[Casper] Capturing ARD custom fields and mapping to the database

[Nichols, Jared]

I figured it out :)

I called Jamf Support and the ARD custom fields isn't something that jamf binary will grab - you have to use the GUI.  So instead, I'll be using the -assetTag option on the jamf binary to take what the user inputted and pass it straight to the jamf binary's -assetTag option instead.

Much simpler than mapping the ARD custom field, IMHO.

j


On 5/5/09 13:35 , "Nichols, Jared" <jared.nichols at ll.mit.edu> wrote:

Hi-

So I made an application that prompts the user to enter their computer's asset tag which then sets that value to ARD custom field 1 with
defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.RemoteDesktop Text1 466049

In looking in the system preferences/sharing/remote management/computer settings I see that the value was set correctly (466069 in this case).

In the JSS, in Admin/Inventory Options/Inventory Preferences, I set ARD Field #1 to map to recon field "Asset Tag."

Next I did a sudo jamf recon to see if the asset tag number was picked up and inserted into the JSS and it was not inserted.

Am I doing something wrong or does this function just not work the way I'm expecting?  I tried it with Remote Management both on and off.

j
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Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure and Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436



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Jared F. Nichols
Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure and Operations
Information Services Department
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
244 Wood Street
Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
781.981.5436

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