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At work I was assigned a project to write a script to perform a function that in order to work needs to get the mcx settings that are stored in the openldap database.
The data is easily accessible through Workgroup Manager but I need it to be available to a bash script or applescript, so that won't do.
Here is exactly what I am trying to get, as viewable in Workgroup Manager under MCXSettings.
I figured ldapsearch is my best bet so I learned how to use it. I've gotten as far as this in terminal:
Which spits out relevant information, but the information I need is stored as binary! I need it plain text!
At work I was assigned a project to write a script to perform a function that in order to work needs to get the mcx settings that are stored in the openldap database.
The data is easily accessible through Workgroup Manager but I need it to be available to a bash script or applescript, so that won't do.
Here is exactly what I am trying to get, as viewable in Workgroup Manager under MCXSettings.
Code:
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<dict>
<key>AuthenticateAsLoginUserShortName</key>
<true/>
<key>Hide</key>
<false/>
<key>URL</key>
<string>afp://server/mount_this</string>
</dict>
---clip---I figured ldapsearch is my best bet so I learned how to use it. I've gotten as far as this in terminal:
Which spits out relevant information, but the information I need is stored as binary! I need it plain text!
Code:
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