Mac Plist Value Return
Has anyone successfully used PlistValueReturn in Kace? I checked the admin guide, and other posts and it doesn't seem to be documented very much. I'm currently using PlistValueReturn(/Library/Preferences/department.plist, KEY, TEXT). I think my problem lies in the "KEY" field. I've created a department.plist file to run a custom inventory so that I can use this for my reporting. It works fine in Windows. Unfortunately my Mac knowledge is lacking.
Also has anyone used RegistryValueReturn(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Department, Dept, TEXT) OR PlistValueReturn(/Library/Preferences/department.plist, KEY, TEXT) in a custom inventory field? I was going to test once I got the Plist working, but thought I would just add it to this question.
Answers (1)
I don't have that particular plist, but for Apple Remote Desktop, it would look something like this:
PlistValueReturn(/Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteDesktop.plist,Text1,TEXT)
Comments:
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did you see this one
http://trn-kickoff.kace.com/help/doc/Administration/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm#href=CustomInventoryID.18.5.html&single=true
http://www.wallcity.org/category/kbox/
http://www.wallcity.org/2011/02/kbox-integrate-apple-remote-desktop/comment-page-1/ - SMal.tmcc 11 years ago -
Thank you. I was just making sure my syntax was correct. I also had some issues with the layout of my plist file. I ended up using this for my plist:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Department</key>
<string>1000</string>
</dict>
</plist>
Custom Inventory:
PlistValueReturn(/Library/Preferences/department-info.plist, Department, TEXT)
Using the OR in my custom inventory only returned the value for my PCs and not my Macs. - dugullett 11 years ago -
:-) - SMal.tmcc 11 years ago
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We've been using this fairly successfully as long as there is no space in the Key name. If there is, it just fails. - rbarkmei 11 years ago
