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Article Number | 000031621 |
Applies To | RSA Product Set: ECAT RSA Product/Service Type: ECAT Agent RSA Version/Condition: 4.4.x Platform: Mac OS X |
Issue | How to uninstall the ECAT Agent from an Apple Mac OS X? |
Tasks | It may become necessary to remove the ECAT Agent software from a users Apple Mac OS X system. |
Resolution | Under normal circumstances to uninstall the Mac ECAT Agent software, please refer to the ECAT User Guide, available on the RSA SecurCare Online (SCOL) website. See the section on "Uninstall Agents and Remove Agents from the Database". This section describes how to uninstall from the UI.
Note the Mac must be Online in the ECAT Server UI for this to work. Also note the information collected from this Mac machine doesn't get deleted from the ECAT Server after the Agent software is uninstalled, that is an additional manual action should you wish the data to be deleted (see the ECAT User Guide). Manually uninstall an RSA ECAT Agent from a Apple Mac In order to manually uninstall an RSA ECAT Agent from a Apple Mac, follow the steps below:
By entering sudo, you are requesting to run the script as a super user, which requires entering the Mac’s login password. No restart of the system is required. |