Re: [rt-users] Retrieving the computer name automatically

2008-11-11 Thread Dirk Pape
Hello, --Am 11. November 2008 08:45:59 +0100 schrieb Dirk Pape [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I can provide the patch and the configuration line in the template for ECFV later this day. ok. This is ot so much later :-) The patch can be found at

[rt-users] Retrieving the computer name automatically

2008-11-10 Thread Tony A
Hi, First time i've posted on here, so not sure if this may have been covered before. I have RT set up in our school and I would like to be able to retrieve the name of the machine that a user is posting a request from and insert it into a custom field. This would have to be done

Re: [rt-users] Retrieving the computer name automatically

2008-11-10 Thread Todd Chapman
Tony, If they are submitting the ticket through the web interface you may be able to rely on the source IP of the connection, but there is no way to get the computer name (that I am aware of). -Todd On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Tony A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, First time i've posted

Re: [rt-users] Retrieving the computer name automatically

2008-11-10 Thread Kenneth Marshall
Would it be possible to use the source IP and/or the account name to pull the machine name from AT? Ken On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 08:56:13AM -0500, Todd Chapman wrote: Tony, If they are submitting the ticket through the web interface you may be able to rely on the source IP of the connection,

Re: [rt-users] Retrieving the computer name automatically

2008-11-10 Thread Tony A
Hi Todd, My thoughts were down the lines of using dns resolution based on the IP address. I can't really rely on the IP address itself, as this may well have changed by the time I get round to dealing with it. So ideally, it'd just be a case of retrieving the REMOTE_HOST variable, running dns

Re: [rt-users] Retrieving the computer name automatically

2008-11-10 Thread Dirk Pape
Hello, --Am 10. November 2008 14:15:08 + schrieb Tony A [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My thoughts were down the lines of using dns resolution based on the IP address. I can't really rely on the IP address itself, as this may well have changed by the time I get round to dealing with it. So ideally,