Netsupport Notify Download ^NEW^
Penny Dale
This works if I run it via ARD after a fresh boot. However, if I make it a JSS policy that is no go because opening the notifydaemon never "completes" (screen shot of terminal command line attached to illustrate).
Fine; not a big deal. However, this ties up the JSS distribution point so the user could not use Self Service later. I thought about writing a timeout into the shell script before the "sudo /Library/NSNotifyAgent/daemon/notifydaemon" line, however the Mac does not have a timeout command like I have used on Ubuntu in the past.
Any ideas about how to launch the notifydaemon without a stalled policy would be welcome. launchctl or a launchd maybe?
I apologize in advance for my lack of scripting and command line skill. Thanks for your time.
The ampersands puts the command into the background, so it releases the script to move on, and you can exit. I'm not certain that will work. It kind of depends on how that notifydaemon actually works. If the exit in the script also causes the daemon to exit, then that would be a no-go, but I have a feeling it won't work that way.
Part of the app/client launches on each boot now (this is with out JSS; want to make sure it runs before I look at packaging it for deployment). After toying with the info on The .app file that sits in the menu bar will launch with each startup, but the notifydaemon that listens will not load.
Comments:Overall we are happy with notify and the quick replying support they provide. Instead of calling around to each department, we can now send a message out when we are going to conduct a fire drill or restart a server. Saves a bunch of time.
The ease of use is what drew us to the notify. When you start up notify you select the options you'd like type your message and select the computers you want to receive it and off it goes. I don't know if they could have made it any simpler. You can sens messages that have audible alerts, messages that can't be skipped or ignored (timer). We also liked that it was multi platform.
The software does what it is supposed to do, notify. I is extremely easy to rollout to client computers. The interface is very easy to use. It has great tracking so you can know who has seen your message. Finally, it is very inexpensive.
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