Discovering Mac computers

[robin850]

If you have some experience with Discovery and OS-X (Apple) computers can you share any tips, hints, or gotchas?

We are beginning to gather data on this type of device and would appreciate any insights.

From the wiki I see the requirements are similar to Linux/Unix: allow SSH, have a username/password with "sudo" configured for a few basic commands like ifconfig, lsof, dmidecode.

Are there any Mac-specific commands that you have found informative for Discovery purposes?


cheers,

robin850

[Valor1]

This is a good one:
http://www.celsius1414.com/2009/08/24/how-to-get-mac-os-x-system-info-via-the-command-line/

And
http://osxdaily.com/2007/04/23/get-system-information-from-the-command-line/

The "system_profiler" command would be pretty hard to parse, though.