glide.discovery.file_discovery.enabled The glide.discovery.file_discovery.enabled property activates or deactivates File Based Discovery for identifying software on Unix and Windows systems. Admins should consider enabling this property to enhance software inventory accuracy through file signature analysis.
falseThe answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.
| What does it do? | This property controls whether File Based Discovery is utilized to detect software installations based on file signatures on target systems. |
|---|---|
| What area does it affect? | File Discovery |
| What does the default mean? | The default value is "false", which means this behavior is disabled by default. |
| When should you review it? | Review this property when configuring software discovery settings or troubleshooting inventory issues. |
Raw metadata from the property record.
| Property name | glide.discovery.file_discovery.enabled |
|---|---|
| Sys ID | b8b3888667321300173fa0119585efb7 |
| Type | boolean |
| Application | Global |
| Default value | false |
| Description | Use this flag to turn on/off File Based Discovery which will attempt to discover software on Unix and Windows computers via file signatures. |
| Updated | 2019-02-12 09:10:08 |
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