Inventory Agent (ndtrack.sh) on Non-Windows Machines

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Summary

How does the Inventory Agent (ndtrack.sh) function on non-Windows machines, and what does it require?

Question

How does the Inventory Agent (ndtrack.sh) function on non-Windows machines, and what does it require?

Answer

During Remote Execution the beacon launches a special version of plink.exe which will login to the SSH server running on the managed device using port 22 with the credentials stored on the password store. You don't need to use the root account, instead you may create a login account which itself does not have root privileges, but has permission to execute sudo, priv, or another utility of your choice for privilege elevation.

FlexNet Manager Platform 2014 and later beacons will first run the command: /bin/sh -c "PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin; echo "UnameKernel=`uname`"; [ -r /etc/managesoft.ini ] && grep ETCPVersion /etc/managesoft.ini || echo "ETCPVersion=NONE""
FlexNet Manager Platform beacons prior to version 2014 will first run the command: date

All beacons will then run the command: /bin/sh ndtrack.sh

If you need to see the actual command being run then once it is created on then it should be located in \\<beacon-servername>\ManageSoftREA$ and there may be a number of files (each named for the target managed device) and will be in XML format which you can open in a text editor.

When executing an inventory, either via Remote Execution, or via a zero-touch inventory, the ndtrack.sh process will utilise the following commands/utilities listed by Operating System:

All Non-Windows
/usr/sbin/ifconfig <device>
ifconfig -a
netstat -nr
arp <ip address>
dspmq -o all
vxlicrep

AIX
oslevel -r
netstat <instance>
lscfg -p

HP-UX
/usr/sbin/ioscan -k -F ?n
/usr/sbin/parstatus -wM
/usr/sbin/parstatus -CM
/usr/sbin/vparstatus -wM
/usr/sbin/vparstatus -M
/usr/sbin/vparstatus -AM
/usr/bin/getconf CPU_CHIP_TYPE
/usr/sbin/lanscan
/usr/sbin/swlist -v -lproduct -atag -arevision -atitle -ainstall_date -avendor_tag -asize -aarchitecture -ais_patch -lfile -apath -atype

Linux
/sbin/lspci
rpm --query --all --queryformat <query format string>

OS X
/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType
/usr/bin/lsbom -p f <package path>

Solaris
/usr/sbin/eeprom nvramrc
/usr/bin/isainfo -kv
/usr/bin/pkg contents -H -s pkg.fmri -o pkg.fmri,action.raw -tset -tfile -tlink -thardlink
pkginfo -l

Linux & Solaris (Intel)
/usr/sbin/dmidecode
or our own shipped 'libexec/mgsdmidecode' if dmidecode is not available (older linuxes)

Debian/Ubuntu Linux
dpkg-query -W --showformat=<show format string>

Xen (Linux)
xl info -n
xl vm-list (fail over to xl list-vm)