From paul.austin at wachovia.com  Mon Nov  2 09:04:26 2009
From: paul.austin at wachovia.com (Paul Austin)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:04:26 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Bluetooth Discoverable
Message-ID: <CECA6FFC-F083-4CCF-A168-32284BED7EA4@wachovia.com>

Checking in with the panel of experts again.

I need to be able to disable discoverable on bluetooth but leave  
bluetooth on. Have any of you had to do this setup before and if so,  
how did you do it?

Thanks in advance.

Paul Austin

Wells Fargo End User Computer

704 427-0903

From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Mon Nov  2 09:09:28 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:09:28 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Bluetooth Discoverable
In-Reply-To: <CECA6FFC-F083-4CCF-A168-32284BED7EA4@wachovia.com>
Message-ID: <C7146E68.EAB1%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

This will be a totally not helpful answer, but...

My bluetooth settings are baked into my OS image.

However, I am sure you could capture these settings in a package to deploy
or look at having a script edit a plist with plistbuddy to make those
changes.

The not helpful part is off the top of my head what needs to be changed.

Craig E


On 11/2/09 11:04 AM, "Paul Austin" <paul.austin at wachovia.com> wrote:

> Checking in with the panel of experts again.
> 
> I need to be able to disable discoverable on bluetooth but leave
> bluetooth on. Have any of you had to do this setup before and if so,
> how did you do it?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Paul Austin
> 
> Wells Fargo End User Computer
> 
> 704 427-0903
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From tlarki at kckps.org  Mon Nov  2 09:31:09 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:31:09 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Bluetooth Discoverable
In-Reply-To: <C7146E68.EAB1%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
References: <CECA6FFC-F083-4CCF-A168-32284BED7EA4@wachovia.com>
	<C7146E68.EAB1%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <4AEEC2FD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I thought by default it was not discoverable?  If not, you could edit a plist and use MCX to enforce it

>>> "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> 11/02/09 11:09 AM >>>
This will be a totally not helpful answer, but...

My bluetooth settings are baked into my OS image.

However, I am sure you could capture these settings in a package to deploy
or look at having a script edit a plist with plistbuddy to make those
changes.

The not helpful part is off the top of my head what needs to be changed.

Craig E


On 11/2/09 11:04 AM, "Paul Austin" <paul.austin at wachovia.com> wrote:

> Checking in with the panel of experts again.
>
> I need to be able to disable discoverable on bluetooth but leave
> bluetooth on. Have any of you had to do this setup before and if so,
> how did you do it?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Paul Austin
>
> Wells Fargo End User Computer
>
> 704 427-0903
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper

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From paul.austin at wachovia.com  Mon Nov  2 09:50:58 2009
From: paul.austin at wachovia.com (Paul Austin)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:50:58 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Bluetooth Discoverable
In-Reply-To: <4AEEC2FD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <CECA6FFC-F083-4CCF-A168-32284BED7EA4@wachovia.com>
	<C7146E68.EAB1%ernstcs@uwec.edu> <4AEEC2FD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <7C7CD4BD-6C8B-4D35-8B42-7FADB27A316B@wachovia.com>

I have discovered that the plist for the setting is a user based ByHost file. I hate dealing with those.


On Nov 2, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

I thought by default it was not discoverable?  If not, you could edit a plist and use MCX to enforce it

>>> "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu<mailto:ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>> 11/02/09 11:09 AM >>>
This will be a totally not helpful answer, but...

My bluetooth settings are baked into my OS image.

However, I am sure you could capture these settings in a package to deploy
or look at having a script edit a plist with plistbuddy to make those
changes.

The not helpful part is off the top of my head what needs to be changed.

Craig E


On 11/2/09 11:04 AM, "Paul Austin" <paul.austin at wachovia.com<mailto:paul.austin at wachovia.com>> wrote:

> Checking in with the panel of experts again.
>
> I need to be able to disable discoverable on bluetooth but leave
> bluetooth on. Have any of you had to do this setup before and if so,
> how did you do it?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Paul Austin
>
> Wells Fargo End User Computer
>
> 704 427-0903
> _______________________________________________
> 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  Mon Nov  2 10:07:48 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:07:48 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Bluetooth Discoverable
In-Reply-To: <7C7CD4BD-6C8B-4D35-8B42-7FADB27A316B@wachovia.com>
References: <CECA6FFC-F083-4CCF-A168-32284BED7EA4@wachovia.com>
	<C7146E68.EAB1%ernstcs@uwec.edu> <4AEEC2FD.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<7C7CD4BD-6C8B-4D35-8B42-7FADB27A316B@wachovia.com>
Message-ID: <F4ABC1C2-098B-4E1B-B833-91823AF20871@ll.mit.edu>

Yes, though I've also found that if you locate the same plist in /Library/Preferences in the usual manner, it will over-ride the user setting.  We shut off bluetooth completely (sorry!)

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

On Nov 2, 2009, at 12:50 PM, Paul Austin wrote:

I have discovered that the plist for the setting is a user based ByHost file. I hate dealing with those.


On Nov 2, 2009, at 12:31 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

I thought by default it was not discoverable?  If not, you could edit a plist and use MCX to enforce it

>>> "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu<mailto:ERNSTCS at uwec.edu>> 11/02/09 11:09 AM >>>
This will be a totally not helpful answer, but...

My bluetooth settings are baked into my OS image.

However, I am sure you could capture these settings in a package to deploy
or look at having a script edit a plist with plistbuddy to make those
changes.

The not helpful part is off the top of my head what needs to be changed.

Craig E


On 11/2/09 11:04 AM, "Paul Austin" <paul.austin at wachovia.com<mailto:paul.austin at wachovia.com>> wrote:

> Checking in with the panel of experts again.
>
> I need to be able to disable discoverable on bluetooth but leave
> bluetooth on. Have any of you had to do this setup before and if so,
> how did you do it?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Paul Austin
>
> Wells Fargo End User Computer
>
> 704 427-0903
> _______________________________________________
> 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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http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper

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From mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us  Mon Nov  2 11:56:27 2009
From: mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us (mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us)
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:56:27 -0600
Subject: [Casper] New Email Address for Mike Linde
Message-ID: <1257191787_1030@surgemail3.captainjack.net>

Please change the email address you use for Mike Linde from mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us to the new school email address  which is

mike.linde at vmbulldogs.com

Thanks for making this change.

Mike Linde

From tlarki at kckps.org  Mon Nov  2 12:20:26 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:20:26 -0600
Subject: [Casper] HD performance issues addressed in update?  <non casper>
Message-ID: <4AEEEAAA.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Yeah, so uh what is this all about?  I have about 10% of my machines failing with bad HDs all the time 

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3901 

Interesting to say the least.  Working on packing it up for deployment as we speak. 

-Tom 
___________________________
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From ryan.manly at gmail.com  Mon Nov  2 12:22:19 2009
From: ryan.manly at gmail.com (Ryan Manly)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:22:19 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Recon.exe and inventory info.
Message-ID: <b416f85e0911021222r3cc8298hdffdb81d4abad72c@mail.gmail.com>

We needed to find (physically) 2 specific PCs on the network today and all
we had was the MAC address. I piped in with the solution of pushing ahead
our inventory project using Recon.exe for Windows.

I have used the old emails on this list to successfully run Recon.exe
silently on windows using a *.bat file.

My problem is this, the JSS will only keep one data set for a given machine.
I do not know if it is uniquely identifying the machines via MAC addy or
serial but about 1000 of our computers are dual-boot machines. If we run
Recon.exe the info that was in JSS for Mac OS is replaced with Windows info.

The command even states this behavior "c:\jamf recon -overrideJSS"    :(

I want to append! Anyone have a solution to this? Or do you just run recon
at boot for both Mac OS and Windows, thus keeping the JSS up-to-date?

My Windows counterpart just piped-in with the Parallels question. *sigh*
Thoughts?


Ryan M. Manly
Mac OS X Expert
Glenbrook High Schools
1835 Landwehr Rd.
Glenview, IL 60026
(847) 486-4948
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From donmontalvo at gmail.com  Mon Nov  2 12:46:15 2009
From: donmontalvo at gmail.com (Don Montalvo)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:46:15 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Bluetooth Discoverable
In-Reply-To: <mailman.5.1257192004.29325.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
References: <mailman.5.1257192004.29325.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
Message-ID: <D5152D33-BCDE-4B52-8EA6-13BDE31EAAF9@gmail.com>

Can Casper push out settings that are stored in ~/Library/Preferences/ 
ByHost/ directory (for all users, along with the User Template)?

Don

Paul Austin <paul.austin at wachovia.com> wrote:

> I have discovered that the plist for the setting is a user based  
> ByHost file. I hate dealing with those.


From joseph.tesauro at jwt.com  Mon Nov  2 13:01:04 2009
From: joseph.tesauro at jwt.com (joseph.tesauro at jwt.com)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:01:04 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Joseph Tesauro is out of the office.
Message-ID: <OF9745D227.25A34CEB-ON85257662.00733CB3-85257662.00733CB3@jwt.com;
	namail4.na.corp.jwt.com>


I will be out of the office starting  11/02/2009 and will not return until
11/05/2009.

I will respond to your message when I return.
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From swood at integer.com  Mon Nov  2 15:57:29 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:57:29 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Using iHook for Notifications
Message-ID: <438f5a310911021557g1b5b4f06i331028e6e9f21a9c@mail.gmail.com>

A lot of talk has been done lately about using Growl Notify for
notifications to users about installs.  Or how to possibly use jamfHelper to
do this. Or...name your poison.  Well, I remembered back to the days of
looking at Radmind for management, that there was a product named iHook that
they used for end user notification.  It was a fairly simple program to use
and it would basically take over the machine when you used it.  iHook was
written to work as a login or logout hook, which is exactly what I wanted to
use it for.  So, off I went last week testing the implementation, and the
result was pretty cool.

First thing you'll need is a copy of iHook.  You can grab that off the
Research Systems Unix Group at the University of Michigan:
http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/ihook/

Once you've got that, you'll need to write a few "iHook" scripts to run and
take care of your stuff.  Now my goal was to be able to install cached
software at login or logout and alert the user.  The immediate things were
the 10.5.8 update and CS4.  The way you invoke iHook, or at least the way I
am invoking it, is to call iHook in a script and give it a path to the
actual "hook" that I want it to run.  So, I have a script in Casper named
"installcached.sh" that contains this script:

#! /bin/sh

/usr/local/bin/iHook.app/Contents/MacOS/iHook --no-titlebar
--script=/usr/local/JAMF/hooks/install.hook

The "hook" script it calls, install.hook, contains the following code:

#!/bin/sh

echo %BACKGROUND /usr/local/JAMF/images/iHookBack.png
echo %WINDOWSIZE 1024 768

jamf installAllCached


So, now that we have those scripts written, let's look at how I installed
this.  I decided the /usr/local folder structure was the best place to put
all of this.  So I put the iHook.app binary in the /usr/local/bin folder,
then I created a JAMF folder at /usr/local/JAMF and inside of that put two
folders:  images and hooks.  This provided me a way to put any background
image up and run whatever hook I wanted.

So, I used Composer to create a package to install the binary and the
background image and the install.hook files.  I then used ARD to push the
package out to my machines, only because it was easier then adding to Casper
and pushing via policy or something, for now.

 Now that I have the iHook framework loaded, I created a policy to run on
logout (I also tested with login and it works) that simply calls the
"installecached.sh" script.  Once the user does a logout or restart or
shutdown of their computer, the script runs, calls iHook with my background
and installs all cached packages.  This is a machine going through an Adobe
installation:

[image:
?ui=2&view=att&th=124b75323c4a760c&attid=0.1&disp=attd&realattid=ii_124b75323c4a760c&zw]

As you can see, you get a timer in the upper right corner indicating how
long it has been running, and you get the description of what is being
installed.  You can script in a progress bar along with a bunch of other
things that are described in the iHook DMG file from UMich.

I'm still playing around with this, but this is definitely going to help me
deploy 10.5.8 and CS4 later in the month, and keep my users aware.  Anything
that you can script can be run as the "hook", so if you wanted to run disk
permissions repairs, or anything else, you can.

Hope this helps some people out.



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
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From jcur at loc.gov  Tue Nov  3 04:13:43 2009
From: jcur at loc.gov (Jade Curtis)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:13:43 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Packaging CS4
Message-ID: <4AEFD8270200007600098E63@ntgwgate.loc.gov>

I have adobe CS4 Design Premium that I need to package.
The there are 2 disks that have all the software. What is the best way to package the software? 
I am going to be installing it on multible Macs as part of setting up some new computers.

From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Tue Nov  3 04:26:02 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:26:02 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Packaging CS4
In-Reply-To: <4AEFD8270200007600098E63@ntgwgate.loc.gov>
References: <4AEFD8270200007600098E63@ntgwgate.loc.gov>
Message-ID: <BFC3818B-33D8-4364-8A3E-826657C75509@ll.mit.edu>

Follow the instructions provided by Jamf
http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=195

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

On Nov 3, 2009, at 7:13 AM, Jade Curtis wrote:

I have adobe CS4 Design Premium that I need to package.
The there are 2 disks that have all the software. What is the best way to package the software?
I am going to be installing it on multible Macs as part of setting up some new computers.
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From paul.austin at wachovia.com  Tue Nov  3 05:37:04 2009
From: paul.austin at wachovia.com (Paul Austin)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:37:04 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Bluetooth Discoverable
In-Reply-To: <CECA6FFC-F083-4CCF-A168-32284BED7EA4@wachovia.com>
References: <CECA6FFC-F083-4CCF-A168-32284BED7EA4@wachovia.com>
Message-ID: <AA5CABE2-A292-4B3F-9BFF-A1E4EF872243@wachovia.com>

Here is my final solution. I wanted to make sure that Discoverable was  
turned off even if a user had turned it on at every login. I created a  
policy with this script to run at every login.

#!/bin/sh

#
#  bluetoothDiscoveryOff.sh
#  Disables discovery for bluetooth for each user at login.
#
#  Created by Paul Austin on 2009-11-03.
#  Copyright 2009 Wells Fargo. All rights reserved.
#

# State to be set for BLuetooth Discovery
state='No'

# Current logged in user from Casper
currentUsername=$3

# Get Home Directory
currentUserHomeDir=`dscl . -read /Users/$currentUsername  
NFSHomeDirectory | awk '{print $2}'`

# Get UUID
if [[ `ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | grep -i "UUID" | cut - 
c27-50` == "00000000-0000-1000-8000-" ]]; then
	LEOUUID=`ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | grep -i "UUID" | cut - 
c51-62 | awk {'print tolower()'}`
elif [[ `ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | grep -i "UUID" | cut - 
c27-50` != "00000000-0000-1000-8000-" ]]; then
	LEOUUID=`ioreg -rd1 -c IOPlatformExpertDevice | grep -i "UUID" | cut - 
c27-62`
fi

# Set bluetooth state
/usr/bin/defaults write $currentUserHomeDir/Library/Preferences/ByHost/ 
com.apple.Bluetooth.$LEOUUID DiscoverableState -bool "$state"

# Set permissions
/usr/sbin/chown $currentUsername $currentUserHomeDir/Library/ 
Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.Bluetooth.$LEOUUID.plist

echo "Bluetooth Discoverable State set to Off for  
"$currentUserHomeDir"/Library/Preferences/ByHost/ 
com.apple.Bluetooth."$LEOUUID".plist"


This works for Leopard and Snow Leopard only.


On Nov 2, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Paul Austin wrote:

> Checking in with the panel of experts again.
>
> I need to be able to disable discoverable on bluetooth but leave
> bluetooth on. Have any of you had to do this setup before and if so,
> how did you do it?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Paul Austin
>
> Wells Fargo End User Computer
>
> 704 427-0903
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us  Tue Nov  3 05:47:27 2009
From: John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us (John McLaughlin)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:47:27 -0500
Subject: [Casper] airport prefs..
Message-ID: <fc.000f49c205670eea000f49c205670eea.5670f99@newton.k12.ma.us>

Hi,
	Has anyone had any luck setting Airport to switch wireless networks that
use a mere WEP key?  I've read a lot about Leopard not remembering recent
networks or retaining the password.  I can use networksetup just fine
within 10.6 and it always rejoins the network after rebooting.  Any help
would be appreciated.  

John McLaughlin
Technical Support Specialist
Newton Public Schools


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From dhowell at austinisd.org  Tue Nov  3 06:06:08 2009
From: dhowell at austinisd.org (dhowell at austinisd.org)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:06:08 -0600
Subject: [Casper] airport prefs..
In-Reply-To: <fc.000f49c205670eea000f49c205670eea.5670f99@newton.k12.ma.us>
References: <fc.000f49c205670eea000f49c205670eea.5670f99@newton.k12.ma.us>
Message-ID: <OF315DF8A8.71073BBB-ON86257663.004D47E7-86257663.004D7CC8@austinisd.org>

I actually setup the network and copied the 
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration into a package and have a script 
the renames it at the end. so it resets the Airport back to default 
settings I choose. The reason for the rename is the computer name is 
embedded in there also.
D. Trey Howell
 ACMT, ACPT, ACDT, ACHDS
trey.howell at austinisd.org
Desktop Engineering
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Hi,
        Has anyone had any luck setting Airport to switch wireless 
networks that use a mere WEP key?  I've read a lot about Leopard not 
remembering recent networks or retaining the password.  I can use 
networksetup just fine within 10.6 and it always rejoins the network after 
rebooting.  Any help would be appreciated. 

John McLaughlin
Technical Support Specialist
Newton Public Schools

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Nov  3 06:15:12 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:15:12 -0600
Subject: [Casper] airport prefs..
In-Reply-To: <fc.000f49c205670eea000f49c205670eea.5670f99@newton.k12.ma.us>
References: <fc.000f49c205670eea000f49c205670eea.5670f99@newton.k12.ma.us>
Message-ID: <4AEFE690.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I got this little pkg from a guy at Apple.  Read the instructions on, and once you configure it you can drop it into casper and deploy.  I hope the attachment goes through, as I have had the list reject my emails sometimes.  If it doesn't go through contact me off list and I will send it. 

?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 




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





>>> "John McLaughlin" <John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us> 11/03/09 7:47 AM >>>

Hi, 

        Has anyone had any luck setting Airport to switch wireless networks that use a mere WEP key?  I've read a lot about Leopard not remembering recent networks or retaining the password.  I can use networksetup just fine within 10.6 and it always rejoins the network after rebooting.  Any help would be appreciated.   


> 
John McLaughlin 

Technical Support Specialist 

Newton Public Schools 


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From John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us  Tue Nov  3 06:15:54 2009
From: John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us (John McLaughlin)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:15:54 -0500
Subject: [Casper] airport prefs..
In-Reply-To: <OF315DF8A8.71073BBB-ON86257663.004D47E7-86257663.004D7CC8@austinisd.org>
References: <OF315DF8A8.71073BBB-ON86257663.004D47E7-86257663.004D7CC8@austinisd.org>
Message-ID: <fc.000f49c20567169c000f49c205670eea.56716a5@newton.k12.ma.us>

Did you replace com.apple.airport.preferences.plist and preferences.plist
with your package?  Are those files the only ones responsible for the
change?  How are you setting the password?  I've been scripting the
additional entries using PlistBuddy.  What exactly are your renaming in
your script?

John McLaughlin
Technical Support Specialist
Newton Public Schools


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>networksetup just fine within 10.6 and it always rejoins the network
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Tue Nov  3 06:21:56 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:21:56 -0500
Subject: [Casper] McAfee Security for Mac deployment with Casper 7
Message-ID: <74908267-4979-49E6-BB4A-355D25143BB4@ll.mit.edu>

Hi-

Has anyone deployed this with Casper Imaging with success?

Thanks!
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
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From ken.edgar at gmail.com  Tue Nov  3 06:50:59 2009
From: ken.edgar at gmail.com (Kenneth Edgar)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:50:59 -0600
Subject: [Casper] airport prefs..
In-Reply-To: <4AEFE690.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <C7159F73.18F3F%ken.edgar@gmail.com>

Thomas, this will come in handy... I?ll have to try it out.  Reading the
readme however, it says the package expires 12/31/09, I wonder if it will
stop working.



From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:15:12 -0600
To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>, John McLaughlin
<John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us>
Subject: Re: [Casper] airport prefs..

   

 I got this little pkg from a guy at Apple.  Read the instructions on, and
once you configure it you can drop it into casper and deploy.  I hope the
attachment goes through, as I have had the list reject my emails sometimes.
If it doesn't go through contact me off list and I will send it.

       

 ?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
  

  

 >            
 
 
___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351
chown -R us /.base





>>> "John McLaughlin" <John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us> 11/03/09 7:47 AM >>>
        
 
 

 Hi,          
 
 
 

 ????????Has anyone had any luck setting Airport to switch wireless networks
that use a mere WEP key? ?I've read a lot about Leopard not remembering
recent networks or retaining the password. ?I can use networksetup just fine
within 10.6 and it always rejoins the network after rebooting. ?Any help
would be appreciated. ?
 
 

 
 >        
 
 

 John McLaughlin   
 
 
 

 Technical Support Specialist
 
 
 

 Newton Public Schools
 
 

 
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Nov  3 06:55:03 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:55:03 -0600
Subject: [Casper] airport prefs..
In-Reply-To: <C7159F73.18F3F%ken.edgar@gmail.com>
References: <4AEFE690.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<C7159F73.18F3F%ken.edgar@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4AEFEFE6.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

OK I will just reply to the list.  I got this from a guy at Apple, and
it has an expiration date because at some point in time this little PKG
may be integrated into the OS itself.  That is the only reason why it is
set to expire.  I don't think it actually will expire, but that is why. 
So, maybe the next update of SL will have this wireless deployment stuff
built into it. 

If you want to take the pkg apart and inspect it, you can grab a copy of
"Pacifist" which will allow you to do so.  Maybe you can modify it to
make it work better for you.


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





>>> Kenneth Edgar <ken.edgar at gmail.com> 11/03/09 8:50 AM >>>

Thomas, this will come in handy... I?ll have to try it out.  Reading the
readme however, it says the package expires 

12/31/09, I wonder if it will stop working.



From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:15:12 -0600
To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>, John McLaughlin
<John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us>
Subject: Re: [Casper] airport prefs..

   

  

I got this little pkg from a guy at Apple.  Read the instructions on,
and once you configure it you can drop it into casper and deploy.  I
hope the attachment goes through, as I have had the list reject my
emails sometimes.  If it doesn't go through contact me off list and I
will send it. 

   

       

 ?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>    
  

  

 >            
 
 
___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351
chown -R us /.base





>>> "John McLaughlin" <John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us> 11/03/09 7:47
AM >>>
        
 
 

  

Hi, 

         
 
 
 

  

        Has anyone had any luck setting Airport to switch wireless
networks that use a mere WEP key?  I've read a lot about Leopard not
remembering recent networks or retaining the password.  I can use
networksetup just fine within 10.6 and it always rejoins the network
after rebooting.  Any help would be appreciated.   

         
 
 

 
 >        
 
 

  

John McLaughlin 

         
 
 
 

  

Technical Support Specialist 

         
 
 
 

  

Newton Public Schools 

         
 
 

 
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>
   

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From CMyers at uclan.ac.uk  Tue Nov  3 07:00:18 2009
From: CMyers at uclan.ac.uk (Criss  Myers)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:00:18 +0000
Subject: [Casper] airport prefs..
In-Reply-To: <4AEFEFE6.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4AEFE690.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<C7159F73.18F3F%ken.edgar@gmail.com> <4AEFEFE6.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <4AF04582.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>

On a side issue, you can take the PKG apart in Composer, you dont need
Pacifist, just drag the pkg into Composer list and then convert to
source and you can inspect the contents 

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> 11/03/09 2:55 PM >>>

OK I will just reply to the list.  I got this from a guy at Apple, and
it has an expiration date because at some point in time this little PKG
may be integrated into the OS itself.  That is the only reason why it is
set to expire.  I don't think it actually will expire, but that is why. 
So, maybe the next update of SL will have this wireless deployment stuff
built into it. 


If you want to take the pkg apart and inspect it, you can grab a copy of
"Pacifist" which will allow you to do so.  Maybe you can modify it to
make it work better for you.


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





>>> Kenneth Edgar <ken.edgar at gmail.com> 11/03/09 8:50 AM >>>

Thomas, this will come in handy... I?ll have to try it out.  Reading the
readme however, it says the package expires 

12/31/09, I wonder if it will stop working.




From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:15:12 -0600
To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>, John McLaughlin
<John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us>
Subject: Re: [Casper] airport prefs..

   

        

I got this little pkg from a guy at Apple.  Read the instructions on,
and once you configure it you can drop it into casper and deploy.  I
hope the attachment goes through, as I have had the list reject my
emails sometimes.  If it doesn't go through contact me off list and I
will send it. 

             

       

 ?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>    
  

  

 >            
 
 
___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351
chown -R us /.base





>>> "John McLaughlin" <John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us> 11/03/09 7:47
AM >>>
        
 
 

        

Hi, 

                   
 
 
 

        

                  Has anyone had any luck setting Airport to switch
wireless networks that use a mere WEP key?  I've read a lot about
Leopard not remembering recent networks or retaining the password.  I
can use networksetup just fine within 10.6 and it always rejoins the
network after rebooting.  Any help would be appreciated.         

                   
 
 

 
 >        
 
 

        

John McLaughlin 

                   
 
 
 

        

Technical Support Specialist 

                   
 
 
 

        

Newton Public Schools 

                   
 
 

 
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Nov  3 07:02:36 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:02:36 -0600
Subject: [Casper] airport prefs..
In-Reply-To: <4AF04582.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <4AEFE690.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<C7159F73.18F3F%ken.edgar@gmail.com> <4AEFEFE6.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<4AF04582.BB96.0081.0@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <4AEFF1AC.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Oh yeah I knew that....not enough coffee this morning

>>> "Criss  Myers" <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk> 11/03/09 9:00 AM >>>

On a side issue, you can take the PKG apart in Composer, you dont need
Pacifist, just drag the pkg into Composer list and then convert to
source and you can inspect the contents 


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> 11/03/09 2:55 PM >>>

OK I will just reply to the list.  I got this from a guy at Apple, and
it has an expiration date because at some point in time this little PKG
may be integrated into the OS itself.  That is the only reason why it is
set to expire.  I don't think it actually will expire, but that is why. 
So, maybe the next update of SL will have this wireless deployment stuff
built into it. 


If you want to take the pkg apart and inspect it, you can grab a copy of
"Pacifist" which will allow you to do so.  Maybe you can modify it to
make it work better for you.


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





>>> Kenneth Edgar <ken.edgar at gmail.com> 11/03/09 8:50 AM >>>

Thomas, this will come in handy... I?ll have to try it out.  Reading the
readme however, it says the package expires 

12/31/09, I wonder if it will stop working.





From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:15:12 -0600
To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>, John McLaughlin
<John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us>
Subject: Re: [Casper] airport prefs..

   

              

I got this little pkg from a guy at Apple.  Read the instructions on,
and once you configure it you can drop it into casper and deploy.  I
hope the attachment goes through, as I have had the list reject my
emails sometimes.  If it doesn't go through contact me off list and I
will send it. 

                       

       

 ?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>    
  

  

 >            
 
 
___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351
chown -R us /.base





>>> "John McLaughlin" <John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us> 11/03/09 7:47
AM >>>
        
 
 

              

Hi, 

                             
 
 
 

              

                            Has anyone had any luck setting Airport to
switch wireless networks that use a mere WEP key?  I've read a lot about
Leopard not remembering recent networks or retaining the password.  I
can use networksetup just fine within 10.6 and it always rejoins the
network after rebooting.  Any help would be appreciated.               

                             
 
 

 
 >        
 
 

              

John McLaughlin 

                             
 
 
 

              

Technical Support Specialist 

                             
 
 
 

              

Newton Public Schools 

                             
 
 

 
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From mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us  Tue Nov  3 11:56:31 2009
From: mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us (mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:56:31 -0600
Subject: [Casper] New Email Address for Mike Linde
Message-ID: <1257278191_2056@surgemail3.captainjack.net>

Please change the email address you use for Mike Linde from mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us to the new school email address  which is

mike.linde at vmbulldogs.com

Thanks for making this change.

Mike Linde

From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Nov  3 12:05:40 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:05:40 -0600
Subject: [Casper] restricted software global exempt list
Message-ID: <4AF038B3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

is not working for me 

I have a smart group of teacher machines that are in the global exempt list.  They are trying to run skype, which is a forbidden app to everyone else.  However, no matter what I do, this machine cannot run skype, it keeps getting the message of doom from Casper saying it is not an allowed application. 

I need to make my global exempt lists work. 

Anyone else have issues with this?  I tried rebooting and reinstalling the casper client, no avail from either attempt. 

Thoughts? 

Thanks 

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From RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com  Wed Nov  4 07:58:06 2009
From: RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com (Gibson, Robb)
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:58:06 -0600
Subject: [Casper] McAfee Security for Mac deployment with Casper 7
In-Reply-To: <74908267-4979-49E6-BB4A-355D25143BB4@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <C71700AE.F0FE%RobbGibson@OfficeMax.com>

If it?s anything like the McAfee ePO install, it?s tricky because if you
create a package install, your McAfee server will only see the one GUID
serial number on multiple Macs. The first Mac to check in with the ePO
server will be registered and get the VirusScan download, but any Mac after
will be treated as a duplicate.

We created a package that copies the ePO installation files to the Mac?s
/Users/Shared folder and then run a script that triggers the install
command. Then we use a logout script that removes the ePO folder from
/Users/Shared.

Since the actual install triggers on the Mac, it creates it?s own GUID
number and the ePO server is happy.

The biggest headache we found was if we ran an unsuccessful install, we had
to dig out ALL the McAfee files (including hidden files in
/Library/Preferences/) and Restart the target Mac before testing again. That
tripped us up a couple times because we hadn?t done a clean uninstall and
the ePO server was still seeing the duplicate GUID.


Robb Gibson
System Engineer - eMMS, Publishing Systems
OfficeMax  :  263 Shuman Blvd.  :  Naperville, IL 60563
(630) 864-5242



On 11/3/09 8:21 AM, "Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL"
<jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> wrote:

> Hi-
> 
> Has anyone deployed this with Casper Imaging with success?
> 
> 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 hbonath at computersitecolumbus.com  Wed Nov  4 11:25:59 2009
From: hbonath at computersitecolumbus.com (Henry Bonath)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:25:59 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Snow Leopard Netboot NBI for Casper Imaging
Message-ID: <D96EB254-0812-42EC-B1C4-5DBED4CB2556@computersitecolumbus.com>

I have been trying to create a new .nbi boot image for Casper 7.1 for
imaging.
Using the Resource Kit, I have been unsuccessful using Snow Leopard as
the base OS.
What I have tried, was to create a Netboot image using System Image
utility, and have my OS auto login as root, and launch Casper Imaging.

When I do this, I get some sort of a dyld error complaining that the
cache was built on a different system, and then Casper imaging quits
and restarts in an infinite loop!

What would be the best practice for getting this new netboot image
accomplished?

Thanks!
-Henry

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From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:32:11 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Snow Leopard Netboot NBI for Casper Imaging
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Hi-

I've also been experimenting with this.  I made a netboot image with system image utility off of a partition that had the Casper Imaging app in it.  I made sure to select the image as "diskless" so that it can unmount and apply the image to it successfully.  This seems to have worked, but I'm running into other issues (that I'm not sure are related to this method or not).  Maybe that'll get you farther.

j
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Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Nov 4, 2009, at 2:25 PM, Henry Bonath wrote:

I have been trying to create a new .nbi boot image for Casper 7.1 for
imaging.
Using the Resource Kit, I have been unsuccessful using Snow Leopard as
the base OS.
What I have tried, was to create a Netboot image using System Image
utility, and have my OS auto login as root, and launch Casper Imaging.

When I do this, I get some sort of a dyld error complaining that the
cache was built on a different system, and then Casper imaging quits
and restarts in an infinite loop!

What would be the best practice for getting this new netboot image
accomplished?

Thanks!
-Henry

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Wed Nov  4 12:49:24 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:49:24 -0600
Subject: [Casper] packaging up user accounts for imaging
Message-ID: <4AF19474.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

How many of you actually do a full package of local user accounts?  Like prefs, dock items, wallpapers and all of that stuff? 

I am going to pristine installs via version 7's instaDMG like settings.  My testing so far is good.  My image is smaller, and faster and has everything I need on it.   

I am about to package up 3 local user accounts, all for different types of administration.  I was wondering if anyone actually captured a whole user account and deployed it that way? 
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From Ben.Toms at grey.com  Wed Nov  4 12:53:38 2009
From: Ben.Toms at grey.com (Toms, Ben (Grey Communications Group - IT))
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:53:38 +0000
Subject: [Casper] Snow Leopard Netboot NBI for Casper Imaging
Message-ID: <2C9878F55C186649BD688D66964EBE2411C55D4D@EX-LON-MB-01.weu.grey.global>

This is actually the way we currently build our Casper boot images. 

So far, so good on 10.4 & 10.5. 
Regards,

Ben Toms

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To: Henry Bonath <hbonath at computersitecolumbus.com>
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Sent: Wed Nov 04 20:32:11 2009
Subject: Re: [Casper] Snow Leopard Netboot NBI for Casper Imaging

Hi-

I've also been experimenting with this.  I made a netboot image with system image utility off of a partition that had the Casper Imaging app in it.  I made sure to select the image as "diskless" so that it can unmount and apply the image to it successfully.  This seems to have worked, but I'm running into other issues (that I'm not sure are related to this method or not).  Maybe that'll get you farther.

j

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Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

On Nov 4, 2009, at 2:25 PM, Henry Bonath wrote:


	I have been trying to create a new .nbi boot image for Casper 7.1 for
	imaging.
	Using the Resource Kit, I have been unsuccessful using Snow Leopard as
	the base OS.
	What I have tried, was to create a Netboot image using System Image
	utility, and have my OS auto login as root, and launch Casper Imaging.
	
	When I do this, I get some sort of a dyld error complaining that the
	cache was built on a different system, and then Casper imaging quits
	and restarts in an infinite loop!
	
	What would be the best practice for getting this new netboot image
	accomplished?
	
	Thanks!
	-Henry
	
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From jhill at sheboygan.k12.wi.us  Wed Nov  4 13:15:01 2009
From: jhill at sheboygan.k12.wi.us (Janice Hill)
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:15:01 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Exempt applications
Message-ID: <C7174AF5.DCB3%jhill@sheboygan.k12.wi.us>

WGM uses a white list to restrict applications, and I see that in Casper as
well with restricting applications.  I need to restrict access to terminal
(only) in computer labs (but not everywhere - as the programming students
need to use it).  How are others handling this.  I don't want to use WGM and
be forced to create a list of allowed applications, just restrict access to
terminal in select locations.

Janice K. Hill
PC Support Manager
Apple Certified Technical Coordinator
Sheboygan Area School District



From tlarki at kckps.org  Wed Nov  4 13:22:54 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:22:54 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Exempt applications
In-Reply-To: <C7174AF5.DCB3%jhill@sheboygan.k12.wi.us>
References: <C7174AF5.DCB3%jhill@sheboygan.k12.wi.us>
Message-ID: <4AF19C4E.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Sounds like a job for MCX and apply it to a smart group of the lab.  You are using Casper 7 I assume? 

Or you can use restricted software and make everyone exempt except for that computer group in casper.


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>>> Janice Hill <jhill at sheboygan.k12.wi.us> 11/04/09 3:15 PM >>>
WGM uses a white list to restrict applications, and I see that in Casper as
well with restricting applications.  I need to restrict access to terminal
(only) in computer labs (but not everywhere - as the programming students
need to use it).  How are others handling this.  I don't want to use WGM and
be forced to create a list of allowed applications, just restrict access to
terminal in select locations.

Janice K. Hill
PC Support Manager
Apple Certified Technical Coordinator
Sheboygan Area School District


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From Jason.Weber at district196.org  Wed Nov  4 13:27:56 2009
From: Jason.Weber at district196.org (Weber, Jason)
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:27:56 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Snow Leopard Netboot NBI for Casper Imaging
In-Reply-To: <D96EB254-0812-42EC-B1C4-5DBED4CB2556@computersitecolumbus.com>
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Message-ID: <DFFCE7044F8AFF41AB2262F92C7821620A3F4EA1@do-mail03.district196.org>

So far my 10.6.1 Netboot image has been working, although it's only been
a week that I've been on it so "knock-on-wood"!

I built up the image as a slim install, setting up Casper Imaging.app to
auto launch at boot. (Be sure to set the system to auto-login as "root".

Once that was all set up, I used the "System Image Utility" from the
10.6.x server admin tools from Apple. (Be sure the server admin tools
are the same version as the OS the Netboot image is created off of.)
10.6.1 OS image created by Server Admin tools 10.6.1, etc.

That's pretty much it in a nutshell..


Hope that helps,


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


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[mailto:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Henry Bonath
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 1:26 PM
To: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
Subject: [Casper] Snow Leopard Netboot NBI for Casper Imaging

I have been trying to create a new .nbi boot image for Casper 7.1 for
imaging.
Using the Resource Kit, I have been unsuccessful using Snow Leopard as
the base OS.
What I have tried, was to create a Netboot image using System Image
utility, and have my OS auto login as root, and launch Casper Imaging.

When I do this, I get some sort of a dyld error complaining that the
cache was built on a different system, and then Casper imaging quits
and restarts in an infinite loop!

What would be the best practice for getting this new netboot image
accomplished?

Thanks!
-Henry

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6155-N Huntley Road
Columbus, OH 43229
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Thu Nov  5 06:47:42 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:47:42 -0600
Subject: [Casper] airport prefs..
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References: <OF315DF8A8.71073BBB-ON86257663.004D47E7-86257663.004D7CC8@austinisd.org>
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Hey everyone, I am in the middle of switching everything over to
compiled configurations and so that means I have to script a lot of post
image settings since I am never logging in to the OS and setting them
before hand.  So, I was looking into configuring my network settings and
I recall running into this before.  Now, we are a complete 10.5 shop so
your results may vary if you are running any different versions.  If you
look here: 

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport


You can set all sorts of things from this framework.  If you run that
with the --help command you get this: 


tlarkin$
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport
--help 
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport
AirPort v.528.1 (528.1.0) 
Supported arguments: 
 -z        --disassociate       Disassociate from any network 
 -i[<arg>] --ibss=[<arg>]       Create IBSS 
 -x        --xml                Print info as XML 
 -s[<arg>] --scan=[<arg>]       Perform a wireless broadcast scan. 
  Will perform a directed scan if the optional <arg> is provided 
 -r<arg>   --repeats=<arg>      Repeat the command the specified number
of times 
 -A[<arg>] --associate=[<arg>]  Associate to network. 
  Will prompt for network name if arg is not specified 
  and if necessary, for a password if the network is using WEP or WPA. 
  The following additional arguments may be specified with this command:

                                  --bssid=<arg>     Specify BSSID to
associate with 
                                  --password=<arg>  Specify a WEP key or
WPA password 
 -I        --getinfo            Print current wireless status, e.g.
signal info, BSSID, port type etc. 
 -P<arg>   --psk=<arg>          Create PSK from specified pass phrase
and SSID. 
  The following additional arguments must be specified with this
command: 
                                  --ssid=<arg>      Specify SSID when
creating a PSK 
 -c[<arg>] --channel=[<arg>]    Set arbitrary channel on the card 
 -h        --help               Show this help 
admins-imac:~ tlarkin$ 




FYI 


-Tom 


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>>> "John McLaughlin" <John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us> 11/03/09 8:15
AM >>>

Did you replace com.apple.airport.preferences.plist and
preferences.plist with your package?  Are those files the only ones
responsible for the change?  How are you setting the password?  I've
been scripting the additional entries using PlistBuddy.  What exactly
are your renaming in your script? 


> 
John McLaughlin 

Technical Support Specialist 

Newton Public Schools 


>
> 
dhowell at austinisd.org on Tuesday, November 03, 2009 at 10:06 AM -0500
wrote: 

I actually setup the network and copied the
/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration into a package and have a
script the renames it at the end. so it resets the Airport back to
default settings I choose. The reason for the rename is the computer
name is embedded in there also. 


D. Trey Howell 

ACMT, ACPT, ACDT, ACHDS 

trey.howell at austinisd.org 

Desktop Engineering 

twitter @aisdmacgeek 


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        Has anyone had any luck setting Airport to switch wireless
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remembering recent networks or retaining the password.  I can use
networksetup just fine within 10.6 and it always rejoins the network
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Thu Nov  5 08:44:52 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:44:52 -0600
Subject: [Casper] jamf displayMessage proof of concept help
Message-ID: <4AF2ACA3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

So, I am trying to run some automation with a bit of end user interaction.  If I use the jamf displayMessage binary to display a message it will return the output back into terminal, but I can't seem to quite make the connection. 

Basically I want to run the command along with other commands and then the user clicks on the OK button it will trigger the last or final command of the policy. 

Here is what I got, proof of concept wise, but it is very very broken.  Anyone else got any ideas? 

#!/bin/bash 

#test jamf display message command 

selection= 

/usr/sbin/jamf displayMessage -message "testing" 

until [ "$selection" = "button returned: OK" ] ; do 

case $selection in 

"button returned:OK" ) /bin/echo "the test is over" ;; 
   esac 
done 
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From joelande at hibbing.k12.mn.us  Thu Nov  5 11:00:33 2009
From: joelande at hibbing.k12.mn.us (Joel R. Anderson)
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:33 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Apple Aluminum Firmware Update
Message-ID: <fc.0118c6f90067aac40118c6f90067aac4.67aacf@hibbing.k12.mn.us>

Is there a way to apply the Apple Aluminum Firmware Update using Casper?



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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Thu Nov  5 06:54:40 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL)
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:54:40 -0500
Subject: [Casper] "no authorization"
Message-ID: <83FEE1B9-D48A-44C7-BC79-94A100791CB1@ll.mit.edu>

Hi-

Has anyone run into clients seemingly "falling off" the service?  I had a user contact me today that his Self Service was showing "no authorization" and it turned out that his machine was no longer in the JSS.  I reproduced the issue on my own machine by deleting my machine from the JSS.  When trying to then run a "jamf recon" in that state, I was returned a "bad username or password" - which I assume is normal because the JSS no longer knows anything about my machine (including what the ssh username or password should be).

Anyone see this and/or have a fix that doesn't include reinstalling the client? (Which works fine.)

Thanks

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Thu Nov  5 11:34:32 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:34:32 -0600
Subject: [Casper] "no authorization"
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References: <83FEE1B9-D48A-44C7-BC79-94A100791CB1@ll.mit.edu>
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yes, I have seen this before and how it happened to me was that I pushed out a massive password change for the casper ssh account.  Well not all of them were updating on time or in sync, or a user would close their lid or something during the update and it would corrupt and to remedy it I was dropping the quick add package over ARD with the latest account info. 



>>> "Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> 11/05/09 8:54 AM >>>
Hi- 



Has anyone run into clients seemingly "falling off" the service?  I had a user contact me today that his Self Service was showing "no authorization" and it turned out that his machine was no longer in the JSS.  I reproduced the issue on my own machine by deleting my machine from the JSS.  When trying to then run a "jamf recon" in that state, I was returned a "bad username or password" - which I assume is normal because the JSS no longer knows anything about my machine (including what the ssh username or password should be). 



Anyone see this and/or have a fix that doesn't include reinstalling the client? (Which works fine.) 



Thanks 



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From mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us  Thu Nov  5 11:56:28 2009
From: mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us (mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us)
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:56:28 -0600
Subject: [Casper] New Email Address for Mike Linde
Message-ID: <1257450988_3940@surgemail3.captainjack.net>

Please change the email address you use for Mike Linde from mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us to the new school email address  which is

mike.linde at vmbulldogs.com

Thanks for making this change.

Mike Linde

From John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us  Thu Nov  5 14:20:32 2009
From: John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us (John McLaughlin)
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:20:32 -0500
Subject: [Casper] no airport..
Message-ID: <fc.000f49c205690d35000f49c205690d35.5690e3c@newton.k12.ma.us>

Hi everyone,
			I had previously sent in a plead for help on creating a connection to
my wireless network which used a mere WEP key and have it be remembered. 
I am very grateful for the help everyone had given.  Unfortunately, I
didn't mention a few things I should have.  Not only am I attempting to
make this connection to the network but I am also trying to switch from an
802.1x connection that my clients will be using at the time I try to make
this transition.  No matter what I try, I can't get the OS to remember
this network and once a client reboots, the network settings are gone. 
Has anyone successfully switched from one wifi network to another using
10.5 and have it be remembered?  

John McLaughlin
Technical Support Specialist
Newton Public Schools


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From taugust04.lists at gmail.com  Thu Nov  5 21:16:12 2009
From: taugust04.lists at gmail.com (Ted August)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:16:12 -0500
Subject: [Casper] OFF TOPIC - 10.6 SL Server, is it worth the upgrade?
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Message-ID: <1C6A9370-3D8B-43BF-BEAA-EE6CEF806C8C@gmail.com>

I have read that AFP performance has been improved in 10.6.   
Unfortunately I did not keep track of the articles I read that mention  
this.

-- 
Ted August
Salve Regina University

On Oct 29, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Steve Wood wrote:

> Looking for opinions on upgrading from 10.5 Server to 10.6 Server.   
> Not just from a Casper standpoint, but from an all around  
> performance gain, etc, standpoint.  Who has done the upgrade and is  
> it worth it?  We mainly use AFP, OD, DNS, DHCP, Netboot, and some  
> web on our servers.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> 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
> _______________________________________________
> 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 Nov  6 04:23:03 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:23:03 -0500
Subject: [Casper] OFF TOPIC - 10.6 SL Server, is it worth the upgrade?
In-Reply-To: <1C6A9370-3D8B-43BF-BEAA-EE6CEF806C8C@gmail.com>
References: <438f5a310910290821g52649bc9qb1b928dfb24004dc@mail.gmail.com>
	<1C6A9370-3D8B-43BF-BEAA-EE6CEF806C8C@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <029ADC00-D2DE-4C18-87D2-E790A34D8E58@ll.mit.edu>

If you use Software Update Server for your clients, you're forced to upgrade if you've got Snow Leopard client machines.  It's really the only reason we're going to it seeing how Casper 7's JSS runs just fine on 10.5.

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

On Nov 6, 2009, at 12:16 AM, Ted August wrote:

I have read that AFP performance has been improved in 10.6.  Unfortunately I did not keep track of the articles I read that mention this.

--
Ted August
Salve Regina University

On Oct 29, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Steve Wood wrote:

Looking for opinions on upgrading from 10.5 Server to 10.6 Server.  Not just from a Casper standpoint, but from an all around performance gain, etc, standpoint.  Who has done the upgrade and is it worth it?  We mainly use AFP, OD, DNS, DHCP, Netboot, and some web on our servers.

Thoughts?


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
_______________________________________________
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 tlarki at kckps.org  Fri Nov  6 06:08:29 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:08:29 -0600
Subject: [Casper] OFF TOPIC - 10.6 SL Server, is it worth the	upgrade?
In-Reply-To: <029ADC00-D2DE-4C18-87D2-E790A34D8E58@ll.mit.edu>
References: <438f5a310910290821g52649bc9qb1b928dfb24004dc@mail.gmail.com>
	<1C6A9370-3D8B-43BF-BEAA-EE6CEF806C8C@gmail.com>
	<029ADC00-D2DE-4C18-87D2-E790A34D8E58@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <4AF3D97D.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I went to a 10.6 training round table thing that Apple put on.  To me, the biggest improvement 10.6 server has is Podcast Producer.  If you were ever thinking about leaping into Podcast Producer, I think 10.6 is your ticket.  They made the work flows easier and the back end easier to set up. 

The rest of updated features I was demo'd didn't seem like they were leaps and bounds better but just a bit over all better than 10.5.  


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





>>> "Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> 11/06/09 6:23 AM >>>
If you use Software Update Server for your clients, you're forced to upgrade if you've got Snow Leopard client machines.  It's really the only reason we're going to it seeing how Casper 7's JSS runs just fine on 10.5.  



j

--- 

Jared F. Nichols 

Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations 

Information Services Department 

MIT Lincoln Laboratory 

244 Wood Street 

Lexington, Massachusetts 02420 

781.981.5436 



On Nov 6, 2009, at 12:16 AM, Ted August wrote: 




I have read that AFP performance has been improved in 10.6.  Unfortunately I did not keep track of the articles I read that mention this. 



--  

Ted August 

Salve Regina University 



On Oct 29, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Steve Wood wrote: 




Looking for opinions on upgrading from 10.5 Server to 10.6 Server.  Not just from a Casper standpoint, but from an all around performance gain, etc, standpoint.  Who has done the upgrade and is it worth it?  We mainly use AFP, OD, DNS, DHCP, Netboot, and some web on our servers.

Thoughts?


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
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From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Fri Nov  6 07:21:37 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:21:37 -0600
Subject: [Casper] OFF TOPIC - 10.6 SL Server, is it worth the upgrade?
In-Reply-To: <4AF3D97D.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <C7199B21.5689%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>

Apple?s materials say AFP performance is 30% faster, NFS is 50% faster, and SMB is 60% faster on Snow Leopard Server.

So, it looks like it would probably be a good move for your software repository servers assuming your network bandwidth isn?t the bottleneck.  At the recent CUG, Sam had mentioned that there could be some future use of new versions of underlying services in near-future releases of Casper though which would help with large deployments.

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: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:08:29 -0600
To: Ted August <taugust04.lists at gmail.com>, Jared - 1160 - MITLL Nichols <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>
Cc: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] OFF TOPIC - 10.6 SL Server, is it worth the upgrade?



 I went to a 10.6 training round table thing that Apple put on.  To me, the biggest improvement 10.6 server has is Podcast Producer.  If you were ever thinking about leaping into Podcast Producer, I think 10.6 is your ticket.  They made the work flows easier and the back end easier to set up.



 The rest of updated features I was demo'd didn't seem like they were leaps and bounds better but just a bit over all better than 10.5.


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





>>> "Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> 11/06/09 6:23 AM >>>
If you use Software Update Server for your clients, you're forced to upgrade if you've got Snow Leopard client machines.  It's really the only reason we're going to it seeing how Casper 7's JSS runs just fine on 10.5.









 j









 ---






 Jared F. Nichols






 Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations






 Information Services Department






 MIT Lincoln Laboratory






 244 Wood Street






 Lexington, Massachusetts 02420






 781.981.5436














 On Nov 6, 2009, at 12:16 AM, Ted August wrote:









 I have read that AFP performance has been improved in 10.6.  Unfortunately I did not keep track of the articles I read that mention this.









 --




 Ted August




 Salve Regina University










 On Oct 29, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Steve Wood wrote:








 Looking for opinions on upgrading from 10.5 Server to 10.6 Server.  Not just from a Casper standpoint, but from an all around performance gain, etc, standpoint.  Who has done the upgrade and is it worth it?  We mainly use AFP, OD, DNS, DHCP, Netboot, and some web on our servers.

Thoughts?


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











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From ryan.manly at gmail.com  Fri Nov  6 08:52:43 2009
From: ryan.manly at gmail.com (Ryan Manly)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:52:43 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Exempt applications
In-Reply-To: <C7174AF5.DCB3%jhill@sheboygan.k12.wi.us>
References: <C7174AF5.DCB3%jhill@sheboygan.k12.wi.us>
Message-ID: <b416f85e0911060852k2d8b019cre49f82c46bf7105@mail.gmail.com>

I got really annoyed with WGM's app access. It doesn't work right with allow
/Applications but deny /Applications/Utilities for example.

What I did was just pushed out a 'chmod 770' command with Casper to make
/Applications/Utilities so anyone that isn't in the Admin group can't open
it.

Don't do it recursively though. A lot of things complained when I did that.
Activity Monitor especially :)


Ryan M. Manly
Mac OS X Expert
Glenbrook High Schools
1835 Landwehr Rd.
Glenview, IL 60026
(847) 486-4948


On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Janice Hill <jhill at sheboygan.k12.wi.us>wrote:

> WGM uses a white list to restrict applications, and I see that in Casper as
> well with restricting applications.  I need to restrict access to terminal
> (only) in computer labs (but not everywhere - as the programming students
> need to use it).  How are others handling this.  I don't want to use WGM
> and
> be forced to create a list of allowed applications, just restrict access to
> terminal in select locations.
>
> Janice K. Hill
> PC Support Manager
> Apple Certified Technical Coordinator
> Sheboygan Area School District
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Fri Nov  6 08:59:18 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:59:18 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Exempt applications
In-Reply-To: <b416f85e0911060852k2d8b019cre49f82c46bf7105@mail.gmail.com>
References: <C7174AF5.DCB3%jhill@sheboygan.k12.wi.us>
	<b416f85e0911060852k2d8b019cre49f82c46bf7105@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4AF40186.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I restrict access by folder with MCX.  I do it by group policy in WGM.  I then put all apps that I don't want non admins to access in /Applications/utilities and restrict access to that folder. 

You can do this with casper as someone on the list previously posted it.  If you look through the mail archives you should find it.

>>> Ryan Manly <ryan.manly at gmail.com> 11/06/09 10:52 AM >>>

I got really annoyed with WGM's app access. It doesn't work right with allow /Applications but deny /Applications/Utilities for example. 



What I did was just pushed out a 'chmod 770' command with Casper to make /Applications/Utilities so anyone that isn't in the Admin group can't open it. 



Don't do it recursively though. A lot of things complained when I did that. Activity Monitor especially :) 




Ryan M. Manly
Mac OS X Expert
Glenbrook High Schools
1835 Landwehr Rd.
Glenview, IL 60026
(847) 486-4948



On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Janice Hill 
<jhill at sheboygan.k12.wi.us> 

wrote:


WGM uses a white list to restrict applications, and I see that in Casper as
well with restricting applications. I need to restrict access to terminal
(only) in computer labs (but not everywhere - as the programming students
need to use it). How are others handling this. I don't want to use WGM and
be forced to create a list of allowed applications, just restrict access to
terminal in select locations.

Janice K. Hill
PC Support Manager
Apple Certified Technical Coordinator
Sheboygan Area School District




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From ryan.manly at gmail.com  Fri Nov  6 09:44:44 2009
From: ryan.manly at gmail.com (Ryan Manly)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:44:44 -0600
Subject: [Casper] jamf displayMessage proof of concept help
In-Reply-To: <4AF2ACA3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4AF2ACA3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <b416f85e0911060944m53f5da46g1ebad349da2e83fa@mail.gmail.com>

I like to use Applescript to display windows because it is so easy. You can
even call it from a shell script like so:

#!/bin/sh

#script your commands here
touch file1

#this is the window block
/usr/bin/osascript << EOF
tell application "Finder"
        activate
display dialog "Running Maintenance Tasks" buttons {"Finish IT!"} with icon
caution
end tell
EOF

#final command runs after button is pressed
touch file2

exit

Here is the pastebin link if the email gets munged.
http://pastebin.com/m454c9c14

Ryan M. Manly
Mac OS X Expert
Glenbrook High Schools
1835 Landwehr Rd.
Glenview, IL 60026
(847) 486-4948


On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

>  So, I am trying to run some automation with a bit of end user
> interaction.  If I use the jamf displayMessage binary to display a message
> it will return the output back into terminal, but I can't seem to quite make
> the connection.
>
>  Basically I want to run the command along with other commands and then
> the user clicks on the OK button it will trigger the last or final command
> of the policy.
>
>  Here is what I got, proof of concept wise, but it is very very broken.
>  Anyone else got any ideas?
>
>  #!/bin/bash
>
>  #test jamf display message command
>
>  selection=
>
>  /usr/sbin/jamf displayMessage -message "testing"
>
>  until [ "$selection" = "button returned: OK" ] ; do
>
>  case $selection in
>
>  "button returned:OK" ) /bin/echo "the test is over" ;;
>
>    esac
>
> done
>
> ___________________________
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> blackberry:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
> chown -R us /.base
>
>
>
>
>
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Fri Nov  6 10:45:50 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:45:50 -0500
Subject: [Casper] 7 Imaging and scripts
Message-ID: <F26DD975-7E0B-4E76-A70D-0AA7E5DA92E5@ll.mit.edu>

Hi-

I'm working through 7 Imaging and am running into something unexpected:  I have installed the OS via Imaging and a few other things that were packages, but it seems like scripts that make setting changes (like modifying the screen saver settings to lock, setting the proxy, setting NTP server and timezone) look like they haven't run as they're at the default OS settings.

Is this expected behavior or am I doing something wrong?  I made my configuration compiled so that it would just do a block copy.  Do I need to have it run un-compiled (just select the packages and scripts) so that the scripts will actually process?

Thanks!
---
Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure & Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
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From reverson at solon.k12.ia.us  Fri Nov  6 11:55:47 2009
From: reverson at solon.k12.ia.us (Robert Everson)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:55:47 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Printer Defaults
Message-ID: <84812E00-34FD-44B1-821E-763BF438E6C9@solon.k12.ia.us>

Does anyone have a way of packaging up printer defaults and sending  
them via a policy?  What I'm trying to do is force duplexing on all of  
our supported printers, but I am unable to do this at the printer  
level.  It would be preferable if this were pushed out with the  
printer via Casper, but I could also create a smart group based on  
each printer and just push out the specific settings there as well.

Has anyone been able to do this?

-Robert



From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Fri Nov  6 11:56:31 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:56:31 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Printer Defaults
In-Reply-To: <84812E00-34FD-44B1-821E-763BF438E6C9@solon.k12.ia.us>
Message-ID: <C719DB8F.EE57%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

You and me both! =)

On 11/6/09 1:55 PM, "Robert Everson" <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us> wrote:

> Does anyone have a way of packaging up printer defaults and sending
> them via a policy?  What I'm trying to do is force duplexing on all of
> our supported printers, but I am unable to do this at the printer
> level.  It would be preferable if this were pushed out with the
> printer via Casper, but I could also create a smart group based on
> each printer and just push out the specific settings there as well.
> 
> Has anyone been able to do this?
> 
> -Robert
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us  Fri Nov  6 11:56:33 2009
From: mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us (mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us)
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:56:33 -0600
Subject: [Casper] New Email Address for Mike Linde
Message-ID: <1257537393_4867@surgemail3.captainjack.net>

Please change the email address you use for Mike Linde from mlinde at vanmeter.k12.ia.us to the new school email address  which is

mike.linde at vmbulldogs.com

Thanks for making this change.

Mike Linde

From jyung at cmithun.com  Fri Nov  6 12:27:28 2009
From: jyung at cmithun.com (Jon Yung)
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:27:28 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Users Personal Files
Message-ID: <C719E2D0.6E5C%jyung@cmithun.com>

Hello ALL,
Does anyone have recommended method to migrated user files and preferences
when upgrading computers? Other then Migration Assistant built into a mac.
When setting up netboot there is a check box for Clent Data.

Thanks,
Jon
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From tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org  Fri Nov  6 12:40:54 2009
From: tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org (Tatian Greenleaf)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:40:54 -0800
Subject: [Casper] Users Personal Files
In-Reply-To: <C719E2D0.6E5C%jyung@cmithun.com>
References: <C719E2D0.6E5C%jyung@cmithun.com>
Message-ID: <38d97fa20911061240o3c071586n4412b564902b91ce@mail.gmail.com>

Jon,

I've been using the script that Steve Wood provided (posted Aug 25 to this
listserv); see below.

Tatian

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


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 Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Jon Yung <jyung at cmithun.com> wrote:

>  Hello ALL,
> Does anyone have recommended method to migrated user files and preferences
> when upgrading computers? Other then Migration Assistant built into a mac.
> When setting up netboot there is a check box for Clent Data.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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From ken.edgar at gmail.com  Fri Nov  6 13:05:55 2009
From: ken.edgar at gmail.com (Kenneth Edgar)
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:05:55 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Users Personal Files
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20911061240o3c071586n4412b564902b91ce@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C719EBD3.191F1%ken.edgar@gmail.com>

I use Carbon Copy Cloner to make sure you select exactly what you want to
back up using the incremental method.  Back it up to an external drive...
Then move it back over when you are done.



From: Tatian Greenleaf <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:40:54 -0800
To: Jon Yung <jyung at cmithun.com>
Cc: <Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Users Personal Files

Jon,

I've been using the script that Steve Wood provided (posted Aug 25 to this
listserv); see below.

Tatian

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


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 Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Jon Yung <jyung at cmithun.com> wrote:
> Hello ALL,
> Does anyone have recommended method to migrated user files and preferences
> when upgrading computers? Other then Migration Assistant built into a mac.
> When setting up netboot there is a check box for Clent Data.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jon 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
> 



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From dderusha at schawk.com  Fri Nov  6 13:21:15 2009
From: dderusha at schawk.com (Dan DeRusha)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:21:15 -0600
Subject: [Casper] 3 partitions
Message-ID: <6744DA92-B9D9-4948-9159-CF0BE0769DA1@schawk.com>

Hi-

We have been using casper for a while and want to make it better at  
our location.

One of the ideas we are tossing around is a 3 partition scenario.

We are thinking this out for our future builds with casper.  Most of  
our facility is 10.5.8.  We were 10.4 and migrated to 10.5.
We did this by loading a drive with 10.5 and all the packages,  
installed that as a second drive and moved over all the user data.
Not how we want to handle upgrading to 10.6 or beyond.

10.5 offers on the fly partitioning, making the 3 partitions a  
reality.  Our thought is to have a "live" partition with 10.5 and all  
the apps.
Second partition with the user data and the 3rd a restore partition.

With this model we are thinking we can use the restore partition as a  
upgrade partition.  When we are ready for 10.6, install to the restore  
partition, link the user files,
and reboot.  Some of these computers we have to support are not local.

Does this sound like a good or bad idea?

Thanks

Dan



From tonyswu at mac.com  Fri Nov  6 13:29:16 2009
From: tonyswu at mac.com (Tony S. Wu)
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:29:16 -0800
Subject: [Casper] FirstRun doesn't run after imaging
Message-ID: <138966998280658370126087360226699392198-Webmail@me.com>

Hi,

I imaged a new iMac yesterday and noticed that after booting up there is no user account.
I redo the imaging process again today, same thing.
I went into single user mode and try to run the FirstRun script from there, it just says that there is syntax error.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.

Tony S. Wu
tonyswu at mac.com

From tlarki at kckps.org  Fri Nov  6 13:32:45 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:32:45 -0600
Subject: [Casper] FirstRun doesn't run after imaging
In-Reply-To: <138966998280658370126087360226699392198-Webmail@me.com>
References: <138966998280658370126087360226699392198-Webmail@me.com>
Message-ID: <4AF4419C.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Can you post the script?

>>> "Tony S. Wu" <tonyswu at mac.com> 11/06/09 3:29 PM >>>
Hi,

I imaged a new iMac yesterday and noticed that after booting up there is no user account.
I redo the imaging process again today, same thing.
I went into single user mode and try to run the FirstRun script from there, it just says that there is syntax error.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.

Tony S. Wu
tonyswu at mac.com
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From ken.edgar at gmail.com  Fri Nov  6 13:35:22 2009
From: ken.edgar at gmail.com (ken edgar)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:35:22 -0600
Subject: [Casper] MCX Domains
Message-ID: <4b4190f00911061335r5e071f1bs8b902374095f7129@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

I have had some issues with setting the mcx domains.  When I select
UserLevel, it should be ~/Library/Preferences... However it still shows up
as /Library/Preferences.  If I keep checking User, User Managed Level, and
Computer Level... It finally shows as ~/Library/Preferences... But usually
not when the level setting is right.

Anyone come across this?  I?m trying to set com.apple.digihub settings.  Oh
yeah, what is a Union Policy?

Thanks,
Ken Edgar
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From abenedict at integer.com  Fri Nov  6 19:11:01 2009
From: abenedict at integer.com (Alan Benedict)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:11:01 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Printer Defaults
In-Reply-To: <C719DB8F.EE57%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
References: <84812E00-34FD-44B1-821E-763BF438E6C9@solon.k12.ia.us> 
	<C719DB8F.EE57%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <5fe906620911061911n21903832t928f23ced737ab13@mail.gmail.com>

I believe if you set those prefs before capturing the printer with Casper
Admin, it will push those prefs as part of the package.  I'm pretty sure
someone from Jamf informed me of this but I could be wrong. Otherwise you
could edit your PPD in BBEdit or similar app to make duplexing the default.
 We did that here, forcing defaults for grayscale and duplexing.
--
Alan Benedict
?
Macintosh Technician
The Integer Group
O: 515-247-2738
C: 515-770-8234
http://www.integer.com






On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Ernst, Craig S. <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> wrote:

> You and me both! =)
>
> On 11/6/09 1:55 PM, "Robert Everson" <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have a way of packaging up printer defaults and sending
> > them via a policy?  What I'm trying to do is force duplexing on all of
> > our supported printers, but I am unable to do this at the printer
> > level.  It would be preferable if this were pushed out with the
> > printer via Casper, but I could also create a smart group based on
> > each printer and just push out the specific settings there as well.
> >
> > Has anyone been able to do this?
> >
> > -Robert
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Casper mailing list
> > Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> > http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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From ryan.manly at gmail.com  Mon Nov  9 07:53:19 2009
From: ryan.manly at gmail.com (Ryan Manly)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:53:19 -0600
Subject: [Casper] jamf displayMessage proof of concept help
In-Reply-To: <4AF2ACA3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4AF2ACA3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <b416f85e0911090753j6cc3fcaat7620e8ee07601fae@mail.gmail.com>

What did you end up doing? I like looking at other's scripts. Gives me fun
ideas. :D

Ryan M. Manly
Mac OS X Expert
Glenbrook High Schools
1835 Landwehr Rd.
Glenview, IL 60026
(847) 486-4948


On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

>  So, I am trying to run some automation with a bit of end user
> interaction.  If I use the jamf displayMessage binary to display a message
> it will return the output back into terminal, but I can't seem to quite make
> the connection.
>
>  Basically I want to run the command along with other commands and then
> the user clicks on the OK button it will trigger the last or final command
> of the policy.
>
>  Here is what I got, proof of concept wise, but it is very very broken.
>  Anyone else got any ideas?
>
>  #!/bin/bash
>
>  #test jamf display message command
>
>  selection=
>
>  /usr/sbin/jamf displayMessage -message "testing"
>
>  until [ "$selection" = "button returned: OK" ] ; do
>
>  case $selection in
>
>  "button returned:OK" ) /bin/echo "the test is over" ;;
>
>    esac
>
> done
>
> ___________________________
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> blackberry:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
> chown -R us /.base
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From swood at integer.com  Mon Nov  9 08:00:51 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 10:00:51 -0600
Subject: [Casper] jamf displayMessage proof of concept help
In-Reply-To: <b416f85e0911090753j6cc3fcaat7620e8ee07601fae@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4AF2ACA3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<b416f85e0911090753j6cc3fcaat7620e8ee07601fae@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <438f5a310911090800s365fec00ta87b2e27f2140e91@mail.gmail.com>

I sent him some information on using iHook to do the notification.  The only
thing that iHook does that I don't like is that it puts an input box on the
page with an OK button.  You don't have to put anything in the box, but it
is there.  Not sure how to get that off in iHook.

The advantage to using iHook is that if you are already using it for
login/logout hooks you don't have to add anything more, just drop a new
script.

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 Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Ryan Manly <ryan.manly at gmail.com> wrote:

> What did you end up doing? I like looking at other's scripts. Gives me fun
> ideas. :D
>
> Ryan M. Manly
> Mac OS X Expert
> Glenbrook High Schools
> 1835 Landwehr Rd.
> Glenview, IL 60026
> (847) 486-4948
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
>
>>  So, I am trying to run some automation with a bit of end user
>> interaction.  If I use the jamf displayMessage binary to display a message
>> it will return the output back into terminal, but I can't seem to quite make
>> the connection.
>>
>>  Basically I want to run the command along with other commands and then
>> the user clicks on the OK button it will trigger the last or final command
>> of the policy.
>>
>>  Here is what I got, proof of concept wise, but it is very very broken.
>>  Anyone else got any ideas?
>>
>>  #!/bin/bash
>>
>>  #test jamf display message command
>>
>>  selection=
>>
>>  /usr/sbin/jamf displayMessage -message "testing"
>>
>>  until [ "$selection" = "button returned: OK" ] ; do
>>
>>  case $selection in
>>
>>  "button returned:OK" ) /bin/echo "the test is over" ;;
>>
>>    esac
>>
>> done
>>
>> ___________________________
>> Thomas Larkin
>> TIS Department
>> KCKPS USD500
>> tlarki at kckps.org
>> blackberry:  913-449-7589
>> office:  913-627-0351
>> chown -R us /.base
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Casper mailing list
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>>
>>
>
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From swood at integer.com  Mon Nov  9 09:08:18 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:08:18 -0600
Subject: [Casper] jamf displayMessage proof of concept help
In-Reply-To: <7F12F986-6F84-441D-B969-F04D53AAA55D@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <4AF2ACA3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<b416f85e0911090753j6cc3fcaat7620e8ee07601fae@mail.gmail.com>
	<438f5a310911090800s365fec00ta87b2e27f2140e91@mail.gmail.com>
	<7F12F986-6F84-441D-B969-F04D53AAA55D@uclan.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <438f5a310911090908r5bc10851m9a2f43a01e00d791@mail.gmail.com>

If you look at the instructions for lexicon use in iHook, there are several
things you add or change.  One of those is an Input Box:  %INPUT
ENABLE/DISABLE/REMOVE [prompt Title].  You can then read the input.  Here's
a little script example they give:

#! /bin/sh

# read user input
echo "%INPUT ENABLE Please enter some text:"
read input
echo "%INPUT DISABLE Processing input..."
do_input_processing ${input}
echo %INPUT REMOVE


Using that you could solicit input from the user and then move on.  Also, if
you just wanted to wait for a user to click OK before moving on with your
script, you could use that input box as such.  The proof of concept I sent
was to open up Calculator.app after the OK button was pressed.  That script
looked like this:

#!/bin/sh

echo "%INPUT ENABLE Please Close All Applications and press OK"
read input
echo "%INPUT DISABLE Processing...."

echo %INPUT REMOVE

open /Applications/Calculator.app




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 Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Criss Myers <bukira at gmail.com> wrote:

> ????
>
> I don't have an input box my ihooks
>
> What are u doing differently I wonder
>
> Criss
>
>
> On 9 Nov 2009, at 16:00, Steve Wood <swood at integer.com> wrote:
>
> I sent him some information on using iHook to do the notification.  The
> only thing that iHook does that I don't like is that it puts an input box on
> the page with an OK button.  You don't have to put anything in the box, but
> it is there.  Not sure how to get that off in iHook.
>
> The advantage to using iHook is that if you are already using it for
> login/logout hooks you don't have to add anything more, just drop a new
> script.
>
> 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 Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Ryan Manly < <ryan.manly at gmail.com>
> ryan.manly at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What did you end up doing? I like looking at other's scripts. Gives me fun
>> ideas. :D
>>
>> Ryan M. Manly
>> Mac OS X Expert
>> Glenbrook High Schools
>> 1835 Landwehr Rd.
>> Glenview, IL 60026
>> (847) 486-4948
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Thomas Larkin < <tlarki at kckps.org>
>> tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
>>
>>>  So, I am trying to run some automation with a bit of end user
>>> interaction.  If I use the jamf displayMessage binary to display a message
>>> it will return the output back into terminal, but I can't seem to quite make
>>> the connection.
>>>
>>>  Basically I want to run the command along with other commands and then
>>> the user clicks on the OK button it will trigger the last or final command
>>> of the policy.
>>>
>>>  Here is what I got, proof of concept wise, but it is very very broken.
>>>  Anyone else got any ideas?
>>>
>>>  #!/bin/bash
>>>
>>>  #test jamf display message command
>>>
>>>  selection=
>>>
>>>  /usr/sbin/jamf displayMessage -message "testing"
>>>
>>>  until [ "$selection" = "button returned: OK" ] ; do
>>>
>>>  case $selection in
>>>
>>>  "button returned:OK" ) /bin/echo "the test is over" ;;
>>>
>>>    esac
>>>
>>> done
>>>
>>> ___________________________
>>> Thomas Larkin
>>> TIS Department
>>> KCKPS USD500
>>> <tlarki at kckps.org>tlarki at kckps.org
>>> blackberry:  913-449-7589
>>> office:  913-627-0351
>>> chown -R us /.base
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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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> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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From ken.edgar at gmail.com  Mon Nov  9 09:13:41 2009
From: ken.edgar at gmail.com (ken edgar)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:13:41 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Moving the mysql database to a different server
Message-ID: <4b4190f00911090913x4db0c0bn7dd848681e241892@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

I'm looking into the possibility of moving the MySQL database from the jss
to a different server.  Mainly to consolidate backup of multiple mysql
databases.  I found that the JSS uses the username of jamfsoftware to access
the database.  I have not seen in any documentation what that password is or
how to set it.  As important is how would I tell the JSS to look for the
database on a different box?  Has anyone done this before?  We are looking
at tossing it onto a RHEL5 machine.

Thanks,
Ken
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From Rich.Dagel at landor.com  Mon Nov  9 09:43:57 2009
From: Rich.Dagel at landor.com (Dagel, Rich)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:43:57 -0800
Subject: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time
Message-ID: <C71D94DD.31860%Rich.Dagel@landor.com>

I am trying to figure out a way to remove all the fonts from the
/Library/Fonts/   and the System/Library/Fonts/  folder during the imaging
process.  I have created packages of the only the fonts that the system
needs and want to be able to clear out the ones that are on the images I
have and install these.  I have tried making a package with package maker
with a postflight script but no luck during the imaging process.  This will
also help as I want to move to using OS X installer disk images during the
installation process.

Thanks

Rich


Rich Dagel
Senior Technology Specialist

Landor Associates
1001 Front Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
United States
415 365 3933
http://www.landor.com
Rich.Dagel at landor.com

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From paul.austin at wachovia.com  Mon Nov  9 10:30:57 2009
From: paul.austin at wachovia.com (Paul Austin)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:30:57 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time
In-Reply-To: <C71D94DD.31860%Rich.Dagel@landor.com>
References: <C71D94DD.31860%Rich.Dagel@landor.com>
Message-ID: <40029B34-C2B3-4A3F-80A0-A3A4E92268C8@wachovia.com>

Create a shell script to delete the font files, import it into casper and set it to run at reboot, then deploy it with you image.


On Nov 9, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Dagel, Rich wrote:

I am trying to figure out a way to remove all the fonts from the /Library/Fonts/   and the System/Library/Fonts/  folder during the imaging process.  I have created packages of the only the fonts that the system needs and want to be able to clear out the ones that are on the images I have and install these.  I have tried making a package with package maker with a postflight script but no luck during the imaging process.  This will also help as I want to move to using OS X installer disk images during the installation process.

Thanks

Rich


Rich Dagel
Senior Technology Specialist
<image.gif>
Landor Associates
1001 Front Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
United States
415 365 3933
http://www.landor.com<http://www.landor.com/>
Rich.Dagel at landor.com<x-msg://39/Rich.Dagel at landor.com>
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From sjhinding at isd194.k12.mn.us  Mon Nov  9 10:40:15 2009
From: sjhinding at isd194.k12.mn.us (Sandy J. Hinding)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:40:15 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Snow Leopard Netboot NBI for Casper Imaging
In-Reply-To: <mailman.9.1257451204.29655.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
References: <mailman.9.1257451204.29655.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
Message-ID: <fc.011eddef05f6333f3b9aca007c4fb29a.5f6424c@isd194.k12.mn.us>

Hi all,

I have a working 10.6.1 nbi on my 10.5.8 netboot server, however I find that the "diskless" function is not working as expected.
When netbooted, normally we can use Disk Utility to erase, partition, zero local drive as needed, but with this image we're getting "Disk cannot be unmounted" error. This is just what happens when diskless is not enabled on previous netboot images.
Anyone else able to utilize Disk Utility with a 10.6.1 netboot image?

Also, way back, we used to have to resize the netboot volume to prevent "out of space" errors when imaging... 
or are these errors another symptom of the "diskless" issue?

On a positive note, my 10.6 nbi is 4.8 GB, compared to the gargantuan 11.29 GB 10.5 nbi !

Regards,
Sandy Hinding
Lakeville Schools

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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Mon Nov  9 11:00:54 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:00:54 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Snow Leopard Netboot NBI for Casper Imaging
In-Reply-To: <fc.011eddef05f6333f3b9aca007c4fb29a.5f6424c@isd194.k12.mn.us>
References: <mailman.9.1257451204.29655.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
	<fc.011eddef05f6333f3b9aca007c4fb29a.5f6424c@isd194.k12.mn.us>
Message-ID: <84B6EE08-BD09-4B62-9A82-23DEED6063C9@ll.mit.edu>

I've got a 10.6.1 nbi working just fine and able to do imaging with it, but it's booting from a 10.6 server... don't know if that's the difference that makes it work nor not.


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

On Nov 9, 2009, at 1:40 PM, Sandy J. Hinding wrote:

Hi all,

I have a working 10.6.1 nbi on my 10.5.8 netboot server, however I find that the "diskless" function is not working as expected.
When netbooted, normally we can use Disk Utility to erase, partition, zero local drive as needed, but with this image we're getting "Disk cannot be unmounted" error. This is just what happens when diskless is not enabled on previous netboot images. Anyone else able to utilize Disk Utility with a 10.6.1 netboot image?

Also, way back, we used to have to resize the netboot volume to prevent "out of space" errors when imaging...
or are these errors another symptom of the "diskless" issue?

On a positive note, my 10.6 nbi is 4.8 GB, compared to the gargantuan 11.29 GB 10.5 nbi !

Regards,
Sandy Hinding
Lakeville Schools
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From RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com  Mon Nov  9 11:28:45 2009
From: RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com (Gibson, Robb)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:28:45 -0600
Subject: [Casper] 3 partitions
In-Reply-To: <6744DA92-B9D9-4948-9159-CF0BE0769DA1@schawk.com>
Message-ID: <C71DC98D.F27D%RobbGibson@OfficeMax.com>

Hi Dan. We use a three partition scheme that's kind of similar: a System HD
(bootable with local accounts) a Maintenance HD (bootable and limited to
admins) and a Storage HD (an empty partition that we encourage our end users
to store their local data). We don't use a Restore partition at our HQ
building since we can boot off the Maintenance HD and reimage from JSS. Our
store locations do use a secondary Restore partition with a disk image since
they can't see our JSS server.

Something I'm interested in pursuing is using the Storage HD to host the
User account folders, so that the user's home folder is on the Storage HD. I
know that during the imaging process you can create an account and path the
home folder to a different partition. But I'd like to be able to do that
with Active Directory (network) accounts, so that when a new associate signs
in their home directory is pushed down to the Storage HD.

I know symbolic link can host the /Users folder, but that seems to cause a
bit of a performance degradation when logged in, particularly with network
accounts. I just starting to do some homework on utilizing fstab to
accomplish the same thing.


Robb Gibson
System Engineer - eMMS, Publishing Systems
(630) 864-5242




On 11/6/09 3:21 PM, "Dan DeRusha" <dderusha at schawk.com> wrote:

> Hi-
> 
> We have been using casper for a while and want to make it better at
> our location.
> 
> One of the ideas we are tossing around is a 3 partition scenario.
> 
> We are thinking this out for our future builds with casper.  Most of
> our facility is 10.5.8.  We were 10.4 and migrated to 10.5.
> We did this by loading a drive with 10.5 and all the packages,
> installed that as a second drive and moved over all the user data.
> Not how we want to handle upgrading to 10.6 or beyond.
> 
> 10.5 offers on the fly partitioning, making the 3 partitions a
> reality.  Our thought is to have a "live" partition with 10.5 and all
> the apps.
> Second partition with the user data and the 3rd a restore partition.
> 
> With this model we are thinking we can use the restore partition as a
> upgrade partition.  When we are ready for 10.6, install to the restore
> partition, link the user files,
> and reboot.  Some of these computers we have to support are not local.
> 
> Does this sound like a good or bad idea?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
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From William.Smith at merrillcorp.com  Mon Nov  9 11:29:53 2009
From: William.Smith at merrillcorp.com (Smith, William)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:29:53 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time
In-Reply-To: <C71D94DD.31860%Rich.Dagel@landor.com>
Message-ID: <C71DC9D1.292F%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>

On 11/9/09 11:43 AM, "Dagel, Rich" <Rich.Dagel at landor.com> wrote:

> I am trying to figure out a way to remove all the fonts from the
> /Library/Fonts/   and the System/Library/Fonts/  folder during the imaging
> process.  I have created packages of the only the fonts that the system needs
> and want to be able to clear out the ones that are on the images I have and
> install these.  I have tried making a package with package maker with a
> postflight script but no luck during the imaging process.  This will also help
> as I want to move to using OS X installer disk images during the installation
> process.

Mac OS X 10.5 included a new self-healing feature where system fonts are
concerned. I believe, however, this should only affect those fonts found in
/System/Library/Fonts. The fonts in this location are used by the Mac OS X
system itself as well as some applications like "Dictionary.app". If at all
possible, leave what you can of these fonts.

We have a need to remove the Helvetica font from the /System/Library/Fonts
folder and use our version instead. To allow us to do this we go into
System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/
Versions/A/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ProtectedFonts/ and
remove it from there. We enable our Helvetica via Suitcase.

As for using Apple's installer package format for deploying items, I would
only do this if you need to run scripts in addition to installing items. The
.dmg packages are easier for Casper to access for installing files because
they can be opened from your repository and their contents copied directly.
The .pkg files must be copied locally first and then installed using the
Installer binary, which has to evaluate additional information during its
process. This could make install times take longer.

-- 

William Smith
Technical Analyst
Merrill Communications LLC
(651) 632-1492


From ryan.manly at gmail.com  Mon Nov  9 11:45:13 2009
From: ryan.manly at gmail.com (Ryan Manly)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:45:13 -0600
Subject: [Casper] 10.6 Software update catalogs
Message-ID: <b416f85e0911091145o350540d8pc23b3c338c4afee3@mail.gmail.com>

I found this hint in my RSS feeds a while back and I just put it into
practice this morning.

I brought up a 10.6 server and turned on Software Update Service. All our
Faculty and Staff are running 10.5 but most of us in the Tech Dept are
running 10.6. I wanted to utilize my shiny new test server for software
updates. 10.6 server maintains 3 different catalog versions for different
OSs. The following scripts set the appropriate catalog locally using the
defaults system.

Here is what happened:

I turned off the management for all the machines in Casper and WGM. Then I
deployed the AppleScript here:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20091002190708159

About 50% of the time for reasons I didn't bother to investigate the script
would show up in the Policy history as failed with an invalid parameter
missing ">" error?There are no brackets in the script. So I turned back on
the MCX and ignored it for a while.

This morning I had some free time so I ported the script to bash and posted
it as a comment on macosxhints. Here it is again. So far it works just fine.
Be sure to change "Server.local" to your server.

#!/bin/bash

#script ported from AppleScript to shell by Ryan Manly
#original by flammable found here
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20091002190708159

osVersion=`sw_vers -productVersion`

case $osVersion in
10.4*)
	catalogURLValue="http://Server.local:8088/index.sucatalog"
	;;
10.5*)
	catalogURLValue="http://Server.local:8088/index-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog"
	;;
10.6*)
	catalogURLValue="http://Server.local:8088/index-leopard-snowleopard.merged-1.sucatalog"
	;;
10.[1-3]*)
	exit 1
	;;
esac

defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate
CatalogURL $catalogURLValue

exit 0



Ryan M. Manly
Mac OS X Expert
Glenbrook High Schools
1835 Landwehr Rd.
Glenview, IL 60026
(847) 486-4948
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From RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com  Mon Nov  9 11:50:05 2009
From: RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com (Gibson, Robb)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:50:05 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time
In-Reply-To: <C71DC9D1.292F%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>
Message-ID: <C71DCE8D.F286%RobbGibson@OfficeMax.com>

Extensis' website has a PDF titled " Font Best Practices in OSX v6" that
breaks down which fonts are essential for the OS, Office, Adobe, etc., where
they live and which fonts can be removed.

http://www.extensis.com/en/downloads/document_download.jsp?docId=5600039

What we?ve been doing is cleaning up fonts prior to building our base image
and moving application fonts when building the app.dmg installer. We?ll
might change to a shell script when we move to JSS 7.1 since that supports
creating a disk image by dropping the OS image from the disc.


Robb Gibson
System Engineer - eMMS, Publishing Systems
OfficeMax  :  263 Shuman Blvd.  :  Naperville, IL 60563
(630) 864-5242




On 11/9/09 1:29 PM, "Smith, William" <William.Smith at merrillcorp.com> wrote:

> On 11/9/09 11:43 AM, "Dagel, Rich" <Rich.Dagel at landor.com> wrote:
> 
>> I am trying to figure out a way to remove all the fonts from the
>> /Library/Fonts/   and the System/Library/Fonts/  folder during the imaging
>> process.  I have created packages of the only the fonts that the system needs
>> and want to be able to clear out the ones that are on the images I have and
>> install these.  I have tried making a package with package maker with a
>> postflight script but no luck during the imaging process.  This will also
>> help
>> as I want to move to using OS X installer disk images during the installation
>> process.
> 
> Mac OS X 10.5 included a new self-healing feature where system fonts are
> concerned. I believe, however, this should only affect those fonts found in
> /System/Library/Fonts. The fonts in this location are used by the Mac OS X
> system itself as well as some applications like "Dictionary.app". If at all
> possible, leave what you can of these fonts.
> 
> We have a need to remove the Helvetica font from the /System/Library/Fonts
> folder and use our version instead. To allow us to do this we go into
> System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/
> Versions/A/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ProtectedFonts/ and
> remove it from there. We enable our Helvetica via Suitcase.
> 
> As for using Apple's installer package format for deploying items, I would
> only do this if you need to run scripts in addition to installing items. The
> .dmg packages are easier for Casper to access for installing files because
> they can be opened from your repository and their contents copied directly.
> The .pkg files must be copied locally first and then installed using the
> Installer binary, which has to evaluate additional information during its
> process. This could make install times take longer.

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From donmontalvo at gmail.com  Mon Nov  9 12:08:37 2009
From: donmontalvo at gmail.com (Don Montalvo)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 14:08:37 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1257796803.20829.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
References: <mailman.1.1257796803.20829.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
Message-ID: <0711960A-7401-4D27-B814-F106D5473917@gmail.com>

"Gibson, Robb" <RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com> wrote:

> Extensis' website has a PDF titled " Font Best Practices in OSX v6" that
> breaks down which fonts are essential for the OS, Office, Adobe, etc., where
> they live and which fonts can be removed.
> 
> http://www.extensis.com/en/downloads/document_download.jsp?docId=5600039
> 
> What we?ve been doing is cleaning up fonts prior to building our base image
> and moving application fonts when building the app.dmg installer. We?ll
> might change to a shell script when we move to JSS 7.1 since that supports
> creating a disk image by dropping the OS image from the disc.

Wow, nice to see they've updated it for Snow Leopard.

I wouldn't touch /System/Library/Fonts or /Library/Fonts unless you're absolutely sure the fonts are not needed. If you decide to, I would *.pkg them up for distribution just in case.

I would rather use a font management solution like Extensis Universal Type Server to manage those unneeded fonts. I'm sure there's also a way to use Font Book to disable the fonts.

Don

From tlarki at kckps.org  Mon Nov  9 10:43:26 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:43:26 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Moving the mysql database to a different server
In-Reply-To: <4b4190f00911090913x4db0c0bn7dd848681e241892@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4b4190f00911090913x4db0c0bn7dd848681e241892@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4AF80E6E.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Actually, I think by default it uses the mysql root account with no password on OS X Server and you have to set a mysql root (different from system root) password. 

So, just try mysql -u root -p 

Then hit enter to keep the password blank or try entering a password for the mysql root user if one was set.


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





>>> ken edgar <ken.edgar at gmail.com> 11/09/09 11:13 AM >>>
Hello,

I'm looking into the possibility of moving the MySQL database from the jss to a different server. Mainly to consolidate backup of multiple mysql databases. I found that the JSS uses the username of jamfsoftware to access the database. I have not seen in any documentation what that password is or how to set it. As important is how would I tell the JSS to look for the database on a different box? Has anyone done this before? We are looking at tossing it onto a RHEL5 machine.

Thanks,
Ken

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From RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com  Mon Nov  9 12:25:57 2009
From: RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com (Gibson, Robb)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:25:57 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time
In-Reply-To: <0711960A-7401-4D27-B814-F106D5473917@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C71DD6F5.F28D%RobbGibson@OfficeMax.com>

We're actually pretty hardcore about the System and Library fonts and pare
them down to just the essentials. Then we use Suitcase server (UTS is next
on our upgrade list) to manage all the Postscript fonts.

Helvetica seems to be popping up as a requirement in applications that are
not aware of Suitcase, so were going to end up moving it back to the
System/Library/Fonts folder.

Robb

On 11/9/09 2:08 PM, "Don Montalvo" <donmontalvo at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Gibson, Robb" <RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com> wrote:
> 
>> Extensis' website has a PDF titled " Font Best Practices in OSX v6" that
>> breaks down which fonts are essential for the OS, Office, Adobe, etc., where
>> they live and which fonts can be removed.
>> 
>> http://www.extensis.com/en/downloads/document_download.jsp?docId=5600039
>> 
>> What we?ve been doing is cleaning up fonts prior to building our base image
>> and moving application fonts when building the app.dmg installer. We?ll
>> might change to a shell script when we move to JSS 7.1 since that supports
>> creating a disk image by dropping the OS image from the disc.
> 
> Wow, nice to see they've updated it for Snow Leopard.
> 
> I wouldn't touch /System/Library/Fonts or /Library/Fonts unless you're
> absolutely sure the fonts are not needed. If you decide to, I would *.pkg them
> up for distribution just in case.
> 
> I would rather use a font management solution like Extensis Universal Type
> Server to manage those unneeded fonts. I'm sure there's also a way to use Font
> Book to disable the fonts.
> 
> Don
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
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From Rich.Dagel at landor.com  Mon Nov  9 12:30:33 2009
From: Rich.Dagel at landor.com (Dagel, Rich)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:30:33 -0800
Subject: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time
In-Reply-To: <C71DD6F5.F28D%RobbGibson@OfficeMax.com>
Message-ID: <C71DBBE9.31896%Rich.Dagel@landor.com>

I have created the font packages I want to install based on the Extensis
Guide.  I want only the one the OS needs as I create the master OS for
different offices in the US that use different font management solutions so
I want to make sure that only the need fonts are there.  In the past I have
done it manually before hand deleted out all the ones that are not needed,
but I am trying to move to using the OS X installer disk so it is truly a
clean install.  


Rich


Rich Dagel
Senior Technology Specialist

Landor Associates
1001 Front Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
United States
415 365 3933
http://www.landor.com
Rich.Dagel at landor.com



From: "Gibson, Robb" <RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:25:57 -0600
To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time

We're actually pretty hardcore about the System and Library fonts and pare
them down to just the essentials. Then we use Suitcase server (UTS is next
on our upgrade list) to manage all the Postscript fonts.

Helvetica seems to be popping up as a requirement in applications that are
not aware of Suitcase, so were going to end up moving it back to the
System/Library/Fonts folder.

Robb

On 11/9/09 2:08 PM, "Don Montalvo" <donmontalvo at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Gibson, Robb" <RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com> wrote:
> 
>> Extensis' website has a PDF titled " Font Best Practices in OSX v6" that
>> breaks down which fonts are essential for the OS, Office, Adobe, etc., where
>> they live and which fonts can be removed.
>> 
>> http://www.extensis.com/en/downloads/document_download.jsp?docId=5600039
>> 
>> What we?ve been doing is cleaning up fonts prior to building our base image
>> and moving application fonts when building the app.dmg installer. We?ll
>> might change to a shell script when we move to JSS 7.1 since that supports
>> creating a disk image by dropping the OS image from the disc.
> 
> Wow, nice to see they've updated it for Snow Leopard.
> 
> I wouldn't touch /System/Library/Fonts or /Library/Fonts unless you're
> absolutely sure the fonts are not needed. If you decide to, I would *.pkg them
> up for distribution just in case.
> 
> I would rather use a font management solution like Extensis Universal Type
> Server to manage those unneeded fonts. I'm sure there's also a way to use Font
> Book to disable the fonts.
> 
> Don
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


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From ryan.manly at gmail.com  Mon Nov  9 13:28:42 2009
From: ryan.manly at gmail.com (Ryan Manly)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:28:42 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Moving the mysql database to a different server
In-Reply-To: <4AF80E6E.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <4b4190f00911090913x4db0c0bn7dd848681e241892@mail.gmail.com>
	<4AF80E6E.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <b416f85e0911091328n701ee217j9be3a44dadda2ba5@mail.gmail.com>

So you're saying they were just trying to keep me honest?nice

:)

~Ryan


On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

>  Actually, I think by default it uses the mysql root account with no
> password on OS X Server and you have to set a mysql root (different from
> system root) password.
>
>  So, just try mysql -u root -p
>
>  Then hit enter to keep the password blank or try entering a password for
> the mysql root user if one was set.
>
>
> ___________________________
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> blackberry:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
> chown -R us /.base
>
>
>
>
>
> >>> ken edgar <ken.edgar at gmail.com> 11/09/09 11:13 AM >>>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm looking into the possibility of moving the MySQL database from the jss
> to a different server. Mainly to consolidate backup of multiple mysql
> databases. I found that the JSS uses the username of jamfsoftware to access
> the database. I have not seen in any documentation what that password is or
> how to set it. As important is how would I tell the JSS to look for the
> database on a different box? Has anyone done this before? We are looking at
> tossing it onto a RHEL5 machine.
>
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
>
>
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From ken.edgar at gmail.com  Mon Nov  9 13:51:03 2009
From: ken.edgar at gmail.com (Kenneth Edgar)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:51:03 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Moving the mysql database to a different server
In-Reply-To: <b416f85e0911091328n701ee217j9be3a44dadda2ba5@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C71DEAE7.1929E%ken.edgar@gmail.com>

I do see an account in that database called jamfsoftware.  Also I?m looking
for where to point the JSS at a different database server.



From: Ryan Manly <ryan.manly at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:28:42 -0600
To: casper <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Moving the mysql database to a different server

So you're saying they were just trying to keep me honest?nice

:)

~Ryan


On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
>      
>  
> 
>  Actually, I think by default it uses the mysql root account with no password
> on OS X Server and you have to set a mysql root (different from system root)
> password.    
> 
>        
> 
>  So, just try mysql -u root -p
> 
>        
> 
>  Then hit enter to keep the password blank or try entering a password for the
> mysql root user if one was set.
> 
> 
> ___________________________
> Thomas?Larkin
> TIS?Department
> KCKPS?USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> blackberry:??913-449-7589
> office:??913-627-0351
> chown?-R?us?/.base
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>>> >>> ken edgar <ken.edgar at gmail.com> 11/09/09 11:13 AM >>>
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm looking into the possibility of moving the MySQL database from the jss to
> a different server. Mainly to consolidate backup of multiple mysql databases.
> I found that the JSS uses the username of jamfsoftware to access the database.
> I have not seen in any documentation what that password is or how to set it.
> As important is how would I tell the JSS to look for the database on a
> different box? Has anyone done this before? We are looking at tossing it onto
> a RHEL5 machine.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ken
>  
>  
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
> 



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From tlarki at kckps.org  Mon Nov  9 13:58:19 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:58:19 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Moving the mysql database to a different server
In-Reply-To: <C71DEAE7.1929E%ken.edgar@gmail.com>
References: <b416f85e0911091328n701ee217j9be3a44dadda2ba5@mail.gmail.com>
	<C71DEAE7.1929E%ken.edgar@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4AF83C1B.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

The database is called jamfsoftware... 

this is my JSS, and I use default installs 

s001-casper:~ root# mysql -u root -p 
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g. 
Your MySQL connection id is 9298 
Server version: 5.0.67-log Source distribution 

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. 

mysql> show databases ; 
+--------------------+ 
| Database           | 
+--------------------+ 
| information_schema |  
| jamfsoftware       |  
| mysql              |  
| test               |  
+--------------------+ 
4 rows in set (0.00 sec) 

mysql> 


The user name you want is the mysql root user as it can administer the
database

>>> Kenneth Edgar <ken.edgar at gmail.com> 11/09/09 3:51 PM >>>

I do see an account in that database called jamfsoftware.  Also I?m
looking for where to point the JSS at a different database server.


From: Ryan Manly <ryan.manly at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:28:42 -0600
To: casper <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Moving the mysql database to a different server

So you're saying they were just trying to keep me honest?nice

:)

~Ryan


On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

    
 

  

Actually, I think by default it uses the mysql root account with no
password on OS X Server and you have to set a mysql root (different from
system root) password. 

   

       

  

So, just try mysql -u root -p 

   

       

  

Then hit enter to keep the password blank or try entering a password for
the mysql root user if one was set.



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KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351
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>>> ken edgar <ken.edgar at gmail.com> 11/09/09 11:13 AM >>>


Hello,

I'm looking into the possibility of moving the MySQL database from the
jss to a different server. Mainly to consolidate backup of multiple
mysql databases. I found that the JSS uses the username of jamfsoftware
to access the database. I have not seen in any documentation what that
password is or how to set it. As important is how would I tell the JSS
to look for the database on a different box? Has anyone done this
before? We are looking at tossing it onto a RHEL5 machine.

Thanks,
Ken
 
 

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From ken.edgar at gmail.com  Mon Nov  9 14:16:10 2009
From: ken.edgar at gmail.com (Kenneth Edgar)
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:16:10 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Moving the mysql database to a different server
In-Reply-To: <4AF83C1B.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <C71DF0CA.192A4%ken.edgar@gmail.com>

Ok, think I found it... In /Library/Tomcat/conf/server.xml there is
information about how it connects to mysql.  It shows the user
?jamfsoftware? and the password in this file.  In mysql, you can see that
jamfsoftware is a user.

Looks like you may be able to change the mysql server from here as well.
There are a few variables called ?jdbcUrl? that point at the local server?s
mysql database.



From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:58:19 -0600
To: Kenneth Edgar <ken.edgar at gmail.com>, casper
<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Moving the mysql database to a different server

   

 The database is called jamfsoftware...

       

 this is my JSS, and I use default installs

       

 s001-casper:~ root# mysql -u root -p
 

 Enter password:   
 

 Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
 

 Your MySQL connection id is 9298
 

 Server version: 5.0.67-log Source distribution

       

 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

       

 mysql> show databases ;
 

 +--------------------+
 

 | Database           |
 

 +--------------------+
 

 | information_schema |
 

 | jamfsoftware       |
 

 | mysql              |
 

 | test               |
 

 +--------------------+
 

 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

       

 mysql>     

      
 

 The user name you want is the mysql root user as it can administer the
database

>>> Kenneth Edgar <ken.edgar at gmail.com> 11/09/09 3:51 PM >>>
    
 
 

 I do see an account in that database called jamfsoftware. ?Also I?m looking
for where to point the JSS at a different database server.



From: Ryan Manly <ryan.manly at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:28:42 -0600
To: casper <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Moving the mysql database to a different server

So you're saying they were just trying to keep me honest?nice

:)

~Ryan


On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
      
 
 
>  
>  
> 
>  ????
> ?
> 
> ?        
>  
>  
>  
> 
>  Actually, I think by default it uses the mysql root account with no password
> on OS X Server and you have to set a mysql root (different from system root)
> password.        
>  
>  
>  
> 
>  ???
> 
> ???????
> 
> ?        
>  
>  
>  
> 
>  So, just try mysql -u root -p
>  
>  
>  
> 
>  ???
> 
> ???????
> 
> ?        
>  
>  
>  
> 
>  Then hit enter to keep the password blank or try entering a password for the
> mysql root user if one was set.
>         
>  
>  
>  
> 
>  
>  
>  ___________________________
> Thomas?Larkin
> TIS?Department
> KCKPS?USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> blackberry:??913-449-7589
> office:??913-627-0351
> chown?-R?us?/.base
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>>> >>> ken edgar <ken.edgar at gmail.com> 11/09/09 11:13 AM >>>
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm looking into the possibility of moving the MySQL database from the jss to
> a different server. Mainly to consolidate backup of multiple mysql databases.
> I found that the JSS uses the username of jamfsoftware to access the database.
> I have not seen in any documentation what that password is or how to set it.
> As important is how would I tell the JSS to look for the database on a
> different box? Has anyone done this before? We are looking at tossing it onto
> a RHEL5 machine.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ken
> ?
> ?
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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>         
>  
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Tue Nov 10 07:07:22 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:07:22 -0500
Subject: [Casper] 7 imaging question
Message-ID: <EEFAA6AD-6999-4186-B620-C3B73BE3ACAD@ll.mit.edu>

Hi-

I'm getting going with 7 Imaging... When I setup a configuration, I can add the SSH management account there, and that's cool.  How would I add the management account if I were doing a completely custom installation?  (i.e. "emtpy" from the configuration drop down.)  I've added a Recon quick-add package to the installation to see if that will do it and it's running now.

Is there a best-practice for this type of thing?  If I make a "base" configuration that includes the SSH account, select that configuration from the drop down in casper imaging and then go to a custom install, will it keep what's in the configuration that I originally picked or start from scratch?

Thanks!
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From swood at integer.com  Tue Nov 10 07:40:07 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:40:07 -0600
Subject: [Casper] airport prefs..
In-Reply-To: <4AF2912E.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <OF315DF8A8.71073BBB-ON86257663.004D47E7-86257663.004D7CC8@austinisd.org>
	<fc.000f49c20567169c000f49c205670eea.56716a5@newton.k12.ma.us>
	<4AF2912E.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <438f5a310911100740s58624dbse45a2f21ca43acca@mail.gmail.com>

I was just poking around with this in 10.6.2, and the commands have
changed.  The "airport" utility no longer allows you to add a network with
the -A flag.  In fact, a lot of these flags are marked as "legacy".

It appears that Apple has moved some of the functionality to the
"networksetup" utility with these flags/switches:

-getairportnetwork hardwareport
-setairportnetwork network hardwareport [password]
-getairportpower hardwareport
-setairportpower hardwareport on | off
-listpreferredwirelessnetworks hardwareport
-addpreferredwirelessnetworkatindex hardwareport network index securitytype
[password]
-removepreferredwirelessnetwork hardwareport network
-removeallpreferredwirelessnetworks hardwareport


I haven't started playing with these, and for all I know they've been there
all along.


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, Nov 5, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

>  Hey everyone, I am in the middle of switching everything over to compiled
> configurations and so that means I have to script a lot of post image
> settings since I am never logging in to the OS and setting them before hand.
>  So, I was looking into configuring my network settings and I recall running
> into this before.  Now, we are a complete 10.5 shop so your results may vary
> if you are running any different versions.  If you look here:
>
>  /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport
>
>
>  You can set all sorts of things from this framework.  If you run that
> with the --help command you get this:
>
>
>  tlarkin$
> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport
> --help
>
> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport
> AirPort v.528.1 (528.1.0)
>
> Supported arguments:
>
>  -z        --disassociate       Disassociate from any network
>
>  -i[<arg>] --ibss=[<arg>]       Create IBSS
>
>  -x        --xml                Print info as XML
>
>  -s[<arg>] --scan=[<arg>]       Perform a wireless broadcast scan.
>
>    Will perform a directed scan if the optional <arg> is provided
>
>  -r<arg>   --repeats=<arg>      Repeat the command the specified number of
> times
>
>  -A[<arg>] --associate=[<arg>]  Associate to network.
>
>    Will prompt for network name if arg is not specified
>
>    and if necessary, for a password if the network is using WEP or WPA.
>
>    The following additional arguments may be specified with this command:
>
>                                   --bssid=<arg>     Specify BSSID to
> associate with
>
>                                   --password=<arg>  Specify a WEP key or
> WPA password
>
>  -I        --getinfo            Print current wireless status, e.g. signal
> info, BSSID, port type etc.
>
>  -P<arg>   --psk=<arg>          Create PSK from specified pass phrase and
> SSID.
>
>    The following additional arguments must be specified with this command:
>
>                                   --ssid=<arg>      Specify SSID when
> creating a PSK
>
>  -c[<arg>] --channel=[<arg>]    Set arbitrary channel on the card
>
>  -h        --help               Show this help
>
> admins-imac:~ tlarkin$
>
>
>
>
>  FYI
>
>
>  -Tom
>
>
>  ?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> blackberry:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
> chown -R us /.base
>
>
>
>
>
> >>> "John McLaughlin" <John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us> 11/03/09 8:15 AM
> >>>
>
> Did you replace com.apple.airport.preferences.plist and preferences.plist
> with your package?  Are those files the only ones responsible for the
> change?  How are you setting the password?  I've been scripting the
> additional entries using PlistBuddy.  What exactly are your renaming in your
> script?
>
>
> >
>
> John McLaughlin
>
> Technical Support Specialist
>
> Newton Public Schools
>
>
> >
> >
>
> *dhowell at austinisd.org on Tuesday, November 03, 2009 at 10:06 AM -0500
> wrote:*
>
> I actually setup the network and copied the
> /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration into a package and have a script
> the renames it at the end. so it resets the Airport back to default settings
> I choose. The reason for the rename is the computer name is embedded in
> there also.
>
>    D. Trey Howell
>
> ACMT, ACPT, ACDT, ACHDS
>
> trey.howell at austinisd.org
>
> Desktop Engineering
>
> twitter @aisdmacgeek
>
>
> >
>
> This email message, including all attachments, is for the sole use of the
> intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential student and/or employee
> information.  Unauthorized use of disclosure is prohibited under the federal
> Family Education Rights & Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. ?1232g, 34 CFR Part 99, 19
> TAC 247.2, Gov&#8217, t Code 552.023, Educ. Code 21.355, 29 CFR
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>
> >
> >
> >
>
>      *[Casper] airport prefs..*
>
>
> >
>
> *John McLaughlin *
>
>
>
> to:
>
>     Casper List
>
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>
>
>
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>
> >
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>
> >
>
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> >
> >
> >
> ------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Hi,
>
>            Has anyone had any luck setting Airport to switch wireless
> networks that use a mere WEP key?  I've read a lot about Leopard not
> remembering recent networks or retaining the password.  I can use
> networksetup just fine within 10.6 and it always rejoins the network after
> rebooting.  Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> >
>
> John McLaughlin
>
>    Technical Support Specialist
>
>    Newton Public Schools
>
>
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> Casper mailing list
>
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>
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>
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From jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu  Tue Nov 10 07:43:19 2009
From: jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu (Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:43:19 -0500
Subject: [Casper] airport prefs..
In-Reply-To: <438f5a310911100740s58624dbse45a2f21ca43acca@mail.gmail.com>
References: <OF315DF8A8.71073BBB-ON86257663.004D47E7-86257663.004D7CC8@austinisd.org>
	<fc.000f49c20567169c000f49c205670eea.56716a5@newton.k12.ma.us>
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	<438f5a310911100740s58624dbse45a2f21ca43acca@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <8E55629B-727E-499C-81B9-6FF5547AC13B@ll.mit.edu>

IIRC, most of those have been there since 10.5
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Information Services Department
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781.981.5436

On Nov 10, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Steve Wood wrote:

I was just poking around with this in 10.6.2, and the commands have changed  The "airport" utility no longer allows you to add a network with the -A flag.  In fact, a lot of these flags are marked as "legacy".

It appears that Apple has moved some of the functionality to the "networksetup" utility with these flags/switches:

-getairportnetwork hardwareport
-setairportnetwork network hardwareport [password]
-getairportpower hardwareport
-setairportpower hardwareport on | off
-listpreferredwirelessnetworks hardwareport
-addpreferredwirelessnetworkatindex hardwareport network index securitytype [password]
-removepreferredwirelessnetwork hardwareport network
-removeallpreferredwirelessnetworks hardwareport


I haven't started playing with these, and for all I know they've been there all along.


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 Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org<mailto:tlarki at kckps.org>> wrote:
Hey everyone, I am in the middle of switching everything over to compiled configurations and so that means I have to script a lot of post image settings since I am never logging in to the OS and setting them before hand.  So, I was looking into configuring my network settings and I recall running into this before.  Now, we are a complete 10.5 shop so your results may vary if you are running any different versions.  If you look here:

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport

You can set all sorts of things from this framework.  If you run that with the --help command you get this:


tlarkin$ /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport --help
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport AirPort v.528.1 (528.1.0)
Supported arguments:
 -z        --disassociate       Disassociate from any network
 -i[<arg>] --ibss=[<arg>]       Create IBSS
 -x        --xml                Print info as XML
 -s[<arg>] --scan=[<arg>]       Perform a wireless broadcast scan.
  Will perform a directed scan if the optional <arg> is provided
 -r<arg>   --repeats=<arg>      Repeat the command the specified number of times
 -A[<arg>] --associate=[<arg>]  Associate to network.
  Will prompt for network name if arg is not specified
  and if necessary, for a password if the network is using WEP or WPA.
  The following additional arguments may be specified with this command:
                                  --bssid=<arg>     Specify BSSID to associate with
                                  --password=<arg>  Specify a WEP key or WPA password
 -I        --getinfo            Print current wireless status, e.g. signal info, BSSID, port type etc.
 -P<arg>   --psk=<arg>          Create PSK from specified pass phrase and SSID.
  The following additional arguments must be specified with this command:
                                  --ssid=<arg>      Specify SSID when creating a PSK
 -c[<arg>] --channel=[<arg>]    Set arbitrary channel on the card
 -h        --help               Show this help
admins-imac:~ tlarkin$




FYI


-Tom


?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>



___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org<mailto:tlarki at kckps.org>
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351
chown -R us /.base





>>> "John McLaughlin" <John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us<mailto:John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us>> 11/03/09 8:15 AM >>>
Did you replace com.apple.airport.preferences.plist and preferences.plist with your package?  Are those files the only ones responsible for the change?  How are you setting the password?  I've been scripting the additional entries using PlistBuddy.  What exactly are your renaming in your script?

>
John McLaughlin
Technical Support Specialist
Newton Public Schools

>
>
dhowell at austinisd.org<mailto:dhowell at austinisd.org> on Tuesday, November 03, 2009 at 10:06 AM -0500 wrote:
I actually setup the network and copied the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration into a package and have a script the renames it at the end. so it resets the Airport back to default settings I choose. The reason for the rename is the computer name is embedded in there also.

D. Trey Howell
ACMT, ACPT, ACDT, ACHDS
trey.howell at austinisd.org<mailto:trey.howell at austinisd.org>
Desktop Engineering
twitter @aisdmacgeek

>
This email message, including all attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential student and/or employee information.  Unauthorized use of disclosure is prohibited under the federal Family Education Rights & Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. ?1232g, 34 CFR Part 99, 19 TAC 247.2, Gov&#8217, t Code 552.023, Educ. Code 21.355, 29 CFR 1630.14(b)(c)).  If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, disclose, copy or disseminate this information.  Please call the sender immediately or reply by email and destroy all copies of the original message, including attachments.


>
>
>


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>
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>


>
>
>
________________________________
>
>
>
>

Hi,

        Has anyone had any luck setting Airport to switch wireless networks that use a mere WEP key?  I've read a lot about Leopard not remembering recent networks or retaining the password.  I can use networksetup just fine within 10.6 and it always rejoins the network after rebooting.  Any help would be appreciated.


>
John McLaughlin

Technical Support Specialist

Newton Public Schools


>
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From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Tue Nov 10 09:33:19 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:33:19 -0600
Subject: [Casper] airport prefs..
In-Reply-To: <8E55629B-727E-499C-81B9-6FF5547AC13B@ll.mit.edu>
Message-ID: <C71EFFFF.5793%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>

Actually, the move to networksetup for wireless is new in 10.6.  The nice new feature here that I?ve been told about by our SE is the ability to set the order of wireless networks, preferred connections and adding in the WPA keys, and so forth.  We also looked at these at the Users Group a couple weeks ago.  A very welcome change!  This will help with the conversation on this list some time ago about wanting to force computers to use a certain network vs. the neighbors networks.  You could script it to keep applying the preferred network and at least make it a pain to use other networks.

John

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


________________________________
From: "Nichols, Jared - 1160 - MITLL" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:43:19 -0600
To: Steve Wood <swood at integer.com>
Cc: John McLaughlin <John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us>, Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] airport prefs..

IIRC, most of those have been there since 10.5
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On Nov 10, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Steve Wood wrote:

I was just poking around with this in 10.6.2, and the commands have changed  The "airport" utility no longer allows you to add a network with the -A flag.  In fact, a lot of these flags are marked as "legacy".

It appears that Apple has moved some of the functionality to the "networksetup" utility with these flags/switches:

-getairportnetwork hardwareport
-setairportnetwork network hardwareport [password]
-getairportpower hardwareport
-setairportpower hardwareport on | off
-listpreferredwirelessnetworks hardwareport
-addpreferredwirelessnetworkatindex hardwareport network index securitytype [password]
-removepreferredwirelessnetwork hardwareport network
-removeallpreferredwirelessnetworks hardwareport


I haven't started playing with these, and for all I know they've been there all along.


Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com

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On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

 Hey everyone, I am in the middle of switching everything over to compiled configurations and so that means I have to script a lot of post image settings since I am never logging in to the OS and setting them before hand.  So, I was looking into configuring my network settings and I recall running into this before.  Now, we are a complete 10.5 shop so your results may vary if you are running any different versions.  If you look here:

 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport

 You can set all sorts of things from this framework.  If you run that with the --help command you get this:


 tlarkin$ /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport --help
 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport AirPort v.528.1 (528.1.0)
 Supported arguments:
  -z        --disassociate       Disassociate from any network
  -i[<arg>] --ibss=[<arg>]       Create IBSS
  -x        --xml                Print info as XML
  -s[<arg>] --scan=[<arg>]       Perform a wireless broadcast scan.
    Will perform a directed scan if the optional <arg> is provided
  -r<arg>   --repeats=<arg>      Repeat the command the specified number of times
  -A[<arg>] --associate=[<arg>]  Associate to network.
    Will prompt for network name if arg is not specified
    and if necessary, for a password if the network is using WEP or WPA.
    The following additional arguments may be specified with this command:
                                   --bssid=<arg>     Specify BSSID to associate with
                                   --password=<arg>  Specify a WEP key or WPA password
  -I        --getinfo            Print current wireless status, e.g. signal info, BSSID, port type etc.
  -P<arg>   --psk=<arg>          Create PSK from specified pass phrase and SSID.
    The following additional arguments must be specified with this command:
                                   --ssid=<arg>      Specify SSID when creating a PSK
  -c[<arg>] --channel=[<arg>]    Set arbitrary channel on the card
  -h        --help               Show this help
 admins-imac:~ tlarkin$




 FYI


 -Tom


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>>> "John McLaughlin" <John_McLaughlin at newton.k12.ma.us> 11/03/09 8:15 AM >>>


 Did you replace com.apple.airport.preferences.plist and preferences.plist with your package?  Are those files the only ones responsible for the change?  How are you setting the password?  I've been scripting the additional entries using PlistBuddy.  What exactly are your renaming in your script?


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 I actually setup the network and copied the /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration into a package and have a script the renames it at the end. so it resets the Airport back to default settings I choose. The reason for the rename is the computer name is embedded in there also.







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From Rich.Dagel at landor.com  Tue Nov 10 12:20:03 2009
From: Rich.Dagel at landor.com (Dagel, Rich)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:20:03 -0800
Subject: [Casper] 10.6.2 no wanting to compile correctly
Message-ID: <C71F0AF3.318FF%Rich.Dagel@landor.com>

I have a base image that is 10.6.  I added the 10.6.1 updater and
recompiled, no problems.  Added the 10.6.2 updater and no go.  I have tried
removing the 10.6.1 and using the 10.6.2 combo but still dose not compile
correctly.  It will compile and only be 10.6 when imaging a computer.


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From swood at integer.com  Tue Nov 10 12:31:55 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:31:55 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Casper Remote Hanging
Message-ID: <438f5a310911101231j47e93561p49818a0931b41585@mail.gmail.com>

Has anyone else had a problem with Casper Remote 7.1 hanging while
performing a task?  Lately, and I honestly cannot say when it started,
Remote has been hanging when I try to install some software or try to cache
software.  I notice it most when I am pushing a large package or packages,
like Adobe CS3/CS4 installers.  The installers will arrive in the Waiting
Room folder, but Remote on my machine, or other machines I run it on, hangs
and I have to force quit to get it to stop.

Anyone else seen this?

Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com

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From Nick.Caro at rga.com  Tue Nov 10 12:39:45 2009
From: Nick.Caro at rga.com (Nick Caro)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:39:45 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Casper Remote Hanging
In-Reply-To: <438f5a310911101231j47e93561p49818a0931b41585@mail.gmail.com>
References: <438f5a310911101231j47e93561p49818a0931b41585@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <AFE7FAF0-86FB-4119-B33F-A3C8B8363FD9@rga.com>

We get the same issue and it only happens when working with the large CS4 DMG (5GB)
By tailing the log on the taget mac we can see that although remote gets hung the job still runs.
It's just not consistent sometimes it wakes up... sometimes we just have to force quit.


On Nov 10, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Steve Wood wrote:

Has anyone else had a problem with Casper Remote 7.1 hanging while performing a task?  Lately, and I honestly cannot say when it started, Remote has been hanging when I try to install some software or try to cache software.  I notice it most when I am pushing a large package or packages, like Adobe CS3/CS4 installers.  The installers will arrive in the Waiting Room folder, but Remote on my machine, or other machines I run it on, hangs and I have to force quit to get it to stop.

Anyone else seen this?

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From ken.edgar at gmail.com  Tue Nov 10 12:59:41 2009
From: ken.edgar at gmail.com (Kenneth Edgar)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:59:41 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Moving the mysql database to a different server
In-Reply-To: <4AF83C1B.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <C71F305D.192F2%ken.edgar@gmail.com>

Hmm, dumpped the database to a new sql server box and can connect to it over
the network fine.  However, the tomcat apps don?t start properly after
editing /Library/Tomcat/server.xml    I have contacted support to see if
they have any pointers... Maybe there are other files that need to be edited
in order to get this working.



From: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:58:19 -0600
To: Kenneth Edgar <ken.edgar at gmail.com>, casper
<casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Moving the mysql database to a different server

   

 The database is called jamfsoftware...

       

 this is my JSS, and I use default installs

       

 s001-casper:~ root# mysql -u root -p
 

 Enter password:   
 

 Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
 

 Your MySQL connection id is 9298
 

 Server version: 5.0.67-log Source distribution

       

 Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.

       

 mysql> show databases ;
 

 +--------------------+
 

 | Database           |
 

 +--------------------+
 

 | information_schema |
 

 | jamfsoftware       |
 

 | mysql              |
 

 | test               |
 

 +--------------------+
 

 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

       

 mysql>     

      
 

 The user name you want is the mysql root user as it can administer the
database

>>> Kenneth Edgar <ken.edgar at gmail.com> 11/09/09 3:51 PM >>>
    
 
 

 I do see an account in that database called jamfsoftware. ?Also I?m looking
for where to point the JSS at a different database server.



From: Ryan Manly <ryan.manly at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 15:28:42 -0600
To: casper <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Moving the mysql database to a different server

So you're saying they were just trying to keep me honest?nice

:)

~Ryan


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> Hello,
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> I'm looking into the possibility of moving the MySQL database from the jss to
> a different server. Mainly to consolidate backup of multiple mysql databases.
> I found that the JSS uses the username of jamfsoftware to access the database.
> I have not seen in any documentation what that password is or how to set it.
> As important is how would I tell the JSS to look for the database on a
> different box? Has anyone done this before? We are looking at tossing it onto
> a RHEL5 machine.
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From ken.edgar at gmail.com  Tue Nov 10 13:03:28 2009
From: ken.edgar at gmail.com (Kenneth Edgar)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:03:28 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Casper Remote Hanging
In-Reply-To: <AFE7FAF0-86FB-4119-B33F-A3C8B8363FD9@rga.com>
Message-ID: <C71F3140.192F5%ken.edgar@gmail.com>

I too have noticed this, and yes... The action usually does complete on it?s
own.  I thought that it was due to selecting the install option, I haven?t
seen it happen when caching the packages yet.



From: Nick Caro <Nick.Caro at rga.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:39:45 -0500
To: Steve Wood <swood at integer.com>
Cc: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: Re: [Casper] Casper Remote Hanging

We get the same issue and it only happens when working with the large CS4
DMG (5GB)
By tailing the log on the taget mac we can see that although remote gets
hung the job still runs.
It's just not consistent sometimes it wakes up... sometimes we just have to
force quit.


On Nov 10, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Steve Wood wrote:

Has anyone else had a problem with Casper Remote 7.1 hanging while
performing a task?  Lately, and I honestly cannot say when it started,
Remote has been hanging when I try to install some software or try to cache
software.  I notice it most when I am pushing a large package or packages,
like Adobe CS3/CS4 installers.  The installers will arrive in the Waiting
Room folder, but Remote on my machine, or other machines I run it on, hangs
and I have to force quit to get it to stop.

Anyone else seen this?

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
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From winningham at math.ohio-state.edu  Tue Nov 10 13:15:25 2009
From: winningham at math.ohio-state.edu (Tim Winningham)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:15:25 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Casper Remote Hanging
In-Reply-To: <C71F3140.192F5%ken.edgar@gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <7FFFABDE-BE6D-4370-92EE-C5BAF4DD2381@math.ohio-state.edu>

I had the same issue but it was a result of my running remote installs  
through HTTP(s) rather than AFP. Once I correct the errors that were  
preventing me from deploying through AFP, my Remote session has not  
hung once and I've sent tens of GBs at a time out. Just to expand a  
little further, my issue was that my Casper related account passwords  
did not match up across the board.

Hope that helps,
Tim Winningham
Systems Manager
Math Dept MW-430
The Ohio State University

On Nov 10, 2009, at 4:03 PM, Kenneth Edgar wrote:

> I too have noticed this, and yes... The action usually does complete  
> on it?s own.  I thought that it was due to selecting the install  
> option, I haven?t seen it happen when caching the packages yet.
>
>
> From: Nick Caro <Nick.Caro at rga.com>
> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:39:45 -0500
> To: Steve Wood <swood at integer.com>
> Cc: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] Casper Remote Hanging
>
> We get the same issue and it only happens when working with the  
> large CS4 DMG (5GB)
> By tailing the log on the taget mac we can see that although remote  
> gets hung the job still runs.
> It's just not consistent sometimes it wakes up... sometimes we just  
> have to force quit.
>
>
> On Nov 10, 2009, at 3:31 PM, Steve Wood wrote:
>
> Has anyone else had a problem with Casper Remote 7.1 hanging while  
> performing a task?  Lately, and I honestly cannot say when it  
> started, Remote has been hanging when I try to install some software  
> or try to cache software.  I notice it most when I am pushing a  
> large package or packages, like Adobe CS3/CS4 installers.  The  
> installers will arrive in the Waiting Room folder, but Remote on my  
> machine, or other machines I run it on, hangs and I have to force  
> quit to get it to stop.
>
> Anyone else seen this?
>
> Steve Wood
> Director of IT
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From donmontalvo at gmail.com  Tue Nov 10 14:28:20 2009
From: donmontalvo at gmail.com (Don Montalvo)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:28:20 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time
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It would be worth a look at the Extensis UTS documentation to see that it can easily handle these things for you. This way you're centrally managing instead of stripping away and possibly creating issues down the road. :)

Don

On Nov 10, 2009, at 3:00 PM, casper-request at list.jamfsoftware.com wrote:

> Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:25:57 -0600
> From: "Gibson, Robb" <RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com>
> Subject: Re: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time
> To: <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Message-ID: <C71DD6F5.F28D%RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> 
> We're actually pretty hardcore about the System and Library fonts and pare
> them down to just the essentials. Then we use Suitcase server (UTS is next
> on our upgrade list) to manage all the Postscript fonts.
> 
> Helvetica seems to be popping up as a requirement in applications that are
> not aware of Suitcase, so were going to end up moving it back to the
> System/Library/Fonts folder.
> 
> Robb
> 
> On 11/9/09 2:08 PM, "Don Montalvo" <donmontalvo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> "Gibson, Robb" <RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Extensis' website has a PDF titled " Font Best Practices in OSX v6" that
>>> breaks down which fonts are essential for the OS, Office, Adobe, etc., where
>>> they live and which fonts can be removed.
>>> 
>>> http://www.extensis.com/en/downloads/document_download.jsp?docId=5600039
>>> 
>>> What we?ve been doing is cleaning up fonts prior to building our base image
>>> and moving application fonts when building the app.dmg installer. We?ll
>>> might change to a shell script when we move to JSS 7.1 since that supports
>>> creating a disk image by dropping the OS image from the disc.
>> 
>> Wow, nice to see they've updated it for Snow Leopard.
>> 
>> I wouldn't touch /System/Library/Fonts or /Library/Fonts unless you're
>> absolutely sure the fonts are not needed. If you decide to, I would *.pkg them
>> up for distribution just in case.
>> 
>> I would rather use a font management solution like Extensis Universal Type
>> Server to manage those unneeded fonts. I'm sure there's also a way to use Font
>> Book to disable the fonts.
>> 
>> Don


From taugust04.lists at gmail.com  Tue Nov 10 22:27:32 2009
From: taugust04.lists at gmail.com (Ted August)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:27:32 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time
In-Reply-To: <0711960A-7401-4D27-B814-F106D5473917@gmail.com>
References: <mailman.1.1257796803.20829.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
	<0711960A-7401-4D27-B814-F106D5473917@gmail.com>
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I run Universal Type Server - and I decided long ago never to touch what's in /System/Library/Fonts.  /Library/Fonts can usually be cleared out without any issues.  Never had any problems with this config.

-- 
Ted August
Salve Regina University



On Nov 9, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Don Montalvo wrote:

> I wouldn't touch /System/Library/Fonts or /Library/Fonts unless you're absolutely sure the fonts are not needed. If you decide to, I would *.pkg them up for distribution just in case.


From ken.edgar at gmail.com  Wed Nov 11 05:22:27 2009
From: ken.edgar at gmail.com (Ken Edgar)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:22:27 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time
In-Reply-To: <E4E4DE5C-E8E0-4F00-A56E-EA093983AA5C@gmail.com>
References: <mailman.1.1257796803.20829.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
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I create my images using instaDMG.  I wrote a script that runs at  
image build time that moves all the unnecessary fonts to /Shared/Users/ 
Font\ Library/  They are all organized there... and this is also where  
I encourage users to keep copies of their fonts.  I make sure I re- 
apply permissions to /Users/Shared/ within the script so the  
permissions are correct.

On Nov 11, 2009, at 12:27 AM, Ted August wrote:

> I run Universal Type Server - and I decided long ago never to touch  
> what's in /System/Library/Fonts.  /Library/Fonts can usually be  
> cleared out without any issues.  Never had any problems with this  
> config.
>
> -- 
> Ted August
> Salve Regina University
>
>
>
> On Nov 9, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Don Montalvo wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't touch /System/Library/Fonts or /Library/Fonts unless  
>> you're absolutely sure the fonts are not needed. If you decide to,  
>> I would *.pkg them up for distribution just in case.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From gallaghersj at email.chop.edu  Wed Nov 11 11:47:44 2009
From: gallaghersj at email.chop.edu (Gallagher, Sean J)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:47:44 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Time Zone Help
Message-ID: <C7207F10.CE9%gallaghersj@email.chop.edu>

I need to set the time zone on client systems at imaging time. I looked at the "setTimeZone.sh" script in the resource kit, and it works correctly. The issue I am having is when I run the "/usr/sbin/systemsetup -listtimezones" I do not see Philadelphia in the list. Does anyone have any thoughts on how I can get Philadelphia to be set in the time zone?


Sean

Sean Gallagher
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
267-426-2607
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From swood at integer.com  Wed Nov 11 12:00:33 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:00:33 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Time Zone Help
In-Reply-To: <C7207F10.CE9%gallaghersj@email.chop.edu>
References: <C7207F10.CE9%gallaghersj@email.chop.edu>
Message-ID: <438f5a310911111200s45a4d1ej76eea0ed1ff9a766@mail.gmail.com>

Just use "New_York".  It doesn't matter what city you choose as long as it
is in the same time zone.

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, Nov 11, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Gallagher, Sean J <
gallaghersj at email.chop.edu> wrote:

>  I need to set the time zone on client systems at imaging time. I looked
> at the ?setTimeZone.sh? script in the resource kit, and it works correctly.
> The issue I am having is when I run the ?/usr/sbin/systemsetup
> ?listtimezones? I do not see Philadelphia in the list. Does anyone have any
> thoughts on how I can get Philadelphia to be set in the time zone?
>
>
> Sean
>
> Sean Gallagher
> Children?s Hospital of Philadelphia
> 267-426-2607
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
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From William.Smith at merrillcorp.com  Wed Nov 11 12:47:38 2009
From: William.Smith at merrillcorp.com (Smith, William)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:47:38 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Time Zone Help
In-Reply-To: <C7207F10.CE9%gallaghersj@email.chop.edu>
Message-ID: <C7207F0A.2A4A%william.smith@merrillcorp.com>

On 11/11/09 1:47 PM, "Gallagher, Sean J" <gallaghersj at email.chop.edu> wrote:

> I need to set the time zone on client systems at imaging time. I looked at the
> ?setTimeZone.sh? script in the resource kit, and it works correctly. The issue
> I am having is when I run the ?/usr/sbin/systemsetup ?listtimezones? I do not
> see Philadelphia in the list. Does anyone have any thoughts on how I can get
> Philadelphia to be set in the time zone?

If you're using Mac OS X 10.5 or later then you can use the TimeZone MCX
setting in the JSS to set it for your machines as well. You'll find it under
com.apple.MCX when viewing the Managed Preferences Templates. It's quick and
easy.

I only do this for my desktops, since I don't want to lock my laptops into
the wrong time zone when traveling.

-- 

William Smith
Technical Analyst
Merrill Communications LLC
(651) 632-1492


From donmontalvo at gmail.com  Thu Nov 12 09:41:20 2009
From: donmontalvo at gmail.com (Don Montalvo)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:41:20 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time
In-Reply-To: <mailman.15.1257969604.11541.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
References: <mailman.15.1257969604.11541.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
Message-ID: <DA7D27DE-8E8B-417C-8B1D-F4E3871D5D45@gmail.com>

Hi Ted,

Just curious, what benefit does clearing these fonts manually have over allowing UTS to do it for you? The reason I ask is this is a road we'll need to travel soon at one of our Burbank customers, and if the end effect is the same would rather pick the centrally managed approach rather than stripping away.

Thanks,
Don


Ted August <taugust04.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

> I run Universal Type Server - and I decided long ago never to touch what's in /System/Library/Fonts.  /Library/Fonts can usually be cleared out without any issues.  Never had any problems with this config.
> 
> On Nov 9, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Don Montalvo wrote:
> 
>> I wouldn't touch /System/Library/Fonts or /Library/Fonts unless you're absolutely sure the fonts are not needed. If you decide to, I would *.pkg them up for distribution just in case.


From Nick.Caro at rga.com  Fri Nov 13 08:02:39 2009
From: Nick.Caro at rga.com (Nick Caro)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:02:39 -0500
Subject: [Casper] MCX settings
Message-ID: <9808F012-0897-42A0-B859-F07825A06939@rga.com>

Good folks out there;

We are experimenting with MCX Setting Configurations.
In the process we have created a sample configuration and using the Scope set it to allow these settings on one specific computer.

Is it possible for these MCX settings to somehow spread out in to other areas of our configurations?
Is it possible for these MCX settings to somehow spread out to our image configurations?

Is it true that by setting the scope to only hit that one computer will contain this configuration to that one unit?

Been looking at the documentation and would love to hear some real world advice from you folks.






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From james.partridge at oucs.ox.ac.uk  Fri Nov 13 08:11:30 2009
From: james.partridge at oucs.ox.ac.uk (James Partridge)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:30 +0000
Subject: [Casper] MCX settings
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On 13 Nov 2009, at 16:02, Nick Caro wrote:

Good folks out there;

We are experimenting with MCX Setting Configurations.
In the process we have created a sample configuration and using the Scope set it to allow these settings on one specific computer.

Is it possible for these MCX settings to somehow spread out in to other areas of our configurations?
Is it possible for these MCX settings to somehow spread out to our image configurations?

Is it true that by setting the scope to only hit that one computer will contain this configuration to that one unit?

Yup, that's my experience: MCX settings only apply to the computers or computer groups you've scoped. I have a configuration for a test machine that is scoped just to that machine, and when I'm happy that the settings are doing what I want I add them to the configuration that's scoped for the production machines, and off they go. Any other behaviour would be pretty alarming.

Cheers

James

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From jcur at loc.gov  Mon Nov 16 07:16:43 2009
From: jcur at loc.gov (Jade Curtis)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:16:43 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Acrobat 9 Pro and Admin User/Passwrod
Message-ID: <4B01268C020000760009A988@ntgwgate.loc.gov>

Has anyone run across this issue. Every time I launch Acrobat 9 Pro on my Mac running OSX 10.6.1 it asks for the admin User and Password. What might be causing the system to want the admin User and Password or what might be the fix?

From tlarki at kckps.org  Mon Nov 16 07:23:50 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:23:50 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Acrobat 9 Pro and Admin User/Passwrod
In-Reply-To: <4B01268C020000760009A988@ntgwgate.loc.gov>
References: <4B01268C020000760009A988@ntgwgate.loc.gov>
Message-ID: <4B011A26.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

If you search the casper list mail archives there will be several on there that discuss about disabling the Adobe self healer, which is what is asking you for admin credentials.  Here is a link to the archives. 

http://mailman.intermedia.net/pipermail/casper/

>>> "Jade Curtis" <jcur at loc.gov> 11/16/09 9:16 AM >>>
Has anyone run across this issue. Every time I launch Acrobat 9 Pro on my Mac running OSX 10.6.1 it asks for the admin User and Password. What might be causing the system to want the admin User and Password or what might be the fix?
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From swood at integer.com  Mon Nov 16 13:49:10 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:49:10 -0600
Subject: [Casper] 10.6 Image with Update to 10.6.2
Message-ID: <438f5a310911161349k442d409clf69303d4c4b729de@mail.gmail.com>

I am trying to create a 10.6.2 image by using the "build train" method in
7.1.  I have a 10.6 "drop in box" DVD from a MacPro that I have created a
dmg of and added to Casper.  I have told Casper it is an Apple installer.  I
have added the 10.6.2 Combo updater to Casper.  Here's what I've tried:

- Compile a configuration with JUST the 10.6 dmg -> machine installs
properly
- Delete that config, add the 10.6.2 Combo Updater and Compile -> machine
installs JUST the 10.6, 10.6.2 does not install, no errors in jamf.log
- Delete that config, add 10.6.1 updater and compile -> Machine installs
10.6.1
- Delete that config, add 10.6.2 (so 10.6 -> 10.6.1 -> 10.6.2) and compile
-> machine installs 10.6.1 but does not install 10.6.2

Has anyone else seen this or tried this??  I can move to installing 10.6.2
as a policy, but I really didn't want to have to do that.

Any ideas are welcome.

Thanks everyone.

Steve Wood
Director of IT
swood at integer.com

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From cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org  Mon Nov 16 14:08:29 2009
From: cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org (Cody Smedsrud)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:08:29 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Storing Casper Imaging Password on 10.6.2 Netboot Image
Message-ID: <fc.011f04f9009858fa011f04f9009858fa.985988@successcharters.org>

Hello,

I am trying to create a 10.6.2 Netboot image for use with the new unibody
MacBook.  I have everything setup but cannot get Casper Imaging to launch
without requiring me to login.

On my old NetBoot image (10.5.6) this is handled by a login keychain item
for JAMF Software Server and it works fine.  I created the same login
keychain item on the new image but it still doesn't work, I need to enter
the username and password every time.  I also tried creating a login
keychain item for Casper Imaging but get the same results.

Any ideas?

Cody Smedsrud

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From taugust04.lists at gmail.com  Mon Nov 16 14:14:24 2009
From: taugust04.lists at gmail.com (Ted August)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:14:24 -0500
Subject: [Casper] 10.6 Image with Update to 10.6.2
In-Reply-To: <438f5a310911161349k442d409clf69303d4c4b729de@mail.gmail.com>
References: <438f5a310911161349k442d409clf69303d4c4b729de@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <411748D4-42AC-45E9-B93B-C04F4D108E08@gmail.com>

I think someone else is having the same problem over on the Mac  
Enterprise mailing list, but not in Casper:

>> On Nov 13, 2009, at 9:00 AM, Scott Russell wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> Any idea why the OS 10.6.2. Combo Updater must be run only on the  
>>> startup volume?  I have been in the practice of booting from an  
>>> external drive, installing a base image, and then running the  
>>> combo updater to make all the drivers happy.  Is this no longer  
>>> possible?
>>
>>
>> If you look in the errors it's due to the deferred install items.  
>> In order to install it off root the system needs to be running  
>> 10.6.2. Then it will work fine.
>>
>> This goes for users of SIU and InstaDMG as well. Make sure your  
>> build Mac is running 10.6.2 to build 10.6.2.
>>
>> Josh
>>
>> -- 
>> Josh Wisenbaker

This may have less to do with Casper and more to do with the  
requirements of running the 10.6.2 updater/combo updater.

Personally I do not use the build train method with Casper.  I have  
base images that are of the OS only that are fully patched with the  
most recent software updates, that I update regularly.  I've had  
issues trying to add in updaters for imaging in the past, and realized  
that the time taken to trouble shoot the issue was more than just  
creating the base images.  When new hardware is released I create a  
quick base image for that specific hardware build until the next combo  
update is released.

Regards,

-- 
Ted August
Salve Regina University

On Nov 16, 2009, at 4:49 PM, Steve Wood wrote:

> I am trying to create a 10.6.2 image by using the "build train"  
> method in 7.1.  I have a 10.6 "drop in box" DVD from a MacPro that I  
> have created a dmg of and added to Casper.  I have told Casper it is  
> an Apple installer.  I have added the 10.6.2 Combo updater to  
> Casper.  Here's what I've tried:
>
> - Compile a configuration with JUST the 10.6 dmg -> machine installs  
> properly
> - Delete that config, add the 10.6.2 Combo Updater and Compile ->  
> machine installs JUST the 10.6, 10.6.2 does not install, no errors  
> in jamf.log
> - Delete that config, add 10.6.1 updater and compile -> Machine  
> installs 10.6.1
> - Delete that config, add 10.6.2 (so 10.6 -> 10.6.1 -> 10.6.2) and  
> compile -> machine installs 10.6.1 but does not install 10.6.2
>
> Has anyone else seen this or tried this??  I can move to installing  
> 10.6.2 as a policy, but I really didn't want to have to do that.
>
> Any ideas are welcome.
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
> 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
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From taugust04.lists at gmail.com  Mon Nov 16 14:22:22 2009
From: taugust04.lists at gmail.com (Ted August)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:22:22 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time
In-Reply-To: <DA7D27DE-8E8B-417C-8B1D-F4E3871D5D45@gmail.com>
References: <mailman.15.1257969604.11541.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
	<DA7D27DE-8E8B-417C-8B1D-F4E3871D5D45@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <19882DEC-ADB5-49D9-944A-CB62B018EE3C@gmail.com>

Hi Don,

It's just a matter of preference I guess.  When it comes down to it, I  
don't trust the font server to work perfectly all the time - so I  
clear out what's in /Library/Fonts to make sure there are no  
duplicates and conflicts.  I make sure to leave what's in /System/ 
Library/Fonts in the event that the server is down or unavailable -  
most applications will go haywire if those fonts aren't there.

I'll be honest, here at Salve we're not power users of the product.   
All student users log-in with the same account so they can access the  
fonts, and make collections for their projects, etc.  Otherwise we're  
not doing too much of it, and some of my procedures on the client side  
are hold-overs to when we were using Font Reserve, which could also be  
buggy at times.  I should probably re-examine what Extensis' best  
practices are for allowing UTS to manage these system required fonts.

-- 
Ted August
Salve Regina University

On Nov 12, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Don Montalvo wrote:

> Hi Ted,
>
> Just curious, what benefit does clearing these fonts manually have  
> over allowing UTS to do it for you? The reason I ask is this is a  
> road we'll need to travel soon at one of our Burbank customers, and  
> if the end effect is the same would rather pick the centrally  
> managed approach rather than stripping away.
>
> Thanks,
> Don
>
>
> Ted August <taugust04.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I run Universal Type Server - and I decided long ago never to touch  
>> what's in /System/Library/Fonts.  /Library/Fonts can usually be  
>> cleared out without any issues.  Never had any problems with this  
>> config.
>>
>> On Nov 9, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Don Montalvo wrote:
>>
>>> I wouldn't touch /System/Library/Fonts or /Library/Fonts unless  
>>> you're absolutely sure the fonts are not needed. If you decide to,  
>>> I would *.pkg them up for distribution just in case.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper


From donmontalvo at gmail.com  Mon Nov 16 16:05:46 2009
From: donmontalvo at gmail.com (Don Montalvo)
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:05:46 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Remove fonts at imaging time
In-Reply-To: <19882DEC-ADB5-49D9-944A-CB62B018EE3C@gmail.com>
References: <mailman.15.1257969604.11541.casper@list.jamfsoftware.com>
	<DA7D27DE-8E8B-417C-8B1D-F4E3871D5D45@gmail.com>
	<19882DEC-ADB5-49D9-944A-CB62B018EE3C@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <D8FA23B6-C8C6-49DB-8B6B-BDAD38BDBA3D@gmail.com>

Hi Ted,

Well, it looks like UTS isn't able to manage fonts in folders that users don't have rights to change, since UTS runs with user rights. I saw this on the UTS forum:

http://forums.extensis.com/jforum/posts/list/2923.page

...see Carl's post. I guess I'll be following the same route you're following. Unlike Suitcase Server, we're not able to manage the /Library/Fonts and /System/Library/Fonts folders for users from the server end. I guess this is why Extensis put together v6 if the font best practices PDF (incredible level of depth compared to previous versions!).

Thanks,
Don


On Nov 16, 2009, at 4:22 PM, Ted August wrote:

> Hi Don,
> 
> It's just a matter of preference I guess.  When it comes down to it, I don't trust the font server to work perfectly all the time - so I clear out what's in /Library/Fonts to make sure there are no duplicates and conflicts.  I make sure to leave what's in /System/Library/Fonts in the event that the server is down or unavailable - most applications will go haywire if those fonts aren't there.
> 
> I'll be honest, here at Salve we're not power users of the product.  All student users log-in with the same account so they can access the fonts, and make collections for their projects, etc.  Otherwise we're not doing too much of it, and some of my procedures on the client side are hold-overs to when we were using Font Reserve, which could also be buggy at times.  I should probably re-examine what Extensis' best practices are for allowing UTS to manage these system required fonts.
> 
> -- 
> Ted August
> Salve Regina University
> 
> On Nov 12, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Don Montalvo wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ted,
>> 
>> Just curious, what benefit does clearing these fonts manually have over allowing UTS to do it for you? The reason I ask is this is a road we'll need to travel soon at one of our Burbank customers, and if the end effect is the same would rather pick the centrally managed approach rather than stripping away.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Don
>> 
>> 
>> Ted August <taugust04.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I run Universal Type Server - and I decided long ago never to touch what's in /System/Library/Fonts.  /Library/Fonts can usually be cleared out without any issues.  Never had any problems with this config.
>>> 
>>> On Nov 9, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Don Montalvo wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I wouldn't touch /System/Library/Fonts or /Library/Fonts unless you're absolutely sure the fonts are not needed. If you decide to, I would *.pkg them up for distribution just in case.
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Casper mailing list
>> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
> 


From pgawlocki at cellsignal.net  Tue Nov 17 06:37:22 2009
From: pgawlocki at cellsignal.net (Peter Gawlocki)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:37:22 -0500
Subject: [Casper] JSS "Scrubbing" question
Message-ID: <5729F134-9F2B-4FAC-9C93-A200C5057499@cellsignal.net>

Our company Leases our Macs and we have leases 'turning over' all the time... 20 or 30 at a time.

I have been on Casper for about a year.
I never thought (at the time) about removing the returned machines from the JSS.  Now i Have many, many machines in the JSS that we no longer have.

I was wondering if anyone has had this situation and your suggestions for cleaning up.
Was going to search for "Last Contact" > a month ago and create a group... and then go into the group and individually press Delete.

Anyone have any better ideas?  

Thanks

Peter

From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Nov 17 06:49:13 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:49:13 -0600
Subject: [Casper] JSS "Scrubbing" question
In-Reply-To: <5729F134-9F2B-4FAC-9C93-A200C5057499@cellsignal.net>
References: <5729F134-9F2B-4FAC-9C93-A200C5057499@cellsignal.net>
Message-ID: <4B026389.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Is there a process that you do when swapping out the machines?  Like taking company data/software off the machine before you give it up?  If so, just make deleting it out of the JSS part of that same process and I think you should be OK. 

To help out your situation, you could do a smart search or smart group based on last contact time, which would be the last time it checked into the JSS.  If you know the approximate dates you can set the date range and the results should be what you want. 

You can also search by hardware configuration, model number and so forth.  Like if you know the Apple model number of those Macs you got rid of was an iMac 5,1 or it had a 2.4ghz processor you can also do searches like that. 




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





>>> Peter Gawlocki <pgawlocki at cellsignal.net> 11/17/09 8:37 AM >>>
Our company Leases our Macs and we have leases 'turning over' all the time... 20 or 30 at a time.

I have been on Casper for about a year.
I never thought (at the time) about removing the returned machines from the JSS.  Now i Have many, many machines in the JSS that we no longer have.

I was wondering if anyone has had this situation and your suggestions for cleaning up.
Was going to search for "Last Contact" > a month ago and create a group... and then go into the group and individually press Delete.

Anyone have any better ideas? 

Thanks

Peter
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From swood at integer.com  Tue Nov 17 07:37:01 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:37:01 -0600
Subject: [Casper] JSS "Scrubbing" question
In-Reply-To: <4B026389.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <5729F134-9F2B-4FAC-9C93-A200C5057499@cellsignal.net>
	<4B026389.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <438f5a310911170737r2c9b9bcm500d0ec0d03570bb@mail.gmail.com>

I go through and audit our inventory in the JSS about once every three
months.  During that inventory I take any machines that have been returned
and change their names to LEASERETURN and then uncheck the Manage Computer
check box in the JSS.  This keeps them in the database, but doesn't count
against my licenses.

Later, about six months or so after the machine was returned, I go in and
delete from the JSS completely.  The only reason I keep them in six months
is for lease return auditing, and to for historical purposes when searching
serial numbers.

A feature request (hey JAMF :-) ) would be some sort of Archive feature that
would allow us to do something similar without all of the work.

Oh, and I think the "last contact" smart group would be a great way to do
this instead of doing an audit.  My site is only about 125 machines, so an
audit for me isn't that big of a deal (gets me out of other work too).
That's also the time I make sure all purchasing data is in there properly
too.

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, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

>  Is there a process that you do when swapping out the machines?  Like
> taking company data/software off the machine before you give it up?  If so,
> just make deleting it out of the JSS part of that same process and I think
> you should be OK.
>
>  To help out your situation, you could do a smart search or smart group
> based on last contact time, which would be the last time it checked into the
> JSS.  If you know the approximate dates you can set the date range and the
> results should be what you want.
>
>  You can also search by hardware configuration, model number and so forth.
>  Like if you know the Apple model number of those Macs you got rid of was an
> iMac 5,1 or it had a 2.4ghz processor you can also do searches like that.
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________
> Thomas Larkin
> TIS Department
> KCKPS USD500
> tlarki at kckps.org
> blackberry:  913-449-7589
> office:  913-627-0351
> chown -R us /.base
>
>
>
>
>
> >>> Peter Gawlocki <pgawlocki at cellsignal.net> 11/17/09 8:37 AM >>>
>
> Our company Leases our Macs and we have leases 'turning over' all the
> time... 20 or 30 at a time.
>
> I have been on Casper for about a year.
> I never thought (at the time) about removing the returned machines from the
> JSS.  Now i Have many, many machines in the JSS that we no longer have.
>
> I was wondering if anyone has had this situation and your suggestions for
> cleaning up.
> Was going to search for "Last Contact" > a month ago and create a group...
> and then go into the group and individually press Delete.
>
> Anyone have any better ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
> _______________________________________________
> Casper mailing list
> Casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> http://list.jamfsoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/casper
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Tue Nov 17 07:48:08 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:48:08 -0600
Subject: [Casper] JSS "Scrubbing" question
In-Reply-To: <438f5a310911170737r2c9b9bcm500d0ec0d03570bb@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5729F134-9F2B-4FAC-9C93-A200C5057499@cellsignal.net>
	<4B026389.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
	<438f5a310911170737r2c9b9bcm500d0ec0d03570bb@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4B027158.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I would be curious to know some methods of auditing inventory you all use, since we have 6,000 macbooks in my deployment.  I sometimes have 400+ machines that have not contacted the JSS in over 4 weeks (due to them being out of commission from repair, or stolen) and we have to sift through those and figure out which ones are broken beyond repair, which are stolen and so forth. 

Right now one of my co-workers goes in and unmanages stolen machines, and then adds the word "stolen" to the name so it is still in the database for our records, but it is not being managed and doesn't count against our licenses. 

In reality we could probably have a person who's full time job was inventory control we have so many Macs here, especially when you count all the desktops we have on top of our 6,000 Macbooks.  So any input that may help me would be appreciated. 

thx 

tom

>>> Steve Wood <swood at integer.com> 11/17/09 9:37 AM >>>
I go through and audit our inventory in the JSS about once every three months. During that inventory I take any machines that have been returned and change their names to LEASERETURN and then uncheck the Manage Computer check box in the JSS. This keeps them in the database, but doesn't count against my licenses.

Later, about six months or so after the machine was returned, I go in and delete from the JSS completely. The only reason I keep them in six months is for lease return auditing, and to for historical purposes when searching serial numbers.

A feature request (hey JAMF :-) ) would be some sort of Archive feature that would allow us to do something similar without all of the work.

Oh, and I think the "last contact" smart group would be a great way to do this instead of doing an audit. My site is only about 125 machines, so an audit for me isn't that big of a deal (gets me out of other work too). That's also the time I make sure all purchasing data is in there properly too.

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, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Thomas Larkin 
<tlarki at kckps.org> 

wrote:


Is there a process that you do when swapping out the machines? Like taking company data/software off the machine before you give it up? If so, just make deleting it out of the JSS part of that same process and I think you should be OK. 


To help out your situation, you could do a smart search or smart group based on last contact time, which would be the last time it checked into the JSS. If you know the approximate dates you can set the date range and the results should be what you want. 


You can also search by hardware configuration, model number and so forth. Like if you know the Apple model number of those Macs you got rid of was an iMac 5,1 or it had a 2.4ghz processor you can also do searches like that. 





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





>>> Peter Gawlocki <pgawlocki at cellsignal.net> 11/17/09 8:37 AM >>> 



Our company Leases our Macs and we have leases 'turning over' all the time... 20 or 30 at a time.

I have been on Casper for about a year.
I never thought (at the time) about removing the returned machines from the JSS. Now i Have many, many machines in the JSS that we no longer have.

I was wondering if anyone has had this situation and your suggestions for cleaning up.
Was going to search for "Last Contact" > a month ago and create a group... and then go into the group and individually press Delete.

Anyone have any better ideas?

Thanks

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


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From bob.feldhake.pyb3 at statefarm.com  Tue Nov 17 13:09:23 2009
From: bob.feldhake.pyb3 at statefarm.com (Bob Feldhake)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:09:23 -0700
Subject: [Casper] 10.6 Image with Update to 10.6.2
In-Reply-To: <438f5a310911161349k442d409clf69303d4c4b729de@mail.gmail.com>
References: <438f5a310911161349k442d409clf69303d4c4b729de@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A10944277E74C8469F8AC9DF711726AE0AB12BC2@WPSCV6ND.OPR.STATEFARM.ORG>

Seeing this exact same behavior. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

Tried both the 10.6.2 Combo Updater as well as applying the regular
10.6.2 update after the 10.6.1 update. No luck either way during
imaging. I end up with 10.6 or 10.6.1 depending on the method.

 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Bob

 

From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com
[mailto:casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Steve Wood
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 3:49 PM
To: Casper List
Subject: [Casper] 10.6 Image with Update to 10.6.2

 

I am trying to create a 10.6.2 image by using the "build train" method
in 7.1.  I have a 10.6 "drop in box" DVD from a MacPro that I have
created a dmg of and added to Casper.  I have told Casper it is an Apple
installer.  I have added the 10.6.2 Combo updater to Casper.  Here's
what I've tried:

- Compile a configuration with JUST the 10.6 dmg -> machine installs
properly
- Delete that config, add the 10.6.2 Combo Updater and Compile ->
machine installs JUST the 10.6, 10.6.2 does not install, no errors in
jamf.log
- Delete that config, add 10.6.1 updater and compile -> Machine installs
10.6.1
- Delete that config, add 10.6.2 (so 10.6 -> 10.6.1 -> 10.6.2) and
compile -> machine installs 10.6.1 but does not install 10.6.2

Has anyone else seen this or tried this??  I can move to installing
10.6.2 as a policy, but I really didn't want to have to do that.

Any ideas are welcome.

Thanks everyone.

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 

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From cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org  Wed Nov 18 08:50:18 2009
From: cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org (Cody Smedsrud)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:50:18 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
Message-ID: <fc.011f04f90098dec3011f04f90098dec3.98e0c3@successcharters.org>

Has anyone had any luck deploying the MS Office 2008 12.2.3 update that
was released on 11-10-09?  I tried dragging the mpkg into composer and
converting it to source but it just builds an empty dmg.  

I viewed the package contents of the mpkg and there are a bunch of
different packages inside of it.  I know I could take a snapshot but I
just wanted to see if anyone knew a way to deploy the update without doing
that.  

Cody Smedsrud
Educational Technology Associate
Success Charter Network
34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
New York, NY 10026
646-747-2370 (office)
646-842-0981 (mobile)
212-457-5659 (fax)
cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org


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From john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us  Wed Nov 18 08:55:24 2009
From: john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us (John Wetter)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:55:24 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
In-Reply-To: <fc.011f04f90098dec3011f04f90098dec3.98e0c3@successcharters.org>
Message-ID: <C729831C.5A39%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>

Have you tried just dropping the mpkg into Casper Admin and deploying it that way?  That would be the preferred way to do it I think unless you run into problems there.

John

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


________________________________
From: Cody Smedsrud <cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:50:18 -0600
To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update

Has anyone had any luck deploying the MS Office 2008 12.2.3 update that was released on 11-10-09?  I tried dragging the mpkg into composer and converting it to source but it just builds an empty dmg.

I viewed the package contents of the mpkg and there are a bunch of different packages inside of it.  I know I could take a snapshot but I just wanted to see if anyone knew a way to deploy the update without doing that.

Cody Smedsrud
Educational Technology Associate
Success Charter Network
34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
New York, NY 10026
646-747-2370 (office)
646-842-0981 (mobile)
212-457-5659 (fax)
cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org


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From ERNSTCS at uwec.edu  Wed Nov 18 09:00:06 2009
From: ERNSTCS at uwec.edu (Ernst, Craig S.)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:06 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
In-Reply-To: <C729831C.5A39%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
Message-ID: <C7298436.F50D%ernstcs@uwec.edu>

I haven?t done that yet for this update, but you are correct that it is the way to go pending testing that it works. They have in the past.

Craig E

On 11/18/09 10:55 AM, "John Wetter" <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> wrote:

Have you tried just dropping the mpkg into Casper Admin and deploying it that way?  That would be the preferred way to do it I think unless you run into problems there.

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Wed Nov 18 10:38:33 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:38:33 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
In-Reply-To: <C729831C.5A39%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
References: <fc.011f04f90098dec3011f04f90098dec3.98e0c3@successcharters.org>
	<C729831C.5A39%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
Message-ID: <4B03EAC9.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

If you are using compiled configurations you could drop the pkg file into your compiled configuration and recompile it.  This will only update the image though as it won't create an incremental update for you to push out with Casper. 

I, personally, would just recreate the office package and replace it on the JSS then replicate it out.  Then have it install the whole package again.  I have seen too many weird things go on in my environment with partial installs.  Of course, my issues are mostly environmental so many do not apply to the rest of you lucky people that don't have these things happen to you. 



>>> John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> 11/18/09 10:55 AM >>>

Have you tried just dropping the mpkg into Casper Admin and deploying it that way?  That would be the preferred way to do it I think unless you run into problems there.

John

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


From: Cody Smedsrud <cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:50:18 -0600
To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update


Has anyone had any luck deploying the MS Office 2008 12.2.3 update that was released on 11-10-09?  I tried dragging the mpkg into composer and converting it to source but it just builds an empty dmg.  



I viewed the package contents of the mpkg and there are a bunch of different packages inside of it.  I know I could take a snapshot but I just wanted to see if anyone knew a way to deploy the update without doing that.  



Cody Smedsrud
Educational Technology Associate
Success Charter Network
34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
New York, NY 10026
646-747-2370 (office)
646-842-0981 (mobile)
212-457-5659 (fax)
cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org




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From cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org  Wed Nov 18 10:40:29 2009
From: cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org (Cody Smedsrud)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:40:29 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
In-Reply-To: <C7298436.F50D%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
References: <C7298436.F50D%ernstcs@uwec.edu>
Message-ID: <fc.011f04f90098f0583b9aca00e0bedf4d.98f0ca@successcharters.org>

I uploaded it to Casper Admin as suggested and used Casper Remote to test
it on a machine.  The install failed.  The log shows:

Installation failed. The installer reported: Traceback (most recent call
last):
File "/Library/Application Support/JAMF/Downloads/Office 2008 12.2.3
Update.mpkg/Contents/Resources/build_package_map", line 78, in
symlink_path=os.path.join(map_dir, package_id)
File
"/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/posixpath.py",
line 60, in join
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'
2009-11-18 13:24:08.210 package_updatable[14427:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.227 package_updatable[14427:10b] 1352041069 69396
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/toc.xml
2009-11-18 13:24:08.646 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.663 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.673 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.685 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.695 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.709 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.719 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.730 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.739 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
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Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.752 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
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Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.761 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.771 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.781 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.792 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.803 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.812 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
/tmp/com.microsoft.updater/office_location/Microsoft Office 2008/Microsoft
Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:08.825 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
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2009-11-18 13:24:08.835 package_updatable[14433:10b] 2142063142 57387
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Excel.app/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/Help/map/Settings
2009-11-18 13:24:09.303 package_updatable[14464:10b] package_updatable -
ERROR
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installer: Package name is Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
installer: Installing at base path /
installer:PHASE:Preparing for installation
installer: The install failed (The Installer could not install the
software because there was no software found to install.) 



Any ideas?


Cody Smedsrud



"Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> on November 18, 2009 at 1:00 PM -0400
wrote:
>I haven?t done that yet for this update, but you are correct that it is
>the way to go pending testing that it works. They have in the past.
>
>Craig E
>
>On 11/18/09 10:55 AM, "John Wetter" <[
>fcp://@successcharters.org,%2318810105/Mailbox/john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us
>]john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> wrote:
>
>
>
>Have you tried just dropping the mpkg into Casper Admin and deploying it
>that way?  That would be the preferred way to do it I think unless you
>run into problems there.
>
>John
>
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From DDeRusha at schawk.com  Wed Nov 18 10:54:52 2009
From: DDeRusha at schawk.com (Dan DeRusha)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:54:52 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
In-Reply-To: <4B03EAC9.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <fc.011f04f90098dec3011f04f90098dec3.98e0c3@successcharters.org>
	<C729831C.5A39%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
	<4B03EAC9.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <9E13880E-E90E-4439-9F0A-378791702881@schawk.com>

I agree with Tom. Sometimes adding the updates go smooth, too many  
times they have issues. Instead of troubleshooting/investing time why  
the update didn't work, we decided to take a little more time and  
effort to create the full suite.  We have the bandwidth to accomidate  
the extra data.



Dan De Rusha

On Nov 18, 2009, at 12:39 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:

> If you are using compiled configurations you could drop the pkg file  
> into your compiled configuration and recompile it.  This will only  
> update the image though as it won't create an incremental update for  
> you to push out with Casper.
>
> I, personally, would just recreate the office package and replace it  
> on the JSS then replicate it out.  Then have it install the whole  
> package again.  I have seen too many weird things go on in my  
> environment with partial installs.  Of course, my issues are mostly  
> environmental so many do not apply to the rest of you lucky people  
> that don't have these things happen to you.
>
>
>
> >>> John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> 11/18/09 10:55 AM >>>
> Have you tried just dropping the mpkg into Casper Admin and  
> deploying it that way?  That would be the preferred way to do it I  
> think unless you run into problems there.
>
> John
>
> --
> John Wetter
> Technology Support Administrator
> Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
> Hopkins Public Schools
> 952-988-5373
>
>
> From: Cody Smedsrud <cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org>
> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:50:18 -0600
> To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
>
> Has anyone had any luck deploying the MS Office 2008 12.2.3 update  
> that was released on 11-10-09?  I tried dragging the mpkg into  
> composer and converting it to source but it just builds an empty dmg.
>
> I viewed the package contents of the mpkg and there are a bunch of  
> different packages inside of it.  I know I could take a snapshot but  
> I just wanted to see if anyone knew a way to deploy the update  
> without doing that.
>
> Cody Smedsrud
> Educational Technology Associate
> Success Charter Network
> 34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
> New York, NY 10026
> 646-747-2370 (office)
> 646-842-0981 (mobile)
> 212-457-5659 (fax)
> cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org
>
>
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From tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org  Wed Nov 18 11:08:39 2009
From: tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org (Tatian Greenleaf)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:08:39 -0800
Subject: [Casper] Remote Management user access with hidden account
Message-ID: <38d97fa20911181108w33ec30e1p5414a6296b66f1f6@mail.gmail.com>

I followed the directions at
http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=059 to create a hidden admin
account for use with the JSS.  It worked great, but I also want to be able
to set that account as the only account with access to Remote Login and
Remote Management in the Sharing preference pane.  The Remote Login service
can see the hidden account, but the Remote Management service cannot.  It
only shows the (non-hidden) local accounts on the machine.

Is there any way around this?  Can I script it in Terminal?

Tatian

____________________________
Tatian Greenleaf
Associate Director of Technology
Saint Mark's School
(415) 472-8000 x1014
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From cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org  Wed Nov 18 11:11:06 2009
From: cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org (Cody Smedsrud)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:11:06 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Remote Management user access with hidden account
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20911181108w33ec30e1p5414a6296b66f1f6@mail.gmail.com>
References: <38d97fa20911181108w33ec30e1p5414a6296b66f1f6@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <fc.011f04f90098f37a3b9aca00ce7ec793.98f397@successcharters.org>

I've done that in the past and I think you need to set it up in system
preferences before you hide the account.  I can't confirm that right now
though.  

Cody Smedsrud
Educational Technology Associate
Success Charter Network
34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
New York, NY 10026
646-747-2370 (office)
646-842-0981 (mobile)
212-457-5659 (fax)
cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org


Tatian Greenleaf <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> on November 18, 2009 at
3:08 PM -0400 wrote:
>I followed the directions at [
>http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=059
>]http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=059 to create a hidden
>admin account for use with the JSS.  It worked great, but I also want to
>be able to set that account as the only account with access to Remote
>Login and Remote Management in the Sharing preference pane.  The Remote
>Login service can see the hidden account, but the Remote Management
>service cannot.  It only shows the (non-hidden) local accounts on the
>machine.
>
>
>Is there any way around this?  Can I script it in Terminal?
>
>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 swood at integer.com  Wed Nov 18 11:19:57 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:19:57 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Remote Management user access with hidden account
In-Reply-To: <fc.011f04f90098f37a3b9aca00ce7ec793.98f397@successcharters.org>
References: <38d97fa20911181108w33ec30e1p5414a6296b66f1f6@mail.gmail.com>
	<fc.011f04f90098f37a3b9aca00ce7ec793.98f397@successcharters.org>
Message-ID: <438f5a310911181119l109baa0br178c121d6fc409fd@mail.gmail.com>

You can config from the Terminal using the kickstart command:

/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart
-activate -configure -access -on -users arduser,admin -privs -all -restart
-agent -menu


That will set the users arduser and admin to have all access to Remote
Management.

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, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Cody Smedsrud <
cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org> wrote:

>  I've done that in the past and I think you need to set it up in system
> preferences before you hide the account.  I can't confirm that right now
> though.
>
> Cody Smedsrud
> Educational Technology Associate
> Success Charter Network
> 34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
> New York, NY 10026
> 646-747-2370 (office)
> 646-842-0981 (mobile)
> 212-457-5659 (fax)
> cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org
>
>
> *Tatian Greenleaf <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> on November 18, 2009
> at 3:08 PM -0400 wrote:*
> I followed the directions at
> http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=059 to create a hidden admin
> account for use with the JSS.  It worked great, but I also want to be able
> to set that account as the only account with access to Remote Login and
> Remote Management in the Sharing preference pane.  The Remote Login service
> can see the hidden account, but the Remote Management service cannot.  It
> only shows the (non-hidden) local accounts on the machine.
>
>
> Is there any way around this?  Can I script it in Terminal?
>
> 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 swood at integer.com  Wed Nov 18 11:20:46 2009
From: swood at integer.com (Steve Wood)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:20:46 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Remote Management user access with hidden account
In-Reply-To: <438f5a310911181119l109baa0br178c121d6fc409fd@mail.gmail.com>
References: <38d97fa20911181108w33ec30e1p5414a6296b66f1f6@mail.gmail.com>
	<fc.011f04f90098f37a3b9aca00ce7ec793.98f397@successcharters.org>
	<438f5a310911181119l109baa0br178c121d6fc409fd@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <438f5a310911181120q316a7f71gd1bb040d354a1e24@mail.gmail.com>

Oh, and you do not need to set this before making the user hidden.  I use
the following in a post image script:



dscl . create /users/arduser
dscl . create /users/arduser name arduser
dscl . create /users/arduser passwd "*"
dscl . create /users/arduser uid 499
dscl . create /users/arduser gid 499
dscl . create /users/arduser home /usr/var
dscl . create /users/arduser home /var
dscl . create /users/arduser shell /bin/bash
dscl . merge /groups/admin users arduser

# now set the passwd for the arduser user

dscl . -passwd /Users/arduser password

# now add arduser to the sudoers file

echo "arduser   ALL=(ALL) ALL" >> /etc/sudoers

# now hide the arduser user from the loginwindow process

mkdir /var/temp/
cp /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist
/var/temp/com.apple.loginwindow.bak
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow HiddenUsersList
-array-add arduser

# now Activate Remote Desktop Sharing, enable access privileges for the
users "arduser", grant full privileges for the users "arduser", restart
arduser Agent and Menu extra:

/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart
-activate -configure -access -on -users arduser,admin -privs -all -restart
-agent -menu





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, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Steve Wood <swood at integer.com> wrote:

> You can config from the Terminal using the kickstart command:
>
> /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart
> -activate -configure -access -on -users arduser,admin -privs -all -restart
> -agent -menu
>
>
> That will set the users arduser and admin to have all access to Remote
> Management.
>
> 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, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Cody Smedsrud <
> cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org> wrote:
>
>>  I've done that in the past and I think you need to set it up in system
>> preferences before you hide the account.  I can't confirm that right now
>> though.
>>
>> Cody Smedsrud
>> Educational Technology Associate
>> Success Charter Network
>> 34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
>> New York, NY 10026
>> 646-747-2370 (office)
>> 646-842-0981 (mobile)
>> 212-457-5659 (fax)
>> cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org
>>
>>
>> *Tatian Greenleaf <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> on November 18, 2009
>> at 3:08 PM -0400 wrote:*
>> I followed the directions at
>> http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=059 to create a hidden
>> admin account for use with the JSS.  It worked great, but I also want to be
>> able to set that account as the only account with access to Remote Login and
>> Remote Management in the Sharing preference pane.  The Remote Login service
>> can see the hidden account, but the Remote Management service cannot.  It
>> only shows the (non-hidden) local accounts on the machine.
>>
>>
>> Is there any way around this?  Can I script it in Terminal?
>>
>> 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
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From cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org  Wed Nov 18 11:25:33 2009
From: cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org (Cody Smedsrud)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:25:33 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
In-Reply-To: <9E13880E-E90E-4439-9F0A-378791702881@schawk.com>
References: <9E13880E-E90E-4439-9F0A-378791702881@schawk.com>
Message-ID: <fc.011f04f90098f5f7011f04f90098dec3.98f614@successcharters.org>

What is your policy/workflow like for distributing that already deployed
machines?

Cody Smedsrud


"Dan DeRusha" <DDeRusha at schawk.com> on November 18, 2009 at 2:54 PM -0400
wrote:
>I agree with Tom. Sometimes adding the updates go smooth, too many times
>they have issues. Instead of troubleshooting/investing time why the
>update didn't work, we decided to take a little more time and effort to
>create the full suite.  We have the bandwidth to accomidate the extra
>data. 
>
>
>
>
>Dan De Rusha
>
>On Nov 18, 2009, at 12:39 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <[ mailto:tlarki at kckps.org
>]tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>If you are using compiled configurations you could drop the pkg file into
>your compiled configuration and recompile it.  This will only update the
>image though as it won't create an incremental update for you to push out
>with Casper. 
>
>
>
>
>I, personally, would just recreate the office package and replace it on
>the JSS then replicate it out.  Then have it install the whole package
>again.  I have seen too many weird things go on in my environment with
>partial installs.  Of course, my issues are mostly environmental so many
>do not apply to the rest of you lucky people that don't have these things
>happen to you. 
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>>> John Wetter <[ mailto:john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us
>]john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> 11/18/09 10:55 AM >>>
>
>
>
>
>
>Have you tried just dropping the mpkg into Casper Admin and deploying it
>that way?  That would be the preferred way to do it I think unless you
>run into problems there.
>
>John
>
>--
>John Wetter
>Technology Support Administrator
>Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
>Hopkins Public Schools
>952-988-5373
>
>
>
>
>
> 
>#######################################################################From:
>Cody Smedsrud <[ mailto:cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org
>]cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org>
>Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:50:18 -0600
>To: Casper List <[ mailto:casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>]casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
>Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Has anyone had any luck deploying the MS Office 2008 12.2.3 update that
>was released on 11-10-09?  I tried dragging the mpkg into composer and
>converting it to source but it just builds an empty dmg.  
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>I viewed the package contents of the mpkg and there are a bunch of
>different packages inside of it.  I know I could take a snapshot but I
>just wanted to see if anyone knew a way to deploy the update without
>doing that.  
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Cody Smedsrud
>Educational Technology Associate
>Success Charter Network
>34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
>New York, NY 10026
>646-747-2370 (office)
>646-842-0981 (mobile)
>212-457-5659 (fax)
>[ mailto:cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org
>]cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From dderusha at schawk.com  Wed Nov 18 11:31:03 2009
From: dderusha at schawk.com (Dan DeRusha)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:31:03 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
In-Reply-To: <fc.011f04f90098f5f7011f04f90098dec3.98f614@successcharters.org>
References: <9E13880E-E90E-4439-9F0A-378791702881@schawk.com>
	<fc.011f04f90098f5f7011f04f90098dec3.98f614@successcharters.org>
Message-ID: <FE69B878-994B-47A4-80B0-1A2612AE4A47@schawk.com>

Cody-

we create a smartlist based on the old version of office.

we offer it on self service for a few days then we policy Office to all the users that are left in the smart group.
all the users that are left in the smart group are the users that have not downloaded it from self service.

Thanks

Dan



On Nov 18, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Cody Smedsrud wrote:

> What is your policy/workflow like for distributing that already deployed machines?
> 
> Cody Smedsrud
> 
> 
> "Dan DeRusha" <DDeRusha at schawk.com> on November 18, 2009 at 2:54 PM -0400 wrote:
> I agree with Tom. Sometimes adding the updates go smooth, too many times they have issues. Instead of troubleshooting/investing time why the update didn't work, we decided to take a little more time and effort to create the full suite.  We have the bandwidth to accomidate the extra data. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dan De Rusha
> 
> On Nov 18, 2009, at 12:39 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> If you are using compiled configurations you could drop the pkg file into your compiled configuration and recompile it.  This will only update the image though as it won't create an incremental update for you to push out with Casper.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I, personally, would just recreate the office package and replace it on the JSS then replicate it out.  Then have it install the whole package again.  I have seen too many weird things go on in my environment with partial installs.  Of course, my issues are mostly environmental so many do not apply to the rest of you lucky people that don't have these things happen to you.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >>> John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> 11/18/09 10:55 AM >>>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Have you tried just dropping the mpkg into Casper Admin and deploying it that way?  That would be the preferred way to do it I think unless you run into problems there.
> 
> John
> 
> --
> John Wetter
> Technology Support Administrator
> Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
> Hopkins Public Schools
> 952-988-5373
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Cody Smedsrud <cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org>
> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:50:18 -0600
> To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Has anyone had any luck deploying the MS Office 2008 12.2.3 update that was released on 11-10-09?  I tried dragging the mpkg into composer and converting it to source but it just builds an empty dmg.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I viewed the package contents of the mpkg and there are a bunch of different packages inside of it.  I know I could take a snapshot but I just wanted to see if anyone knew a way to deploy the update without doing that.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Cody Smedsrud
> Educational Technology Associate
> Success Charter Network
> 34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
> New York, NY 10026
> 646-747-2370 (office)
> 646-842-0981 (mobile)
> 212-457-5659 (fax)
> cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Wed Nov 18 11:33:55 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:33:55 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Remote Management user access with hidden account
In-Reply-To: <38d97fa20911181108w33ec30e1p5414a6296b66f1f6@mail.gmail.com>
References: <38d97fa20911181108w33ec30e1p5414a6296b66f1f6@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4B03F7C3.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

I do compiled configurations and post image shell scripts for this
stuff, here is the snip from my script that does this 

######################################## 
# This is a post image script for student laptops 
# This script will do post configurations 
# 
# This is for the 2009-10 school year 
# Kansas City, KS Public schools 
# 
#       By 
# 
#  Thomas Larkin 
#  http://tlarkin.com 
# 
######################################### 

#!/bin/bash 

# set all variables here, these are hardcoded for the rest of the script

# will use echo for logging and debugging 

# 
# WARNING!!!!!  THIS SCRIPT REQUIRES THE JAMF BINARY 
# 
# Local admin accounts 
# only edit the variables of this script for future usage 

admin1_long="Hidden Administrator" 
admin1_short="hadmin" 
admin1_passwd="mypassword ( mailto:Kckm at cbk$ )" 

/usr/sbin/jamf createAccount -username "$admin1_short" -realname
"$admin1_long" -password "$admin1_passwd" ?home
/private/var/$admin1_short ?shell ?/bin/bash? -hiddenUser -admin 

# info for local admin account 2 

admin2_long="ARD Viewer" 
admin2_short="ardview" 
admin2_passwd="mypassword2" 

/usr/sbin/jamf createAccount -username "$admin2_short" -realname
"$admin2_long" -password "$admin2_passwd" ?home
/private/var/$admin2_short ?shell ?/bin/bash? -hiddenUser -admin 

# now enable root, set the password below inside the quotes 

root_passwd="mypassword3" 

/usr/sbin/dsenableroot -u $admin1_short -p $admin1_passwd -r
$root_passwd 

/bin/echo "done creating local accounts" 

# 
# Now we will move any applications we don't want users to have access
to from 
# the applications folder to /Applications/Utilties and have MCX
disallow apps to 
# run from /Applications/Utilies on managed user accounts 
# 
# put full app paths in here spaces are allowed if you stay inside the
quotes 

app_list=(    
           /Applications/AppleScript/ 
            
           /Applications/Microsoft\ AutoUpdate.app 
            
           /Applications/Automator.app 
            
           /Applications/Time\ Machine.app 
           ) 
            
# now move those apps 

for file in "${app_list[@] ( mailto:app_list[@] )}" ; do 

if [[ -e $file ]] 

    then /bin/mv $file /Applications/Utilities/ 
      
    else /bin/echo "$file already moved" 
fi 

/bin/echo "done moving apps" 

# 
# Now set some network preferences 
# 

# require admin rights for ad_hoc creation 

/usr/libexec/airportd en1 -ibss_admin 1 

/bin/echo "adhoc networks require admin set" 

# ensure that airport and ethernet are set to DHCP & set IPv6 off 

/usr/sbin/networksetup -setv6off Ethernet 

/usr/sbin/networksetup -setv6off Airport 

/usr/sbin/networksetup -setdhcp Ethernet on 

/usr/sbin/networksetup -setdhcp Airport on 

# enable remote log in, ssh 

/usr/sbin/systemsetup -setremotelogin on 

# enforce clear text passwords in AFP 

/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.AppleShareClient "afp_cleartext_allow"
1 

# now install the wifi network 

/usr/sbin/jamf policy -trigger addwireless 

/bin/echo "network configuration complete" 

# 
# ensure remote desktop is enabled for our local admin accounts 
# 

/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart
-activate 

# now set access to remote desktop, refer to admin 1 and admin 2 from
above 

/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart
-configure -users $admin1_short,$admin2_short -access -on -privs -all 

/bin/echo "ARD client configured"


The script is in the red color text.  It is not the whole script just
the part that creates the account and configures remote management
>>> Tatian Greenleaf <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> 11/18/09 1:08 PM
>>>
I followed the directions at
http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=059 (
http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=059 ) to create a hidden
admin account for use with the JSS. It worked great, but I also want to
Login and Remote Management in the Sharing preference pane. The Remote
Login service can see the hidden account, but the Remote Management
service cannot. It only shows the (non-hidden) local accounts on the
machine. 



Is there any way around this? Can I script it in Terminal? 


Tatian

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

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From cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org  Wed Nov 18 11:47:48 2009
From: cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org (Cody Smedsrud)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:47:48 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
In-Reply-To: <FE69B878-994B-47A4-80B0-1A2612AE4A47@schawk.com>
References: <9E13880E-E90E-4439-9F0A-378791702881@schawk.com>
	<fc.011f04f90098f5f7011f04f90098dec3.98f614@successcharters.org>
	<FE69B878-994B-47A4-80B0-1A2612AE4A47@schawk.com>
Message-ID: <fc.011f04f90098f77c011f04f90098dec3.98f7a3@successcharters.org>

Dan,

As part of your policy do you delete the old version of office first or
just install over top of it?  My biggest concern with this is how long it
is going to take to push a package that big.  

Cody Smedsrud



Dan DeRusha <dderusha at schawk.com> on November 18, 2009 at 3:31 PM -0400
wrote:
>Cody-
>
>
>we create a smartlist based on the old version of office.
>
>
>we offer it on self service for a few days then we policy Office to all
>the users that are left in the smart group.
>all the users that are left in the smart group are the users that have
>not downloaded it from self service.
>
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Dan
>
>
>
>
>
>On Nov 18, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Cody Smedsrud wrote:
>
>
>
>What is your policy/workflow like for distributing that already deployed
>machines?
>
>Cody Smedsrud
>
>
>"Dan DeRusha" <[ mailto:DDeRusha at schawk.com ]DDeRusha at schawk.com> on
>November 18, 2009 at 2:54 PM -0400 wrote:
>I agree with Tom. Sometimes adding the updates go smooth, too many times
>they have issues. Instead of troubleshooting/investing time why the
>update didn't work, we decided to take a little more time and effort to
>create the full suite.  We have the bandwidth to accomidate the extra
>data. 
>
>
>
>
>Dan De Rusha
>
>On Nov 18, 2009, at 12:39 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <[ mailto:tlarki at kckps.org
>]tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>If you are using compiled configurations you could drop the pkg file into
>your compiled configuration and recompile it.  This will only update the
>image though as it won't create an incremental update for you to push out
>with Casper.
>
>
>
>
>I, personally, would just recreate the office package and replace it on
>the JSS then replicate it out.  Then have it install the whole package
>again.  I have seen too many weird things go on in my environment with
>partial installs.  Of course, my issues are mostly environmental so many
>do not apply to the rest of you lucky people that don't have these things
>happen to you.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>>> John Wetter <[ mailto:john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us
>]john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> 11/18/09 10:55 AM >>>
>
>
>
>
>
>Have you tried just dropping the mpkg into Casper Admin and deploying it
>that way?  That would be the preferred way to do it I think unless you
>run into problems there.
>
>John
>
>--
>John Wetter
>Technology Support Administrator
>Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
>Hopkins Public Schools
>952-988-5373
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>From: Cody Smedsrud <[ mailto:cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org
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>Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:50:18 -0600
>To: Casper List <[ mailto:casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>]casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
>Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
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>Has anyone had any luck deploying the MS Office 2008 12.2.3 update that
>was released on 11-10-09?  I tried dragging the mpkg into composer and
>converting it to source but it just builds an empty dmg.  
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>I viewed the package contents of the mpkg and there are a bunch of
>different packages inside of it.  I know I could take a snapshot but I
>just wanted to see if anyone knew a way to deploy the update without
>doing that.  
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>Cody Smedsrud
>Educational Technology Associate
>Success Charter Network
>34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
>New York, NY 10026
>646-747-2370 (office)
>646-842-0981 (mobile)
>212-457-5659 (fax)
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Wed Nov 18 11:47:25 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:47:25 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
In-Reply-To: <23111DBA-0775-4A8C-B12F-25C01A288FC6@uclan.ac.uk>
References: <fc.011f04f90098dec3011f04f90098dec3.98e0c3@successcharters.org>
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That could be key as I think when a user is logged in, or even worse - running office - while you try to run updates I think it can cause issue.  Scheduled updates at night when no one is around or done as a log out or boot up policy I think are best practices to deploy such things.

>>> Criss Myers <bukira at gmail.com> 11/18/09 1:38 PM >>>

I just dropped the mkpg into Casper admin and deploy as a policy and works everytime, I run as a logout policy, updates from the previous version of office 



Criss

On 18 Nov 2009, at 18:54, "Dan DeRusha" <DDeRusha at schawk.com> wrote:




I agree with Tom. Sometimes adding the updates go smooth, too many times they have issues. Instead of troubleshooting/investing time why the update didn't work, we decided to take a little more time and effort to create the full suite.  We have the bandwidth to accomidate the extra data.  





Dan De Rusha 


On Nov 18, 2009, at 12:39 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:




If you are using compiled configurations you could drop the pkg file into your compiled configuration and recompile it.  This will only update the image though as it won't create an incremental update for you to push out with Casper. 


I, personally, would just recreate the office package and replace it on the JSS then replicate it out.  Then have it install the whole package again.  I have seen too many weird things go on in my environment with partial installs.  Of course, my issues are mostly environmental so many do not apply to the rest of you lucky people that don't have these things happen to you. 




>>> John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> 11/18/09 10:55 AM >>>

Have you tried just dropping the mpkg into Casper Admin and deploying it that way?  That would be the preferred way to do it I think unless you run into problems there.

John

--
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Technology Support Administrator
Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
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From: Cody Smedsrud <cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:50:18 -0600
To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update

p> 

Has anyone had any luck deploying the MS Office 2008 12.2.3 update that was released on 11-10-09?  I tried dragging the mpkg into composer and converting it to source but it just builds an empty dmg.  



I viewed the package contents of the mpkg and there are a bunch of different packages inside of it.  I know I could take a snapshot but I just wanted to see if anyone knew a way to deploy the update without doing that.  



Cody Smedsrud
Educational Technology Associate
Success Charter Network
34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
New York, NY 10026
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Wed Nov 18 11:56:49 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:56:49 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Remote Management user access with hidden account
In-Reply-To: <438f5a310911181120q316a7f71gd1bb040d354a1e24@mail.gmail.com>
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Ug let me try that again...  There was a formatting issue since I used
the @ symbol in the script....so sending this in plain text this time


######################################## 
# This is a post image script for student laptops 
# This script will do post configurations 
# 
# This is for the 2009- 10 school year 
# Kansas City, KS Public schools 
# 
#       By 
# 
#  Thomas Larkin 
#  http://tlarkin.com 
# 
######################################### 

#!/bin/bash 

# set all variables here, these are hardcoded for the rest of the
script 
# will use echo for logging and debugging 

# 
# WARNING!!!!!  THIS SCRIPT REQUIRES THE JAMF BINARY 
# 
# Local admin accounts 
# only edit the variables of this script for future usage 

admin1_long="Hidden Administrator" 
admin1_short="hadmin" 
admin1_passwd="mypassword" 

/usr/sbin/jamf createAccount - username "$admin1_short" - realname
"$admin1_long" - password "$admin1_passwd" ?home
/private/var/$admin1_short ?shell ?/bin/bash? - hiddenUser - admin


# info for local admin account 2 

admin2_long="ARD Viewer" 
admin2_short="ardview" 
admin2_passwd="mypassword2" 

/usr/sbin/jamf createAccount - username "$admin2_short" - realname
"$admin2_long" - password "$admin2_passwd" ?home
/private/var/$admin2_short ?shell ?/bin/bash? - hiddenUser - admin


# now enable root, set the password below inside the quotes 

root_passwd="mypassword3" 

/usr/sbin/dsenableroot - u $admin1_short - p $admin1_passwd - r
$root_passwd 

/bin/echo "done creating local accounts" 

# 
# Now we will move any applications we don't want users to have access
to from 
# the applications folder to /Applications/Utilties and have MCX
disallow apps to 
# run from /Applications/Utilies on managed user accounts 
# 
# put full app paths in here spaces are allowed if you stay inside the
quotes 

app_list=(    
           /Applications/AppleScript/ 
            
           /Applications/Microsoft\ AutoUpdate.app 
            
           /Applications/Automator.app 
            
           /Applications/Time\ Machine.app 
           ) 
            
# now move those apps 

for file in "${app_list[@] }" ; do 

if [[ - e $file ]] 

    then /bin/mv $file /Applications/Utilities/ 
      
    else /bin/echo "$file already moved" 
fi 

done

/bin/echo "done moving apps" 

# 
# Now set some network preferences 
# 

# require admin rights for ad_hoc creation 

/usr/libexec/airportd en1 - ibss_admin 1 

/bin/echo "adhoc networks require admin set" 

# ensure that airport and ethernet are set to DHCP & set IPv6 off 

/usr/sbin/networksetup - setv6off Ethernet 

/usr/sbin/networksetup - setv6off Airport 

/usr/sbin/networksetup - setdhcp Ethernet on 

/usr/sbin/networksetup - setdhcp Airport on 

# enable remote log in, ssh 

/usr/sbin/systemsetup - setremotelogin on 

# enforce clear text passwords in AFP 

/usr/bin/defaults write com.apple.AppleShareClient
"afp_cleartext_allow" 1 

# now install the wifi network 

/usr/sbin/jamf policy - trigger addwireless 

/bin/echo "network configuration complete" 

# 
# ensure remote desktop is enabled for our local admin accounts 
# 

/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart
- activate 

# now set access to remote desktop, refer to admin 1 and admin 2 from
above 

/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart
- configure - users $admin1_short,$admin2_short - access - on - privs -
all 

/bin/echo "ARD client configured"



___________________________
Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry:  913-449-7589
office:  913-627-0351
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>>> Steve Wood <swood at integer.com> 11/18/09 1:20 PM >>>
Oh, and you do not need to set this before making the user hidden. I
use the following in a post image script:



dscl . create /users/arduser
dscl . create /users/arduser name arduser
dscl . create /users/arduser passwd "*"
dscl . create /users/arduser uid 499
dscl . create /users/arduser gid 499
dscl . create /users/arduser home /usr/var
dscl . create /users/arduser home /var
dscl . create /users/arduser shell /bin/bash
dscl . merge /groups/admin users arduser

# now set the passwd for the arduser user

dscl . -passwd /Users/arduser password

# now add arduser to the sudoers file

echo "arduser ALL=(ALL) ALL" >> /etc/sudoers

# now hide the arduser user from the loginwindow process

mkdir /var/temp/
cp /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow.plist
/var/temp/com.apple.loginwindow.bak
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow
HiddenUsersList -array-add arduser

# now Activate Remote Desktop Sharing, enable access privileges for the
users "arduser", grant full privileges for the users "arduser", restart
arduser Agent and Menu extra:

/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart
-activate -configure -access -on -users arduser,admin -privs -all
-restart -agent -menu





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, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Steve Wood
<swood at integer.com>
wrote:

You can config from the Terminal using the kickstart command:

/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart
-activate -configure -access -on -users arduser,admin -privs -all
-restart -agent -menu


That will set the users arduser and admin to have all access to Remote
Management.

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, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Cody Smedsrud
<cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org>
wrote:

I've done that in the past and I think you need to set it up in system
preferences before you hide the account. I can't confirm that right now
though. 


Cody Smedsrud
Educational Technology Associate
Success Charter Network
34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
New York, NY 10026
646-747-2370 (office)
646-842-0981 (mobile)
212-457-5659 (fax)
cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org




Tatian Greenleaf <tgreenleaf at saintmarksschool.org> on November 18, 2009
at 3:08 PM -0400 wrote:
I followed the directions at 

http://www.jamfsoftware.com/kb/article.php?id=059
to create a hidden admin account for use with the JSS. It worked great,
but I also want to be able to set that account as the only account with
access to Remote Login and Remote Management in the Sharing preference
pane. The Remote Login service can see the hidden account, but the
Remote Management service cannot. It only shows the (non-hidden) local
accounts on the machine.



Is there any way around this? Can I script it in Terminal?


Tatian


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From DDeRusha at schawk.com  Wed Nov 18 12:01:41 2009
From: DDeRusha at schawk.com (Dan DeRusha)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:01:41 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
In-Reply-To: <4B03FAEC.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <fc.011f04f90098dec3011f04f90098dec3.98e0c3@successcharters.org>
	<C729831C.5A39%john_wetter@hopkins.k12.mn.us>
	<4B03EAC9.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
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Correct, our window is 11:45pm to 4:45am.  If the user is not around they can always get it from Self Service.

On Nov 18, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:

> That could be key as I think when a user is logged in, or even worse - running office - while you try to run updates I think it can cause issue.  Scheduled updates at night when no one is around or done as a log out or boot up policy I think are best practices to deploy such things.
> 
> >>> Criss Myers <bukira at gmail.com> 11/18/09 1:38 PM >>>
> I just dropped the mkpg into Casper admin and deploy as a policy and works everytime, I run as a logout policy, updates from the previous version of office
> 
> Criss
> 
> On 18 Nov 2009, at 18:54, "Dan DeRusha" <DDeRusha at schawk.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> I agree with Tom. Sometimes adding the updates go smooth, too many times they have issues. Instead of troubleshooting/investing time why the update didn't work, we decided to take a little more time and effort to create the full suite.  We have the bandwidth to accomidate the extra data. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Dan De Rusha
>> 
>> On Nov 18, 2009, at 12:39 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> If you are using compiled configurations you could drop the pkg file into your compiled configuration and recompile it.  This will only update the image though as it won't create an incremental update for you to push out with Casper.
>>> 
>>> I, personally, would just recreate the office package and replace it on the JSS then replicate it out.  Then have it install the whole package again.  I have seen too many weird things go on in my environment with partial installs.  Of course, my issues are mostly environmental so many do not apply to the rest of you lucky people that don't have these things happen to you.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> >>> John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> 11/18/09 10:55 AM >>>
>>> Have you tried just dropping the mpkg into Casper Admin and deploying it that way?  That would be the preferred way to do it I think unless you run into problems there.
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> --
>>> John Wetter
>>> Technology Support Administrator
>>> Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
>>> Hopkins Public Schools
>>> 952-988-5373
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Cody Smedsrud <cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org>
>>> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:50:18 -0600
>>> To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
>>> Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
>>> 
>>> p>
>>> Has anyone had any luck deploying the MS Office 2008 12.2.3 update that was released on 11-10-09?  I tried dragging the mpkg into composer and converting it to source but it just builds an empty dmg.  
>>> 
>>> I viewed the package contents of the mpkg and there are a bunch of different packages inside of it.  I know I could take a snapshot but I just wanted to see if anyone knew a way to deploy the update without doing that.  
>>> 
>>> Cody Smedsrud
>>> Educational Technology Associate
>>> Success Charter Network
>>> 34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
>>> New York, NY 10026
>>> 646-747-2370 (office)
>>> 646-842-0981 (mobile)
>>> 212-457-5659 (fax)
>>> cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org
>>> 
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From dderusha at schawk.com  Wed Nov 18 12:36:39 2009
From: dderusha at schawk.com (Dan DeRusha)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:36:39 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
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References: <9E13880E-E90E-4439-9F0A-378791702881@schawk.com>
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Cody-

Normally I delete the old and replace it.  Overlaying the new is working out with this install, we did not uninstall the previous version.
I just tested it for you, it took approx. 10 minutes pushing it to 1 workstation.  The package is 542mb.

thanks

Dan


On Nov 18, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Cody Smedsrud wrote:

> Dan,
> 
> As part of your policy do you delete the old version of office first or just install over top of it?  My biggest concern with this is how long it is going to take to push a package that big.  
> 
> Cody Smedsrud
> 
> 
> 
> Dan DeRusha <dderusha at schawk.com> on November 18, 2009 at 3:31 PM -0400 wrote:
> Cody-
> 
> 
> we create a smartlist based on the old version of office.
> 
> 
> we offer it on self service for a few days then we policy Office to all the users that are left in the smart group.
> all the users that are left in the smart group are the users that have not downloaded it from self service.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 18, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Cody Smedsrud wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> What is your policy/workflow like for distributing that already deployed machines?
> 
> Cody Smedsrud
> 
> 
> "Dan DeRusha" <DDeRusha at schawk.com> on November 18, 2009 at 2:54 PM -0400 wrote:
> I agree with Tom. Sometimes adding the updates go smooth, too many times they have issues. Instead of troubleshooting/investing time why the update didn't work, we decided to take a little more time and effort to create the full suite.  We have the bandwidth to accomidate the extra data. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dan De Rusha
> 
> On Nov 18, 2009, at 12:39 PM, "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> If you are using compiled configurations you could drop the pkg file into your compiled configuration and recompile it.  This will only update the image though as it won't create an incremental update for you to push out with Casper.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I, personally, would just recreate the office package and replace it on the JSS then replicate it out.  Then have it install the whole package again.  I have seen too many weird things go on in my environment with partial installs.  Of course, my issues are mostly environmental so many do not apply to the rest of you lucky people that don't have these things happen to you.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >>> John Wetter <john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us> 11/18/09 10:55 AM >>>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Have you tried just dropping the mpkg into Casper Admin and deploying it that way?  That would be the preferred way to do it I think unless you run into problems there.
> 
> John
> 
> --
> John Wetter
> Technology Support Administrator
> Educational Technology, Media  & Information Services
> Hopkins Public Schools
> 952-988-5373
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Cody Smedsrud <cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org>
> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:50:18 -0600
> To: Casper List <casper at list.jamfsoftware.com>
> Subject: [Casper] Deploying MS Office 2008 12.2.3 Update
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Has anyone had any luck deploying the MS Office 2008 12.2.3 update that was released on 11-10-09?  I tried dragging the mpkg into composer and converting it to source but it just builds an empty dmg.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I viewed the package contents of the mpkg and there are a bunch of different packages inside of it.  I know I could take a snapshot but I just wanted to see if anyone knew a way to deploy the update without doing that.  
> 
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> 
> 
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> 
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> 
> 
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> Cody Smedsrud
> Educational Technology Associate
> Success Charter Network
> 34 West 118th Street, Second Floor
> New York, NY 10026
> 646-747-2370 (office)
> 646-842-0981 (mobile)
> 212-457-5659 (fax)
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From jyung at cmithun.com  Thu Nov 19 13:48:12 2009
From: jyung at cmithun.com (Jon Yung)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:48:12 -0600
Subject: [Casper] NilObectException
Message-ID: <C72B193C.72DB%jyung@cmithun.com>

I start up my computer into Netboot to when I change a configuration  I
receive an error: An exception of class NilObectException was not handled.
The application must shut down.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

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From jyung at cmithun.com  Thu Nov 19 14:36:14 2009
From: jyung at cmithun.com (Jon Yung)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:36:14 -0600
Subject: [Casper] NilObectException
In-Reply-To: <C72B193C.72DB%jyung@cmithun.com>
Message-ID: <C72B247E.72F0%jyung@cmithun.com>

I fixed this issue I had package marked as non-deployable.


On 11/19/09 3:48 PM, "Jon Yung" <jyung at cmithun.com> wrote:

> I start up my computer into Netboot to when I change a configuration  I
> receive an error: An exception of class NilObectException was not handled. The
> application must shut down.
> 
> Any suggestions on how to fix this?

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From tlarki at kckps.org  Fri Nov 20 06:12:19 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:12:19 -0600
Subject: [Casper] NilObectException
In-Reply-To: <C72B193C.72DB%jyung@cmithun.com>
References: <C72B193C.72DB%jyung@cmithun.com>
Message-ID: <4B064F60.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

check your permissions on your read only and read/write casper accounts for the imaging.  Then make sure they have proper permissions to the casper share on the server.  I have seen this error happen when I had ACLs that botched for my casper accounts on the casper share. 
 

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>>> Jon Yung <jyung at cmithun.com> 11/19/09 3:48 PM >>> 
I start up my computer into Netboot to when I change a configuration  I
receive an error: An exception of class NilObectException was not handled.
The application must shut down.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

-- 

Jon Yung



From tlarki at kckps.org  Fri Nov 20 06:57:05 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:57:05 -0600
Subject: [Casper] advanced inventory searches not displaying user name
Message-ID: <4B0659E1.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>


I am trying to run a series of reports in Casper Inventory that sort the laptops in my deployment by last check in date, and anything that has not checked in to the JSS in over 4 weeks.  The report works fine, but it fails to add in the user's short name or long name.  I would really like this to work since I can just generate this report and hand it off to someone in administration and they can make sure these laptops are still here.

I know some students come to school and turn their airport connection off, on purpose, because they know that we use remote desktop and push out updates over the network.  Other machines are off site at the repair center.  However, I would love a way to audit everything off my notes and off of my records for repair.

I also have some machines that have not checked in for a whole year, now these machines I think had a major component replaced and/or the asset tag replaced and it is in inventory as a different machine.  

Any way to make it so the short name and the full name show up in my reports?  Right now the category is there in my report but the report shows a blank field.

Also, how are you all using advanced searches in inventory?  I used to use smart groups, but too many smart groups hurts performance of the JSS database, so I switched what I cold over to advanced searches.

Thanks

Tom


From jcur at loc.gov  Fri Nov 20 09:59:46 2009
From: jcur at loc.gov (Jade Curtis)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:59:46 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Non Admin user and opening Apps
Message-ID: <4B0692C2020000760009B497@ntgwgate.loc.gov>

Has anyone run in the issue in OSX 10.6 where an application what Admin user/password to be launched. When clicking on details it says Rights system.privilege.admin. This is happen when a non Admin network user is logged in the Mac.
The applications that I am running into this issue with are Toast 10 and Acrobat 9.
What might be a fix for this, so that I can gee all my 10.6 Macs and user able to use apps with out being an Admin?

From Patrick.Bachuwa at searshc.com  Fri Nov 20 11:43:09 2009
From: Patrick.Bachuwa at searshc.com (Bachuwa, Patrick)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:09 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Local Admin
Message-ID: <E99BF8783F8BEA4AA4D01113E237953F039F649A@ustrysvpexch05.kih.kmart.com>

Hello

I was trying to figure out how I can grant permissions to  make a person
a local admin with a policy , I was provided this from JAMF Support
'sudo dscl . -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership username'  but they
said for me to reach out and see if anyone has done this another way.

 

 

Patrick Bachuwa

Client Technical Services

Sears Holdings Corporation

Michigan Campus

3000 W. 14 Mile Road

P.O. Box 8073

Royal Oak, MI. 48068-8073

Phone: 248 637-0350

Patrick.Bachuwa at searshc.com <mailto:pbachuwa at Searshc.com> 

 

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From reverson at solon.k12.ia.us  Fri Nov 20 12:03:25 2009
From: reverson at solon.k12.ia.us (Robert Everson)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:03:25 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Local Admin
In-Reply-To: <E99BF8783F8BEA4AA4D01113E237953F039F649A@ustrysvpexch05.kih.kmart.com>
References: <E99BF8783F8BEA4AA4D01113E237953F039F649A@ustrysvpexch05.kih.kmart.com>
Message-ID: <C2FD12E3-7921-40A1-A83C-0285912B6320@solon.k12.ia.us>

Here's the script I use as a login policy to set each user to be part of the lpadmin group.

#!/bin/sh
dscl . append /Groups/lpadmin GroupMembership $3

I assume it would be just as easy to say /Groups/admin and scope the policy to the computer/users you want, or specify the username as $3.

-Robert

On Nov 20, 2009, at 1:43 PM, Bachuwa, Patrick wrote:

> Hello
> I was trying to figure out how I can grant permissions to  make a person a local admin with a policy , I was provided this from JAMF Support'sudo dscl . -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership username?  but they said for me to reach out and see if anyone has done this another way.
>  
>  
> Patrick Bachuwa
> Client Technical Services
> Sears Holdings Corporation
> Michigan Campus
> 3000 W. 14 Mile Road
> P.O. Box 8073
> Royal Oak, MI. 48068-8073
> Phone: 248 637-0350
> Patrick.Bachuwa at searshc.com
>  
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From tlarki at kckps.org  Fri Nov 20 12:34:41 2009
From: tlarki at kckps.org (Thomas Larkin)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:34:41 -0600
Subject: [Casper] Local Admin
In-Reply-To: <C2FD12E3-7921-40A1-A83C-0285912B6320@solon.k12.ia.us>
References: <E99BF8783F8BEA4AA4D01113E237953F039F649A@ustrysvpexch05.kih.kmart.com>
	<C2FD12E3-7921-40A1-A83C-0285912B6320@solon.k12.ia.us>
Message-ID: <4B06A901.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>

Furthermore if you don't want to use it as a log in hook, as maybe there
are several local accounts or you just want to promote a particular one,
or if you want to promote every single one you can do it several ways 

#!/bin/bash 

# get current user 

cur_user=`/bin/ls -l /dev/console | /usr/bin/awk '/ / { print $3}'` 

# now promote current user to admin 

/usr/bin/dscl . append /Groups/admin GroupMembership $cur_user 

exit 0 


Now to promote every single local user account to admin 

#!/bin/bash 

#loop through /Users but exclude Shared 

for i in `/bin/ls /Users | /usr/bin/grep -v "^Shared" ; do 

/usr/bin/dscl . append /Groups/admin GroupMembership $i 

exit 0


For the log in hook you can use Robert's example, but the $3 only gets
parsed as the current user if Casper runs it as a log in hook. 


-Tom
>>> Robert Everson <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us> 11/20/09 2:03 PM >>>
Here's the script I use as a login policy to set each user to be part of
the lpadmin group. 



#!/bin/sh 

dscl . append /Groups/lpadmin GroupMembership $3 



I assume it would be just as easy to say /Groups/admin and scope the
policy to the computer/users you want, or specify the username as $3. 



-Robert 



On Nov 20, 2009, at 1:43 PM, Bachuwa, Patrick wrote: 




Hello 

I was trying to figure out how I can grant permissions to  make a person
a local admin with a policy , I was provided this from JAMF Support'sudo
dscl . -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership username? 
  

 but they said for me to reach out and see if anyone has done this
another way. 

  

  

Patrick Bachuwa 


Client Technical Services 

Sears Holdings Corporation 

Michigan Campus 

3000 W. 14 Mile Road 

P.O. Box 8073 

Royal Oak, MI. 48068-8073 

Phone: 248 637-0350 


Patrick.Bachuwa at searshc.com 


  

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From Patrick.Bachuwa at searshc.com  Fri Nov 20 12:37:38 2009
From: Patrick.Bachuwa at searshc.com (Bachuwa, Patrick)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:37:38 -0500
Subject: [Casper] Local Admin
In-Reply-To: <4B06A901.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
References: <E99BF8783F8BEA4AA4D01113E237953F039F649A@ustrysvpexch05.kih.kmart.com>
	<C2FD12E3-7921-40A1-A83C-0285912B6320@solon.k12.ia.us>
	<4B06A901.7141.0039.0@kckps.org>
Message-ID: <E99BF8783F8BEA4AA4D01113E237953F039F64A0@ustrysvpexch05.kih.kmart.com>

Thanks everyone, I will give these a try.

Have a great weekend J

 

Patrick Bachuwa

Client Technical Services

Sears Holdings Corporation

Michigan Campus

3000 W. 14 Mile Road

P.O. Box 8073

Royal Oak, MI. 48068-8073

Phone: 248 637-0350

Patrick.Bachuwa at searshc.com <mailto:pbachuwa at Searshc.com> 

 

From: Thomas Larkin [mailto:tlarki at kckps.org] 
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 3:35 PM
To: Bachuwa, Patrick; Robert Everson
Cc: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
Subject: Re: [Casper] Local Admin

 

Furthermore if you don't want to use it as a log in hook, as maybe there are several local accounts or you just want to promote a particular one, or if you want to promote every single one you can do it several ways 

 

#!/bin/bash 

 

# get current user 

 

cur_user=`/bin/ls -l /dev/console | /usr/bin/awk '/ / { print $3}'` 

 

# now promote current user to admin 

 

/usr/bin/dscl . append /Groups/admin GroupMembership $cur_user 

 

exit 0 

 

Now to promote every single local user account to admin 

 

#!/bin/bash 

 

#loop through /Users but exclude Shared 

 

for i in `/bin/ls /Users | /usr/bin/grep -v "^Shared" ; do 

 

/usr/bin/dscl . append /Groups/admin GroupMembership $i 

 

exit 0

 

For the log in hook you can use Robert's example, but the $3 only gets parsed as the current user if Casper runs it as a log in hook. 

 

-Tom
>>> Robert Everson <reverson at solon.k12.ia.us> 11/20/09 2:03 PM >>>
Here's the script I use as a login policy to set each user to be part of the lpadmin group. 

 

#!/bin/sh 

dscl . append /Groups/lpadmin GroupMembership $3 

 

I assume it would be just as easy to say /Groups/admin and scope the policy to the computer/users you want, or specify the username as $3. 

 

-Robert 

 

On Nov 20, 2009, at 1:43 PM, Bachuwa, Patrick wrote: 

 

	Hello 

	I was trying to figure out how I can grant permissions to  make a person a local admin with a policy , I was provided this from JAMF Support'sudo dscl . -append /Groups/admin GroupMembership username? 

	  

	 but they said for me to reach out and see if anyone has done this another way. 

	  

	  

	Patrick Bachuwa 

	Client Technical Services 

	Sears Holdings Corporation 

	Michigan Campus 

	3000 W. 14 Mile Road 

	P.O. Box 8073 

	Royal Oak, MI. 48068-8073 

	Phone: 248 637-0350 

	 

	Patrick.Bachuwa at searshc.com 

	  

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