Custom script not fetching currently logged in user

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Found a script to check if a user is signed in to the Box client app on Mac. The script is successful when run locally on the device, but there’s an issue when run remotely from hexnode. I’m guessing the user variable in the script isn’t fetching the currently logged in user like it would when run locally from the mac.

This is the script:

#!/bin/sh

if [ -f /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/com.box.desktop.plist ]; then

loggedin=$(defaults read /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/com.box.desktop preferences/user_is_currently_logged_in)
echo “<result>$loggedin</result>”
else
echo “<result>File Not Found</result>”
fi

You guys got any ideas?

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    Xzavier

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    Fetching the ‘LastUserName’ key from the com.apple.loginwindow plist file would supposedly work. Check out this script:

    #!/bin/sh

    loggedInUser=$(defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName)

    if [ -f /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/com.box.desktop.plist ]; then
    loggedin=$(defaults read /Users/$loggedInUser/Library/Preferences/com.box.desktop preferences/user_is_currently_logged_in)
    echo “<result>$loggedin</result>”
    else
    echo “<result>File Not Found</result>”
    fi

     

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