Change Jamf Management Account

 There are times when you sometimes run across this message on a Jamf Instance.


So to fix this doesn't seem to be an easy task. Thanks to Jamf API call I have a script which will do all the steps to change this over for you with the exception of one step we can easily use a policy for.

This is what the script does:

1. Create a new local admin account.

2. Jamf API call to change the management account to this new local account

3. Send a Jamf recon at the end.


Taking this script we can build a policy that looks like this:









Scope this out to Macs and once this is done edit this setting in Jamf Pro to your local username.






Comments

  1. AnonymousAugust 25, 2023 at 10:56 AM

    Does this still work with Jamf Pro 10.49, which removes the ability to modify the management account even in API, per Rich Trouton's latest blog post?

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  2. Kyle EricsonAugust 25, 2023 at 11:04 AM

    I would say no, now that Jamf has made this change.

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