that  
would remove the history of the machine from Casper and then recon it  
(as Casper was located in the image).
- I then had it change the login background screen so you could tell  
the computer had been reconned.

Anyone interested in pursuing this can send me a direct e-mail, and I  
can send you the (internal) instructions I wrote up and scripts that  
you can modify.

Cheers,
Clinton Blackmore

On 25-Aug-09, at 12:07 PM, Ted August wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm in the process of migrating everything over to Casper.  I'm in  
> that in-between phase where I haven't had the chance to create all  
> of my individual packages yet, so for the moment I'm still deploying  
> "NetRestore Style" monolithic images.  I do know that the base image  
> is supposed to be relatively clean, but that's just not an option at  
> this point in time.
>
> Anyway - I plan on multicasting these images down to the lab  
> computers.  I'm already familiar with Mike Bombich's multicasting  
> tips, but after reading the documentation included with the Casper  
> Resource kit I just wanted to be sure I'm following the correct steps:
>
> 1.) Upload the MultiCastRestore.sh script to Casper Server using  
> Casper Admin.  Give it a priority of "Before".
> 2.) Create a Configuration that has the MultiCastRestore.sh script  
> in it (Lets call it "Lab Multicast").  If I don't have any  
> additional packages to install, then MultiCastRestore.sh would be  
> the only item in the Configuration, since everything would else  
> would be installed in the monolithic image I'm multicasting out to  
> the clients.
> 3.) Start up and configure the CasperMCS application.
> 4.) Boot up clients and have them run "Lab Multicast" configuration  
> from Casper Imaging.
>
> One concern I have is the clean up after the multicast session is  
> completed.  If I were just installing this normally as a package it  
> would go in and cleanup the ByHost information for the computer at  
> the end of the installation.  It doesn't seem like the multicast  
> script does this.
>
> Again - I know Casper isn't fully designed to deploy images in this  
> way.  I know the proper workflow is to have a very simple base image  
> with all my settings and applications configured into packages and  
> added to the configuration, then compiled for block copy  
> distribution if needed.  However time constraints are forcing me to  
> use this method for the time being as I get everything prepared for  
> the upcoming semester.
>
> Thanks for any help or feedback you can provide.
>
> -- 
> Ted August
> Salve Regina University
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


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From clinton.blackmore at westwind.ab.ca  Tue Aug 25 11:35:38 2009
From: clinton.blackmore at westwind.ab.ca (Clinton Blackmore)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:35:38 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading from 10.4.11 to 10.5.8?
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20908251040neca035cqcd81c78cf079a6c9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <38d97fa20908251040neca035cqcd81c78cf079a6c9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <0BF74DC1-93CF-46A3-890B-16BD88894FA0@westwind.ab.ca>

I'll second what Thomas Larkin said about having a separate partition.

I think your best bet is to copy the /Users directory off*, re-image  
the machine, and copy it back.  Then, when you create an account in  
System Preferences, it seems to me that it checks and sees that a home  
folder already exists for the user and asks if you would like to use  
it.  If you do, (IIRC,) it sets the permissions for you and you are  
good to go.

Another option, which takes time and space, is to make an image of the  
machine before wiping it out, re-imaging it, mounting the image you  
made earlier, and running the migration assistant to restore all your  
users.

* As for copying the data off, I do believe you want to be careful  
with permissions.  ditto is probably the tool of choice. http://www.bombich.com/mactips/image.html 
   discusses some commands for making large backups.

Cheers,
Clinton Blackmore

On 25-Aug-09, at 11:40 AM, Tatian Greenleaf wrote:

> If I want to upgrade several computers to Leopard, is it best to do  
> this manually with the install DVD, or is there a way to use  
> Composer/Casper Imaging to do this upgrade?  Would I snapshot the  
> new OS (new & modified) or create an OS package?
>
> Tatian
>
> ____________________________
> Tatian Greenleaf
> Associate Director of Technology
> Saint Mark's School
> (415) 472-8000 x1014
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


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From rhlist1 at hammen.org  Tue Aug 25 12:26:41 2009
From: rhlist1 at hammen.org (Robert Hammen)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:26:41 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Anyone done any UI scripting? Stuck on AppleScript UI
	scripting
Message-ID: <4B964C41-F7EB-413E-9E80-2540E09F862F@hammen.org>

Hi folks,

I'm trying to deploy a .networkConnect (VPN) profile for 10.6 users (I  
have 5 already, LOL). I am working on an AppleScript which imports the  
profile, prompts the user for their network account name, enters it  
into the Account Name field, hits the Apply button, and then deletes  
the .networkConnect document from their disk.

I have everything working except for entering the data into the  
"Account Name:" field in System Preferences->Network->VPN.

Network isn't AppleScript-aware enough for me to do something like  
below. Here's the relevant snippet of my script:

set AccountName to the text returned of (display dialog "What is Your   
Account Name?" default answer "")
tell application "System Preferences" to set current pane to pane  
"com.apple.preference.network"
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"  
to tell window "Network"
set contents of text field 2 to AccountName	(this doesn't work)
click button "Apply"
end tell

I have the UI Accessibility Inspector, but I've Googled and can't find  
an example of how to put text into that field, other than the  
"keystroke" commands, which don't seem to work.

Looking for ideas/help from anyone who may have done something  
similar...

Thanks,

--Robert

From nmiller at comanche.k12.ok.us  Tue Aug 25 12:33:37 2009
From: nmiller at comanche.k12.ok.us (Nelson Miller)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:33:37 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Adobe Readers issues
Message-ID: <fc.011edda700a48304011edda700a48304.a4831f@comanche.k12.ok.us>

We have network homes located on xserve servers.  I tried to use Casper to
push out Adobe Reader 9 to the computers and ran into the following
scenario.  If you login locally it works great!  If one of my teachers
logs in Adobe Reader 'quits unexpectedly' every time.  Anyone run into
this?

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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Tue Aug 25 12:34:46 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:34:46 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Adobe Readers issues
In-Reply-To: <fc.011edda700a48304011edda700a48304.a4831f@comanche.k12.ok.us>
References: <fc.011edda700a48304011edda700a48304.a4831f@comanche.k12.ok.us>
Message-ID: <CD2702FA-C07C-4490-B5E9-6EF1529BCDF7@latinschool.org>

Sounds like Adobe Reader is trying to self heal?
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On Aug 25, 2009, at 2:33 PM, Nelson Miller wrote:

> We have network homes located on xserve servers.  I tried to use  
> Casper to push out Adobe Reader 9 to the computers and ran into the  
> following scenario.  If you login locally it works great!  If one of  
> my teachers logs in Adobe Reader 'quits unexpectedly' every time.   
> Anyone run into this?
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper

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From Cindi.Starr at k12.sd.us  Tue Aug 25 13:39:08 2009
From: Cindi.Starr at k12.sd.us (Cindi.Starr at k12.sd.us)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:39:08 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Self Service Question
Message-ID: <EEE8F674081FC241870DE97483061F3402BD0AA498@K12EXCTE3.k12.sd.local>

Is there a away to offer a self service policy to only one specified local user, such as the "admin", and not any other user account?

Thanks,
Cindi Starr
Rapid City Area Schools
? Computer Support Specialist

From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 25 13:42:00 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:42:00 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Anyone done any UI scripting? Stuck on	AppleScript
	UIscripting
In-Reply-To: <4B964C41-F7EB-413E-9E80-2540E09F862F@hammen.org>
References: <4B964C41-F7EB-413E-9E80-2540E09F862F@hammen.org>
Message-ID: <4A940648.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I am trying to accomplish something different, but I do have an Apple Script someone helped me write which prompts an end user for input.  Though, it would be of my opinion to have zero user interaction and have it all automated.  Can you give me an example of where this profile is stored and generated?   

Anyway, here is the Apple Script to get a user to prompt to input text: 

-- get the input information for the script 
set theName to text returned of (display dialog "Enter a base name for the images" default answer "ScreenImage" buttons {"Cancel", "Continue"} default button 2 with icon note) 
set imageFolderPath to choose folder with prompt "Please choose the folder where you want the images saved." 
set posix_imageFolderPath to POSIX path of imageFolderPath 

This is an exert from my script that prompts the installer of the package to input information.  Of course this is to a predefined path, so it is calling up that predefined path to input the text to.   

I think there may be a better way to do what you want though.

>>> Robert Hammen <rhlist1 at hammen.org> 08/25/09 2:26 PM >>>
Hi folks,

I'm trying to deploy a .networkConnect (VPN) profile for 10.6 users (I 
have 5 already, LOL). I am working on an AppleScript which imports the 
profile, prompts the user for their network account name, enters it 
into the Account Name field, hits the Apply button, and then deletes 
the .networkConnect document from their disk.

I have everything working except for entering the data into the 
"Account Name:" field in System Preferences->Network->VPN.

Network isn't AppleScript-aware enough for me to do something like 
below. Here's the relevant snippet of my script:

set AccountName to the text returned of (display dialog "What is Your  
Account Name?" default answer "")
tell application "System Preferences" to set current pane to pane 
"com.apple.preference.network"
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences" 
to tell window "Network"
set contents of text field 2 to AccountName(this doesn't work)
click button "Apply"
end tell

I have the UI Accessibility Inspector, but I've Googled and can't find 
an example of how to put text into that field, other than the 
"keystroke" commands, which don't seem to work.

Looking for ideas/help from anyone who may have done something 
similar...

Thanks,

--Robert
_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 25 13:43:17 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:43:17 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Self Service Question
In-Reply-To: <EEE8F674081FC241870DE97483061F3402BD0AA498@K12EXCTE3.k12.sd.local>
References: <EEE8F674081FC241870DE97483061F3402BD0AA498@K12EXCTE3.k12.sd.local>
Message-ID: <4A940694.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

There are ways to do this, but what is your ultimate goal here?

>>> <Cindi.Starr at k12.sd.us> 08/25/09 3:39 PM >>>
Is there a away to offer a self service policy to only one specified
local user, such as the "admin", and not any other user account?

Thanks,
Cindi Starr
Rapid City Area Schools
? Computer Support Specialist
_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
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From matt at pratt.edu  Tue Aug 25 13:50:03 2009
From: matt at pratt.edu (Matt Martin)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:50:03 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Self Service Question
In-Reply-To: <EEE8F674081FC241870DE97483061F3402BD0AA498@K12EXCTE3.k12.sd.local>
References: <EEE8F674081FC241870DE97483061F3402BD0AA498@K12EXCTE3.k12.sd.local>
Message-ID: <88A5939A-A0C0-48FB-BADD-CFF812B0A1CE@pratt.edu>

Couldn't you just place the Self Service app in the admin's home/ 
Applications folder, and for extra protection, restrict the Self  
Service app from running for everyone except the admin?

Matt Martin
Pratt Institute Manhattan



On Aug 25, 2009, at 4:39 PM, <Cindi.Starr at k12.sd.us> <Cindi.Starr at k12.sd.us 
 > wrote:

> Is there a away to offer a self service policy to only one specified  
> local user, such as the "admin", and not any other user account?
>
> Thanks,
> Cindi Starr
> Rapid City Area Schools
> ? Computer Support Specialist
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 25 13:54:31 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:54:31 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Self Service Question
In-Reply-To: <88A5939A-A0C0-48FB-BADD-CFF812B0A1CE@pratt.edu>
References: <EEE8F674081FC241870DE97483061F3402BD0AA498@K12EXCTE3.k12.sd.local>
	<88A5939A-A0C0-48FB-BADD-CFF812B0A1CE@pratt.edu>
Message-ID: <4A940936.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Then you can't have anyone else run self service, I am assuming they
want just a certain policy to be assigned to local admin, which you can
do via shell script with a manual trigger policy.  I already have a mock
up script written but I am waiting for the original poster to explain
what they want to accomplish first. 




___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> Matt Martin <matt at pratt.edu> 08/25/09 3:50 PM >>>
Couldn't you just place the Self Service app in the admin's home/
Applications folder, and for extra protection, restrict the Self 
Service app from running for everyone except the admin?

Matt Martin
Pratt Institute Manhattan



On Aug 25, 2009, at 4:39 PM, <Cindi.Starr at k12.sd.us>
<Cindi.Starr at k12.sd.us
> wrote:

> Is there a away to offer a self service policy to only one specified 
> local user, such as the "admin", and not any other user account?
>
> Thanks,
> Cindi Starr
> Rapid City Area Schools
> ? Computer Support Specialist
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper

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From Cindi.Starr at k12.sd.us  Tue Aug 25 14:01:49 2009
From: Cindi.Starr at k12.sd.us (Cindi.Starr at k12.sd.us)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:01:49 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Self Service Question
In-Reply-To: <4A940694.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <EEE8F674081FC241870DE97483061F3402BD0AA498@K12EXCTE3.k12.sd.local>,
	<4A940694.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <EEE8F674081FC241870DE97483061F3402BD0AA499@K12EXCTE3.k12.sd.local>

Basically... I just want the local admin account to have access to two apps/policies in self service, in which none of the other users can have access too.  Such as a quick add package, etc.  I see where you can restrict it to User Groups, I just would like to restrict it to one user.

Cindi Starr
Rapid City Area Schools
? Computer Support Specialist
________________________________________
From: Thomas Larkin [tlarki at kckps.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:43 PM
To: Starr, Cindi; casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
Subject: Re: [Casper] Self Service Question

There are ways to do this, but what is your ultimate goal here?

>>> <Cindi.Starr at k12.sd.us> 08/25/09 3:39 PM >>>
Is there a away to offer a self service policy to only one specified local user, such as the "admin", and not any other user account?

Thanks,
Cindi Starr
Rapid City Area Schools
? Computer Support Specialist
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From patrick.salo at intel.com  Tue Aug 25 14:08:31 2009
From: patrick.salo at intel.com (Salo, Patrick)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:08:31 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Anyone done any UI scripting? Stuck
	on	AppleScript	UIscripting
In-Reply-To: <4A940648.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4B964C41-F7EB-413E-9E80-2540E09F862F@hammen.org>
	<4A940648.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <5DE6BDA1-7792-492B-8E60-B074682CF4B9@intel.com>

I've actually done this in a script or two and here's an example that should get you going:

     set value of text field 2 of window 1 to "someString"

Hope this helps,

Patrick Salo
Macs @ Intel Program
Information Technology
Intel Corporation


>>> Robert Hammen <rhlist1 at hammen.org<mailto:rhlist1 at hammen.org>> 08/25/09 2:26 PM >>>
Hi folks,

I'm trying to deploy a .networkConnect (VPN) profile for 10.6 users (I
have 5 already, LOL). I am working on an AppleScript which imports the
profile, prompts the user for their network account name, enters it
into the Account Name field, hits the Apply button, and then deletes
the .networkConnect document from their disk.

I have everything working except for entering the data into the
"Account Name:" field in System Preferences->Network->VPN.

Network isn't AppleScript-aware enough for me to do something like
below. Here's the relevant snippet of my script:

set AccountName to the text returned of (display dialog "What is Your
Account Name?" default answer "")
tell application "System Preferences" to set current pane to pane
"com.apple.preference.network"
tell application "System Events" to tell process "System Preferences"
to tell window "Network"
set contents of text field 2 to AccountName(this doesn't work)
click button "Apply"
end tell

I have the UI Accessibility Inspector, but I've Googled and can't find
an example of how to put text into that field, other than the
"keystroke" commands, which don't seem to work.

Looking for ideas/help from anyone who may have done something
similar...

Thanks,

--Robert
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From rhlist1 at hammen.org  Tue Aug 25 14:11:05 2009
From: rhlist1 at hammen.org (Robert Hammen)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:11:05 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Anyone done any UI scripting? Stuck on AppleScript
	UIscripting
In-Reply-To: <4A940648.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4B964C41-F7EB-413E-9E80-2540E09F862F@hammen.org>
	<4A940648.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <2CE47D22-6B93-4640-9792-074CB5C8B899@hammen.org>


On Aug 25, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

> I am trying to accomplish something different, but I do have an  
> Apple Script someone helped me write which prompts an end user for  
> input.  Though, it would be of my opinion to have zero user  
> interaction and have it all automated.  Can you give me an example  
> of where this profile is stored and generated?
>
> Anyway, here is the Apple Script to get a user to prompt to input  
> text:
>
> -- get the input information for the script
> set theName to text returned of (display dialog "Enter a base name  
> for the images" default answer "ScreenImage" buttons {"Cancel",  
> "Continue"} default button 2 with icon note)
> set imageFolderPath to choose folder with prompt "Please choose the  
> folder where you want the images saved."
> set posix_imageFolderPath to POSIX path of imageFolderPath
>
> This is an exert from my script that prompts the installer of the  
> package to input information.  Of course this is to a predefined  
> path, so it is calling up that predefined path to input the text to.
>
> I think there may be a better way to do what you want though.


I've simply configured a correct IPSec VPN profile in 10.6, then  
exported it. When you do so, it exports the username, so I edited it  
out of the XML file.

Here's my script below. I tested this without the Finder open (i.e.  
already had the VPN profile imported, and selected). The "key code  
48"'s are tabs, and then the "keystroke AccountName" would correctly  
put the text in the "Account Name:" field.

However, when I import it, the VPN interface isn't selected, and no  
matter of tabs will enter the data (and then there's the issue of  
whether or not users have Full Keyboard Access turned on or not). I  
need to figure out how to select the "VPN (IPSec)" interface in the  
list on the left-hand side of the Network preference pane.

My AppleScript 1-2-3 book is 85 miles from where I'm at right now, so  
I'm going to sleep on it, but if anyone has any suggestions, I'm all  
ears...

do shell script "/usr/bin/defaults read /System/Library/CoreServices/ 
SystemVersion ProductVersion"
set osVersion to the result

--Script Action

tell application "System Events"
	set UI_enabled to UI elements enabled
end tell
if UI_enabled is false then
	do shell script "/usr/bin/touch /private/var/ 
db/.AccessibilityAPIEnabled" with administrator privileges	
end if

if osVersion contains 10.6 then
	set AccountName to the text returned of (display dialog "What is your  
Network Account Name?" default answer "")
	
	tell application "Finder"
		activate
		open document file "SnowLeopardVPN.networkConnect" of folder  
"Shared" of folder "Users" of startup disk
		
		tell application "System Preferences"
			activate
			tell application "System Events" to tell process "System  
Preferences" to tell window "Network"
				key code 48
				key code 48
				keystroke AccountName
				click button "Apply"
			end tell
		end tell
	end tell
end if

tell application "Finder"
activate
delete document file "SnowLeopardVPN.networkConnect" of folder  
"Shared" of folder "Users" of startup disk
end tell

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From patrick.salo at intel.com  Tue Aug 25 14:11:59 2009
From: patrick.salo at intel.com (Salo, Patrick)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:11:59 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Run a script as the User
In-Reply-To: <EAB27D6C-CC32-4C14-AFB1-A471E347C03D@wachovia.com>
References: <EAB27D6C-CC32-4C14-AFB1-A471E347C03D@wachovia.com>
Message-ID: <3FC2303B-C42A-4ED3-B2ED-7F8F11F8FBDC@intel.com>

I don't think I've seen anyone else mention this one yet, but if the  
system in question is single user based (i.e. only one user logged in  
at a time), then you can also use:

      /usr/bin/users

Patrick Salo
Macs @ Intel Program
Information Technology
Intel Corporation


On Aug 20, 2009, at 2:27 PM, Paul Austin wrote:

> I need to be able to have a script run as a user as part of a login
> policy. The script that I am using is an Applescript. How would I get
> Casper to call the script at login as the user?
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul Austin
>
> Wachovia/Wells Fargo Desktop Services
> 704 427-0903
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Aug 25 14:12:21 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:12:21 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Self Service Question
In-Reply-To: <EEE8F674081FC241870DE97483061F3402BD0AA499@K12EXCTE3.k12.sd.local>
References: <EEE8F674081FC241870DE97483061F3402BD0AA498@K12EXCTE3.k12.sd.local>,
	<4A940694.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<EEE8F674081FC241870DE97483061F3402BD0AA499@K12EXCTE3.k12.sd.local>
Message-ID: <4A940D65.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Well if the casper binary was not present running quickadd from self
service would be kind of hard..... 

OK, well this is how you do it.  First create your policy and set the
trigger to custom and in the little text box set the name of it.  Then
whenever you open up terminal from any managed computer and type "jamf
policy -trigger mycustomtrigger" with out the quotes it will trigger
your policy.  I wrote a simple shell script that checks if the currently
logged in user is part of the admin group, group 80.  If not it exits,
but if that user is part of the admin group then the custom policy gets
triggered.  Here it is: 

#!/bin/bash 

#execute self service policy only if current user is in admin group 

#first we need to get the currently logged in user's name 

current_user=`/bin/ls ?l /dev/console | cut ?d " " ?f 4` 

#now we are going to compare this current user to the admin group via
dscl 

admin_group=`/usr/bin/dscl . read /Groups/admin | grep $current_user -c`


#now looping varibales to run custom policy via casper 
#this requires that the casper client be installed on your client system

#you must edit the trigger of your policy for it to work 

if [ $admin_group -eq 1 ] 

then /usr/sbin/jamf policy -trigger MyCustomPolicy 

else echo "$current_user not found in admin group, exiting" 


fi 

done 

exit 0 


In my script you need to change the MyCustomPolicy to whatever you named
your custom trigger, and it will execute that policy.  If any other user
tries to run it, it echos out their user name and says not found in
admin group.  Also note the computer must still be in your scope too to
run custom triggered policies.   

Would that help you?  Also, I don't provide warranty with my scripts so
please test it out before you deploy it. 

Thanks 

Tom 



___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> <Cindi.Starr at k12.sd.us> 08/25/09 4:01 PM >>>
Basically... I just want the local admin account to have access to two
apps/policies in self service, in which none of the other users can have
access too.  Such as a quick add package, etc.  I see where you can
restrict it to User Groups, I just would like to restrict it to one
user.

Cindi Starr
Rapid City Area Schools
? Computer Support Specialist
________________________________________
From: Thomas Larkin [tlarki at kckps.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 2:43 PM
To: Starr, Cindi; casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
Subject: Re: [Casper] Self Service Question

There are ways to do this, but what is your ultimate goal here?

>>> <Cindi.Starr at k12.sd.us> 08/25/09 3:39 PM >>>
Is there a away to offer a self service policy to only one specified
local user, such as the "admin", and not any other user account?

Thanks,
Cindi Starr
Rapid City Area Schools
? Computer Support Specialist
_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
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From rhlist1 at hammen.org  Tue Aug 25 14:15:27 2009
From: rhlist1 at hammen.org (Robert Hammen)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:15:27 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Anyone done any UI scripting? Stuck
	on	AppleScript	UIscripting
In-Reply-To: <5DE6BDA1-7792-492B-8E60-B074682CF4B9@intel.com>
References: <4B964C41-F7EB-413E-9E80-2540E09F862F@hammen.org>
	<4A940648.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<5DE6BDA1-7792-492B-8E60-B074682CF4B9@intel.com>
Message-ID: <0A996B91-8115-4BB1-B911-20EB33CD9ED9@hammen.org>


On Aug 25, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Salo, Patrick wrote:

> I've actually done this in a script or two and here's an example  
> that should get you going:
>
>     set value of text field 2 of window 1 to "someString"
>
> Hope this helps,

See, that's just it, I have tried all manner of "text field x" and I  
keep getting "Can't get text field x of window "Network" of process  
"System Preferences". Invalid index".
I've used the UIAccessibilityInspector to try to find out if that text  
field is numbered, but it isn't as far as I can tell...

From patrick.salo at intel.com  Tue Aug 25 14:39:51 2009
From: patrick.salo at intel.com (Salo, Patrick)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:39:51 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Anyone done any UI scripting? Stuck
	on	AppleScript	UIscripting
In-Reply-To: <0A996B91-8115-4BB1-B911-20EB33CD9ED9@hammen.org>
References: <4B964C41-F7EB-413E-9E80-2540E09F862F@hammen.org>
	<4A940648.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<5DE6BDA1-7792-492B-8E60-B074682CF4B9@intel.com>
	<0A996B91-8115-4BB1-B911-20EB33CD9ED9@hammen.org>
Message-ID: <A3D7A9D7-A4DC-4F3E-9D7E-80E852CE01B3@intel.com>

Ah okay, well this should do it for you then. Please note that this  
script still needs some work to do a couple of things such as:

      1. Select the VPN service in the table on the left
      2. Comprehend the confirmation sheet (if it appears)

But if you already have the Network System Preferences up and the VPN  
service already selected it should work be enough to get you going in  
the right direction.

	set AccountName to "jdoe"
	tell application "System Preferences"
		activate
		set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.network"
	end tell
	tell application "System Events"
		tell process "System Preferences"
			set value of text field 2 of group 1 of window 1 to AccountName
			click button "Apply" of window 1
		end tell
	end tell

Patrick Salo
Macs @ Intel Program
Information Technology
Intel Corporation


On Aug 25, 2009, at 2:15 PM, Robert Hammen wrote:

>
> On Aug 25, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Salo, Patrick wrote:
>
>> I've actually done this in a script or two and here's an example
>> that should get you going:
>>
>>    set value of text field 2 of window 1 to "someString"
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>
> See, that's just it, I have tried all manner of "text field x" and I
> keep getting "Can't get text field x of window "Network" of process
> "System Preferences". Invalid index".
> I've used the UIAccessibilityInspector to try to find out if that text
> field is numbered, but it isn't as far as I can tell...


From tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org  Tue Aug 25 16:24:31 2009
From: tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org (Tatian Greenleaf)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:24:31 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading from 10.4.11 to 10.5.8?
In-Reply-To: <438f5a310908251055u2337d989va81c295953143e7e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <38d97fa20908251040neca035cqcd81c78cf079a6c9@mail.gmail.com>
	<38d97fa20908251046t49fc5b3el6a3fac69626f2a8d@mail.gmail.com>
	<438f5a310908251055u2337d989va81c295953143e7e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <38d97fa20908251624q37c0d760s5bc9fc06135248ba@mail.gmail.com>

This worked like a charm.  For anyone following along, I had to add a slash
after the username in the rsync command in step 4 below to get this to work
properly (i.e. rsync -aEv /Volumes/ExternalHD/<username>/ ./).
I can see the appeal of using partitions... I think that will be my next
project.

Tatian

____________________________
Tatian Greenleaf
Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014


On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Steve Wood <swood at integer.com> wrote:

> I can tell you the way I do upgrades like that, and it is to backup the
> user folder to an external hard drive, perform the upgrade, then push the
> data back.  So basically:
>
> 1.  Login as an admin, open Terminal and use the following to push the user
> folder to the external drive:
>
>      rsync -aEv /Users/<username> /Volumes/ExternalHD
>
> 2.  Then use Casper to wipe the drive and lay down the 10.5.8 image and all
> apps.
>
> 3.  Login to the machine as the user, then logout.
>
> 4.  Login to the machine as admin, open Terminal, then do the following:
>
>      cd /Users/<username>
>      rm -rf *
>      rm -rf .*
>      rsync -aEv /Volumes/ExternalHD/<username> ./
>      cd ..
>      chown -R <username>:staff <username>
>
> 5.  Logout and log back in as the user to verify all of their stuff is
> there.
>
>
> You can do the move of the user data via scripts if you want, but I just
> like doing it myself to make sure it is done right.
>
>
>
> Steve Wood
> Director of IT
> swood at integer.com
>
> The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
> T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Tatian Greenleaf <
> tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> wrote:
>
>> And a follow-up question... if I did reformat and re-image the machines
>> completely, what is the best way to restore the user account(s)?  Do I just
>> copy the /Users/<username> folder to an external HD, create the new user on
>> the re-imaged machine, and then replace the /Users/<username folder with the
>> backed up copy?  Are there any permissions problems with doing this?
>> Thanks,
>> Tatian
>>
>> ____________________________
>> Tatian Greenleaf
>> Associate Director of Technology
>> Saint Mark's School
>> (415) 472-8000 x1014
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Tatian Greenleaf <
>> tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> wrote:
>>
>>> If I want to upgrade several computers to Leopard, is it best to do this
>>> manually with the install DVD, or is there a way to use Composer/Casper
>>> Imaging to do this upgrade?  Would I snapshot the new OS (new & modified) or
>>> create an OS package?
>>> Tatian
>>> ____________________________
>>> Tatian Greenleaf
>>> Associate Director of Technology
>>> Saint Mark's School
>>> (415) 472-8000 x1014
>>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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From tony.wu at wunderman.com  Tue Aug 25 17:37:14 2009
From: tony.wu at wunderman.com (Tony S. Wu)
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:37:14 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Adobe CS4 Individual Installer
Message-ID: <C6B9D1CA.796%tony.wu@wunderman.com>

I have a big dmg file for CS4 Design Premium.
I then create an Adobe Installer out of the dmg file and all is working
well.
But now I need to create installer for each individual application.

From bogus@does.not.exist.com  Fri Aug 21 08:02:14 2009
From: bogus@does.not.exist.com ()
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:02:14 -0000
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <mailman.2.1251247045.20020.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>

creating an Adobe Installer.
That=B9s what I did.
But it only works for Photoshop but not the others.
Any suggestion?
Thanks.

Tony S. Wu
IT Intern
tony.wu at wunderman.com




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From tlarki at kckps.org  Wed Aug 26 06:29:26 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:29:26 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Upgrading from 10.4.11 to 10.5.8?
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20908251624q37c0d760s5bc9fc06135248ba@mail.gmail.com>
References: <38d97fa20908251040neca035cqcd81c78cf079a6c9@mail.gmail.com>
	<38d97fa20908251046t49fc5b3el6a3fac69626f2a8d@mail.gmail.com>
	<438f5a310908251055u2337d989va81c295953143e7e@mail.gmail.com>
	<38d97fa20908251624q37c0d760s5bc9fc06135248ba@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4A94F265.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Separate partitions with symbolic links from /Users to your secondary partition is pretty sweet.  You could script it out too so the user data is never touched when imaging and then reapply ownership and permissions post imaging to your data partition.

I think there is discussion of this very method on the mailing list archives from like  a year ago or so. 
 
>>> Tatian Greenleaf <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> 08/25/09 6:24 PM >>> 
This worked like a charm.  For anyone following along, I had to add a slash
after the username in the rsync command in step 4 below to get this to work
properly (i.e. rsync -aEv /Volumes/ExternalHD/<username>/ ./).
I can see the appeal of using partitions... I think that will be my next
project.

Tatian

____________________________
Tatian Greenleaf
Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014


On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Steve Wood <swood at integer.com> wrote:

> I can tell you the way I do upgrades like that, and it is to backup the
> user folder to an external hard drive, perform the upgrade, then push the
> data back.  So basically:
>
> 1.  Login as an admin, open Terminal and use the following to push the user
> folder to the external drive:
>
>      rsync -aEv /Users/<username> /Volumes/ExternalHD
>
> 2.  Then use Casper to wipe the drive and lay down the 10.5.8 image and all
> apps.
>
> 3.  Login to the machine as the user, then logout.
>
> 4.  Login to the machine as admin, open Terminal, then do the following:
>
>      cd /Users/<username>
>      rm -rf *
>      rm -rf .*
>      rsync -aEv /Volumes/ExternalHD/<username> ./
>      cd ..
>      chown -R <username>:staff <username>
>
> 5.  Logout and log back in as the user to verify all of their stuff is
> there.
>
>
> You can do the move of the user data via scripts if you want, but I just
> like doing it myself to make sure it is done right.
>
>
>
> Steve Wood
> Director of IT
> swood at integer.com
>
> The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
> T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Tatian Greenleaf <
> tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> wrote:
>
>> And a follow-up question... if I did reformat and re-image the machines
>> completely, what is the best way to restore the user account(s)?  Do I just
>> copy the /Users/<username> folder to an external HD, create the new user on
>> the re-imaged machine, and then replace the /Users/<username folder with the
>> backed up copy?  Are there any permissions problems with doing this?
>> Thanks,
>> Tatian
>>
>> ____________________________
>> Tatian Greenleaf
>> Associate Director of Technology
>> Saint Mark's School
>> (415) 472-8000 x1014
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Tatian Greenleaf <
>> tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> wrote:
>>
>>> If I want to upgrade several computers to Leopard, is it best to do this
>>> manually with the install DVD, or is there a way to use Composer/Casper
>>> Imaging to do this upgrade?  Would I snapshot the new OS (new & modified) or
>>> create an OS package?
>>> Tatian
>>> ____________________________
>>> Tatian Greenleaf
>>> Associate Director of Technology
>>> Saint Mark's School
>>> (415) 472-8000 x1014
>>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Casper mailing list
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>>
>>
>


From matt at pennmanor.net  Wed Aug 26 08:35:00 2009
From: matt at pennmanor.net (Matthew Butch)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:35:00 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Moving from open wireless to protected wireless	network
In-Reply-To: <4A8BF0EE.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <80360A04-66A8-450F-9E7C-B8BD70B274E3@nkasd.com>
	<C6B182CD.52C7%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
	<OFDD4D9E59.6F7907C0-ON86257617.005FAB68-86257617.005FC67C@lionresources.com>
	<4A8BF0EE.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <B30BB04A-778F-4849-BEAA-7B5BE474ADB2@pennmanor.net>

WOW! This is brilliant! We have had a ton of issues with 10.5 and  
shared vs open WEP keys. We have a way to temporarily add them, but  
this is permanent. Its also great because we are adding a new WPA  
network and putting in the password on 11 carts with 30 laptops is a  
pain in the butt.

I tested it and it works great for us (just note that the security  
type- WEP, WPA, WPA2) is case sensitive).

I only wish that it wouldn't expire in December. Is there any way to  
get ahold of him and have him take that out?

-Matt


On Aug 19, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

> That won't save the passkey in the keychain though, which is a big  
> issue.  I will attack an app which an Apple Engineer gave a friend  
> of mine that does SSID deployment.  Please note I have not tested  
> this app at all, but Tommy from Raytown Schools has and I got  
> permission from the Apple Engineer to pass this along to whomever.
>
> Test it out first for sure, and then let us know.  If the attachment  
> is too big I will host it on my site and post a link in a bit.
>
> There should be a read me file in that zip file with instructions.   
> It is in PKG format so you should be able to deploy it via imaging
>
>
> ___________________________
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> blackberry:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
>
>
>
>
>
> >>> Eric Winkelhake <eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com> 08/19/09 12:26  
> PM >>>
> networksetup -setairportnetwork <network> [password]
> Set AirPort Network to <network> using optional [password] if  
> specified.
>
>
> eric winkelhake
> mundocomww
> office 312 220 1669
> cell 312 504 5155
>
>
>
> From:
> Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu>
> To:
> Thomas Queck <tqueck at nkasd.com>, "casper at list.jamfsoftware.com" <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com 
> >
> Date:
> 08/19/2009 12:22 PM
> Subject:
> Re: [Casper] Moving from open wireless to protected wireless network
> Sent by:
> casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
>
>
>
>
> I?m interested in this, too; I know there?s a way to do it.  
> Currently I have two base images: one for student wireless, and one  
> for faculty/staff. The only difference is which SSID they?re using.
>
>
> On 8/19/09 10:20 AM, "Thomas Queck" <tqueck at nkasd.com> wrote:
>
>        During the past school year, we used an open wireless network
> throughout our school district. When creating our original base OS
> image, the Mac Book we used to create the image connected to this
> network, and so all Mac Books imaged with this base OS also looked to
> this network for wireless. This worked fine for us last year. Over the
> summer the district has incorporated several protected wireless
> networks ( Teacher Wireless, Student Wireless,etc) to replace the open
> wireless network for the coming school year. Do we need to create all
> new base os images,(One for teacher Mac Books, one for Student Mac
> Books, etc.) that will look to each of these individual wireless
> networks? How do we incorporate the wireless password to connect to
> each of these networks, as the district wants this to happen without
> user intervention, so that the wireless passwords do not need to be
> distributed to all teachers and students? Any help will be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Tom Queck
> New Kensington Arnold School District
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>
>
>
> 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 x265
>
> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
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http://www.pennmanor.net

Apple Certified Macintosh Technician
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Wed Aug 26 09:07:47 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:07:47 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Moving from open wireless to protected	wireless	network
In-Reply-To: <B30BB04A-778F-4849-BEAA-7B5BE474ADB2@pennmanor.net>
References: <80360A04-66A8-450F-9E7C-B8BD70B274E3@nkasd.com>
	<C6B182CD.52C7%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
	<OFDD4D9E59.6F7907C0-ON86257617.005FAB68-86257617.005FC67C@lionresources.com>
	<4A8BF0EE.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<B30BB04A-778F-4849-BEAA-7B5BE474ADB2@pennmanor.net>
Message-ID: <4A951783.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I was told the expiration date was something that is just on there.  I
was told that he would continue to support it.  I have not actually
talked to the actual developer just one of his co-workers I know.  I had
planned on getting with him in the near future and posting it on my site
and I would agree to host it there and we could both help to maintain
it. 

It is quite simple and it works quite well.   

In the past I had a huge complicated script that was using the security
binary to modify keychains and that was a huge pain and I could never
quite get it to work.


___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> Matthew Butch <matt at pennmanor.net> 08/26/09 10:35 AM >>>
WOW! This is brilliant! We have had a ton of issues with 10.5 and shared
vs open WEP keys. We have a way to temporarily add them, but this is
permanent. Its also great because we are adding a new WPA network and
putting in the password on 11 carts with 30 laptops is a pain in the
butt.  



I tested it and it works great for us (just note that the security type-
WEP, WPA, WPA2) is case sensitive). 



I only wish that it wouldn't expire in December. Is there any way to get
ahold of him and have him take that out? 



-Matt 





On Aug 19, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote: 




That won't save the passkey in the keychain though, which is a big
issue.  I will attack an app which an Apple Engineer gave a friend of
mine that does SSID deployment.  Please note I have not tested this app
at all, but Tommy from Raytown Schools has and I got permission from the
Apple Engineer to pass this along to whomever. 



Test it out first for sure, and then let us know.  If the attachment is
too big I will host it on my site and post a link in a bit. 



There should be a read me file in that zip file with instructions.  It
is in PKG format so you should be able to deploy it via imaging


___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> Eric Winkelhake <eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com> 08/19/09 12:26 PM
>>>
networksetup -setairportnetwork <network> [password]
Set AirPort Network to <network> using optional [password] if specified.


eric winkelhake
mundocomww
office 312 220 1669
cell 312 504 5155





From: 

Jeff Strauss <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> 

To: 

Thomas Queck <tqueck at nkasd.com>, "casper at list.jamfsoftware.com"
<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com> 

Date: 

08/19/2009 12:22 PM 

Subject: 

Re: [Casper] Moving from open wireless to protected wireless network 

Sent by: 

casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com 






I?m interested in this, too; I know there?s a way to do it. Currently I
have two base images: one for student wireless, and one for
faculty/staff. The only difference is which SSID they?re using.


On 8/19/09 10:20 AM, "Thomas Queck" <tqueck at nkasd.com> wrote:

       During the past school year, we used an open wireless network
throughout our school district. When creating our original base OS
image, the Mac Book we used to create the image connected to this
network, and so all Mac Books imaged with this base OS also looked to
this network for wireless. This worked fine for us last year. Over the
summer the district has incorporated several protected wireless
networks ( Teacher Wireless, Student Wireless,etc) to replace the open
wireless network for the coming school year. Do we need to create all
new base os images,(One for teacher Mac Books, one for Student Mac
Books, etc.) that will look to each of these individual wireless
networks? How do we incorporate the wireless password to connect to
each of these networks, as the district wants this to happen without
user intervention, so that the wireless passwords do not need to be
distributed to all teachers and students? Any help will be greatly
appreciated.

Tom Queck
http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper



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 x265

Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
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http://www.pennmanor.net 



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From Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu  Wed Aug 26 21:50:30 2009
From: Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu (Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:50:30 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Pushing large packages
Message-ID: <OFD385ECF7.5BEA89A4-ON8525761F.00194A3C-8525761F.001A949A@qc.cuny.edu>

Anyone deploying Adobe CS4 Design and Final Cut Studio 2 and running into 
the jobs stalling ?  I will use Casper Remote to install Adobe CS4 or 
Final Cut Studio 2 in a lab of 21 Macs, the logs says its installing but 
it will never complete.  Tried leaving it for a whole day and no luck 
still stuck at "Installing Adobe CS4 Applications" As for Final Cut Studio 
2 my package is 35 GB and pushing that out to a lab of 21 is a nightmare 
also.  Tried pushing these packages to a single Mac in the lab and its 
seems to work.  Currently I have 1 distribution point, could that be the 
problem ?

Jason Kong

Apple Support Specialist
Queens College
Office of Converging Technologies

Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
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From d.glover1 at physics.ox.ac.uk  Thu Aug 27 01:53:01 2009
From: d.glover1 at physics.ox.ac.uk (David Glover)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:53:01 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Casper NetInstall Image Creator
Message-ID: <3CB7992F-07F7-4110-9D0E-7184312AB1AB@physics.ox.ac.uk>

I'm trying to create a NetInstall image using the Casper tools. We've  
previously done this using Apple's image creator, and this always  
worked fine, but now I'm trying to use Composer to make the initial  
image, and then the NetInstall Image Creator to convert it.

Although it boots from the image fine, and starts up Casper Imaging,  
it only performs the Casper Imaging tasks and never actually reloads  
the OS from the image! It just re-installs all the relevant packages  
onto whatever OS is already on the system.

Additionally, the Apple image creator had options to only install to a  
particular named partition, and an option to choose whether to wipe  
the drive first or not. This seem to be missing in the Casper tools.

Surely I'm missing something obvious, what's going on?

-- 
David Glover, Macintosh and Astrophysics IT Support.
University of Oxford, Department of Physics.
http://www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/~Glover/
Jabber/GTalk: davidcwg at jabber.ox.ac.uk


From lopez at embl.de  Thu Aug 27 02:23:29 2009
From: lopez at embl.de (Carmelo Lopez Portilla)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:23:29 +0200
Subject: [Casper] Casper NetInstall Image Creator
In-Reply-To: <3CB7992F-07F7-4110-9D0E-7184312AB1AB@physics.ox.ac.uk>
References: <3CB7992F-07F7-4110-9D0E-7184312AB1AB@physics.ox.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <C9D25062-C90B-4ACE-A57C-68824500204B@embl.de>

Hi
I had something like this and it was because my Casper imaging was 7.0  
and not 7.01, but I was using 7.01 for all the rest

Which version is it?
Cheers

Carmelo Lopez Portilla


Please consider the enviroment before printing this e-mail.

El 27/08/2009, a las 10:53, David Glover <d.glover1 at physics.ox.ac.uk>  
escribi?:

> I'm trying to create a NetInstall image using the Casper tools.  
> We've previously done this using Apple's image creator, and this  
> always worked fine, but now I'm trying to use Composer to make the  
> initial image, and then the NetInstall Image Creator to convert it.
>
> Although it boots from the image fine, and starts up Casper Imaging,  
> it only performs the Casper Imaging tasks and never actually reloads  
> the OS from the image! It just re-installs all the relevant packages  
> onto whatever OS is already on the system.
>
> Additionally, the Apple image creator had options to only install to  
> a particular named partition, and an option to choose whether to  
> wipe the drive first or not. This seem to be missing in the Casper  
> tools.
>
> Surely I'm missing something obvious, what's going on?
>
> -- 
> David Glover, Macintosh and Astrophysics IT Support.
> University of Oxford, Department of Physics.
> http://www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/~Glover/
> Jabber/GTalk: davidcwg at jabber.ox.ac.uk
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From d.glover1 at physics.ox.ac.uk  Thu Aug 27 02:57:18 2009
From: d.glover1 at physics.ox.ac.uk (David Glover)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:57:18 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Casper NetInstall Image Creator
In-Reply-To: <3CB7992F-07F7-4110-9D0E-7184312AB1AB@physics.ox.ac.uk>
References: <3CB7992F-07F7-4110-9D0E-7184312AB1AB@physics.ox.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <72710366-F46D-41CB-B342-4AC293AD25E4@physics.ox.ac.uk>

On 27 Aug 2009, at 09:53, David Glover wrote:

> Surely I'm missing something obvious, what's going on?


It turns out, I was missing something obvious - the OS image in the  
relevant profile!

-- 
David Glover, Macintosh and Astrophysics IT Support.
University of Oxford, Department of Physics.
http://www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/~Glover/
Jabber/GTalk: davidcwg at jabber.ox.ac.uk


From Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu  Thu Aug 27 06:03:37 2009
From: Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu (Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:03:37 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Size of NetInstall Set
Message-ID: <OF701BCF48.B8A9C845-ON8525761F.00473536-8525761F.0047AEC4@qc.cuny.edu>

Are the NetInstall set created from Casper NetInstall Creator suppose to 
be 8 GB and more ?  I remember the ones created off NetRestore were around 
1.8 GB.  I think the size of this NetInstall image is dragging down my mac 
when they are all booting off this netinstall set. 

Any have this happen ?


Jason Kong

Apple Support Specialist
Queens College
Office of Converging Technologies

Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
DH-154
718-997-5993 

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Thu Aug 27 06:08:30 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:08:30 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Size of NetInstall Set
In-Reply-To: <OF701BCF48.B8A9C845-ON8525761F.00473536-8525761F.0047AEC4@qc.cuny.edu>
References: <OF701BCF48.B8A9C845-ON8525761F.00473536-8525761F.0047AEC4@qc.cuny.edu>
Message-ID: <4A963EFE.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Mount the image, and take out all the unneeded apps. For example, when I create mine, I take out all the iLife apps, iTunes, and so forth and basically just leave the utilities in there that I want to run from the command line.  This can cut down your net boot installer image down significantly.   
 

___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> <Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu> 08/27/09 8:03 AM >>> 
Are the NetInstall set created from Casper NetInstall Creator suppose to 
be 8 GB and more ?  I remember the ones created off NetRestore were around 
1.8 GB.  I think the size of this NetInstall image is dragging down my mac 
when they are all booting off this netinstall set. 

Any have this happen ?


Jason Kong

Apple Support Specialist
Queens College
Office of Converging Technologies

Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
DH-154
718-997-5993 




From CMyers at uclan.ac.uk  Thu Aug 27 06:10:12 2009
From: CMyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss  Myers)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:10:12 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Size of NetInstall Set
In-Reply-To: <OF701BCF48.B8A9C845-ON8525761F.00473536-8525761F.0047AEC4@qc.cuny.edu>
References: <OF701BCF48.B8A9C845-ON8525761F.00473536-8525761F.0047AEC4@qc.cuny.edu>
Message-ID: <4A9693C4.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>

Hi Jason 

The size of the netboot set had no impact on the imaging, it could be 1gb or 100gb and it would make no difference, the more important concern is your bandwidth, naturally the more macs you run off the netboot server the more bandwidth you need. 

The netboot server uses tftp to copy the image to the client, only a small amount of the image is stored on the client so the size of the netboot set is not relevant 

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

>>> <Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu> 08/27/09 2:03 PM >>>
Are the NetInstall set created from Casper NetInstall Creator suppose to be 8 GB and more ?  I remember the ones created off NetRestore were around 1.8 GB.  I think the size of this NetInstall image is dragging down my mac when they are all booting off this netinstall set.  

Any have this happen ?


Jason Kong

Apple Support Specialist
Queens College
Office of Converging Technologies

Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
DH-154
718-997-5993


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From CMyers at uclan.ac.uk  Thu Aug 27 06:12:57 2009
From: CMyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss  Myers)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:12:57 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Size of NetInstall Set
In-Reply-To: <4A963EFE.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <OF701BCF48.B8A9C845-ON8525761F.00473536-8525761F.0047AEC4@qc.cuny.edu>
	<4A963EFE.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <4A969469.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>

Yes Tom but netboot doesnt matter on the sizeof the image, i have netboot macs from a 20-40Gb image which had final cut in etc and it it has no impact on performance, my netboot set is about 8GB and i can image 30 odd macs off one server and the bandwidth and memory usage on the server is so low, your just wasting your time taking apps out when it makes no difference on performance, it just means it takes less space up on the server, 

If your having performance issues then your should look elsewhere for the answer 

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

>>> "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> 08/27/09 2:08 PM >>>
Mount the image, and take out all the unneeded apps. For example, when I create mine, I take out all the iLife apps, iTunes, and so forth and basically just leave the utilities in there that I want to run from the command line.  This can cut down your net boot installer image down significantly.  


___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> <Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu> 08/27/09 8:03 AM >>>
Are the NetInstall set created from Casper NetInstall Creator suppose to
be 8 GB and more ?  I remember the ones created off NetRestore were around
1.8 GB.  I think the size of this NetInstall image is dragging down my mac
when they are all booting off this netinstall set.

Any have this happen ?


Jason Kong

Apple Support Specialist
Queens College
Office of Converging Technologies

Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
DH-154
718-997-5993



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From CMyers at uclan.ac.uk  Thu Aug 27 06:15:54 2009
From: CMyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss  Myers)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:15:54 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Pushing large packages
In-Reply-To: <OFD385ECF7.5BEA89A4-ON8525761F.00194A3C-8525761F.001A949A@qc.cuny.edu>
References: <OFD385ECF7.5BEA89A4-ON8525761F.00194A3C-8525761F.001A949A@qc.cuny.edu>
Message-ID: <4A96951A.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>

Hi Jason, 

i push out final cut studio, logic studio and cs4 to all my student macs, i do it at imaging time, my image is around 90GB and it takes 4hrs to image, i am trying out complied configurations atm which should reduce that time by 70% 

I would push out final cut and cs4 by casper imaging if i was you, that way its done at imaging time and no one needs waiting after for it to install, i wouldn't use self service as the user will not know how long it will take before hand, at least when imaging its then done


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

>>> <Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu> 08/27/09 5:50 AM >>>

Anyone deploying Adobe CS4 Design and Final Cut Studio 2 and running into the jobs stalling ?  I will use Casper Remote to install Adobe CS4 or Final Cut Studio 2 in a lab of 21 Macs, the logs says its installing but it will never complete.  Tried leaving it for a whole day and no luck still stuck at "Installing Adobe CS4 Applications" As for Final Cut Studio 2 my package is 35 GB and pushing that out to a lab of 21 is a nightmare also.  Tried pushing these packages to a single Mac in the lab and its seems to work.  Currently I have 1 distribution point, could that be the problem ?

Jason Kong

Apple Support Specialist
Queens College
Office of Converging Technologies

Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
DH-154
718-997-5993


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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Thu Aug 27 06:21:32 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:21:32 -0400
Subject: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
Message-ID: <99C15F9F-CC2C-4FDD-8EFC-7C481F8BE850@ll.mit.edu>

Hi-

I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were going
to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample time to
save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not understanding
this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
policy.

Thanks!


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From CMyers at uclan.ac.uk  Thu Aug 27 06:53:04 2009
From: CMyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss  Myers)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:53:04 +0100
Subject: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
In-Reply-To: <99C15F9F-CC2C-4FDD-8EFC-7C481F8BE850@ll.mit.edu>
References: <99C15F9F-CC2C-4FDD-8EFC-7C481F8BE850@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <4A969DD0.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>

Hi, 

Ive seen it where the message never comes up, i have policy to reboot a client to the netboot server so it can reimage the client, i have run this myself via self service and sometimes ive seen it reboot without the box coming up, maybe a bug

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

>>> "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> 08/27/09 2:21 PM >>>
Hi-

I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were going
to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample time to
save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not understanding
this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
policy.

Thanks!



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From swood at integer.com  Thu Aug 27 06:55:33 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:55:33 -0500
Subject: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
In-Reply-To: <99C15F9F-CC2C-4FDD-8EFC-7C481F8BE850@ll.mit.edu>
References: <99C15F9F-CC2C-4FDD-8EFC-7C481F8BE850@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <438f5a310908270655q7a4939c6n82e4f48b070302fa@mail.gmail.com>

We were seeing that behavior as well, back in Casper 5 even.  But I could
never prove it was happening.  The SWU would be pushed out and the machine
restarted, even though I was giving a 5 minute countdown if a user was
logged in.  I've now gone to just displaying the "Please Restart" dialog box
but not forcing the restart.

Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475


On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Nichols, Jared <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>wrote:

> Hi-
>
> I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
> updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were going
> to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
> policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
> minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
> didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample time to
> save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not understanding
> this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
> policy.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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From Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu  Thu Aug 27 07:04:59 2009
From: Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu (Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:04:59 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Pushing large packages
In-Reply-To: <4A96951A.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <OFD385ECF7.5BEA89A4-ON8525761F.00194A3C-8525761F.001A949A@qc.cuny.edu>
	<4A96951A.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <OFE4D4B822.52ED0BE1-ON8525761F.004CC1B0-8525761F.004D4CFB@qc.cuny.edu>

How did you package up Final Cut Studio ?  all in 1 package or you 
splitted it up to many packages ?

Jason Kong

Apple Support Specialist
Queens College
Office of Converging Technologies

Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
DH-154
718-997-5993 





"Criss  Myers" <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk> 
Sent by: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
08/27/2009 09:16 AM

To
<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>, <Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu>
cc

Subject
Re: [Casper] Pushing large packages






Hi Jason, 

i push out final cut studio, logic studio and cs4 to all my student macs, 
i do it at imaging time, my image is around 90GB and it takes 4hrs to 
image, i am trying out complied configurations atm which should reduce 
that time by 70% 

I would push out final cut and cs4 by casper imaging if i was you, that 
way its done at imaging time and no one needs waiting after for it to 
install, i wouldn't use self service as the user will not know how long it 
will take before hand, at least when imaging its then done


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

>>> <Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu> 08/27/09 5:50 AM >>>

Anyone deploying Adobe CS4 Design and Final Cut Studio 2 and running into 
the jobs stalling ?  I will use Casper Remote to install Adobe CS4 or 
Final Cut Studio 2 in a lab of 21 Macs, the logs says its installing but 
it will never complete.  Tried leaving it for a whole day and no luck 
still stuck at "Installing Adobe CS4 Applications" As for Final Cut Studio 
2 my package is 35 GB and pushing that out to a lab of 21 is a nightmare 
also.  Tried pushing these packages to a single Mac in the lab and its 
seems to work.  Currently I have 1 distribution point, could that be the 
problem ?

Jason Kong

Apple Support Specialist
Queens College
Office of Converging Technologies

Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
DH-154
718-997-5993
_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
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From damien at mac.com  Thu Aug 27 07:13:29 2009
From: damien at mac.com (Damien Weiss)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:13:29 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Pushing large packages
In-Reply-To: <OFE4D4B822.52ED0BE1-ON8525761F.004CC1B0-8525761F.004D4CFB@qc.cuny.edu>
References: <OFD385ECF7.5BEA89A4-ON8525761F.00194A3C-8525761F.001A949A@qc.cuny.edu>
	<4A96951A.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>
	<OFE4D4B822.52ED0BE1-ON8525761F.004CC1B0-8525761F.004D4CFB@qc.cuny.edu>
Message-ID: <FA185A99-CFAE-4D54-8EE1-0941F197658D@mac.com>


I would push FCS as two packages.  The first was just the binaries,  
and the second was the templates and other space intensive stuff.   
This, however, was an environment where we had a large number of  
laptops that were running FCS, and a decent number of desktops...

Thanks,
Damien

On Aug 27, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu wrote:

> How did you package up Final Cut Studio ?  all in 1 package or you  
> splitted it up to many packages ?
>
> Jason Kong
>
> Apple Support Specialist
> Queens College
> Office of Converging Technologies
>
> Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
> DH-154
> 718-997-5993
>
>
>
>
> "Criss  Myers" <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk>
> Sent by: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
> 08/27/2009 09:16 AM
>
> To
> <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>, <Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu>
> cc
> Subject
> Re: [Casper] Pushing large packages
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi Jason,
>
> i push out final cut studio, logic studio and cs4 to all my student  
> macs, i do it at imaging time, my image is around 90GB and it takes  
> 4hrs to image, i am trying out complied configurations atm which  
> should reduce that time by 70%
>
> I would push out final cut and cs4 by casper imaging if i was you,  
> that way its done at imaging time and no one needs waiting after for  
> it to install, i wouldn't use self service as the user will not know  
> how long it will take before hand, at least when imaging its then done
>
>
> 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
>
> >>> <Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu> 08/27/09 5:50 AM >>>
>
> Anyone deploying Adobe CS4 Design and Final Cut Studio 2 and running  
> into the jobs stalling ?  I will use Casper Remote to install Adobe  
> CS4 or Final Cut Studio 2 in a lab of 21 Macs, the logs says its  
> installing but it will never complete.  Tried leaving it for a whole  
> day and no luck still stuck at "Installing Adobe CS4 Applications"  
> As for Final Cut Studio 2 my package is 35 GB and pushing that out  
> to a lab of 21 is a nightmare also.  Tried pushing these packages to  
> a single Mac in the lab and its seems to work.  Currently I have 1  
> distribution point, could that be the problem ?
>
> Jason Kong
>
> Apple Support Specialist
> Queens College
> Office of Converging Technologies
>
> Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
> DH-154
> 718-997-5993
> _______________________________________________
> 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
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From reverson at solon.k12.ia.us  Thu Aug 27 07:33:37 2009
From: reverson at solon.k12.ia.us (Robert Everson)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:33:37 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Pushing large packages
In-Reply-To: <FA185A99-CFAE-4D54-8EE1-0941F197658D@mac.com>
References: <OFD385ECF7.5BEA89A4-ON8525761F.00194A3C-8525761F.001A949A@qc.cuny.edu>
	<4A96951A.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>
	<OFE4D4B822.52ED0BE1-ON8525761F.004CC1B0-8525761F.004D4CFB@qc.cuny.edu>
	<FA185A99-CFAE-4D54-8EE1-0941F197658D@mac.com>
Message-ID: <31A70939-843A-4919-A0D6-2BBE4417CBDE@solon.k12.ia.us>

Could you setup a policy to cache this out to the users, and then use  
Casper Remote to install the Cached Copy?  This would allow the  
packages to copy down overnight, and then you could install it all at  
once for the users.

-Robert


On Aug 27, 2009, at 9:13 AM, Damien Weiss wrote:

>
> I would push FCS as two packages.  The first was just the binaries,  
> and the second was the templates and other space intensive stuff.   
> This, however, was an environment where we had a large number of  
> laptops that were running FCS, and a decent number of desktops...
>
> Thanks,
> Damien
>
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 10:04 AM, Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu wrote:
>
>> How did you package up Final Cut Studio ?  all in 1 package or you  
>> splitted it up to many packages ?
>>
>> Jason Kong
>>
>> Apple Support Specialist
>> Queens College
>> Office of Converging Technologies
>>
>> Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
>> DH-154
>> 718-997-5993
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Criss  Myers" <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk>
>> Sent by: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
>> 08/27/2009 09:16 AM
>>
>> To
>> <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>, <Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu>
>> cc
>> Subject
>> Re: [Casper] Pushing large packages
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> i push out final cut studio, logic studio and cs4 to all my student  
>> macs, i do it at imaging time, my image is around 90GB and it takes  
>> 4hrs to image, i am trying out complied configurations atm which  
>> should reduce that time by 70%
>>
>> I would push out final cut and cs4 by casper imaging if i was you,  
>> that way its done at imaging time and no one needs waiting after  
>> for it to install, i wouldn't use self service as the user will not  
>> know how long it will take before hand, at least when imaging its  
>> then done
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> >>> <Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu> 08/27/09 5:50 AM >>>
>>
>> Anyone deploying Adobe CS4 Design and Final Cut Studio 2 and  
>> running into the jobs stalling ?  I will use Casper Remote to  
>> install Adobe CS4 or Final Cut Studio 2 in a lab of 21 Macs, the  
>> logs says its installing but it will never complete.  Tried leaving  
>> it for a whole day and no luck still stuck at "Installing Adobe CS4  
>> Applications" As for Final Cut Studio 2 my package is 35 GB and  
>> pushing that out to a lab of 21 is a nightmare also.  Tried pushing  
>> these packages to a single Mac in the lab and its seems to work.   
>> Currently I have 1 distribution point, could that be the problem ?
>>
>> Jason Kong
>>
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From abenedict at integer.com  Thu Aug 27 08:22:03 2009
From: abenedict at integer.com (Alan Benedict)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:22:03 -0500
Subject: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
In-Reply-To: <438f5a310908270655q7a4939c6n82e4f48b070302fa@mail.gmail.com>
References: <99C15F9F-CC2C-4FDD-8EFC-7C481F8BE850@ll.mit.edu> 
	<438f5a310908270655q7a4939c6n82e4f48b070302fa@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5fe906620908270822xc1fe17bg5cd572c54e0d5159@mail.gmail.com>

Also seeing this, I have mine displaying a message but not forcing a reboot.
 Doesn't seem to always display the message. I'm going to try and use the
display message script instead of the message in the Reboot tab.
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com



On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Steve Wood <swood at integer.com> wrote:

> We were seeing that behavior as well, back in Casper 5 even.  But I could
> never prove it was happening.  The SWU would be pushed out and the machine
> restarted, even though I was giving a 5 minute countdown if a user was
> logged in.  I've now gone to just displaying the "Please Restart" dialog box
> but not forcing the restart.
>
> Steve Wood
> Director of IT
> swood at integer.com
>
> The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
> T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Nichols, Jared <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>wrote:
>
>> Hi-
>>
>> I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
>> updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were going
>> to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
>> policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
>> minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
>> didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample time to
>> save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not understanding
>> this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
>> policy.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Casper mailing list
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>>
>>
>
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From abenedict at integer.com  Thu Aug 27 08:27:20 2009
From: abenedict at integer.com (Alan Benedict)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:27:20 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Disabling Bonjour in iChat?
Message-ID: <5fe906620908270827l5c8581aen3fd1f067e4c3a7e9@mail.gmail.com>

Has anyone been successful in disabling Bonjour in iChat?  I know how to
disable bonjour system wide, but I only want to deny its use in iChat.  I
know that the setting is not stored in any of the ichat plists, and was
wondering if anyone knows of an Managed Preferences setting to disable it or
any other automated way. Thanks --
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
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From cmyers at uclan.ac.uk  Thu Aug 27 08:28:04 2009
From: cmyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss Myers)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:28:04 +0100
Subject: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
In-Reply-To: <5fe906620908270822xc1fe17bg5cd572c54e0d5159@mail.gmail.com>
References: <99C15F9F-CC2C-4FDD-8EFC-7C481F8BE850@ll.mit.edu>
	<438f5a310908270655q7a4939c6n82e4f48b070302fa@mail.gmail.com>
	<5fe906620908270822xc1fe17bg5cd572c54e0d5159@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6BF49372-9866-4E57-9E02-A6F1593D838F@uclan.ac.uk>

Or u could use AppleScript to display a MSG

On 27 Aug 2009, at 16:22, Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> wrote:

> Also seeing this, I have mine displaying a message but not forcing a  
> reboot.  Doesn't seem to always display the message. I'm going to  
> try and use the display message script instead of the message in the  
> Reboot tab.
>
> --
> Alan Benedict
> ?
> Macintosh Technician
> The Integer Group
> O: 515-247-2738
> C: 515-770-8234
> http://www.integer.com
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Steve Wood <swood at integer.com> wrote:
> We were seeing that behavior as well, back in Casper 5 even.  But I  
> could never prove it was happening.  The SWU would be pushed out and  
> the machine restarted, even though I was giving a 5 minute countdown  
> if a user was logged in.  I've now gone to just displaying the  
> "Please Restart" dialog box but not forcing the restart.
>
> Steve Wood
> Director of IT
> swood at integer.com
>
> The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
> T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Nichols, Jared <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu 
> > wrote:
> Hi-
>
> I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
> updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were going
> to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
> policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
> minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
> didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample time to
> save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not understanding
> this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
> policy.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>
>
>
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Thu Aug 27 09:02:51 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:02:51 -0500
Subject: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
In-Reply-To: <5fe906620908270822xc1fe17bg5cd572c54e0d5159@mail.gmail.com>
References: <99C15F9F-CC2C-4FDD-8EFC-7C481F8BE850@ll.mit.edu>
	<438f5a310908270655q7a4939c6n82e4f48b070302fa@mail.gmail.com>
	<5fe906620908270822xc1fe17bg5cd572c54e0d5159@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4A9667DB.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I just force a reboot, because that is how I roll...

I think that if perhaps you are handy enough with Apple Script and know
how to program dialog boxes you can make updates interactive. 
Especially since you can invoke shell from Apple Script via do shell
script command.  

I am just starting to teach myself Apple Script in a more advanced
manner and I am working on a project that takes text input from a user
via the dialog box and then places those variables in a file, which a
script will later run.

So, you could feasibly write an Apple Script that says do you wish to
run software update, then have the user click yes or no and loop it so
that if they do click yes they can run any and all custom trigger
policies you create in Casper.  I mean the possibilities are pretty much
limitless at that point.

-Tom
 

___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> 08/27/09 10:22 AM >>> 
Also seeing this, I have mine displaying a message but not forcing a
reboot.
 Doesn't seem to always display the message. I'm going to try and use
the
display message script instead of the message in the Reboot tab.
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com



On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Steve Wood <swood at integer.com> wrote:

> We were seeing that behavior as well, back in Casper 5 even.  But I
could
> never prove it was happening.  The SWU would be pushed out and the
machine
> restarted, even though I was giving a 5 minute countdown if a user
was
> logged in.  I've now gone to just displaying the "Please Restart"
dialog box
> but not forcing the restart.
>
> Steve Wood
> Director of IT
> swood at integer.com
>
> The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
> T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Nichols, Jared
<jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>wrote:
>
>> Hi-
>>
>> I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
>> updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were
going
>> to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
>> policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
>> minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
>> didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample time
to
>> save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not
understanding
>> this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
>> policy.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Thu Aug 27 09:15:22 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:15:22 -0400
Subject: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
In-Reply-To: <6BF49372-9866-4E57-9E02-A6F1593D838F@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <99C15F9F-CC2C-4FDD-8EFC-7C481F8BE850@ll.mit.edu>
	<438f5a310908270655q7a4939c6n82e4f48b070302fa@mail.gmail.com>
	<5fe906620908270822xc1fe17bg5cd572c54e0d5159@mail.gmail.com>
	<6BF49372-9866-4E57-9E02-A6F1593D838F@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <F8D46F73-91B4-4E2E-BCC9-036D777844D4@ll.mit.edu>

I guess my question is, "what's the most reliable way for a user to get a message?"

I thought the message displaying that the jamf binary did basically called applescript.  no?  if not, would that be more reliable?  Users don't really care that they need to reboot, I just want a reliable way to tell them that they need to, that's all.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 27, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Criss Myers wrote:

Or u could use AppleScript to display a MSG

On 27 Aug 2009, at 16:22, Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com<mailto:abenedict at integer.com>> wrote:

Also seeing this, I have mine displaying a message but not forcing a reboot.  Doesn't seem to always display the message. I'm going to try and use the display message script instead of the message in the Reboot tab.

--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
<http://www.integer.com/>http://www.integer.com<http://www.integer.com/>



On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Steve Wood <<mailto:swood at integer.com>swood at integer.com<mailto:swood at integer.com>> wrote:
We were seeing that behavior as well, back in Casper 5 even.  But I could never prove it was happening.  The SWU would be pushed out and the machine restarted, even though I was giving a 5 minute countdown if a user was logged in.  I've now gone to just displaying the "Please Restart" dialog box but not forcing the restart.

Steve Wood
Director of IT
<mailto:swood at integer.com>swood at integer.com<mailto:swood at integer.com>

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475


On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Nichols, Jared <<mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu<mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>> wrote:
Hi-

I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were going
to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample time to
save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not understanding
this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
policy.

Thanks!



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From tlarki at kckps.org  Thu Aug 27 09:37:08 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:37:08 -0500
Subject: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
In-Reply-To: <F8D46F73-91B4-4E2E-BCC9-036D777844D4@ll.mit.edu>
References: <99C15F9F-CC2C-4FDD-8EFC-7C481F8BE850@ll.mit.edu>
	<438f5a310908270655q7a4939c6n82e4f48b070302fa@mail.gmail.com>
	<5fe906620908270822xc1fe17bg5cd572c54e0d5159@mail.gmail.com>
	<6BF49372-9866-4E57-9E02-A6F1593D838F@uclan.ac.uk>
	<F8D46F73-91B4-4E2E-BCC9-036D777844D4@ll.mit.edu>
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Since self service is a web based app, I like to use <strong> tags and
use large fonts with giant red letters that say, this will reboot your
machine.

Writing an interactive Apple Script would be pretty dope though.  I am
probably going to do this down the road when I get more time to learn AS
a bit more. 
 
>>> "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> 08/27/09 11:15 AM >>> 
I guess my question is, "what's the most reliable way for a user to get
a message?"

I thought the message displaying that the jamf binary did basically
called applescript.  no?  if not, would that be more reliable?  Users
don't really care that they need to reboot, I just want a reliable way
to tell them that they need to, that's all.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 27, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Criss Myers wrote:

Or u could use AppleScript to display a MSG

On 27 Aug 2009, at 16:22, Alan Benedict
<abenedict at integer.com<mailto:abenedict at integer.com>> wrote:

Also seeing this, I have mine displaying a message but not forcing a
reboot.  Doesn't seem to always display the message. I'm going to try
and use the display message script instead of the message in the Reboot
tab.

--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
<http://www.integer.com/>http://www.integer.com<http://www.integer.com/>



On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Steve Wood
<<mailto:swood at integer.com>swood at integer.com<mailto:swood at integer.com>>
wrote:
We were seeing that behavior as well, back in Casper 5 even.  But I
could never prove it was happening.  The SWU would be pushed out and the
machine restarted, even though I was giving a 5 minute countdown if a
user was logged in.  I've now gone to just displaying the "Please
Restart" dialog box but not forcing the restart.

Steve Wood
Director of IT
<mailto:swood at integer.com>swood at integer.com<mailto:swood at integer.com>

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475


On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Nichols, Jared
<<mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu<mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>>
wrote:
Hi-

I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were going
to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample time to
save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not understanding
this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
policy.

Thanks!



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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Thu Aug 27 09:52:55 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:52:55 -0400
Subject: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
In-Reply-To: <4A966FE3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <99C15F9F-CC2C-4FDD-8EFC-7C481F8BE850@ll.mit.edu>
	<438f5a310908270655q7a4939c6n82e4f48b070302fa@mail.gmail.com>
	<5fe906620908270822xc1fe17bg5cd572c54e0d5159@mail.gmail.com>
	<6BF49372-9866-4E57-9E02-A6F1593D838F@uclan.ac.uk>
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	<4A966FE3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
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I've taken to doing that on my Self Service pages as well, including  
placing images in and linking to internal web pages.  See the  
screenshot as an example.  The case I'm talking about for user  
notification though is when they've reached two weeks beyond when I've  
released updates on the software update server.  If they haven't done  
the updates themselves, I force the install.  I don't want to reboot  
them in the middle of their work, but I'd like a reboot to occur  
relatively soon.  So, perhaps just warning them that they need to  
reboot but not forcing it is enough.

I've had lots of fun playing around with what Self Service can do...  
the entire Description box on the Self Service tab is rendered as a  
webpage.  It's slick.  I tend to stick to a standard template for  
making self service items.  It includes a big beautiful icon of the  
item, system requirements, if it's universal and if it requires a  
reboot.  I'll also put down a "be patient" warning if it's a  
particularly large item (like Office).

j

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From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Thu Aug 27 11:06:58 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:06:58 -0700
Subject: [Casper] /etc/authorization
Message-ID: <C6BC1952.54A1%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

Anybody allow standard users to control Time Machine via /etc/authorization mods? I can't find any obvious keys to allow this to happen...

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 x265

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From reverson at solon.k12.ia.us  Thu Aug 27 11:50:55 2009
From: reverson at solon.k12.ia.us (Robert Everson)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:50:55 -0500
Subject: [Casper] DVD authorization
Message-ID: <F92B8189-1B42-40F6-920C-EC2B93328B27@solon.k12.ia.us>

Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD  
Player, on 10.5.x?

Thanks,
Robert

From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Thu Aug 27 11:52:19 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:52:19 -0700
Subject: [Casper] DVD authorization
In-Reply-To: <F92B8189-1B42-40F6-920C-EC2B93328B27@solon.k12.ia.us>
Message-ID: <C6BC23F3.54AC%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

Check the Resource Kit. There's a script for that.


On 8/27/09 11:50 AM, "Robert Everson" <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us> wrote:

Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD
Player, on 10.5.x?

Thanks,
Robert
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Department of Educational Technology
Systems Administrator
Loyola High School of Los Angeles
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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Thu Aug 27 11:53:08 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:53:08 -0500
Subject: [Casper] DVD authorization
In-Reply-To: <F92B8189-1B42-40F6-920C-EC2B93328B27@solon.k12.ia.us>
Message-ID: <C6BC4044.98F7%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

Since region coding is set within the optical drive itself I don't know how
that is possible, but I would LOVE it if someone had something for this as
well.

Craig E


On 8/27/09 1:50 PM, "Robert Everson" <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us> wrote:

> Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD
> Player, on 10.5.x?
> 
> Thanks,
> Robert
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Thu Aug 27 11:54:46 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:54:46 -0500
Subject: [Casper] DVD authorization
In-Reply-To: <C6BC23F3.54AC%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
Message-ID: <C6BC40A6.98FD%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

Kind of sounds like ?There?s an app for that?.

I should really MAKE time to look at the resource kit more, see what Nick?s cooked up.

Thanks, Jeff.

Craig E

On 8/27/09 1:52 PM, "Jeff Strauss" <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> wrote:

Check the Resource Kit. There?s a script for that.


On 8/27/09 11:50 AM, "Robert Everson" <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us> wrote:

Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD
Player, on 10.5.x?

Thanks,
Robert
_______________________________________________
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http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper



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 x265

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From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Thu Aug 27 11:56:33 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:56:33 -0700
Subject: [Casper] DVD authorization
In-Reply-To: <C6BC4044.98F7%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <C6BC24F1.54B1%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

Misread. Set the region code itself, I don't know. Script to unlock region code settings is in the Security & Antivirus folder in the Resource Kit.


On 8/27/09 11:53 AM, "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> wrote:

Since region coding is set within the optical drive itself I don't know how
that is possible, but I would LOVE it if someone had something for this as
well.

Craig E


On 8/27/09 1:50 PM, "Robert Everson" <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us> wrote:

> Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD
> Player, on 10.5.x?
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper

_______________________________________________
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http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper



Jeffrey A. Strauss
Department of Educational Technology
Systems Administrator
Loyola High School of Los Angeles
1901 Venice Blvd.
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(213) 381-5121 x265

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From Nate.Collins at espn3.com  Thu Aug 27 11:58:57 2009
From: Nate.Collins at espn3.com (Collins, Nate)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:58:57 +0000
Subject: [Casper] DVD authorization
In-Reply-To: <C6BC40A6.98FD%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <C6BC4FB1.21CFA%Nate.Collins@email.disney.com>

On 10.5 clients, I like to use this script in a policy:

#!/bin/sh
"$3"/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Set
:rights:system.device.dvd.setregion.initial:class allow"
"$3"/etc/authorization


On 8/27/09 2:54 PM, "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> wrote:

> Kind of sounds like ?There?s an app for that?.
> 
> I should really MAKE time to look at the resource kit more, see what Nick?s
> cooked up.
> 
> Thanks, Jeff.
> 
> Craig E
> 
> On 8/27/09 1:52 PM, "Jeff Strauss" <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Check the Resource Kit. There?s a script for that.
>> 
>> 
>> On 8/27/09 11:50 AM, "Robert Everson" <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us> wrote:
>> 
>>> Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD
>>> Player, on 10.5.x?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Robert
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Casper mailing list
>>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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 x265
>> 
>> ? ACSP |  ? ACTC | ? ACSA | Casper Certified Administrator
>>  
>> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Thu Aug 27 11:59:46 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:59:46 -0700
Subject: [Casper] DVD authorization
In-Reply-To: <C6BC40A6.98FD%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <C6BC25B2.54B5%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

I didn't realize that until I sent it out. The other phrase I like when discussing Casper is "set it and forget it," like the Ron Popeil Showtime Rotisserie. On sale now for only $39.95.


On 8/27/09 11:54 AM, "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> wrote:

Kind of sounds like "There's an app for that".

I should really MAKE time to look at the resource kit more, see what Nick's cooked up.

Thanks, Jeff.

Craig E

On 8/27/09 1:52 PM, "Jeff Strauss" <jstrauss at loyolahs.edu> wrote:

Check the Resource Kit. There's a script for that.


On 8/27/09 11:50 AM, "Robert Everson" <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us> wrote:

Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD
Player, on 10.5.x?

Thanks,
Robert
_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper



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 x265

? ACSP |  ? ACTC | ? ACSA | Casper Certified Administrator

Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.





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 x265

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Thu Aug 27 12:00:42 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:00:42 -0500
Subject: [Casper] DVD authorization
In-Reply-To: <F92B8189-1B42-40F6-920C-EC2B93328B27@solon.k12.ia.us>
References: <F92B8189-1B42-40F6-920C-EC2B93328B27@solon.k12.ia.us>
Message-ID: <4A969189.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

It already comes in a free downloadable app

http://jenniferandjon.com/software/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=66&products_id=192

You can deploy that via casper 
 
>>> Robert Everson <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us> 08/27/09 1:50 PM >>> 
Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD  
Player, on 10.5.x?

Thanks,
Robert
_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper



From taugust04.lists at gmail.com  Thu Aug 27 21:09:57 2009
From: taugust04.lists at gmail.com (Ted August)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:09:57 -0400
Subject: [Casper] DVD authorization
In-Reply-To: <4A969189.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <F92B8189-1B42-40F6-920C-EC2B93328B27@solon.k12.ia.us>
	<4A969189.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <E7A373A9-72FB-462C-8B8B-E960C7EB9321@gmail.com>

This doesn't answer your question directly, but I make sure to install  
VLC Media Player on all the Macs I support - it ignores region codes  
on DVD's.  When a user has a cranky DVD in regards to a region I have  
them open the disc in VLC.  Haven't had to change a region code in  
over two years.

VLC is handy for playing all sorts of media files as well.

-- 
Ted August
Salve Regina University



On Aug 27, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

> It already comes in a free downloadable app
>
> http://jenniferandjon.com/software/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=66&products_id=192
>
> You can deploy that via casper
>
>>>> Robert Everson <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us> 08/27/09 1:50 PM >>>
> Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD
> Player, on 10.5.x?
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
> _______________________________________________
> 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 CMyers at uclan.ac.uk  Fri Aug 28 03:08:55 2009
From: CMyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss  Myers)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:08:55 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Compiled Configuration
Message-ID: <4A97BAC7.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>

Hi All, 

For those that are interested. 

Ive been testing complied configurations, and thou they take a while to compile the are defiantly worth it. 

My core student configuration is 97GB, this is due to Final Cut, and Logic which academics require is installed on all student macs before classes. The easiest way is to have all the software in the configuration, 

Most of my clients are in 100BaseT with a 1GB backbone. 

Normally the install would take 4 - 4 1/2 hrs to install. 

The complied configuration is just over 70GB and takes 2 1/2 hrs to install, that includes coping the CS 4 installers to the client which are not in the complied configuration. 

This certainly saves bandwidth and is well worth it. 

For smaller configurations it saves me about 15 minutes. 

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
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Fri Aug 28 04:45:20 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:45:20 -0400
Subject: [Casper] DVD authorization
In-Reply-To: <E7A373A9-72FB-462C-8B8B-E960C7EB9321@gmail.com>
References: <F92B8189-1B42-40F6-920C-EC2B93328B27@solon.k12.ia.us>
	<4A969189.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<E7A373A9-72FB-462C-8B8B-E960C7EB9321@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <5C674E4F-C541-4093-A5CF-00C6E36D9949@ll.mit.edu>

You may want to be careful with VLC.  There are many legal issues with its use in the United States.

http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id485611

Of note, libdvdcss, which allows DVD playback is illegal in the US due to violation of the DMCA.  I know, it's dumb and DMCA should be gutted completely, but the law is the law.  If you don't like it, contact your representatives.

The other issue is with royalty payments.  Some of the codecs included with VLC are patented and require royalty payment to the patent holder.  Mostly, these are the MPEG style codecs.  Because VLC is not sold, the cost of these royalty payments falls on the end-user/organization.

So you ask, "But QuickTime is free and it plays back these files."  Yes, you're right.  And it's Apple that's absorbing these costs and paying for it.  While it doesn't cost you to use QuickTime, it's costs Apple.

And as always, I am not a lawyer.  Consult your legal department etc etc yadda yadda.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 28, 2009, at 12:09 AM, Ted August wrote:

This doesn't answer your question directly, but I make sure to install
VLC Media Player on all the Macs I support - it ignores region codes
on DVD's.  When a user has a cranky DVD in regards to a region I have
them open the disc in VLC.  Haven't had to change a region code in
over two years.

VLC is handy for playing all sorts of media files as well.

--
Ted August
Salve Regina University



On Aug 27, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

It already comes in a free downloadable app

http://jenniferandjon.com/software/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=66&products_id=192

You can deploy that via casper

Robert Everson <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us<mailto:reverson at solon.k12.ia.us>> 08/27/09 1:50 PM >>>
Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD
Player, on 10.5.x?

Thanks,
Robert
_______________________________________________
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Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<mailto:Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


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From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Fri Aug 28 05:45:05 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:45:05 -0700
Subject: [Casper] DVD authorization
In-Reply-To: <5C674E4F-C541-4093-A5CF-00C6E36D9949@ll.mit.edu>
References: <F92B8189-1B42-40F6-920C-EC2B93328B27@solon.k12.ia.us>
	<4A969189.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<E7A373A9-72FB-462C-8B8B-E960C7EB9321@gmail.com>
	<5C674E4F-C541-4093-A5CF-00C6E36D9949@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <AF0F5833-1E6B-4573-9B2E-424D2C0B6165@loyolahs.edu>

VLC is in every one of my configs. I'm going to pretend I never received this.

This email will self-destruct in 5, 4, 3...


Sent from a mobile device.

On Aug 28, 2009, at 4:58, "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu<mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>> wrote:

You may want to be careful with VLC.  There are many legal issues with its use in the United States.

<http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id485611>http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id485611

Of note, libdvdcss, which allows DVD playback is illegal in the US due to violation of the DMCA.  I know, it's dumb and DMCA should be gutted completely, but the law is the law.  If you don't like it, contact your representatives.

The other issue is with royalty payments.  Some of the codecs included with VLC are patented and require royalty payment to the patent holder.  Mostly, these are the MPEG style codecs.  Because VLC is not sold, the cost of these royalty payments falls on the end-user/organization.

So you ask, "But QuickTime is free and it plays back these files."  Yes, you're right.  And it's Apple that's absorbing these costs and paying for it.  While it doesn't cost you to use QuickTime, it's costs Apple.

And as always, I am not a lawyer.  Consult your legal department etc etc yadda yadda.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 28, 2009, at 12:09 AM, Ted August wrote:

This doesn't answer your question directly, but I make sure to install
VLC Media Player on all the Macs I support - it ignores region codes
on DVD's.  When a user has a cranky DVD in regards to a region I have
them open the disc in VLC.  Haven't had to change a region code in
over two years.

VLC is handy for playing all sorts of media files as well.

--
Ted August
Salve Regina University



On Aug 27, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

It already comes in a free downloadable app

<http://jenniferandjon.com/software/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=66&products_id=192>http://jenniferandjon.com/software/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=66&products_id=192

You can deploy that via casper

Robert Everson <<mailto:reverson at solon.k12.ia.us>reverson at solon.k12.ia.us<mailto:reverson at solon.k12.ia.us>> 08/27/09 1:50 PM >>>
Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD
Player, on 10.5.x?

Thanks,
Robert
_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
<mailto:Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<mailto:Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
<http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper>http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


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From bfranke at ucls.uchicago.edu  Fri Aug 28 05:59:32 2009
From: bfranke at ucls.uchicago.edu (Baker Franke)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:59:32 -0500
Subject: [Casper] permissions on a partition
Message-ID: <E244D084-45B4-478A-9783-72142B593C05@ucls.uchicago.edu>

I have a computer lab setup where I have a partition where students  
can save documents that will survive the nightly re-imaging.  However,  
by default the partition has rw permissions for root only.  How is the  
preferred way, or where is the best place, to set the permissions for  
that partition?

Thanks,

-Baker


Baker Franke
Computer Science Dept.
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
773.702.5419


From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Fri Aug 28 06:07:26 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:07:26 -0400
Subject: [Casper] permissions on a partition
In-Reply-To: <E244D084-45B4-478A-9783-72142B593C05@ucls.uchicago.edu>
References: <E244D084-45B4-478A-9783-72142B593C05@ucls.uchicago.edu>
Message-ID: <8608B84C-9D56-47F4-8D0A-834F2C6B779B@ll.mit.edu>

As part of your nightly re-imaging, can you add a final script that  
does a chmod on that partition to a mask of 777?  A single line of  
code could solve that.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Baker Franke wrote:

> I have a computer lab setup where I have a partition where students
> can save documents that will survive the nightly re-imaging.  However,
> by default the partition has rw permissions for root only.  How is the
> preferred way, or where is the best place, to set the permissions for
> that partition?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Baker
>
>
> Baker Franke
> Computer Science Dept.
> University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
> 773.702.5419
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Fri Aug 28 06:05:49 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:05:49 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Software vetting (was DVD authorization)
In-Reply-To: <AF0F5833-1E6B-4573-9B2E-424D2C0B6165@loyolahs.edu>
References: <F92B8189-1B42-40F6-920C-EC2B93328B27@solon.k12.ia.us>
	<4A969189.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<E7A373A9-72FB-462C-8B8B-E960C7EB9321@gmail.com>
	<5C674E4F-C541-4093-A5CF-00C6E36D9949@ll.mit.edu>
	<AF0F5833-1E6B-4573-9B2E-424D2C0B6165@loyolahs.edu>
Message-ID: <83D81B86-1992-44A2-BEBD-F549F9DF9EB2@ll.mit.edu>

Honestly thought, as engineers, is something that we need to be aware of and not just in VLCs case.

Part of the vetting process of whether an application is distributed should include a look at the EULA and at least a skimming of any potential legal issues.  One knock on the door by the BSA and that's all you need to get a shutdown-of-your-business-level fine.

Every EULA is different.  In some cases, even the same term is defined differently.  Free for "personal use" may mean, really, honest to goodness, use it only at your house.  I've also seen "personal use" defined as being fine to use, for free, if you yourself installed it, as opposed to some sort of centrally managed system (e.g. Casper, SCCM, etc) installed it.  So in that case, you could be working at IBM or Apple and even if you had Casper on your system, but you yourself installed it and you use it the course of doing your job, you're fine to use it for free.

Some software is free for Educational use.  Some software is discounted for Educational use.  How "educational" is defined is often in the EULA and even there it's not often clear.  Take for instance our case, MIT Lincoln Laboratory.  Technically, we're an arm of MIT.  Though, there are no students at this campus.  No faculty at this campus.  No teaching actually happens here.  We're a Federally Funded Research and Development Center.  (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federally_funded_research_and_development_centers)  Some vendors still consider us as Education just because we're a part of MIT.  Others consider us federal government.  Others, including Apple, we're in a quasi odd place with.  According to every EULA that we have for Apple products, we're education.  Though if we try and buy things at EDU pricing, it's rejected because our vendors (including Apple proper) see us as government.

So, I guess the moral of the story is to do due diligence when you're distributing software.  When someone comes knocking, you're on the hook for it and ignorance is no defense.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:45 AM, Jeff Strauss wrote:

VLC is in every one of my configs. I'm going to pretend I never received this.

This email will self-destruct in 5, 4, 3...


Sent from a mobile device.

On Aug 28, 2009, at 4:58, "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu<mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>> wrote:

You may want to be careful with VLC.  There are many legal issues with its use in the United States.

<http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id485611>http://www.videolanorg/doc/faq/en/index.html#id485611

Of note, libdvdcss, which allows DVD playback is illegal in the US due to violation of the DMCA.  I know, it's dumb and DMCA should be gutted completely, but the law is the law.  If you don't like it, contact your representatives.

The other issue is with royalty payments.  Some of the codecs included with VLC are patented and require royalty payment to the patent holder.  Mostly, these are the MPEG style codecs.  Because VLC is not sold, the cost of these royalty payments falls on the end-user/organization.

So you ask, "But QuickTime is free and it plays back these files."  Yes, you're right.  And it's Apple that's absorbing these costs and paying for it.  While it doesn't cost you to use QuickTime, it's costs Apple.

And as always, I am not a lawyer.  Consult your legal department etc etc yadda yadda.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 28, 2009, at 12:09 AM, Ted August wrote:

This doesn't answer your question directly, but I make sure to install
VLC Media Player on all the Macs I support - it ignores region codes
on DVD's.  When a user has a cranky DVD in regards to a region I have
them open the disc in VLC.  Haven't had to change a region code in
over two years.

VLC is handy for playing all sorts of media files as well.

--
Ted August
Salve Regina University



On Aug 27, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

It already comes in a free downloadable app

<http://jenniferandjon.com/software/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=66&products_id=192>http://jenniferandjon.com/software/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=66&products_id=192

You can deploy that via casper

Robert Everson <<mailto:reverson at solon.k12.ia.us>reverson at solon.k12.ia.us<mailto:reverson at solon.k12.ia.us>> 08/27/09 1:50 PM >>>
Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD
Player, on 10.5.x?

Thanks,
Robert
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Fri Aug 28 06:07:26 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:07:26 -0400
Subject: [Casper] permissions on a partition
In-Reply-To: <E244D084-45B4-478A-9783-72142B593C05@ucls.uchicago.edu>
References: <E244D084-45B4-478A-9783-72142B593C05@ucls.uchicago.edu>
Message-ID: <8608B84C-9D56-47F4-8D0A-834F2C6B779B@ll.mit.edu>

As part of your nightly re-imaging, can you add a final script that  
does a chmod on that partition to a mask of 777?  A single line of  
code could solve that.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Baker Franke wrote:

> I have a computer lab setup where I have a partition where students
> can save documents that will survive the nightly re-imaging.  However,
> by default the partition has rw permissions for root only.  How is the
> preferred way, or where is the best place, to set the permissions for
> that partition?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Baker
>
>
> Baker Franke
> Computer Science Dept.
> University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
> 773.702.5419
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From CMyers at uclan.ac.uk  Fri Aug 28 06:24:36 2009
From: CMyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss  Myers)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:24:36 +0100
Subject: [Casper] Software vetting (was DVD authorization)
In-Reply-To: <83D81B86-1992-44A2-BEBD-F549F9DF9EB2@ll.mit.edu>
References: <F92B8189-1B42-40F6-920C-EC2B93328B27@solon.k12.ia.us>
	<4A969189.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<E7A373A9-72FB-462C-8B8B-E960C7EB9321@gmail.com>
	<5C674E4F-C541-4093-A5CF-00C6E36D9949@ll.mit.edu>
	<AF0F5833-1E6B-4573-9B2E-424D2C0B6165@loyolahs.edu>
	<83D81B86-1992-44A2-BEBD-F549F9DF9EB2@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <4A97E8A4.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>

Yes we have a licensing team that looks after this for us and we use a keyserver to monitor license usage 

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

>>> "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> 08/28/09 2:05 PM >>>
Honestly thought, as engineers, is something that we need to be aware of and not just in VLCs case.   



Part of the vetting process of whether an application is distributed should include a look at the EULA and at least a skimming of any potential legal issues.  One knock on the door by the BSA and that's all you need to get a shutdown-of-your-business-level fine. 



Every EULA is different.  In some cases, even the same term is defined differently.  Free for "personal use" may mean, really, honest to goodness, use it only at your house.  I've also seen "personal use" defined as being fine to use, for free, if you yourself installed it, as opposed to some sort of centrally managed system (e.g. Casper, SCCM, etc) installed it.  So in that case, you could be working at IBM or Apple and even if you had Casper on your system, but you yourself installed it and you use it the course of doing your job, you're fine to use it for free. 



Some software is free for Educational use.  Some software is discounted for Educational use.  How "educational" is defined is often in the EULA and even there it's not often clear.  Take for instance our case, MIT Lincoln Laboratory.  Technically, we're an arm of MIT.  Though, there are no students at this campus.  No faculty at this campus.  No teaching actually happens here.  We're a Federally Funded Research and Development Center.  (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federally_funded_research_and_development_centers)  Some vendors still consider us as Education just because we're a part of MIT.  Others consider us federal government.  Others, including Apple, we're in a quasi odd place with.  According to every EULA that we have for Apple products, we're education.  Though if we try and buy things at EDU pricing, it's rejected because our vendors (including Apple proper) see us as government. 



So, I guess the moral of the story is to do due diligence when you're distributing software.  When someone comes knocking, you're on the hook for it and ignorance is no defense.   



j

--- 

Jared F. Nichols 

Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations 

Information Services Department 

MIT Lincoln Laboratory 

244 Wood Street 

Lexington, Massachusetts 02420 

781.981.5436 



On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:45 AM, Jeff Strauss wrote: 




VLC is in every one of my configs. I'm going to pretend I never received this.


This email will self-destruct in 5, 4, 3... 





Sent from a mobile device. 


On Aug 28, 2009, at 4:58, "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> wrote:




You may want to be careful with VLC.  There are many legal issues with its use in the United States. 



http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id485611 ( http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id485611 ) 



Of note, libdvdcss, which allows DVD playback is illegal in the US due to violation of the DMCA.  I know, it's dumb and DMCA should be gutted completely, but the law is the law.  If you don't like it, contact your representatives. 



The other issue is with royalty payments.  Some of the codecs included with VLC are patented and require royalty payment to the patent holder.  Mostly, these are the MPEG style codecs.  Because VLC is not sold, the cost of these royalty payments falls on the end-user/organization. 



So you ask, "But QuickTime is free and it plays back these files."  Yes, you're right.  And it's Apple that's absorbing these costs and paying for it.  While it doesn't cost you to use QuickTime, it's costs Apple. 



And as always, I am not a lawyer.  Consult your legal department etc etc yadda yadda. 



j

--- 

Jared F. Nichols 

Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations 

Information Services Department 

MIT Lincoln Laboratory 

244 Wood Street 

Lexington, Massachusetts 02420 

781.981.5436 



On Aug 28, 2009, at 12:09 AM, Ted August wrote: 




This doesn't answer your question directly, but I make sure to install  
VLC Media Player on all the Macs I support - it ignores region codes  
on DVD's.  When a user has a cranky DVD in regards to a region I have  
them open the disc in VLC.  Haven't had to change a region code in  
over two years.

VLC is handy for playing all sorts of media files as well.

--
Ted August
Salve Regina University



On Aug 27, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:



It already comes in a free downloadable app





http://jenniferandjon.com/software/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=66&products_id=192 ( http://jenniferandjon.com/software/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=66&products_id=192 )





You can deploy that via casper








Robert Everson <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us> 08/27/09 1:50 PM >>>


Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD


Player, on 10.5.x?





Thanks,


Robert


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From tlarki at kckps.org  Fri Aug 28 06:29:35 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:29:35 -0500
Subject: [Casper] permissions on a partition
In-Reply-To: <8608B84C-9D56-47F4-8D0A-834F2C6B779B@ll.mit.edu>
References: <E244D084-45B4-478A-9783-72142B593C05@ucls.uchicago.edu>
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Message-ID: <4A97956F.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Sounds like a job for ACLs

>>> "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> 08/28/09 8:07 AM >>>
As part of your nightly re-imaging, can you add a final script that 
does a chmod on that partition to a mask of 777?  A single line of 
code could solve that.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Baker Franke wrote:

> I have a computer lab setup where I have a partition where students
> can save documents that will survive the nightly re-imaging.  However,
> by default the partition has rw permissions for root only.  How is the
> preferred way, or where is the best place, to set the permissions for
> that partition?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Baker
>
>
> Baker Franke
> Computer Science Dept.
> University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
> 773.702.5419
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper

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From bfranke at ucls.uchicago.edu  Fri Aug 28 07:12:27 2009
From: bfranke at ucls.uchicago.edu (Baker Franke)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:12:27 -0500
Subject: [Casper] permissions on a partition
In-Reply-To: <8608B84C-9D56-47F4-8D0A-834F2C6B779B@ll.mit.edu>
References: <E244D084-45B4-478A-9783-72142B593C05@ucls.uchicago.edu>
	<8608B84C-9D56-47F4-8D0A-834F2C6B779B@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <C0565027-8D35-495C-BDC2-AE90409A7E6D@ucls.uchicago.edu>

Well, that's what I was going to do.  I was just wondering if there  
was a different "casper-approved" way to do this.

Thanks,

-Baker


Baker Franke
Computer Science Dept.
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
773.702.5419

On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:07 AM, Nichols, Jared wrote:

> As part of your nightly re-imaging, can you add a final script that
> does a chmod on that partition to a mask of 777?  A single line of
> code could solve that.
>
> j
> ---
> Jared F. Nichols
> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
> Information Services Department
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
> 781.981.5436
>
> On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Baker Franke wrote:
>
>> I have a computer lab setup where I have a partition where students
>> can save documents that will survive the nightly re-imaging.   
>> However,
>> by default the partition has rw permissions for root only.  How is  
>> the
>> preferred way, or where is the best place, to set the permissions for
>> that partition?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Baker
>>
>>
>> Baker Franke
>> Computer Science Dept.
>> University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
>> 773.702.5419
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Casper mailing list
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>
>


From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Fri Aug 28 07:16:52 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:16:52 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Software vetting (was DVD authorization)
In-Reply-To: <83D81B86-1992-44A2-BEBD-F549F9DF9EB2@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <C6BD34E4.54EB%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

True, vetting is important. VLC is under GNU GPL - doesn't that make a difference? The GPL is the EULA, isn't it?


On 8/28/09 6:05 AM, "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> wrote:

Honestly thought, as engineers, is something that we need to be aware of and not just in VLCs case.

Part of the vetting process of whether an application is distributed should include a look at the EULA and at least a skimming of any potential legal issues.  One knock on the door by the BSA and that's all you need to get a shutdown-of-your-business-level fine.

Every EULA is different.  In some cases, even the same term is defined differently.  Free for "personal use" may mean, really, honest to goodness, use it only at your house.  I've also seen "personal use" defined as being fine to use, for free, if you yourself installed it, as opposed to some sort of centrally managed system (e.g. Casper, SCCM, etc) installed it.  So in that case, you could be working at IBM or Apple and even if you had Casper on your system, but you yourself installed it and you use it the course of doing your job, you're fine to use it for free.

Some software is free for Educational use.  Some software is discounted for Educational use.  How "educational" is defined is often in the EULA and even there it's not often clear.  Take for instance our case, MIT Lincoln Laboratory.  Technically, we're an arm of MIT.  Though, there are no students at this campus.  No faculty at this campus.  No teaching actually happens here.  We're a Federally Funded Research and Development Center.  (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federally_funded_research_and_development_centers)  Some vendors still consider us as Education just because we're a part of MIT.  Others consider us federal government.  Others, including Apple, we're in a quasi odd place with.  According to every EULA that we have for Apple products, we're education.  Though if we try and buy things at EDU pricing, it's rejected because our vendors (including Apple proper) see us as government.

So, I guess the moral of the story is to do due diligence when you're distributing software.  When someone comes knocking, you're on the hook for it and ignorance is no defense.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:45 AM, Jeff Strauss wrote:

VLC is in every one of my configs. I'm going to pretend I never received this.

This email will self-destruct in 5, 4, 3...


Sent from a mobile device.

On Aug 28, 2009, at 4:58, "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> wrote:

You may want to be careful with VLC.  There are many legal issues with its use in the United States.

 <http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id485611> http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id485611

Of note, libdvdcss, which allows DVD playback is illegal in the US due to violation of the DMCA.  I know, it's dumb and DMCA should be gutted completely, but the law is the law.  If you don't like it, contact your representatives.

The other issue is with royalty payments.  Some of the codecs included with VLC are patented and require royalty payment to the patent holder.  Mostly, these are the MPEG style codecs.  Because VLC is not sold, the cost of these royalty payments falls on the end-user/organization.

So you ask, "But QuickTime is free and it plays back these files."  Yes, you're right.  And it's Apple that's absorbing these costs and paying for it.  While it doesn't cost you to use QuickTime, it's costs Apple.

And as always, I am not a lawyer.  Consult your legal department etc etc yadda yadda.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 28, 2009, at 12:09 AM, Ted August wrote:

This doesn't answer your question directly, but I make sure to install
VLC Media Player on all the Macs I support - it ignores region codes
on DVD's.  When a user has a cranky DVD in regards to a region I have
them open the disc in VLC.  Haven't had to change a region code in
over two years.

VLC is handy for playing all sorts of media files as well.


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 x265

? ACSP |  ? ACTC | ? ACSA | Casper Certified Administrator

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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Fri Aug 28 07:21:19 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:21:19 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Software vetting (was DVD authorization)
In-Reply-To: <C6BD34E4.54EB%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
References: <C6BD34E4.54EB%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
Message-ID: <D0C9586C-2B9E-4190-BAA8-429879B7C94E@ll.mit.edu>

Yes, but pieces that are incorporated in the product aren't legal for use in the United States, specifically libdvdcss

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Jeff Strauss wrote:

True, vetting is important. VLC is under GNU GPL ? doesn?t that make a difference? The GPL is the EULA, isn?t it?


On 8/28/09 6:05 AM, "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu<x-msg://553/jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>> wrote:

Honestly thought, as engineers, is something that we need to be aware of and not just in VLCs case.

Part of the vetting process of whether an application is distributed should include a look at the EULA and at least a skimming of any potential legal issues.  One knock on the door by the BSA and that's all you need to get a shutdown-of-your-business-level fine.

Every EULA is different.  In some cases, even the same term is defined differently.  Free for "personal use" may mean, really, honest to goodness, use it only at your house.  I've also seen "personal use" defined as being fine to use, for free, if you yourself installed it, as opposed to some sort of centrally managed system (e.g. Casper, SCCM, etc) installed it.  So in that case, you could be working at IBM or Apple and even if you had Casper on your system, but you yourself installed it and you use it the course of doing your job, you're fine to use it for free.

Some software is free for Educational use.  Some software is discounted for Educational use.  How "educational" is defined is often in the EULA and even there it's not often clear.  Take for instance our case, MIT Lincoln Laboratory.  Technically, we're an arm of MIT.  Though, there are no students at this campus.  No faculty at this campus.  No teaching actually happens here.  We're a Federally Funded Research and Development Center.  (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federally_funded_research_and_development_centers)  Some vendors still consider us as Education just because we're a part of MIT.  Others consider us federal government.  Others, including Apple, we're in a quasi odd place with.  According to every EULA that we have for Apple products, we're education.  Though if we try and buy things at EDU pricing, it's rejected because our vendors (including Apple proper) see us as government.

So, I guess the moral of the story is to do due diligence when you're distributing software.  When someone comes knocking, you're on the hook for it and ignorance is no defense.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 28, 2009, at 8:45 AM, Jeff Strauss wrote:

VLC is in every one of my configs. I'm going to pretend I never received this.

This email will self-destruct in 5, 4, 3...


Sent from a mobile device.

On Aug 28, 2009, at 4:58, "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu<x-msg://553/jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>> wrote:

You may want to be careful with VLC.  There are many legal issues with its use in the United States.

 <http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id485611> http://www.videolan.org/doc/faq/en/index.html#id485611

Of note, libdvdcss, which allows DVD playback is illegal in the US due to violation of the DMCA.  I know, it's dumb and DMCA should be gutted completely, but the law is the law.  If you don't like it, contact your representatives.

The other issue is with royalty payments.  Some of the codecs included with VLC are patented and require royalty payment to the patent holder.  Mostly, these are the MPEG style codecs.  Because VLC is not sold, the cost of these royalty payments falls on the end-user/organization.

So you ask, "But QuickTime is free and it plays back these files."  Yes, you're right.  And it's Apple that's absorbing these costs and paying for it.  While it doesn't cost you to use QuickTime, it's costs Apple.

And as always, I am not a lawyer.  Consult your legal department etc etc yadda yadda.

j
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Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 28, 2009, at 12:09 AM, Ted August wrote:

This doesn't answer your question directly, but I make sure to install
VLC Media Player on all the Macs I support - it ignores region codes
on DVD's.  When a user has a cranky DVD in regards to a region I have
them open the disc in VLC.  Haven't had to change a region code in
over two years.

VLC is handy for playing all sorts of media files as well.


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 x265

? ACSP |  ? ACTC | ? ACSA | Casper Certified Administrator

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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Fri Aug 28 08:54:10 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:54:10 -0500
Subject: [Casper] DVD authorization
In-Reply-To: <F92B8189-1B42-40F6-920C-EC2B93328B27@solon.k12.ia.us>
References: <F92B8189-1B42-40F6-920C-EC2B93328B27@solon.k12.ia.us>
Message-ID: <E891B58F-C4E0-4B8C-BAF1-DCC561EDFB58@latinschool.org>

I have one that unlocks the padlock so that any user can set the  
region code. Does this work for you?
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On Aug 27, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Robert Everson wrote:

> Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD  
> Player, on 10.5.x?
>
> Thanks,
> Robert
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper



From reverson at solon.k12.ia.us  Fri Aug 28 08:55:25 2009
From: reverson at solon.k12.ia.us (Robert Everson)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:55:25 -0500
Subject: [Casper] DVD authorization
In-Reply-To: <E891B58F-C4E0-4B8C-BAF1-DCC561EDFB58@latinschool.org>
References: <F92B8189-1B42-40F6-920C-EC2B93328B27@solon.k12.ia.us>
	<E891B58F-C4E0-4B8C-BAF1-DCC561EDFB58@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <D744256C-E529-46B5-8E5C-F44054E57E08@solon.k12.ia.us>

I installed the packaged sent out earlier that modifies the /etc/ 
authorization file, and that appears to work for me.

Thanks everyone,
Robert


On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:54 AM, Kathie Iorizzo wrote:

> I have one that unlocks the padlock so that any user can set the  
> region code. Does this work for you?
> ___________
> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
> 312.582.6136
>
>
>
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Robert Everson wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD  
>> Player, on 10.5.x?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Robert
>> _______________________________________________
>> Casper mailing list
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>
>
>


From tlarki at kckps.org  Fri Aug 28 09:02:35 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:02:35 -0500
Subject: [Casper] DVD authorization
In-Reply-To: <D744256C-E529-46B5-8E5C-F44054E57E08@solon.k12.ia.us>
References: <F92B8189-1B42-40F6-920C-EC2B93328B27@solon.k12.ia.us>
	<E891B58F-C4E0-4B8C-BAF1-DCC561EDFB58@latinschool.org>
	<D744256C-E529-46B5-8E5C-F44054E57E08@solon.k12.ia.us>
Message-ID: <4A97B94B.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I just used that PKG file works great for me too

>>> Robert Everson <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us> 08/28/09 10:55 AM >>>
I installed the packaged sent out earlier that modifies the /etc/
authorization file, and that appears to work for me.

Thanks everyone,
Robert


On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:54 AM, Kathie Iorizzo wrote:

> I have one that unlocks the padlock so that any user can set the 
> region code. Does this work for you?
> ___________
> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
> 312.582.6136
>
>
>
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Robert Everson wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have a policy that would set the region code for DVD 
>> Player, on 10.5.x?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Robert
>> _______________________________________________
>> Casper mailing list
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>
>
>

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From karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us  Fri Aug 28 09:32:38 2009
From: karl_hehr at s-hamilton.k12.ia.us (Karl Hehr)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:32:38 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Printers
Message-ID: <009C606E-1298-4396-9813-93BE24410BDF@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us>

I have been trying to map printers using policies and it appears hit  
or miss.  I check in inventory in the JSS and it shows the printers  
are mapped, but the user cannot see them when they are trying to  
print, nor do they show up in Printer admin. Ideas?

Karl H. Hehr
Technology/Curriculum Director
South Hamilton CSD
www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us
515.827.5418 (W)
515.209.9767 (C)
515.827.5368 (F)


Luddite by Degrees
1) Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and  
ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2) Anything that's invented between when you're 15 and 35 is new and  
exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3) Anything invented after you're 35 is again the natural order of  
things
																	--- Douglas Adams






From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Fri Aug 28 09:28:50 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:28:50 -0400
Subject: [Casper] 10.6 and casper tools
Message-ID: <C62420F1-1F91-4D25-A94E-FE099704417B@ll.mit.edu>

Hi-

Don't know if anyone was curious, but all of the administrative casper  
6.01 apps work fine under Snow Leopard... been using them that way for  
months.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436


From enrique.silberg at yr.com  Fri Aug 28 09:55:54 2009
From: enrique.silberg at yr.com (enrique silberg =?ISO-8859-1?B?lQ==?=)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:55:54 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Run Command
Message-ID: <C6BD845A.4852B%enrique.silberg@yr.com>

Looking for command for Sophos anti virus to run ?Update Now?
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From NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org  Fri Aug 28 10:35:39 2009
From: NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org (NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:35:39 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Run Command
In-Reply-To: <C6BD845A.4852B%enrique.silberg@yr.com>
References: <C6BD845A.4852B%enrique.silberg@yr.com>
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From jstrauss at loyolahs.edu  Fri Aug 28 10:42:38 2009
From: jstrauss at loyolahs.edu (Jeff Strauss)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:42:38 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Authenticated Self Service
Message-ID: <C6BD651E.5505%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>

What method does Self Service use to authenticate users? Some of my users can log in with their creds, some can't. My JSS doesn't have any settings for LDAP.

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 x265

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From pgawlocki at cellsignal.net  Fri Aug 28 10:42:16 2009
From: pgawlocki at cellsignal.net (Peter Gawlocki)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:42:16 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Adobe CS4....  install stuff
Message-ID: <444470A4-5B40-4E11-AB90-9118074C9A71@cellsignal.net>

When recently discussing CS4, someone mentioned getting one large  
image from Adobe.   Is that the  Creative Suite 4 Deployment Toolkit  
from Adobe that you are using?

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Fri Aug 28 10:50:14 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:50:14 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Adobe CS4....  install stuff
In-Reply-To: <444470A4-5B40-4E11-AB90-9118074C9A71@cellsignal.net>
References: <444470A4-5B40-4E11-AB90-9118074C9A71@cellsignal.net>
Message-ID: <4A97D286.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

It was me.  I had to purchase ESD (electronic software distribution) license from adobe.  Then they send you a log in to their site and you can log in and download all your items in one giant image file.  Cost is around $20 to $30 and worth every penny.


___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> Peter Gawlocki <pgawlocki at cellsignal.net> 08/28/09 12:42 PM >>>
When recently discussing CS4, someone mentioned getting one large image from Adobe.   Is that the  Creative Suite 4 Deployment Toolkit ( http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/openoptions/cs/deployment_toolkit.html ) from Adobe that you are using?  



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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Fri Aug 28 11:59:00 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:59:00 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Lotus Sametime
Message-ID: <0568B24D-AA99-46C8-B0EE-4827514B3711@ll.mit.edu>

Has anyone ever packaged Lotus Sametime ?

It doesn't adhere to any standards as far as a Mac installer goes.

Having some trouble if anyone's run into it.

Thanks

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436


From swood at integer.com  Fri Aug 28 12:12:21 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:12:21 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Lotus Sametime
In-Reply-To: <0568B24D-AA99-46C8-B0EE-4827514B3711@ll.mit.edu>
References: <0568B24D-AA99-46C8-B0EE-4827514B3711@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <438f5a310908281212g110a1863u88b10affeef14077@mail.gmail.com>

Your first guess that it doesn't adhere to standards is in the first part of
the name:  Lotus.  :-)

Sorry, couldn't refuse.  Don't think I ever had to package it.  Last time I
used Lotus Notes was version 7 I think, and Sametime was built in.

Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475


On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Nichols, Jared <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>wrote:

> Has anyone ever packaged Lotus Sametime ?
>
> It doesn't adhere to any standards as far as a Mac installer goes.
>
> Having some trouble if anyone's run into it.
>
> Thanks
>
> j
> ---
> Jared F. Nichols
> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
> Information Services Department
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
> 781.981.5436
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Fri Aug 28 12:16:36 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:16:36 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Lotus Sametime
In-Reply-To: <438f5a310908281212g110a1863u88b10affeef14077@mail.gmail.com>
References: <0568B24D-AA99-46C8-B0EE-4827514B3711@ll.mit.edu>
	<438f5a310908281212g110a1863u88b10affeef14077@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <68961211-3C51-4014-8103-0469EC2BCE93@ll.mit.edu>

heh... I understand the temptation :)

I've got it working, but it involves copying down the components with self service and then launching an external installer.  It's the Apple installer, but I'd rather get it all working with Casper/Self Service.

ug

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 28, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Steve Wood wrote:

Your first guess that it doesn't adhere to standards is in the first part of the name:  Lotus.  :-)

Sorry, couldn't refuse.  Don't think I ever had to package it.  Last time I used Lotus Notes was version 7 I think, and Sametime was built in.

Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com<mailto:swood at integer.com>

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475


On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Nichols, Jared <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu<mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>> wrote:
Has anyone ever packaged Lotus Sametime ?

It doesn't adhere to any standards as far as a Mac installer goes.

Having some trouble if anyone's run into it.

Thanks

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

_______________________________________________
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From lpnicholas at moravian.edu  Fri Aug 28 13:02:23 2009
From: lpnicholas at moravian.edu (Nicholas, Lauren)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:02:23 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Adobe CS4....  install stuff
References: <444470A4-5B40-4E11-AB90-9118074C9A71@cellsignal.net>
	<4A97D286.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F392911951974F@mail1.moravian.edu>

I second that. Make sure you download it on a gig connection J

Everything worked flawless once I received the dmg.

 

From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
[mailto:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Larkin
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 1:50 PM
To: Peter Gawlocki; casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
Subject: Re: [Casper] Adobe CS4.... install stuff

 

It was me.  I had to purchase ESD (electronic software distribution)
license from adobe.  Then they send you a log in to their site and you
can log in and download all your items in one giant image file.  Cost is
around $20 to $30 and worth every penny.


___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> Peter Gawlocki <pgawlocki at cellsignal.net> 08/28/09 12:42 PM >>>
When recently discussing CS4, someone mentioned getting one large image
from Adobe.   Is that the  Creative Suite 4 Deployment Toolkit
<http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/openoptions/cs/deployment_toolkit.html>
from Adobe that you are using?  

 

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From NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org  Fri Aug 28 19:34:41 2009
From: NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org (NATHANIEL.LINDLEY at spps.org)
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:34:41 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Lotus Sametime
Message-ID: <OFABABC498.2A76DE04-ON86257621.000E29A0@spps.org>

We use Adium. I didn't know there was a Sametime client for Mac. It is a part of the 8.5 client now but I haven't packaged that yet. Fun . . . 

-Nathaniel


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nichols, Jared" [jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu]
Sent: 08/28/2009 02:16 PM
To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Lotus Sametime



heh... I understand the temptation :)

I've got it working, but it involves copying down the components with self service and then launching an external installer.  It's the Apple installer, but I'd rather get it all working with Casper/Self Service.

ug

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 28, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Steve Wood wrote:

Your first guess that it doesn't adhere to standards is in the first part of the name:  Lotus.  :-)

Sorry, couldn't refuse.  Don't think I ever had to package it.  Last time I used Lotus Notes was version 7 I think, and Sametime was built in.

Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com<mailto:swood at integer.com>

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475


On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Nichols, Jared <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu<mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>> wrote:
Has anyone ever packaged Lotus Sametime ?

It doesn't adhere to any standards as far as a Mac installer goes.

Having some trouble if anyone's run into it.

Thanks

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<mailto:Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
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From Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu  Sat Aug 29 15:14:38 2009
From: Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu (Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu)
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:14:38 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Deleting a Cached Package.
Message-ID: <OF98B8ED66.2E20BD31-ON85257621.00591B82-85257621.007A213B@qc.cuny.edu>

I cached CS4 and installed it yesterday.  Today I cached Final Cut Pro and 
had Casper Remote installed the cached package, it installed CS4 over 
again and then Final Cut Pro after.  How do I delete the previous Cached 
package or am I doing something wrong ?

Thanks

Jason Kong

Apple Support Specialist
Queens College
Office of Converging Technologies

Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
DH-154
718-997-5993 

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From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Sun Aug 30 08:46:57 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:46:57 -0500
Subject: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
In-Reply-To: <F8D46F73-91B4-4E2E-BCC9-036D777844D4@ll.mit.edu>
References: <99C15F9F-CC2C-4FDD-8EFC-7C481F8BE850@ll.mit.edu>
	<438f5a310908270655q7a4939c6n82e4f48b070302fa@mail.gmail.com>
	<5fe906620908270822xc1fe17bg5cd572c54e0d5159@mail.gmail.com>
	<6BF49372-9866-4E57-9E02-A6F1593D838F@uclan.ac.uk>,
	<F8D46F73-91B4-4E2E-BCC9-036D777844D4@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFB95@hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>

Has anybody contacted support on this one?  This is one I've heard about in our environment rarely also, but have heard about...  I think the problem will probably be in reproducing it.  I guess I've always dismissed it as people were using their computers they hit a return or other keystroke just as the window came up so it was essentially clicked 'ok'....

John

--
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373
________________________________
From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Nichols, Jared [jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu]
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:15 AM
To: Criss Myers
Cc: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com List
Subject: Re: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot

I guess my question is, "what's the most reliable way for a user to get a message?"

I thought the message displaying that the jamf binary did basically called applescript.  no?  if not, would that be more reliable?  Users don't really care that they need to reboot, I just want a reliable way to tell them that they need to, that's all.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 27, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Criss Myers wrote:

Or u could use AppleScript to display a MSG

On 27 Aug 2009, at 16:22, Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com<mailto:abenedict at integer.com>> wrote:

Also seeing this, I have mine displaying a message but not forcing a reboot.  Doesn't seem to always display the message. I'm going to try and use the display message script instead of the message in the Reboot tab.

--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
<http://www.integer.com/>http://www.integer.com<http://www.integer.com/>



On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Steve Wood <<mailto:swood at integer.com>swood at integer.com<mailto:swood at integer.com>> wrote:
We were seeing that behavior as well, back in Casper 5 even.  But I could never prove it was happening.  The SWU would be pushed out and the machine restarted, even though I was giving a 5 minute countdown if a user was logged in.  I've now gone to just displaying the "Please Restart" dialog box but not forcing the restart.

Steve Wood
Director of IT
<mailto:swood at integer.com>swood at integer.com<mailto:swood at integer.com>

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475


On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Nichols, Jared <<mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu<mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>> wrote:
Hi-

I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were going
to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample time to
save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not understanding
this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
policy.

Thanks!



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From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Sun Aug 30 08:51:19 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:51:19 -0500
Subject: [Casper] 10.6 and casper tools
In-Reply-To: <C62420F1-1F91-4D25-A94E-FE099704417B@ll.mit.edu>
References: <C62420F1-1F91-4D25-A94E-FE099704417B@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFB96@hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>

The 7.01 stuff seems fine under Snow Leopard also...  At least it did one build before the release build...  Been too busy now to work with it for a while.

John

--
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373
________________________________________
From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Nichols, Jared [jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu]
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:28 AM
To: Casper List
Subject: [Casper] 10.6 and casper tools

Hi-

Don't know if anyone was curious, but all of the administrative casper
6.01 apps work fine under Snow Leopard... been using them that way for
months.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

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From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Sun Aug 30 08:53:53 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:53:53 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Authenticated Self Service
In-Reply-To: <C6BD651E.5505%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
References: <C6BD651E.5505%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
Message-ID: <F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFB98@hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>

I would think it is then based on JSS logins.  In your Self Service preferences, do you require local credentials also?

We're set up not to require local redentials, but then to use our AD credentials for login.

--
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373
________________________________
From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Strauss [jstrauss at loyolahs.edu]
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:42 PM
To: Casper List
Subject: [Casper] Authenticated Self Service

What method does Self Service use to authenticate users? Some of my users can log in with their creds, some can?t. My JSS doesn?t have any settings for LDAP.

Jeffrey A. Strauss
Department of Educational Technology
Systems Administrator
Loyola High School of Los Angeles
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From swood at integer.com  Sun Aug 30 09:09:52 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:09:52 -0500
Subject: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
In-Reply-To: <F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFB95@hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>
References: <99C15F9F-CC2C-4FDD-8EFC-7C481F8BE850@ll.mit.edu>
	<438f5a310908270655q7a4939c6n82e4f48b070302fa@mail.gmail.com>
	<5fe906620908270822xc1fe17bg5cd572c54e0d5159@mail.gmail.com>
	<6BF49372-9866-4E57-9E02-A6F1593D838F@uclan.ac.uk>
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Message-ID: <438f5a310908300909u4893c3f4m4d60a350f61c88b3@mail.gmail.com>

I'm with you John, I've just dismissed it as a user hitting return just as
the window came up, and since it was way back on version 5, and I've changed
the way updates are done, I've forgotten about it.

Reproducing it will be the difficult part.  Maybe that is a good project for
the next few weeks, to try and reproduce.

Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475


On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM, John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us
> wrote:

>  Has anybody contacted support on this one?  This is one I've heard about
> in our environment rarely also, but have heard about...  I think the problem
> will probably be in reproducing it.  I guess I've always dismissed it as
> people were using their computers they hit a return or other keystroke just
> as the window came up so it was essentially clicked 'ok'....
>
> John
>
>  --
> John Wetter
> Technology Support Administrator
> Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
> Hopkins Public Schools
> 952-988-5373
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [
> casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Nichols, Jared [
> jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:15 AM
> *To:* Criss Myers
> *Cc:* casper at list.jamfsoftware.com List
> *Subject:* Re: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
>
>  I guess my question is, "what's the most reliable way for a user to get a
> message?"
>  I thought the message displaying that the jamf binary did basically
> called applescript.  no?  if not, would that be more reliable?  Users don't
> really care that they need to reboot, I just want a reliable way to tell
> them that they need to, that's all.
>
>  j
>  ---
> Jared F. Nichols
> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
> Information Services Department
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
> 781.981.5436
>
>  On Aug 27, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Criss Myers wrote:
>
>  Or u could use AppleScript to display a MSG
>
> On 27 Aug 2009, at 16:22, Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> wrote:
>
>   Also seeing this, I have mine displaying a message but not forcing a
> reboot.  Doesn't seem to always display the message. I'm going to try and
> use the display message script instead of the message in the Reboot tab.
> --
> Alan Benedict
> ?
> Macintosh Technician
> The Integer Group
> O: 515-247-2738
> C: 515-770-8234
>  <http://www.integer.com/>http://www.integer.com
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Steve Wood < <swood at integer.com>
> swood at integer.com> wrote:
>
>> We were seeing that behavior as well, back in Casper 5 even.  But I could
>> never prove it was happening.  The SWU would be pushed out and the machine
>> restarted, even though I was giving a 5 minute countdown if a user was
>> logged in.  I've now gone to just displaying the "Please Restart" dialog box
>> but not forcing the restart.
>>
>> Steve Wood
>> Director of IT
>>  <swood at integer.com>swood at integer.com
>>
>> The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
>> T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475
>>
>>
>>   On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Nichols, Jared <<jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>
>> jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi-
>>>
>>> I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
>>> updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were going
>>> to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
>>> policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
>>> minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
>>> didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample time to
>>> save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not understanding
>>> this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
>>> policy.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  _______________________________________________
>>> Casper mailing list
>>>  <Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>>>  <http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper>
>>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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>>>
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From keith.hamilton at wk.com  Sun Aug 30 16:07:41 2009
From: keith.hamilton at wk.com (Keith Hamilton)
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:07:41 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Deleting a Cached Package
Message-ID: <295CCF0C-2129-434F-898D-1154BB4085A6@wk.com>

Hey Jason,

Im not in front of one of our machines at the moment, but if memory  
serves, yu can find the cached packages under /Library/Application  
Support/JAMF/Waiting Room/

Deleting the from that directory will remove them from being run as  
cached packages.

Hope that helps!
Keith Hamilton

Sent from my iPhone

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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:14:38 -0400
> From: Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
> Subject: [Casper] Deleting a Cached Package.
> To: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
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> I cached CS4 and installed it yesterday.  Today I cached Final Cut  
> Pro and
> had Casper Remote installed the cached package, it installed CS4 over
> again and then Final Cut Pro after.  How do I delete the previous  
> Cached
> package or am I doing something wrong ?
>
> Thanks
>
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> From: John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
> To: "casper at list.jamfsoftware.com List" <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
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>
> Has anybody contacted support on this one?  This is one I've heard  
> about in our environment rarely also, but have heard about...  I  
> think the problem will probably be in reproducing it.  I guess I've  
> always dismissed it as people were using their computers they hit a  
> return or other keystroke just as the window came up so it was  
> essentially clicked 'ok'....
>
> John
>
> --
> John Wetter
> Technology Support Administrator
> Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
> Hopkins Public Schools
> 952-988-5373
> ________________________________
> From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [casper- 
> bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Nichols, Jared  
> [jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:15 AM
> To: Criss Myers
> Cc: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com List
> Subject: Re: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
>
> I guess my question is, "what's the most reliable way for a user to  
> get a message?"
>
> I thought the message displaying that the jamf binary did basically  
> called applescript.  no?  if not, would that be more reliable?   
> Users don't really care that they need to reboot, I just want a  
> reliable way to tell them that they need to, that's all.
>
> j
> ---
> Jared F. Nichols
> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
> Information Services Department
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
> 781.981.5436
>
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Criss Myers wrote:
>
> Or u could use AppleScript to display a MSG
>
> On 27 Aug 2009, at 16:22, Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com<mailto:abenedict at integer.com 
> >> wrote:
>
> Also seeing this, I have mine displaying a message but not forcing a  
> reboot.  Doesn't seem to always display the message. I'm going to  
> try and use the display message script instead of the message in the  
> Reboot tab.
>
> --
> Alan Benedict
> ?
> Macintosh Technician
> The Integer Group
> O: 515-247-2738
> C: 515-770-8234
> <http://www.integer.com/>http://www.integer.com<http://www.integer.com/ 
> >
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Steve Wood  
> <<m 
> ailto:swood at integer.com>swood at integer.com<mailto:swood at integer.com>>  
> wrote:
> We were seeing that behavior as well, back in Casper 5 even.  But I  
> could never prove it was happening.  The SWU would be pushed out and  
> the machine restarted, even though I was giving a 5 minute countdown  
> if a user was logged in.  I've now gone to just displaying the  
> "Please Restart" dialog box but not forcing the restart.
>
> Steve Wood
> Director of IT
> <mailto:swood at integer.com>swood at integer.com<mailto:swood at integer.com>
>
> The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
> T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Nichols, Jared <<mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu 
> >jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu<mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>> wrote:
> Hi-
>
> I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
> updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were going
> to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
> policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
> minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
> didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample time to
> save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not understanding
> this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
> policy.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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> From: John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] 10.6 and casper tools
> To: "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>, Casper List
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> The 7.01 stuff seems fine under Snow Leopard also...  At least it  
> did one build before the release build...  Been too busy now to work  
> with it for a while.
>
> John
>
> --
> John Wetter
> Technology Support Administrator
> Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
> Hopkins Public Schools
> 952-988-5373
> ________________________________________
> From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [casper- 
> bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Nichols, Jared  
> [jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu]
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:28 AM
> To: Casper List
> Subject: [Casper] 10.6 and casper tools
>
> Hi-
>
> Don't know if anyone was curious, but all of the administrative casper
> 6.01 apps work fine under Snow Leopard... been using them that way for
> months.
>
> j
> ---
> Jared F. Nichols
> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
> Information Services Department
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
> 781.981.5436
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:53:53 -0500
> From: John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] Authenticated Self Service
> To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Message-ID:
>   <F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFB98 at hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org 
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>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
>
> I would think it is then based on JSS logins.  In your Self Service  
> preferences, do you require local credentials also?
>
> We're set up not to require local redentials, but then to use our AD  
> credentials for login.
>
> --
> John Wetter
> Technology Support Administrator
> Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
> Hopkins Public Schools
> 952-988-5373
> ________________________________
> From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [casper- 
> bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Strauss  
> [jstrauss at loyolahs.edu]
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:42 PM
> To: Casper List
> Subject: [Casper] Authenticated Self Service
>
> What method does Self Service use to authenticate users? Some of my  
> users can log in with their creds, some can?t. My JSS doesn?t have  
> any settings for LDAP.
>
> 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 x265
>
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> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:09:52 -0500
> From: Steve Wood <swood at integer.com>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
> To: John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us>
> Cc: "casper at list.jamfsoftware.com List" <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> I'm with you John, I've just dismissed it as a user hitting return  
> just as
> the window came up, and since it was way back on version 5, and I've  
> changed
> the way updates are done, I've forgotten about it.
>
> Reproducing it will be the difficult part.  Maybe that is a good  
> project for
> the next few weeks, to try and reproduce.
>
> Steve Wood
> Director of IT
> swood at integer.com
>
> The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
> T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM, John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us
>> wrote:
>
>> Has anybody contacted support on this one?  This is one I've heard  
>> about
>> in our environment rarely also, but have heard about...  I think  
>> the problem
>> will probably be in reproducing it.  I guess I've always dismissed  
>> it as
>> people were using their computers they hit a return or other  
>> keystroke just
>> as the window came up so it was essentially clicked 'ok'....
>>
>> John
>>
>> --
>> John Wetter
>> Technology Support Administrator
>> Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
>> Hopkins Public Schools
>> 952-988-5373
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [
>> casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Nichols, Jared [
>> jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:15 AM
>> *To:* Criss Myers
>> *Cc:* casper at list.jamfsoftware.com List
>> *Subject:* Re: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
>>
>> I guess my question is, "what's the most reliable way for a user to  
>> get a
>> message?"
>> I thought the message displaying that the jamf binary did basically
>> called applescript.  no?  if not, would that be more reliable?   
>> Users don't
>> really care that they need to reboot, I just want a reliable way to  
>> tell
>> them that they need to, that's all.
>>
>> j
>> ---
>> Jared F. Nichols
>> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
>> Information Services Department
>> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
>> 244 Wood Street
>> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
>> 781.981.5436
>>
>> On Aug 27, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Criss Myers wrote:
>>
>> Or u could use AppleScript to display a MSG
>>
>> On 27 Aug 2009, at 16:22, Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>> Also seeing this, I have mine displaying a message but not forcing a
>> reboot.  Doesn't seem to always display the message. I'm going to  
>> try and
>> use the display message script instead of the message in the Reboot  
>> tab.
>> --
>> Alan Benedict
>> ?
>> Macintosh Technician
>> The Integer Group
>> O: 515-247-2738
>> C: 515-770-8234
>> <http://www.integer.com/>http://www.integer.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Steve Wood < <swood at integer.com>
>> swood at integer.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We were seeing that behavior as well, back in Casper 5 even.  But  
>>> I could
>>> never prove it was happening.  The SWU would be pushed out and the  
>>> machine
>>> restarted, even though I was giving a 5 minute countdown if a user  
>>> was
>>> logged in.  I've now gone to just displaying the "Please Restart"  
>>> dialog box
>>> but not forcing the restart.
>>>
>>> Steve Wood
>>> Director of IT
>>> <swood at integer.com>swood at integer.com
>>>
>>> The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
>>> T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Nichols, Jared <<jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu 
>>> >
>>> jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi-
>>>>
>>>> I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
>>>> updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were  
>>>> going
>>>> to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
>>>> policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
>>>> minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
>>>> didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample  
>>>> time to
>>>> save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not  
>>>> understanding
>>>> this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
>>>> policy.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Casper mailing list
>>>> <Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>>>> <http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper>
>>>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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From keith.hamilton at wk.com  Sun Aug 30 16:38:19 2009
From: keith.hamilton at wk.com (Keith Hamilton)
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:38:19 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Deleting a Cached Package
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1251658803.20856.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
Message-ID: <C6C05B7B.31D3%keith.hamilton@wk.com>

Pardon my error from eariler, Jason.

The cached packages are located in:

/Library/Application Support/JAMF/Usage/Waiting Room/
(not /Library/Application Support/JAMF/Waiting Room/)

Sorry for the miscommunication!

Keith


On 8/30/09 12:00 PM, "casper-request at list.jamfsoftware.com"
<casper-request at list.jamfsoftware.com> wrote:

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>    2. Re: software update not delaying reboot (John Wetter)
>    3. Re: 10.6 and casper tools (John Wetter)
>    4. Re: Authenticated Self Service (John Wetter)
>    5. Re: software update not delaying reboot (Steve Wood)
> 
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:14:38 -0400
> From: Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
> Subject: [Casper] Deleting a Cached Package.
> To: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> I cached CS4 and installed it yesterday.  Today I cached Final Cut Pro and
> had Casper Remote installed the cached package, it installed CS4 over
> again and then Final Cut Pro after.  How do I delete the previous Cached
> package or am I doing something wrong ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jason Kong
> 
> Apple Support Specialist
> Queens College
> Office of Converging Technologies
> 
> Jason.Kong at qc.cuny.edu
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> From: John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
> To: "casper at list.jamfsoftware.com List" <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Message-ID:
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> 
> Has anybody contacted support on this one?  This is one I've heard about in
> our environment rarely also, but have heard about...  I think the problem will
> probably be in reproducing it.  I guess I've always dismissed it as people
> were using their computers they hit a return or other keystroke just as the
> window came up so it was essentially clicked 'ok'....
> 
> John
> 
> --
> John Wetter
> Technology Support Administrator
> Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
> Hopkins Public Schools
> 952-988-5373
> ________________________________
> From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
> [casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Nichols, Jared
> [jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:15 AM
> To: Criss Myers
> Cc: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com List
> Subject: Re: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
> 
> I guess my question is, "what's the most reliable way for a user to get a
> message?"
> 
> I thought the message displaying that the jamf binary did basically called
> applescript.  no?  if not, would that be more reliable?  Users don't really
> care that they need to reboot, I just want a reliable way to tell them that
> they need to, that's all.
> 
> j
> ---
> Jared F. Nichols
> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
> Information Services Department
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
> 781.981.5436
> 
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Criss Myers wrote:
> 
> Or u could use AppleScript to display a MSG
> 
> On 27 Aug 2009, at 16:22, Alan Benedict
> <abenedict at integer.com<mailto:abenedict at integer.com>> wrote:
> 
> Also seeing this, I have mine displaying a message but not forcing a reboot.
> Doesn't seem to always display the message. I'm going to try and use the
> display message script instead of the message in the Reboot tab.
> 
> --
> Alan Benedict
> ?
> Macintosh Technician
> The Integer Group
> O: 515-247-2738
> C: 515-770-8234
> <http://www.integer.com/>http://www.integer.com<http://www.integer.com/>
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Steve Wood
> <<mailto:swood at integer.com>swood at integer.com<mailto:swood at integer.com>> wrote:
> We were seeing that behavior as well, back in Casper 5 even.  But I could
> never prove it was happening.  The SWU would be pushed out and the machine
> restarted, even though I was giving a 5 minute countdown if a user was logged
> in.  I've now gone to just displaying the "Please Restart" dialog box but not
> forcing the restart.
> 
> Steve Wood
> Director of IT
> <mailto:swood at integer.com>swood at integer.com<mailto:swood at integer.com>
> 
> The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
> T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Nichols, Jared
> <<mailto:jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu<mailto:jared.nichol
> s at ll.mit.edu>> wrote:
> Hi-
> 
> I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
> updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were going
> to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
> policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
> minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
> didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample time to
> save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not understanding
> this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
> policy.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> <mailto:Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<mailto:Caspe
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:51:19 -0500
> From: John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] 10.6 and casper tools
> To: "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>, Casper List
> <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Message-ID:
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> 
> The 7.01 stuff seems fine under Snow Leopard also...  At least it did one
> build before the release build...  Been too busy now to work with it for a
> while.
> 
> John
> 
> --
> John Wetter
> Technology Support Administrator
> Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
> Hopkins Public Schools
> 952-988-5373
> ________________________________________
> From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
> [casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Nichols, Jared
> [jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu]
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:28 AM
> To: Casper List
> Subject: [Casper] 10.6 and casper tools
> 
> Hi-
> 
> Don't know if anyone was curious, but all of the administrative casper
> 6.01 apps work fine under Snow Leopard... been using them that way for
> months.
> 
> j
> ---
> Jared F. Nichols
> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
> Information Services Department
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
> 781.981.5436
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:53:53 -0500
> From: John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] Authenticated Self Service
> To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Message-ID:
> 
<F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFB98 at hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>
>
> 
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
> 
> I would think it is then based on JSS logins.  In your Self Service
> preferences, do you require local credentials also?
> 
> We're set up not to require local redentials, but then to use our AD
> credentials for login.
> 
> --
> John Wetter
> Technology Support Administrator
> Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
> Hopkins Public Schools
> 952-988-5373
> ________________________________
> From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
> [casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Strauss
> [jstrauss at loyolahs.edu]
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:42 PM
> To: Casper List
> Subject: [Casper] Authenticated Self Service
> 
> What method does Self Service use to authenticate users? Some of my users can
> log in with their creds, some can?t. My JSS doesn?t have any settings for
> LDAP.
> 
> 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 x265
> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:09:52 -0500
> From: Steve Wood <swood at integer.com>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
> To: John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us>
> Cc: "casper at list.jamfsoftware.com List" <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Message-ID:
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> 
> I'm with you John, I've just dismissed it as a user hitting return just as
> the window came up, and since it was way back on version 5, and I've changed
> the way updates are done, I've forgotten about it.
> 
> Reproducing it will be the difficult part.  Maybe that is a good project for
> the next few weeks, to try and reproduce.
> 
> Steve Wood
> Director of IT
> swood at integer.com
> 
> The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
> T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475
> 
> 
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM, John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us
>> wrote:
> 
>>  Has anybody contacted support on this one?  This is one I've heard about
>> in our environment rarely also, but have heard about...  I think the problem
>> will probably be in reproducing it.  I guess I've always dismissed it as
>> people were using their computers they hit a return or other keystroke just
>> as the window came up so it was essentially clicked 'ok'....
>> 
>> John
>> 
>>  --
>> John Wetter
>> Technology Support Administrator
>> Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
>> Hopkins Public Schools
>> 952-988-5373
>>   ------------------------------
>> *From:* casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [
>> casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Nichols, Jared [
>> jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:15 AM
>> *To:* Criss Myers
>> *Cc:* casper at list.jamfsoftware.com List
>> *Subject:* Re: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
>> 
>>  I guess my question is, "what's the most reliable way for a user to get a
>> message?"
>>  I thought the message displaying that the jamf binary did basically
>> called applescript.  no?  if not, would that be more reliable?  Users don't
>> really care that they need to reboot, I just want a reliable way to tell
>> them that they need to, that's all.
>> 
>>  j
>>  ---
>> Jared F. Nichols
>> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
>> Information Services Department
>> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
>> 244 Wood Street
>> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
>> 781.981.5436
>> 
>>  On Aug 27, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Criss Myers wrote:
>> 
>>  Or u could use AppleScript to display a MSG
>> 
>> On 27 Aug 2009, at 16:22, Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> wrote:
>> 
>>   Also seeing this, I have mine displaying a message but not forcing a
>> reboot.  Doesn't seem to always display the message. I'm going to try and
>> use the display message script instead of the message in the Reboot tab.
>> --
>> Alan Benedict
>> ?
>> Macintosh Technician
>> The Integer Group
>> O: 515-247-2738
>> C: 515-770-8234
>>  <http://www.integer.com/>http://www.integer.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Steve Wood < <swood at integer.com>
>> swood at integer.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> We were seeing that behavior as well, back in Casper 5 even.  But I could
>>> never prove it was happening.  The SWU would be pushed out and the machine
>>> restarted, even though I was giving a 5 minute countdown if a user was
>>> logged in.  I've now gone to just displaying the "Please Restart" dialog box
>>> but not forcing the restart.
>>> 
>>> Steve Wood
>>> Director of IT
>>>  <swood at integer.com>swood at integer.com
>>> 
>>> The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201
>>> T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475
>>> 
>>> 
>>>   On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Nichols, Jared
>>> <<jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>
>>> jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>  Hi-
>>>> 
>>>> I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
>>>> updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were going
>>>> to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
>>>> policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
>>>> minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
>>>> didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample time to
>>>> save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not understanding
>>>> this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
>>>> policy.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  _______________________________________________
>>>> Casper mailing list
>>>>  <Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>>>>  <http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper>
>>>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Sun Aug 30 20:02:07 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:02:07 -0500
Subject: [Casper] 10.6 and casper tools
Message-ID: <4A9AF6DF0200003900011E3A@gwmail.kckps.org>

I am in the Apple Seed program and the first thing I did with a SL several builds ago was load the JAMF binary on there and see if it worked.

At the time I was running Casper Version 6 and it recon'd in just fine, updated the database entries for the machine just fine and even recognized it as 10.6.

I did not do any advanced testing though, but all the basic functions worked fine for me when I was beta testing it.

-Tom

___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351



>>> John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> 08/30/09 10:55 AM >>>
The 7.01 stuff seems fine under Snow Leopard also...  At least it did one build before the release build...  Been too busy now to work with it for a while.

John

--
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373
________________________________________
From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Nichols, Jared [jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu]
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 11:28 AM
To: Casper List
Subject: [Casper] 10.6 and casper tools

Hi-

Don't know if anyone was curious, but all of the administrative casper
6.01 apps work fine under Snow Leopard... been using them that way for
months.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Mon Aug 31 04:37:21 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:37:21 -0400
Subject: [Casper] correct way to remove admin rights
Message-ID: <6ADECE0C-3D8D-4F6E-AD1A-59847B53DCC7@ll.mit.edu>

Hi-

I need a way to script the removal of a local account's admin rights.  The way that came to mind is to use

dscl . -delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership <<username>>

1.  Does this look correct?  2. Is there a better/more correct way?

Thanks

j
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Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Mon Aug 31 04:57:47 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:57:47 -0400
Subject: [Casper] correct way to remove admin rights
In-Reply-To: <6ADECE0C-3D8D-4F6E-AD1A-59847B53DCC7@ll.mit.edu>
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Message-ID: <AB886112-4AA6-48CB-84BD-55661C44E325@ll.mit.edu>

After some poking around, I found that it looks like this is the right way to do it.  Here's the reason I asked...

We're going to be using Random Password Manager (RPM) to spin the root account passwords.  I also want to remove all visible administrative users from the machine.  So thus, the deployment of a machine with no admin privs looks like this:

1.  Fire up machine out of box, setup with account user will use.
2.  Install our core services package (contains security settings, virusscan, casper client and self service etc...)
3.  Reset root password, thus enabling it (through policy or interactively, not sure yet)
4.  Finish setting up machine
5.  Deprecate to Standard user using dscl.  Even logged in as root through the GUI, OS X won't allow you to deprecate the only >500 UID admin account from Admin to Standard user.  Thus the reason I asked the question.
6.  Enable RPM to spin the root account password.

I'm probably going to make a script for our deploy techs to handle the dscl command.  Seeing how they'll be logged in as root (briefly) I don't want them messing anything up, especially with dscl.  If anyone's interested, I'll post it to the list.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 31, 2009, at 7:37 AM, Nichols, Jared wrote:

Hi-

I need a way to script the removal of a local account's admin rights.  The way that came to mind is to use

dscl . -delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership <<username>>

1.  Does this look correct?  2. Is there a better/more correct way?

Thanks

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Mon Aug 31 04:57:47 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:57:47 -0400
Subject: [Casper] correct way to remove admin rights
In-Reply-To: <6ADECE0C-3D8D-4F6E-AD1A-59847B53DCC7@ll.mit.edu>
References: <6ADECE0C-3D8D-4F6E-AD1A-59847B53DCC7@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <AB886112-4AA6-48CB-84BD-55661C44E325@ll.mit.edu>

After some poking around, I found that it looks like this is the right way to do it.  Here's the reason I asked...

We're going to be using Random Password Manager (RPM) to spin the root account passwords.  I also want to remove all visible administrative users from the machine.  So thus, the deployment of a machine with no admin privs looks like this:

1.  Fire up machine out of box, setup with account user will use.
2.  Install our core services package (contains security settings, virusscan, casper client and self service etc...)
3.  Reset root password, thus enabling it (through policy or interactively, not sure yet)
4.  Finish setting up machine
5.  Deprecate to Standard user using dscl.  Even logged in as root through the GUI, OS X won't allow you to deprecate the only >500 UID admin account from Admin to Standard user.  Thus the reason I asked the question.
6.  Enable RPM to spin the root account password.

I'm probably going to make a script for our deploy techs to handle the dscl command.  Seeing how they'll be logged in as root (briefly) I don't want them messing anything up, especially with dscl.  If anyone's interested, I'll post it to the list.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 31, 2009, at 7:37 AM, Nichols, Jared wrote:

Hi-

I need a way to script the removal of a local account's admin rights.  The way that came to mind is to use

dscl . -delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership <<username>>

1.  Does this look correct?  2. Is there a better/more correct way?

Thanks

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

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From dhowell at austinisd.org  Mon Aug 31 05:35:44 2009
From: dhowell at austinisd.org (dhowell at austinisd.org)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:35:44 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Authenticated Self Service
In-Reply-To: <F26880432BE828418CB54064D40C0C64DA288EFB98@hopexch.hopkins.hopkinsschools.org>
References: <C6BD651E.5505%jstrauss@loyolahs.edu>
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In our Environment We use Ldap and it flows down to AD, but AD only for 
Windows users. I added LDAP to mine and it uses the ldap credentials. 

D. Trey Howell
    ACMT, ACPT, ACDT, ACHDS
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From:
John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us>
To:
Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Date:
08/30/2009 10:55 AM
Subject:
Re: [Casper] Authenticated Self Service
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I would think it is then based on JSS logins.  In your Self Service 
preferences, do you require local credentials also?
 
We're set up not to require local redentials, but then to use our AD 
credentials for login.
 
-- 
John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373
From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com 
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Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:42 PM
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Subject: [Casper] Authenticated Self Service

What method does Self Service use to authenticate users? Some of my users 
can log in with their creds, some can?t. My JSS doesn?t have any settings 
for LDAP. 

Jeffrey A. Strauss
Department of Educational Technology
Systems Administrator
Loyola High School of Los Angeles
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From eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com  Mon Aug 31 07:27:09 2009
From: eric.winkelhake at mundocomww.com (Eric Winkelhake)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:27:09 -0500
Subject: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
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References: <99C15F9F-CC2C-4FDD-8EFC-7C481F8BE850@ll.mit.edu>	<438f5a310908270655q7a4939c6n82e4f48b070302fa@mail.gmail.com>
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Actually I've seen first hand that the reboot message will pop up but it 
will be behind a running app's window.  If the user never moves the window 
or exits that app they wont see it and it will time out and reboot.

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From:
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To:
John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us>
Cc:
"casper at list.jamfsoftware.com List" <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Date:
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Subject:
Re: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot
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I'm with you John, I've just dismissed it as a user hitting return just as 
the window came up, and since it was way back on version 5, and I've 
changed the way updates are done, I've forgotten about it.

Reproducing it will be the difficult part.  Maybe that is a good project 
for the next few weeks, to try and reproduce.

Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com 

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201 
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475 


On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM, John Wetter <
john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> wrote:
Has anybody contacted support on this one?  This is one I've heard about 
in our environment rarely also, but have heard about...  I think the 
problem will probably be in reproducing it.  I guess I've always dismissed 
it as people were using their computers they hit a return or other 
keystroke just as the window came up so it was essentially clicked 
'ok'....
 
John
 
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Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373
From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [
casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Nichols, Jared [
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Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:15 AM
To: Criss Myers
Cc: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com List
Subject: Re: [Casper] software update not delaying reboot

I guess my question is, "what's the most reliable way for a user to get a 
message?" 

I thought the message displaying that the jamf binary did basically called 
applescript.  no?  if not, would that be more reliable?  Users don't 
really care that they need to reboot, I just want a reliable way to tell 
them that they need to, that's all.

j
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 27, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Criss Myers wrote:

Or u could use AppleScript to display a MSG

On 27 Aug 2009, at 16:22, Alan Benedict <abenedict at integer.com> wrote:

Also seeing this, I have mine displaying a message but not forcing a 
reboot.  Doesn't seem to always display the message. I'm going to try and 
use the display message script instead of the message in the Reboot tab. 

--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician 
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com



On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Steve Wood <swood at integer.com> wrote:
We were seeing that behavior as well, back in Casper 5 even.  But I could 
never prove it was happening.  The SWU would be pushed out and the machine 
restarted, even though I was giving a 5 minute countdown if a user was 
logged in.  I've now gone to just displaying the "Please Restart" dialog 
box but not forcing the restart.

Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com 

The Integer Group | 1999 Bryan St. | Ste. 1700 | Dallas, TX 75201 
T 214.758.6813 | F 214.758.6901 | C 940.312.2475 


On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Nichols, Jared <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> 
wrote:
Hi-

I've had reports of some people losing work because the software
updates that were forced down never prompted them that they were going
to reboot and that they needed to save their work.  I've got the
policy set up to prompt them that it's going to reboot after 2
minutes.  My understanding, and in my testing, is that the clock
didn't start counting until they clicked OK, giving them ample time to
save their work.  Could something be wrong or am I not understanding
this correctly?  Attached is a screenshot of the reboot tab on the
policy.

Thanks!



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From tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org  Mon Aug 31 09:02:28 2009
From: tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org (Tatian Greenleaf)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:02:28 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Smart Notebook software & composer
Message-ID: <38d97fa20908310902l40ccdc3fyb39f1c502bb06804@mail.gmail.com>

We've had no success building a package of the Smart Notebook 10 software
(drivers and tools) using Composer.  Either we get an error related to
hdutil, or we successfully build a package only to have it freeze while
trying to update the software on first launch.
Has anyone else built this package?  Did you run into any problems?

Tatian

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Saint Mark's School
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Mon Aug 31 09:06:00 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:06:00 -0400
Subject: [Casper] nerds unite!  script help!
Message-ID: <263E155D-1A1B-4279-8DCB-7A45155F1C5A@ll.mit.edu>

Hi-

Perhaps an ?ber script geek can lend me a hand... throwing up the bat- 
signal...

 From the command line, I'd like to remove an account's admin privs.   
It's easy enough with

dscl . -delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership <<username>>

However, I'd like to build in some error checking because deploy techs  
will be doing this.  Basically, I'd like to take the output of:

dscl . -read /Groups/admin GroupMembership | sed -e 's/ 
GroupMembership://'

and check to see that the username given (passed in at $1) is present  
in that list.  I've tried a case statement, but the problem with that  
is that it's not matching exact strings.  So for instance, if ja12345  
was in the admin group, but the command had ja1234 passed in at $1, it  
would come back ok.  That should fail.  If it's successfully matched,  
go ahead and run the dscl . -delete command.

You should know:  there's no standard username convention (though  
we're slowly moving towards one).  Usernames may be short, may be  
long, may contain upper and lowers.

Any ideas?

thanks!
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436


From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Mon Aug 31 09:16:18 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:16:18 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Smart Notebook software & composer
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20908310902l40ccdc3fyb39f1c502bb06804@mail.gmail.com>
References: <38d97fa20908310902l40ccdc3fyb39f1c502bb06804@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <373CBFDF-6286-422B-BC90-BF56BD47BF42@latinschool.org>

We were able to do this after downloading the pkg builder from Smart.  
We made two packages..  one for Notebook and one for drivers.  The  
only issue is on 50% of the machines we have to register the software  
again.
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On Aug 31, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Tatian Greenleaf wrote:

> We've had no success building a package of the Smart Notebook 10  
> software (drivers and tools) using Composer.  Either we get an error  
> related to hdutil, or we successfully build a package only to have  
> it freeze while trying to update the software on first launch.
>
> Has anyone else built this package?  Did you run into any problems?
>
> Tatian
>
> ____________________________
> Tatian Greenleaf
> Associate Director of Technology
> Saint Mark's School
> (415) 472-8000 x1014
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From pgawlocki at cellsignal.net  Mon Aug 31 09:26:07 2009
From: pgawlocki at cellsignal.net (Peter Gawlocki)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:26:07 -0400
Subject: [Casper] nerds unite!  script help!
In-Reply-To: <263E155D-1A1B-4279-8DCB-7A45155F1C5A@ll.mit.edu>
References: <263E155D-1A1B-4279-8DCB-7A45155F1C5A@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <A7BA0B96-2F07-401F-8CA3-100DF17E814D@cellsignal.net>

If the usernames are not going to be similar on any particular machine  
(ja12345, ja123456789)

You could take your input,  ja1234 and append a wildcard on the end.    
Ending up with  ja1234*


Peter




On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Nichols, Jared wrote:

> Hi-
>
> Perhaps an ?ber script geek can lend me a hand... throwing up the bat-
> signal...
>
> From the command line, I'd like to remove an account's admin privs.
> It's easy enough with
>
> dscl . -delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership <<username>>
>
> However, I'd like to build in some error checking because deploy techs
> will be doing this.  Basically, I'd like to take the output of:
>
> dscl . -read /Groups/admin GroupMembership | sed -e 's/
> GroupMembership://'
>
> and check to see that the username given (passed in at $1) is present
> in that list.  I've tried a case statement, but the problem with that
> is that it's not matching exact strings.  So for instance, if ja12345
> was in the admin group, but the command had ja1234 passed in at $1, it
> would come back ok.  That should fail.  If it's successfully matched,
> go ahead and run the dscl . -delete command.
>
> You should know:  there's no standard username convention (though
> we're slowly moving towards one).  Usernames may be short, may be
> long, may contain upper and lowers.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> thanks!
> ---
> Jared F. Nichols
> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
> Information Services Department
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
> 781.981.5436
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From ganderson at phrd.ab.ca  Mon Aug 31 09:21:12 2009
From: ganderson at phrd.ab.ca (Gene Anderson)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:21:12 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Smart Notebook software & composer
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20908310902l40ccdc3fyb39f1c502bb06804@mail.gmail.com>
References: <38d97fa20908310902l40ccdc3fyb39f1c502bb06804@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <fc.000f4ccf02638d0e3b9aca00ec24a19a.26390aa@phrd.ab.ca>

Tatian Greenleaf <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> writes:
>We've had no success building a package of the Smart Notebook 10 software (drivers and tools) using Composer.  Either we get an error related to hdutil, or we successfully build a package only to have it freeze while trying to update the software on first launch.
>
>Has anyone else built this package?  Did you run into any problems?

I've had numerous problems and communicated multiple times to staff @ Smart support about my troubles. They have no idea how to bundle software for a mass deployment. The latest release has annoying erroneous checks for the Flash player that kill a silent install in Casper for me. I gave up on making my own package of the Smart drivers as they always break when packaging within Composer and give the same errors that you mention.

I cobbled together a script (with much gnashing of teeth and pulled hair) to run at reboot which mounts the Casper distribution point and runs the install via shell script in the background. It still reports errors, but finishes the install of the software using Smart's downloadable packages for drivers and NoteBook. Smart support got back to me a couple weeks ago with links for downloadable packages that don't have any of the receipt checks but I had already imaged everything and didn't them. If
you'd like a copy, reply off-list and I'll send you what I got.



Gene Anderson
Systems Analyst, ACTC, MCP
Pembina Hills Regional Division No.7
Phone: (780) 674-8535 ext 6860
email: ganderson at phrd.ab.ca

"I'm not a quack, I'm a mad scientist. There's a difference"
- Dr Cockroach, PHD.



From tlarki at kckps.org  Mon Aug 31 09:37:01 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:37:01 -0500
Subject: [Casper] nerds unite!  script help!
In-Reply-To: <263E155D-1A1B-4279-8DCB-7A45155F1C5A@ll.mit.edu>
References: <263E155D-1A1B-4279-8DCB-7A45155F1C5A@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <4A9BB5DD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Do they all live in /Users?  Or could they be anywhere?

>>> "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> 08/31/09 11:06 AM >>>
Hi-

Perhaps an ?ber script geek can lend me a hand... throwing up the bat-
signal...


From bogus@does.not.exist.com  Thu Aug 27 03:15:02 2009
From: bogus@does.not.exist.com ()
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:15:02 -0000
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <mailman.2.1251736654.25602.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>

It's easy enough with

dscl . -delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership <<username>>

However, I'd like to build in some error checking because deploy techs 
will be doing this.  Basically, I'd like to take the output of:

dscl . -read /Groups/admin GroupMembership | sed -e 's/
GroupMembership://'

and check to see that the username given (passed in at $1) is present 
in that list.  I've tried a case statement, but the problem with that 
is that it's not matching exact strings.  So for instance, if ja12345 
was in the admin group, but the command had ja1234 passed in at $1, it 
would come back ok.  That should fail.  If it's successfully matched, 
go ahead and run the dscl . -delete command.

You should know:  there's no standard username convention (though 
we're slowly moving towards one).  Usernames may be short, may be 
long, may contain upper and lowers.

Any ideas?

thanks!
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

_______________________________________________
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From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Mon Aug 31 09:43:22 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:43:22 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Silly Question
Message-ID: <EDBD93A6-D7DA-48BF-850F-9F678FA1F87C@latinschool.org>

Is there a way to send out a default web address to Firefox? Safari  
picked it up via imaging, but Firefox did not. Thanks!
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Lower School Technician
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From jorge at nyu.edu  Mon Aug 31 09:48:01 2009
From: jorge at nyu.edu (jorge a. najera-ordonez)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:48:01 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Silly Question
In-Reply-To: <EDBD93A6-D7DA-48BF-850F-9F678FA1F87C@latinschool.org>
References: <EDBD93A6-D7DA-48BF-850F-9F678FA1F87C@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <A48490CB-82DF-4EFC-BC72-979567A01377@nyu.edu>

firefox stores all this information in the profiles folder. the file  
is located in ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/ 
RANDOMTEXT.default/prefs.js it is stored in this string:

user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://en-us.start.mozilla.com/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official 
");

jorge a. najera-ordonez


On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Kathie Iorizzo wrote:

> Is there a way to send out a default web address to Firefox? Safari  
> picked it up via imaging, but Firefox did not. Thanks!
> ___________
> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
> 312.582.6136
>
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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Mon Aug 31 09:52:07 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:52:07 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Silly Question
In-Reply-To: <EDBD93A6-D7DA-48BF-850F-9F678FA1F87C@latinschool.org>
Message-ID: <C6C169E7.9BD1%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

Yup, what Jorge said. We actually create the package and launch the application once and configure the browser as needed. Then I actually change that random profile name to something I know what it is, like UWEC.default and also edit it within the profile.ini so it always looks there. Fill User Templates and your, good. I like using a specific profile folder so it is possible to control making updates to something in it later since I know what the path should be instead of something random.

Craig E


On 8/31/09 11:43 AM, "Kathie Iorizzo" <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:

Is there a way to send out a default web address to Firefox? Safari picked it up via imaging, but Firefox did not. Thanks!

___________
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Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Mon Aug 31 09:41:31 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:41:31 -0400
Subject: [Casper] nerds unite!  script help!
In-Reply-To: <A7BA0B96-2F07-401F-8CA3-100DF17E814D@cellsignal.net>
References: <263E155D-1A1B-4279-8DCB-7A45155F1C5A@ll.mit.edu>
	<A7BA0B96-2F07-401F-8CA3-100DF17E814D@cellsignal.net>
Message-ID: <A2DBEBAD-502F-494A-9C1E-B0FA04BD2736@ll.mit.edu>

True, but that could potentially be more than 1 account.

I've got a bit of a work around until I can put in some proper error checking:

#! /bin/sh

admins=""
admins=`dscl . -read /Groups/admin GroupMembership | sed -e 's/GroupMembership://'`

echo
echo "*********************************************"
echo "**    BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS UTILITY    **"
echo "*********************************************"
echo
echo "To quit without making changes, press Ctrl-C"
echo
echo "Current admins: $admins"
echo
echo "Please enter an admin to remove (CASE SENSITIVE!): "
read username

echo "Removing $username"
dscl . -delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership $username
admins=""
admins=`dscl . -read /Groups/admin GroupMembership | sed -e 's/GroupMembership://'`
echo "Current admins: $admins"
echo "Goodbye!"


exit

j

---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:26 PM, Peter Gawlocki wrote:

If the usernames are not going to be similar on any particular machine
(ja12345, ja123456789)

You could take your input,  ja1234 and append a wildcard on the end.
Ending up with  ja1234*


Peter




On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Nichols, Jared wrote:

Hi-

Perhaps an ?ber script geek can lend me a hand... throwing up the bat-
signal...


From bogus@does.not.exist.com  Thu Aug 27 03:15:02 2009
From: bogus@does.not.exist.com ()
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:15:02 -0000
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <mailman.3.1251738111.25602.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>

It's easy enough with

dscl . -delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership <<username>>

However, I'd like to build in some error checking because deploy techs
will be doing this.  Basically, I'd like to take the output of:

dscl . -read /Groups/admin GroupMembership | sed -e 's/
GroupMembership://'

and check to see that the username given (passed in at $1) is present
in that list.  I've tried a case statement, but the problem with that
is that it's not matching exact strings.  So for instance, if ja12345
was in the admin group, but the command had ja1234 passed in at $1, it
would come back ok.  That should fail.  If it's successfully matched,
go ahead and run the dscl . -delete command.

You should know:  there's no standard username convention (though
we're slowly moving towards one).  Usernames may be short, may be
long, may contain upper and lowers.

Any ideas?

thanks!
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

_______________________________________________
Casper mailing list
Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com<mailto:Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper



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around until I can put in some proper error checking:</div><div><br></div><=
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ier" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px;"=
>echo "Removing $username"</span></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-sty=
le-span" face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=
=3D"font-size: 12px;">dscl . -delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership $usernam=
e</span></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Courier"=
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ourier" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 12p=
x;">admins=3D`dscl . -read /Groups/admin GroupMembership | sed -e 's/GroupM=
embership://'`</span></font></div><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" fac=
e=3D"Courier" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-siz=
e: 12px;">echo "Current admins: $admins"</span></font></div><div><font clas=
s=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-sty=
le-span" style=3D"font-size: 12px;">echo "Goodbye!"</span></font></div><div=
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<div>---</div><div>Jared F. Nichols</div><div>Desktop Engineer, Infrastruct=
ure &amp; Operations</div><div>Information Services Department</div><div>MI=
T Lincoln Laboratory</div><div>244 Wood Street</div><div>Lexington, Massach=
usetts 02420</div><div>781.981.5436</div>
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blockquote><blockquote type=3D"cite">Any ideas?<br></blockquote><blockquote=
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From pgawlocki at cellsignal.net  Mon Aug 31 10:01:08 2009
From: pgawlocki at cellsignal.net (Peter Gawlocki)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:01:08 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Since we are asking silly questions
Message-ID: <CF99733E-8724-4A1A-B9CB-4547A59EBDDC@cellsignal.net>

In Casper remote, is there a way to move from 'tab' to tab without  
using the mouse?

I can Find a computer with Cmd-F
I can move up and down the found list with the arrow keys
I can select and deselect a computer with the spacebar.

How can i move over the the scripts tab without using the mouse?


From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Mon Aug 31 10:05:43 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:05:43 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Since we are asking silly questions
In-Reply-To: <CF99733E-8724-4A1A-B9CB-4547A59EBDDC@cellsignal.net>
Message-ID: <C6C16D17.9BDF%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

Cmd+shift+{ or }

Look at the Window menu on the top.

Craig E


On 8/31/09 12:01 PM, "Peter Gawlocki" <pgawlocki at cellsignal.net> wrote:

> In Casper remote, is there a way to move from 'tab' to tab without
> using the mouse?
> 
> I can Find a computer with Cmd-F
> I can move up and down the found list with the arrow keys
> I can select and deselect a computer with the spacebar.
> 
> How can i move over the the scripts tab without using the mouse?
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From jheath at ecfs.org  Mon Aug 31 10:07:15 2009
From: jheath at ecfs.org (Heath, Jay)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:07:15 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Smart Notebook software & composer
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20908310902l40ccdc3fyb39f1c502bb06804@mail.gmail.com>
References: <38d97fa20908310902l40ccdc3fyb39f1c502bb06804@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <36DCF9B8-9AB7-4310-8A8D-20DCF81CF800@ecfs.org>

Has everyone seen this JAMF support article? It suggests a way to do  
the install as a FirstRun script, which isn't perfect but the install  
works well. I haven't had any issues with it. I also found a combo  
drivers/notebook software package on SMART's website.

http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=234

Worked like a charm for me, though using the flush_policy.sh from the  
resource kit I think messes with the FirstRun tag.

- Jay Heath

Fieldston Lower
jheath at ecfs.org
o:  (718) 329-7542
m: (425) 220-1328

On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Tatian Greenleaf wrote:

> We've had no success building a package of the Smart Notebook 10  
> software (drivers and tools) using Composer.  Either we get an error  
> related to hdutil, or we successfully build a package only to have  
> it freeze while trying to update the software on first launch.
>
> Has anyone else built this package?  Did you run into any problems?
>
> Tatian
>
> ____________________________
> Tatian Greenleaf
> Associate Director of Technology
> Saint Mark's School
> (415) 472-8000 x1014
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From kiorizzo at latinschool.org  Mon Aug 31 10:08:31 2009
From: kiorizzo at latinschool.org (Kathie Iorizzo)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:08:31 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Smart Notebook software & composer
In-Reply-To: <36DCF9B8-9AB7-4310-8A8D-20DCF81CF800@ecfs.org>
References: <38d97fa20908310902l40ccdc3fyb39f1c502bb06804@mail.gmail.com>
	<36DCF9B8-9AB7-4310-8A8D-20DCF81CF800@ecfs.org>
Message-ID: <F5BC826C-178C-4EC6-9F2D-0AD5BB1D9032@latinschool.org>

This is how we did it with Jamf. However, some still don't register  
and some install just fine registered.  It's a quirky issue, anyone  
else having this problem?
___________
Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136



On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:07 PM, Heath, Jay wrote:

> Has everyone seen this JAMF support article? It suggests a way to do
> the install as a FirstRun script, which isn't perfect but the install
> works well. I haven't had any issues with it. I also found a combo
> drivers/notebook software package on SMART's website.
>
> http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=234
>
> Worked like a charm for me, though using the flush_policy.sh from the
> resource kit I think messes with the FirstRun tag.
>
> - Jay Heath
>
> Fieldston Lower
> jheath at ecfs.org
> o:  (718) 329-7542
> m: (425) 220-1328
>
> On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Tatian Greenleaf wrote:
>
>> We've had no success building a package of the Smart Notebook 10
>> software (drivers and tools) using Composer.  Either we get an error
>> related to hdutil, or we successfully build a package only to have
>> it freeze while trying to update the software on first launch.
>>
>> Has anyone else built this package?  Did you run into any problems?
>>
>> Tatian
>>
>> ____________________________
>> Tatian Greenleaf
>> Associate Director of Technology
>> Saint Mark's School
>> (415) 472-8000 x1014
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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 lpnicholas at moravian.edu  Mon Aug 31 10:23:02 2009
From: lpnicholas at moravian.edu (Nicholas, Lauren)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:23:02 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Smart Notebook software & composer
References: <38d97fa20908310902l40ccdc3fyb39f1c502bb06804@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <B4FA598722EF134B96A34C69A5F3929119519B32@mail1.moravian.edu>

I just used the pkg from Smart. I haven't had any trouble. I didn't use
composer at all. It works great. Although I do remember seeing a kb
article on jamf's site about creating a smart board notebook 10 package.
Check it out.

 

From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
[mailto:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Tatian
Greenleaf
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 12:02 PM
To: casper
Subject: [Casper] Smart Notebook software & composer

 

We've had no success building a package of the Smart Notebook 10
software (drivers and tools) using Composer.  Either we get an error
related to hdutil, or we successfully build a package only to have it
freeze while trying to update the software on first launch.

 

Has anyone else built this package?  Did you run into any problems?

 

Tatian


____________________________
Tatian Greenleaf
Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Mon Aug 31 11:29:41 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:29:41 -0500
Subject: [Casper] nerds unite!  script help!
In-Reply-To: <A7BA0B96-2F07-401F-8CA3-100DF17E814D@cellsignal.net>
References: <263E155D-1A1B-4279-8DCB-7A45155F1C5A@ll.mit.edu>
	<A7BA0B96-2F07-401F-8CA3-100DF17E814D@cellsignal.net>
Message-ID: <4A9BD045.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Here is my script, obviously the echos are for testing you would need to
replace them with the proper dscl commands but this is a proof of
concept that can help you in this 

#!/bin/bash 

for a in `ls /Users | sed -E` ; do 

admincheck=`dscl . read /Groups/admin | grep $a -c` 

if [ $admincheck = 1 ] 

then echo "$a is in admin group" 

else echo "$a is NOT in admin group" 

fi 

done 
exit 0 


If you run this script as is, it will echo out who is in the admin group
and who is not in the admin group.  Simply change one of the echo
statements to remove group membership of the loop, like this 

then dscl . -delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership $a 

that would delete that user from the admin group, however please test
this first with the echo statements 



___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351





>>> Peter Gawlocki <pgawlocki at cellsignal.net> 08/31/09 11:26 AM >>>
If the usernames are not going to be similar on any particular machine 
(ja12345, ja123456789)

You could take your input,  ja1234 and append a wildcard on the end.   
Ending up with  ja1234*


Peter




On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Nichols, Jared wrote:

> Hi-
>
> Perhaps an ?ber script geek can lend me a hand... throwing up the bat-
> signal...
>
> From the command line, I'd like to remove an account's admin privs.
> It's easy enough with
>
> dscl . -delete /Groups/admin GroupMembership <<username>>
>
> However, I'd like to build in some error checking because deploy techs
> will be doing this.  Basically, I'd like to take the output of:
>
> dscl . -read /Groups/admin GroupMembership | sed -e 's/
> GroupMembership://'
>
> and check to see that the username given (passed in at $1) is present
> in that list.  I've tried a case statement, but the problem with that
> is that it's not matching exact strings.  So for instance, if ja12345
> was in the admin group, but the command had ja1234 passed in at $1, it
> would come back ok.  That should fail.  If it's successfully matched,
> go ahead and run the dscl . -delete command.
>
> You should know:  there's no standard username convention (though
> we're slowly moving towards one).  Usernames may be short, may be
> long, may contain upper and lowers.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> thanks!
> ---
> Jared F. Nichols
> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
> Information Services Department
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> 244 Wood Street
> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
> 781.981.5436
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper

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From pgawlocki at cellsignal.net  Mon Aug 31 11:52:30 2009
From: pgawlocki at cellsignal.net (Peter Gawlocki)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:52:30 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Scripting issues
Message-ID: <69D4B03F-FABF-428C-811F-8F8068B07151@cellsignal.net>

I am writing a script which will need our helpdesk techs to add a  
couple parameters when running it with Casper Remote.

The problem i am having is that it won't pass Parameter 6.   (I guess  
i should feed it more bran)

After testing and seeing failures,  I added, at the beginning of the  
script,

echo $1; echo $2; echo $3; echo $4; echo $5; echo $6;

Just to see what was coming thorough and it shows me results for 1-5  
and 6 is blank.

I run the script locally and get all 1-6.

I have checked and rechecked the syntax of my script... and am not  
treating $6 any differently than its neighbors...


Anyone else see this behavior before?


*pre-sending update*
I just tested entering in a parameter into #7  just for the hell of  
it.... and now parameter 6 shows up... but not parameter 7


Peter
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From jcur at loc.gov  Mon Aug 31 12:53:19 2009
From: jcur at loc.gov (Jade Curtis)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:53:19 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Adobe plugins
Message-ID: <4A9BF1EF020000760008FBE3@ntgwgate.loc.gov>

What is the best way to distribute or install with policy Adobe plugins, Shockwave and Flash?
Use the package that Adobe made and drop it in Casper Admin or Build your package?

From Quade_Boman at beavton.k12.or.us  Mon Aug 31 14:50:01 2009
From: Quade_Boman at beavton.k12.or.us (Quade Boman)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:50:01 -0700
Subject: [Casper] Smart Notebook software & composer
In-Reply-To: <mailman.3.1251745204.29705.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
References: <mailman.3.1251745204.29705.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
Message-ID: <fc.004c4c310dac58bf3b9aca004a1aa623.dac9c83@beavton.k12.or.us>

For what it's worth, we successfully deploy and use SMART Board software
packaged with Composer.  I just built the latest NoteBook + Driver
software today.  The version that came out on 8/17/09, numbered 10.0.383.  

For reference, here's our basic to do list:

- Start with a clean reference machine
    - We use a freshly imaged machine that has been imaged with only the
OS package for all package builds
- Download the latest full Notebook and Driver installer from Smarttech
- Composer Snapshot (changes and modifications)
- Install NoteBook/Driver without additional galleries but add Toolbox
- Composer Snapshot
- Pair out any unneeded items found in the snapshot
    - Examples for us:
    - /System/Library/Extensions/Cache and Extensions.mkext
    - Adobe Flash plugins and Flash Receipt (We install our own Flash
directly from Adobe)
    - /Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist (We tell our users to launch
the apps directly, since not every computer has a SmartBoard attached.  If
you need it, script the addition to loginwindow.plist or use MCX policy)
    - Any .DS_Store files
    - Any user files outside of /var/root and /Users/Shared
    - Any Logs
    - Verify permissions are what you need.  Generally we don't have to
make many changes

We package up the galleries separately.  Once the software is installed on
the machine, we snapshot (changes and modifications) again and run the
gallery setup.  We do it this way to save space since the galleries are
huge and not all of our staff uses the galleries.  They can get it in Self
Service if they need it.  

We can install this package at imaging or via policy.  We also make it
available in Self Service.   In policies and Self Service we make sure and
uninstall the previous version first.  If you don't, bad things ensue.  We
even leave the Self Service policies set to ongoing.  Staff can rerun it
to correct problems, which works very well.

I never had any luck trying to script the .pkg installers or their Smart
Installers.  I've done 3 major revisions of NoteBook version 10 and 1 of
NoteBook version 9 with the above method with great luck.  


casper at list.jamfsoftware.com on August 31, 2009 at 12:00 PM -0700 wrote:
>Message: 21
>Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:07:15 -0400
>From: "Heath, Jay" <jheath at ecfs.org>
>Subject: Re: [Casper] Smart Notebook software & composer
>To: Tatian Greenleaf <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org>
>Cc: casper <Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
>Message-ID: <36DCF9B8-9AB7-4310-8A8D-20DCF81CF800 at ecfs.org>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>Has everyone seen this JAMF support article? It suggests a way to do  
>the install as a FirstRun script, which isn't perfect but the install  
>works well. I haven't had any issues with it. I also found a combo  
>drivers/notebook software package on SMART's website.
>
>http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=234
>
>Worked like a charm for me, though using the flush_policy.sh from the  
>resource kit I think messes with the FirstRun tag.
>
>- Jay Heath
>
>Fieldston Lower
>jheath at ecfs.org
>o:  (718) 329-7542
>m: (425) 220-1328
>
>On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Tatian Greenleaf wrote:
>
>> We've had no success building a package of the Smart Notebook 10  
>> software (drivers and tools) using Composer.  Either we get an error  
>> related to hdutil, or we successfully build a package only to have  
>> it freeze while trying to update the software on first launch.
>>
>> Has anyone else built this package?  Did you run into any problems?
>>
>> Tatian
>>
>> ____________________________
>> Tatian Greenleaf
>> Associate Director of Technology
>> Saint Mark's School
>> (415) 472-8000 x1014
>> _______________________________________________




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From marcus.rowell at gmail.com  Mon Aug 31 16:56:30 2009
From: marcus.rowell at gmail.com (Marcus Rowell)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 09:56:30 +1000
Subject: [Casper] Smart Notebook software & composer
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20908310902l40ccdc3fyb39f1c502bb06804@mail.gmail.com>
References: <38d97fa20908310902l40ccdc3fyb39f1c502bb06804@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <d3f05b270908311656x64c08194x3002b40f86e66ac3@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Tatian
Greenleaf<tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> wrote:
> We've had no success building a package of the Smart Notebook 10 software
> (drivers and tools) using Composer. ?Either we get an error related to
> hdutil, or we successfully build a package only to have it freeze while
> trying to update the software on first launch.
> Has anyone else built this?package? ?Did you run into any problems?

Tatian,

Have you seen the Smart Install Manager and SMART Administrator
Toolkit Administrator's Guide for Mac Operating Systems for packaging
and pre-registering Smart NoteBook.

http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/Downloads/Admin+tools/AdminToolsNBMac.htm
http://www2.smarttech.com/kbdoc/125889

I am in the process of testing deployment using those methods and it
seems to work well.

Marcus.

From ylugassy at promedianj.com  Mon Aug 31 19:07:39 2009
From: ylugassy at promedianj.com (Yaniv Lugassy)
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:07:39 -0400
Subject: [Casper] Scripting issues
In-Reply-To: <69D4B03F-FABF-428C-811F-8F8068B07151@cellsignal.net>
Message-ID: <C6C1FA2B.2740%ylugassy@promedianj.com>

I have found that you need to make sure you tab out of the last parameter
field that you input before you hit go in Casper Remote otherwise that
parameter does not pass.


Yaniv Lugassy
Promedia Technology Services, Inc.
Office: 973.253.7600 x2308
Fax: 973.253.5601
www.promedianj.com <http://www.promedianj.com>






From: Peter Gawlocki <pgawlocki at cellsignal.net>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:52:30 -0400
To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: [Casper] Scripting issues

I am writing a script which will need our helpdesk techs to add a couple
parameters when running it with Casper Remote.

The problem i am having is that it won't pass Parameter 6.   (I guess i
should feed it more bran)

After testing and seeing failures,  I added, at the beginning of the script,

echo $1; echo $2; echo $3; echo $4; echo $5; echo $6;

Just to see what was coming thorough and it shows me results for 1-5 and 6
is blank. 

I run the script locally and get all 1-6.

I have checked and rechecked the syntax of my script... and am not treating
$6 any differently than its neighbors...


Anyone else see this behavior before?


*pre-sending update*
I just tested entering in a parameter into #7  just for the hell of it....
and now parameter 6 shows up... but not parameter 7


Peter


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