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Hey all!

What is a great ext attribute to determine which user is most recently logged in or currently logged in? I'm curious as we use the one provided in a JAMF repository and has worked fairly solidly for us, but wondering if there are any pitfalls to using this.

 

#!/bin/sh lastUser=`/usr/bin/last -1 -t console | awk '{print $1}'` if [ $lastUser == "wtmp" ]; then echo "<result>No logins</result>" else echo "<result>$lastUser</result>" fi

 

 

lastUser=$(defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName)

My current Extension Attribute is below, have not seen any issues with it so far.

#!/bin/sh lastUser=`defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName` if [ $lastUser == "" ]; then echo "<result>No logins</result>" else echo "<result>$lastUser</result>" fi

Thanks all! I'm going to give those a shot, actually have a similar script in our server utilizing that same defaults read option. As I've said, the original one I posted has been working pretty well, but sometimes gives us some "no logins" on computers where the defaults read one will work better and give us an output. appreciate it!

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