Programming

07 Jul Configuration Profiles In-depth – Part I

Posted at 21:40h in AppleScript, Bash, Configuration, Configuration Profiles, Documentation, Enterprise, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf Composer, Jamf Pro Server, JAMF Software Server, Profile Manager, Property List, Python, Scripts, SIP by Richard Glaser 1 Comment

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Overview This blog was created from the first multi-part of a presentation at the June 2017 University of Utah MacAdmin meeting which covers in-depth information on managing settings on Mac systems including property lists format, naming, preference search paths, file system locations and structure and parts....

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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 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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21 Nov Using the JAMF Pro API and Python to detect duplicated attributes

Posted at 18:56h in Cross platform, Documentation, Information Technology, Jamf, JAMF Software Server, Programming, Python, Scripts, Terminal by 0 Comments

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No matter where you go, there they are...

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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 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 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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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 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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06 Apr GitHub Repo Referenced in Enterprise Mac Admin Book

Posted at 00:05h in AppleScript, Bash, Book, GitHub, Jamf, Python, Radmind by Richard Glaser 0 Comments

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Overview Recently, we received our order for the book "Enterprise Mac Administrator's Guide: Second Edition" written by  Charles Edge and William Smith. This book provides detailed explanations of the technology required for large-scale Mac OS X deployments and show you how to integrate it with other operating systems and applications....

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07 Mar Firmware Password Manager for OS X

Posted at 15:00h in Apple, Enterprise, Higher Education, Jamf, Management, OS X, Python, Radmind, Security by 2 Comments

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Overview Firmware Password Manager (FWPM) is my approach to the problem of managing firmware passwords on Apple computers. When I began this project there were no solutions, besides setting the password and never changing it. FWPM allows you to update your firmware passwords quickly and easily....

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26 Feb Using GIF images in Python GUI scripts

Posted at 01:48h in Cross platform, JAMF Software Server, MySQL, Programming, Python by 2 Comments

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Knocked My Socks Off! My coworkers and I attended our first JAMF Nation conference this past October. The last session I attended on the first day knocked my socks off. Bryson Tyrrell of JAMF showed off an iPhone ordering script he wrote in Python and Tk....

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