OS X

29 Aug Jamf Pro in a Virtual Box

Posted at 20:14h in Apple, AutoDMG, Automation, Bash, Configuration, Documentation, Enterprise, GitHub, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf, Jamf Pro Server, JAMF Software Server, Java, macOS Sierra (Version 10.12), Management, MySQL, OS X, OS X Server, Programming, Python, Scripts, Terminal, Tomcat, vfuse, VMware by Topher Nadauld 2 Comments

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Overview Jamf Pro server can be a funny and fickle beast. When testing different policies that are unique or upgrading to a new version of Jamf Pro, it's best not to try it on the production server first. Sometimes the process of testing a new release...

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02 Aug Hidden Docs and Functionality in macOS

Posted at 18:25h in Apple, Bash, Documentation, Information Technology, networksetup, OS X, scutil, Terminal, Unix by Sam Forester 0 Comments

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Overview There are a multitude of useful command-line utilities that come with macOS. After using them day in and day out, a few of you may even know some of these tool inside and out, have all the documentation memorized, and even have written scripts around...

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29 Jun Mac Bug Connecting to Non-Apple SMB Shares

Posted at 22:30h in Apple, Cross platform, OS X, OS X El Capitan (Version 10.11), OS X Server, OS X Yosemite (Version 10.10), Windows by Todd McDaniel 67 Comments

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Set my folders free! Earlier this year we received a number of reports from users that were unable to delete, move or rename documents on a new SMB file share. Eventually we were able to narrow it down enough to be able to consistently duplicate what...

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16 Feb Introducing SCL Jamf Tools

Posted at 17:29h in Cross platform, Enterprise, Information Technology, Jamf, Management, OS X, Programming, Python by Todd McDaniel 0 Comments

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  You don't need a bigger boat, you need custom tools. But a bigger boat wouldn't hurt. Here at the Marriott Library we're in the middle of our transition from Radmind to Jamf Pro as our macOS management system. We've supplemented our Radmind deployment with a rich...

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03 Nov Microsoft Mac Admin Web Resource

Posted at 20:56h in Apple, Documentation, Microsoft, OS X, Scripts by Richard Glaser 0 Comments

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Overview There is a great web site that lists the latest Microsoft Office 2016 downloads -  along associated applications like OneNote, Skype for Business 2016, SharePoint Plugin, System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) for Mac, etc. It also has useful tools, scripts and documentation for Mac administrators. This site is...

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03 Oct Helping jamfHelper

Posted at 16:58h in Apple, Jamf, OS X, Terminal by Sam Forester 10 Comments

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General Overview jamfHelper is a nifty little utility included with Jamf's Casper Suite that can be used to display information, get user input, or even trigger custom events all from the command line or your own custom scripts. There are a number of useful options that can be used to...

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03 Aug Automatic Disabling SIP with El Capitan Upgrade

Posted at 18:42h in Apple, Bash, csrutil, Enterprise, Higher Education, Information Technology, Management, OS X, OS X El Capitan (Version 10.11), Python, Radmind, Security, SIP by Topher Nadauld 2 Comments

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Overview System Integrity Protection or "SIP" is a new security measure implemented in 10.11 "El Capitan". SIP protects access to system locations and restricting runtime attachment to system processes, this security policy guards against compromise — whether accidental or by malicious code. SIP protects file system locations...

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22 Jul Casper Remote – Using Custom SSH Port

Posted at 22:56h in Casper Remote, OS X, Security by Richard Glaser 0 Comments

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Overview Casper Remote is an application from JAMF Software that allows you to immediately perform remote management tasks on computers, such as installing packages, running scripts, and binding to directory services.  All of these tasks can be performed via policy in the JAMF Software Server (JSS),...

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28 Jun Fetching Data From the JSS using API calls & Python

Posted at 20:21h in Cross platform, Information Technology, Jamf, JAMF Software Server, OS X, Programming, Python, Terminal, Unix, Windows by Todd McDaniel 0 Comments

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Like a loyal droid, your JSS wants to help! JAMF Software's Casper Suite provides an Application Programming Interface, or API, to communicate with the JAMF Software Server (JSS) database. This allows an enterprise to customize specific areas of the JSS as needed. This is the first...

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12 May OS X Bonjour Naming Guidelines

Posted at 21:42h in Apple, networksetup, OS X, Python, scutil, systemsetup by Richard Glaser 4 Comments

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This post covers OS X Bonjour naming guidelines including overview of tools for retrieving and setting the Bonjour Name on OS X, allowed characters, maximum length, and issues with using tools like scutil, systemsetup, and network setup with setting name....

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