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~ Tilde appearing in file path rather than users name?

  • March 21, 2019
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Hi all,

We use the custom search path option to collect inventory information about applications installed in the local user accounts on our iMacs.
In the past, it used to display as /$username/Desktop/Spotify.app for example. Now, it's coming up at ~/Desktop/Spotify.app

We use hot desks, so the computers can have many many users, and this makes it impossible to find out where these rogue apps are being stored.

I have searched around but can't work out what has caused the change or how I can get it to display the username again.

Has anyone else noticed this and can it be fixed?

Thanks

Best answer by craig_hopkins

If you goto Settings > Computer Management > Inventory collection > Software > Applications you can uncheck Enable Unix User Paths which I think will put it back to how it was (once the computer updates inventory that is)

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    • bramstedtb
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    • March 21, 2019

    Jamf switched to using the tilde instead of the full path in 10.9. From the release notes: "Jamf Pro now uses Unix user paths by default to save space in the application details database table." I don't think there's a way to change it.

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    • amyh
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    • March 24, 2019

    @bramstedtb thanks, good to know. Super frustrating though!

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    • craig_hopkins
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    • March 25, 2019

    If you goto Settings > Computer Management > Inventory collection > Software > Applications you can uncheck Enable Unix User Paths which I think will put it back to how it was (once the computer updates inventory that is)

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