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Extension Attribute not displaying results in jamf pro

  • May 13, 2022
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Most of my scripting experience is in Powershell and not shell scripting. I'm trying to create an extension attribute in JAMF Pro that checks if the Jamf Connect user is logged into a device. I can get the script to work in Terminal and spit out the information I want. However, after waiting a day, it's still not populating the results in Jamf Pro under the computer record. I'm sure I'm missing some command that sends the data to Jamf, but not sure what that would be. 

jamfConnectStateLocation=/Users/$currentUser/Library/Preferences/com.jamf.connect.state.plist CurrentPassword=$(defaults read com.jamf.connect.state PasswordCurrent) if [[ $CurrentPassword == 1 ]]; then echo “User is logged in” elif [[ $CurrentPassword == 0 ]]; then echo “User is not logged in” fi

The above is the script that works in terminal. I've tried adding echo "<result>$CurrentPassword</result>" on the end, but that spits back an error that result is not a recognized command. 

I've also tried changing the script to be the following

jamfConnectStateLocation=/Users/$currentUser/Library/Preferences/com.jamf.connect.state.plist CurrentPassword=$(defaults read com.jamf.connect.state PasswordCurrent) if [[ $CurrentPassword == 1 ]]; then RESULT=“User is logged in” elif [[ $CurrentPassword == 0 ]]; then RESULT=“User is not logged in” fi Echo "<result>${RESULT}</result>"

But this just spits out an error message and doesn't return anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated! 

Best answer by gabe2385

I have it set to #!/bin/bash


Hello @AlexHoffman 

I just tried this on my test server and it is working, had to clean up the script a little to get it to work.

once you update your Extension attribute you should be able to run sudo jamf recon on your test machine to see the results right away.

#!/bin/bash currentUser=$(/usr/bin/stat -f "%Su" /dev/console) jamfConnectStateLocation="/Users/$currentUser/Library/Preferences/com.jamf.connect.state.plist" CurrentPassword=$(defaults read ${jamfConnectStateLocation} PasswordCurrent) if [[ $CurrentPassword == 1 ]]; then RESULT='User is logged in' elif [[ $CurrentPassword == 0 ]]; then RESULT='User is not logged in' fi echo "<result>$RESULT</result>"

 

 

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    • gabe2385
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    • May 13, 2022

    Hello @AlexHoffman 

    not sure if you added a interpreter to run the script like #!/bin/bash or #!/bin/zsh, also the last line of Echo should be lower case echo 

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    • AlexHoffman
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    • May 13, 2022

    Hello @AlexHoffman 

    not sure if you added a interpreter to run the script like #!/bin/bash or #!/bin/zsh, also the last line of Echo should be lower case echo 


    I have it set to #!/bin/bash

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    • May 13, 2022

    I have it set to #!/bin/bash


    Hello @AlexHoffman 

    I just tried this on my test server and it is working, had to clean up the script a little to get it to work.

    once you update your Extension attribute you should be able to run sudo jamf recon on your test machine to see the results right away.

    #!/bin/bash currentUser=$(/usr/bin/stat -f "%Su" /dev/console) jamfConnectStateLocation="/Users/$currentUser/Library/Preferences/com.jamf.connect.state.plist" CurrentPassword=$(defaults read ${jamfConnectStateLocation} PasswordCurrent) if [[ $CurrentPassword == 1 ]]; then RESULT='User is logged in' elif [[ $CurrentPassword == 0 ]]; then RESULT='User is not logged in' fi echo "<result>$RESULT</result>"

     

     

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    • AlexHoffman
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    • May 13, 2022

    Hello @AlexHoffman 

    I just tried this on my test server and it is working, had to clean up the script a little to get it to work.

    once you update your Extension attribute you should be able to run sudo jamf recon on your test machine to see the results right away.

    #!/bin/bash currentUser=$(/usr/bin/stat -f "%Su" /dev/console) jamfConnectStateLocation="/Users/$currentUser/Library/Preferences/com.jamf.connect.state.plist" CurrentPassword=$(defaults read ${jamfConnectStateLocation} PasswordCurrent) if [[ $CurrentPassword == 1 ]]; then RESULT='User is logged in' elif [[ $CurrentPassword == 0 ]]; then RESULT='User is not logged in' fi echo "<result>$RESULT</result>"

     

     


    Thank you!!!! 

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