Jamf Pro & WHD – Make Clients Admin of Their Asset

June 14, 2023Updated on April 24, 2024 JS Morisset Jamf, Perl, Web Help Desk

If you use Jamf Pro and SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD), you may be interested in using this Jamf policy script to make WHD asset clients admin of their own assets on login.

Jamf and WHD Requirements

Assets in WHD must have accurate serial numbers entered. The script uses the computer serial number to locate the asset in WHD, so WHD assets must have serial numbers.
Assets in WHD must have one or more clients assigned to them. Clients assigned to the asset will be added to the ‘admin’ group for that asset on login.
The Perl script uses the JSON module, which Apple included in MacOS v11. If the computer uses an older MacOS version, the script will exit with an error. The script uses a BEGIN{} section to handle importing the JSON decode_json() function and exit gracefully if the JSON module is missing.

Random Password in Perl

September 23, 2012Updated on April 24, 2024 JS Morisset Perl, UNIX (Generic)

Here’s a script I keep in ~/bin/randpwd.pl and use frequently to generate random password strings. It prints an 8 character password by default, but you can also specify a different password length on the command line. I left out the capital letter “o” to avoid confusion with the number zero. ;-)