MacTech Group Agenda
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
2:30 to 4:30 — Room B16-B Hillsborough Bld.
1) Announcements – 5 min
a OIT supports only version 10.9.5 or newer of Mac OS X after Dec 31, 2015
b OS X versions that shipped with Intel Hardware: support.apple.com/kb/HT1159
c Vintage and Obsolete Apple Products: support.apple.com/kb/HT1752?viewlocale=en_US
d Apple Education Support Line 800-800-2775 use this number only. Always verify Apple Care Coverage with purchase info.
e OIT does not have a support policy for Boot Camp. & OIT does not support Classic mode at all.
f Mac Collection Licenses and Media info at software.ncsu.edu/faq/how-do-i-acquire-apple-software
g Kaspersky Endpoint Protection for Macintosh – go.ncsu.edu/it/antivirus. Antivirus for campus.
h OIT Macintosh Support Web Site go.ncsu.edu/mac for updates.
i Unity Macintosh Workflow uses /Users/$uid$ in the Active Directory configuration with a local home on each machine
j Modified Unity Macintosh Installs are supported by the unit which has made the modifications.
k OIT supports only Apple, Intel (i386) hardware for Mac OS and software. Only unmodified iOS is supported.
l Please remember to check prices at www.apple.com/education/pricelists/ to verify best price with NC State Marketplace
m Authorized NC State personnel wanting to get access to training and tools for Apple Certified Technician should register at gsx.apple.com Email Everette_Allen@ncsu.edu for Sold-to Account number and approval. Must login each month to keep!!
n UNC Combined Pricing Initiative (CPI) oit.ncsu.edu/it-purchases/background-unc-cpi
o Casper Suite Enterprise service https://nc.jamfcloud.com/ (go.ncsu.edu/casper, go.ncsu.edu/casperinfo for details)
p Swift language open sourced see swift.org and IBM Swift Sandbox swiftlang.ng.bluemix.net
q While you were sleeping Apple has released OSX 10.11.2, iOS 9.2, & tvOS 9.1
2) Training – 5 min
- Introduction to Backup with CrashPlan at NC State Lunch N Learn
webapps.ncsu.edu/classmate/workshop/index/details/workshopId/621
Thursday, December 10, 2015 (12:00 PM – 01:30 PM)
Lunch is provided. - CrashPlan for Organization Administrators Training Class
Tentative Jan 2016 TBA – 4 hour technical session - Apple Research Kit In-depth Lunch N Learn
webapps.ncsu.edu/classmate/workshop/schedule/event-details?eventId=2741
Tentative Thursday, January 28, 2016 (12:00 PM – 01:30 PM) - Mobile Security for iOS Devices (iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch) Lunch N Learn
webapps.ncsu.edu/classmate/workshop/index/details/workshopId/521
TBA in Spring Semester 2016 (12:00 PM – 01:00 PM)
3)Service Updates- 15 min
Casper – JSS 9.81.1445289067.c ,(6979) Managed Computers: 6684, Unmanaged Computers: 295, (1511)Managed Mobile Devices: 819, Unmanaged Mobile Devices: 692, Total Devices: 8490, Sites: 39, Packages: 1570, Scripts: 547, JDS’s: 9, Directory Servers: 7.
CrashPlan – Server 5.0.1, 1131 licenses, 61.2 TB total, Average 248 GB, Largest Single 13 TB, 5.x client available soon.
NetBoot – 2 servers, 50 simultaneous devices per server, destructive net installs for 10.10 (nuke.nbi) and 10.11(nuke10111.nbi), unattended install scripts (nuke.sh, etc) now support crsutil for 10.11 system integrity compatibility.
AutoPKGR – dedicated server and test server, AutoPkgr 1.3.2, autopkg 0.5.1, Git 2.2.1, JSSImporter 0.5.1, 17 package recipes, updates every 6 hours
Discussion.
4) Kaspersky 10.x testing – Need testers – 5 min
No more info on Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Clients incompatibility.
OIT needs folks to test the new 10.0.1.16 installer. Package is in Casper
NCSU-Campus-Kaspersky Network Agent10_1_0_16.pkg.zip
https://nc.jamfcloud.com/packages.html?id=3204&o=r&o=r
in the category NCSU-Campus-Test. Please test.
Discussion
5) Tech Tip: Screen Sharing Multi-User Support – 10 min
/System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/Screen Sharing.app now supports both Shared Display and Login (with iCloud credentials). Demo and Discussion
6) Tech Short: First Boot Scripts with NetInstall – 30 min
First boot scripts are widely used to automate configuration of new OS X devices where profiles do not work or where more control is desired. These scripts are NOT usually part of mdm(casper). Apple now allows for netinstall sets that are “package only”. This allows us to use the “Apple Certified” image and add first boot script to create users, set time servers, disable user prompting, enable ARD and more. Discussion
www.amsys.co.uk/2015/01/creating-first-boot-script/
derflounder.wordpress.com/2014/04/17/first-boot-package-install-revisited/
github.com/rtrouton/First_Boot_Package_Install_Generator
github.com/rtrouton/rtrouton_scripts/tree/master/rtrouton_scripts/first_boot
7) Unix Trick – 5 min
Discussion of the following shell script fragment tested on 10.11.1:
APASSWORD=$(/usr/bin/jot -r -s. -c 16 a z) # gives like f.h.d.r.e.c.x.q.i.p.j.v.s.z.q.b
/usr/sbin/sysadminctl -addUser labadmin -fullName “Lab Admin” -UID 1499 -password “$APASSWORD” -home /Users/labadmin -admin
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences com.apple.userspref.DisableAutoLogin 0
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow autoLoginUser labadmin
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow autoLoginUserUID 1499
/usr/bin/perl -e ‘my $pass = $ARGV[0]; print substr($pass,0,11) ^= pack “C*”, qw( 125 137 82 35 210 188 221 234 163 185 31 );’ $APASSWORD >/etc/kcpassword
8) Q&A – 15 min
You ask we try to answer
Next meetings:
MacTech – Tue. Jan 12, 2016 in Room B16-B Hillsborough from 2:30-4:30 pm.
MacTech – 2nd Tuesday each month: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
MacPolicy – 2nd Tuesday each quarter in Feb, May, Aug, Nov.
Neither MacPolicy or MacTech will not meet in July. Meetings usually held in B16-B Hillsborough Bld.
Please mark your calendar.