Installed Software Data Properties; User Data Properties - IBM Prerequisite Scanner User Manual

Table 26. Operating system data properties (continued)
Prerequisite property
os.windowManager

Installed software data properties

The installed software data properties check installed software prerequisites such
as the programs registered in the Windows registry and whether cygwin and gskit
are installed. For Windows systems only, it uses the installed software collectors in
the ips_root/lib directory, with the installedSoftware, cygwin, or gskit prefix
identifier in their file names.
Table 27 outlines the common data prerequisite properties. This category of
prerequisite properties does not require a prefix identifier.
Table 27. Installed software data properties
Prerequisite property
installedSoftware
cygwinVersion
gskit7Version
gskit8Version

User data properties

The user data properties check user prerequisites such as whether the logged on
user had administrative rights or is the root user. For Windows systems only, it
uses the user collector in the ips_root/lib directory, with the user prefix identifier
in their file names. For UNIX systems only, it uses the user collector in
ips_root/lib/packageTest.sh.
Table 28 outlines the user prerequisite properties. This category of prerequisite
properties require the user prefix identifier.
Table 28. User data properties
Prerequisite property
user.userID
user.isAdmin
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Platform Description
UNIX Checks whether GNOME or KDE is
available as a graphical desktop
Platform Description
Windows Scans the operating system registry for
installed programs with locations
Windows Checks the version of cygwin that is
installed on the machine; returns 0.0 if no
version installed
Windows Checks whether gskit Version 7 is installed
on the machine; returns 0.0 if version 7 is
not installed
Windows Checks whether gskit Version 8 is installed
on the machine; returns 0.0 if version 8 is
not installed
Platform Description
Windows The ID of the currently logged on user
All Checks whether the logged on user is a
member of the Administrator group
Valid values
Available|Unavailable
Valid values
String, with multiple
applications separated by a
comma.
Positive integer, for example, 1.5
Note: The values can use the
special characters as outlined in
Table 1 on page 2.
Positive integer, for example, 7.0
Positive integer, for example, 8.0
Valid values
String, for example,
smithj
Boolean value, for
example, True