[Casper] Self Service Feature REQ

[Miles Leacy]

Presumably, you have a record of which machine was issued to whom (Ideally,
that info is stored in the JSS).

In the case you describe, I would suggest creating a manual group of the 30
machines intended to receive the software.

This doesn't address your stated desire to give a client the ability to
reinstall the app on any machine they use.  To do that may take a few steps,
but I think you could get there with relative ease.  I am assuming you are
using some variety of LDAP, likely Active Directory or Open Directory.

Here's what I'd do:
1  Create an LDAP group consisting of the people who should have this
software.
2  a  Create a script that queries for the logged-in user's groups.  If your
"accounting software" group is found, the script issues a custom trigger for
the installation.  Run this script with a policy triggered by login, once
per user.
    b  If you want to keep the self-service aspect, have the custom trigger
in the script above kick off the installation of an empty package instead of
the accounting software.  Use the receipt from that empty package as the
criterion for a smart group to which the self-service policy is scoped.

I hope this helps.

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2009/1/8 Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>

>  So,
>
>  It has come to my attention that certain users may need certain software
> and licenses are limited.  Instead of me doing bunches of manual data
> entries and finding out all the individual laptops (out of 6,000) and
> creating a smart group out of them, I would like the idea of putting a
> password on a self service install.  Then giving that password to that
> class, and so the students in that particular class can install it with
> their password.  Then make a smart group of all users that have that
> application installed to track the licenses.  I was talking to a teacher who
> wanted to buy 30 copies of some accounting software for a class.  I was
> dreading the thought of me having to track down each student, the asset tag
> of their computer, and creating yet another smart group, then I thought if I
> could just put like a password on the self service install, the student
> could install it them self with that password.
>
>  I know that working in a 1:1 is way different but I have users that may
> switch laptops due to hardware failure and I just want them to be able to
> install it on whatever laptop they are given.  In many cases when a laptop
> goes out for repair a spare is issued.
>
>  Thoughts?
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