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Mac + iOS Admin Community | Speak. Geek. Repeat

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Kev@kevin_backhouse30 Oct 2018
Video of my PoC for CVE-2018-4407. It crashes any macOS High Sierra or iOS 11 device that is on the same WiFi network. No user interaction required.
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Anyone have a mean Windows set up script they like to use? Looking to deploy local Group and Security policy to devices….#windows
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The Mac@SAP team has open-sourced our solution to the dilemma of "Should our users have admin rights?" If you're interested, please check out Privileges.app: github.com/SAP/mac-enterpris… #macadmins #macadmin
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Disabling Jamf Pro LDAP wildcard searches to speed up user and group lookups: derflounder.wordpress.com/20…
Disabling Jamf Pro LDAP wildcard searches to speed up user and group lookups

Disabling Jamf Pro LDAP wildcard searches to speed up user and group lookups

When setting up Jamf Pro, one of the options you have is to integrate it with your company, school or institution’s LDAP-based directory service. Connecting Jamf Pro to LDAP allows you to que…

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Automating Jamf Infrastructure Manager setups on Red Hat Enterprise Linux: derflounder.wordpress.com/20…
Automating Jamf Infrastructure Manager setups on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Automating Jamf Infrastructure Manager setups on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

As part of a project, I needed to build an automated setup process for a Jamf Infrastructure Manager (JIM). Thanks to the help of some folks at Jamf, I have a process which runs non-interactively a…

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I spent a lot of time today figuring out why a Java app on CentOS couldn't talk to a server which uses Lets Encrypt certs. Solution: Get the Lets Encrypt IdenTrust cross-signed .pem file from here: letsencrypt.org/certificates… Then run the following command: gist.github.com/rtrouton/f8d…
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Where to Download Old Mac OS Software From osxdaily.com/2018/06/23/wher…
Where to Download Old Mac OS Software From - OS X Daily

Where to Download Old Mac OS Software From - OS X Daily

Do you have an older Mac that you still use? Or maybe an older retro Mac is sitting in a closet that you’d like to dust off and get some use out of? Maybe it’s a PowerBook that is running Snow...

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Using the Jamf Pro API to mass-delete computers and mobile devices: derflounder.wordpress.com/20…

Using the Jamf Pro API to mass-delete computers and mobile devices

Periodically, it may be necessary to delete a large number of computers or mobile devices from a Jamf Pro server. However, there is currently a problem in Jamf Pro 10 where trying to delete multipl…

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Made a thing: CMS-signed and verified Munki catalogs and manifests: github.com/jessepeterson/sig…
GitHub - jessepeterson/signware: Validate CMS-signed manifests and catalogs in Munki

GitHub - jessepeterson/signware: Validate CMS-signed manifests and catalogs in Munki

Validate CMS-signed manifests and catalogs in Munki - jessepeterson/signware

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Has anyone come up with a reliable way to push macOS combo updates (w/ Jamf or otherwise) in 10.13? It's maddening that this doesn't just work.
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We weren’t kidding about the view! Thanks to @monoagency for hosting us! Great discussion about Apple administration items and great networking going on! 10.13.4 changes a lot! We’re discussing now! @macbrained @MacAdmPodcast #MacAdmins
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Image from Twin Cities Mac Admins (@MspMacAdmns)
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Meetup – May 16, 2018 mspmacadmins.org/2018/05/mee…
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Loved having the Macbrained community at @askspoke! macbrained.org/recap-sf-macb…
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Rich Trouton@rtrouton1 Apr 2018
Using QuickAdd-based user-initiated enrollment on macOS High Sierra with Jamf Pro 10.3: derflounder.wordpress.com/20…
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Apple releases "macOS Server Service Migration Guide v1” to help admins find a new home for services they used to run on Apple Servers :: krypted.com/mac-os-x-server/… #macadmins #opensourcemadeeasywhatwhat
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Miss tonight’s presentation? We’ve got you covered! A replay of tonight’s broadcast will be posted soon on macbrained.org! Thank you @tbridge for sharing your learnings from a life in Rock & Roll IT and @askspoke for hosting our SF meet-up!
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#macbrained @askspoke tonight! Thank you for hosting
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Blocking logins to the root account on macOS High Sierra: derflounder.wordpress.com/20…
Blocking logins to the root account on macOS High Sierra

Blocking logins to the root account on macOS High Sierra

A security vulnerability was discovered in macOS High Sierra today, where you could enable and log into the root account without providing a password. Update 11-29-2017: Apple has released Security…

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I created custom bigfix content to address this root issue: bigfix.me/fixlet/details/248…
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WHAT: Last @macbrained Twin Cities meetup of the year! WHERE: @JAMFSoftware HQ WHO: @mrexchange and @Schwieb ABOUT: Microsoft Office Suite 16 GIVEAWAYS: Cards Against IT expansion packs from @varonis and #JNUC2017 swag DETAILS: mspmacadmins.org/2017/10/mee… FOOD: Yep!
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