ASG Product Fix
Author : Philippe Laval
Product Name : TrackBird
Product Version : 3.2
Build : 747
Component Name : Mac OS X Clients

FIX OVERVIEW

• All components were upgraded. This fix MUST be installed (major bug fixed).
• Fix a bug where Cocoa and Carbon applications build in a bundle could not match the creator in the Macintosh glossary. The creator of bundle application is now detected correctly.

NEW OPTIONS OF THE UNIX CLIENT IN VERSION 3.2

I - General

The content of the file "netbird.cfg" could be distroyed (duplicated entries or entries without content) due to simultaneous write access of differents components of TrackBird client. This is now fixed and only one component (nbamacx, nbcmacx, nbmmacx) can access this configuration file at the time.

In order to use TrackBird properly, you need to have unique "outputname". This name can be :

If you choose "Computer name", you have to ensure that :

We have modified the "random number" method because we had find evidence that our method was not good enough to assure unicity of "outputname". The new method now take :

II - Installer (nbinstmacx)

This tool allow you to install a Macintosh client running MacOS 10.x the same way you would have installed a client for Solaris, AIX, HP/UX or Linux.

We assume in the commands below that :

• your TrackBird Admin IP is installed on a PC with the IP address 192.168.42.209
• your alias is “trackbird”
• the port used by IIS is 80
• you want to use the standard install path : /Library/Application Support/tbclient

You have to run it with “admin” privilege. The typical install will be :

• download the installer with a web browser or a ftp client
• be sure to have execute rights. Type : chmod a+x nbinstmacx
• execute the installer. Type : sudo ./nbinstmacx –server=192.168.42.209
• you may check the process launched. Type : ps axuww | grep nb

If you want to be more precise or change the install path (ie not using the one set in TrackBird Admin IP), the syntax is :
sudo ./nbinstmacx –server=192.168.42.209 –port=80 –alias=”trackbird” –installPath=”/ Library/Application Support/tbclient/”

If you want to know the version and build of the installer :
sudo ./nbinstmacx –version
Password:
ASG-TrackBird : 3.2.0.4
Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

If you want to know the syntax of the installer :
sudo ./nbinstmacx –help

III - Daemon (nbimacx)

$ ./nbimacx -v
ASG-TrackBird : 3.2.0.4
Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

$ emacs /Library/Application\ Support/tbclient/data/nbimacx.pref
or
$ pico /Library/Application\ Support/tbclient/data/nbimacx.pref

IV - Agent (nbamacx)

$ ./nbamacx -v
ASG-TrackBird : 3.2.0.4
Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

V - Collector (nbcmacx)

$ ./nbcmacx -v
ASG-TrackBird : 3.2.0.4
Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

A new option allows to import user data in the TrackBird database.

In order to do it, we have to figure out the identifiants (or ID) of elements or characteristics in the TrackBird tree.

For example, create the file "user_data.xml" in the folder /usr/local/tbclient/data.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<trackbird>
  <user_import>
    <element id="1027">
    <keyword id="65542">Philippe</keyword>
    <keyword id="65543">Laval</keyword>
    </element>
    <element id="1029">
    <keyword id="65544">Sophia Antipolis</keyword>
    <keyword id="65559">Centre ABS</keyword>
    </element>
  </user_import>
</trackbird>