<s>
SYDI	B-Protocol
(	O
Script	O
Your	O
Documentation	O
Instantly	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
project	O
aimed	O
at	O
assisting	O
system	B-Application
administrators	I-Application
do	O
in	O
documenting	O
their	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hosted	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
the	O
project	O
provides	O
scripts	O
that	O
target	O
computers	O
running	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Linxu	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Application
scripts	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
VBScrip	B-Application
,	O
while	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
script	O
is	O
written	O
inPython	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
targeting	O
a	O
system	O
,	O
the	O
script	O
collects	O
information	O
from	O
the	O
target	O
and	O
outputs	O
it	O
to	O
either	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
file	O
or	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SYDI	B-Protocol
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
License	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
2.0	O
,	O
SYDI	B-Protocol
consists	O
of	O
four	O
separate	O
script	O
packages	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
targets	O
specific	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
or	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SYDI-Server	O
is	O
the	O
most	O
developed	O
script	O
within	O
the	O
SYDI	B-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
document	O
Windows	B-Application
servers	O
or	O
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
collects	O
information	O
with	O
Windows	B-Library
Management	I-Library
Instrumentation	I-Library
(	O
WMI	O
)	O
and	O
by	O
reading	O
the	O
Windows	B-Protocol
registry	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
SYDI-Server	O
finds	O
basic	O
hardware	O
settings	O
,	O
installed	O
software	O
,	O
domain	O
membership	O
,	O
network	O
settings	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SYDI-Exchange	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
document	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	O
is	O
gathered	O
through	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
queries	O
to	O
the	O
Active	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
where	O
the	O
Exchange	O
information	O
is	O
stored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SYDI-SQL	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
document	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
(	O
MS	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
)	O
Servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SYDI-Linux	O
is	O
the	O
least	O
developed	O
package	O
within	O
the	O
SYDI	B-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	O
is	O
gathered	O
by	O
reading	O
various	O
files	O
on	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SYDI-Linux	O
focuses	O
on	O
documenting	O
the	O
Gentoo	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
other	O
SYDI	B-Protocol
packages	O
this	O
is	O
not	O
able	O
to	O
write	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
documents	O
,	O
however	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
file	O
created	O
can	O
be	O
converted	O
into	O
an	O
OpenOffice	B-Application
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SYDI-SMS	O
is	O
an	O
offshoot	O
of	O
the	O
SYDI	B-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
MVP	O
to	O
document	O
his	O
System	B-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
2003	I-Protocol
unlike	O
the	O
other	O
Microsoft-based	O
SYDI	B-Protocol
packages	O
,	O
this	O
script	O
only	O
create	O
a	O
Word	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SYDI-SCCM	O
is	O
an	O
offshoot	O
of	O
the	O
SYDI	B-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
MVP	O
to	O
document	O
his	O
System	B-Protocol
Center	I-Protocol
Configuration	I-Protocol
Manager	I-Protocol
2007	I-Protocol
unlike	O
the	O
other	O
Microsoft-based	O
SYDI	B-Protocol
packages	O
,	O
this	O
script	O
only	O
create	O
a	O
Word	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SYDI-SCCM	O
is	O
an	O
offshoot	O
of	O
the	O
SYDI	B-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
MVP	O
to	O
document	O
his	O
System	B-Protocol
Center	I-Protocol
Configuration	I-Protocol
Manager	I-Protocol
2012	I-Protocol
unlike	O
the	O
other	O
Microsoft-based	O
SYDI	B-Protocol
packages	O
,	O
this	O
script	O
will	O
only	O
create	O
a	O
Word	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
