on
02-25-2015
07:30 PM
- edited on
12-19-2022
11:36 AM
by
Nils
Ideally, an Apple Mac computer is scanned through SSH. Enabling SSH on the computer allows Lansweeper to run the system_profiler
command on the machine. System Profiler is an interface built into macOS that stores a variety of system data.
In order for Lansweeper to scan macOS, you need to set up a user with SSH access to the computer. To retrieve installed software, you also need to ensure that Spotlight is enabled on the computer.
To set up an Apple Mac computer for agentless scanning, follow these steps:
system_profiler
command Lansweeper uses to retrieve software information doesn't work without it.