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29 Aug

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
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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...

03 Oct

Posted at 16:58h in Apple, Jamf, OS X, Terminal by
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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...

03 Aug

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
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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...

28 Jun

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

13 Feb

Posted at 01:12h in Apple, Bash, Enterprise, Higher Education, Information Technology, Jamf, Limit Descriptors, Management, OS X Yosemite (Version 10.10), Radmind by
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Overview In this post we will be talking about file descriptors and increasing limit descriptors in OS X Yosemite. File descriptors are limited by the OS. This causes some applications and services to return errors. By increasing the limit of file descriptors we can reduce the amount...