Recon command line wont -skipApps -skipFonts -skipPlugins

[#1]

Hi all,

Is anyone aware of a reason that if I run the following from command line Casper collects applications etc anyway? usr/sbin/jamf recon -skipApps -skipFonts -skipPlugins

I'm trying to update user details in the jss on each login (via a script) but I keep finding it is taking ages as it is running a full recon every login.

Best regards,
Tim

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[#2]

I'd like to know the answer to this as well because I encountered the same
problem.

Thx
Jon

[bentoms]

Hi guys,

just wondering if anyone has figured out the below?

We had a policy that at login would run: jamf recon -endUsername $3

Just to update the machines username, however... this now seems to run a full recon.. (I'm guessing this changed when we moved to v7)..

Or does anyone have a list of verbs for recon?

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[tlarkin]

I ran into this too with 7.2, as it seems the -skip options don't
function right. However, on my 10.6.3 rig it seems to go by rather fast
but on my 10.5.8 rig it seems to not skip them.

[bentoms]

Just to follow-up, I spoke to jamf & got some clarification:

v6 allowed this, but it was a bug.. which they fixed.

As of v7 recon now will only recon what’s set in the JSS & will not respect the command line options.

I’ve submitted a feature request to get this bug un-fixed :)

Oh, & another handy tip from JAMF Support. Run the following: jamf recon –help to get a list of recon switches.