Hi everyone
Can someone suggest me a good script to change my mac's name to "username-serialnumber" ?
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Change computer name to username-serialnumber
+5Best answer by karthikeyan_mac
@Philein You can scutil or jamf binary
#!/bin/bash
serialNumber=$(system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk '/Serial/ {print $4}')
loggedinuser=$( echo "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | scutil | awk '/Name :/ && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' )
name=$loggedinuser-$serialNumber
scutil --set HostName $name
scutil --set LocalHostName $name
scutil --set ComputerName $name
or you can also use Jamf binary instead of scutil.
jamf setComputerName -name $name
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+18@Philein You can scutil or jamf binary
#!/bin/bash
serialNumber=$(system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk '/Serial/ {print $4}')
loggedinuser=$( echo "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | scutil | awk '/Name :/ && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' )
name=$loggedinuser-$serialNumber
scutil --set HostName $name
scutil --set LocalHostName $name
scutil --set ComputerName $name
or you can also use Jamf binary instead of scutil.
jamf setComputerName -name $name
Thanks
+17you're also going to need to add:
/usr/local/jamf/bin/jamf recon
or a Maintenance to the policy to update Jamf
+5@Philein You can scutil or jamf binary
#!/bin/bash
serialNumber=$(system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk '/Serial/ {print $4}')
loggedinuser=$( echo "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | scutil | awk '/Name :/ && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' )
name=$loggedinuser-$serialNumber
scutil --set HostName $name
scutil --set LocalHostName $name
scutil --set ComputerName $name
or you can also use Jamf binary instead of scutil.
jamf setComputerName -name $name
Thanks
Thanks. It works but it returns me this:
Script exit code: 0
Script result: SCPreferencesSetLocalHostName() failed: Invalid argument
+17Thanks. It works but it returns me this:
Script exit code: 0
Script result: SCPreferencesSetLocalHostName() failed: Invalid argument
I do this...
### Get serial number
serial=`/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | /usr/bin/awk '/Serial\\ Number\\ \\(system\\)/ {print $NF}'`
/usr/sbin/scutil --set ComputerName "${serial}"
/usr/sbin/scutil --set LocalHostName "${serial}"
/usr/sbin/scutil --set HostName "${serial}"
This is a good time to point out that PII in a device name is generally not a good idea. Device names are broadcast in the clear on public networks, and personally identifiable information could be a security and/or safety risk. If your users are adults, you're probably ok, but I would definitely NOT recommend this for K12 devices.
Just my $0.0.2
+5This is a good time to point out that PII in a device name is generally not a good idea. Device names are broadcast in the clear on public networks, and personally identifiable information could be a security and/or safety risk. If your users are adults, you're probably ok, but I would definitely NOT recommend this for K12 devices.
Just my $0.0.2
Thanks, this is a valid point.
+18Thanks. It works but it returns me this:
Script exit code: 0
Script result: SCPreferencesSetLocalHostName() failed: Invalid argument
@Philein LocalHostName cannot have space dots. If your username has dot you may have to remove it.
loggedinuser=$( echo "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | scutil | awk '/Name :/ && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' | sed -e 's/\\.//g' )You can use the change the "loggedinuser" to strip the dots from the username.
Thanks
+10
We have periods in the usernames, I use this script
#!/bin/sh
serial=$(system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | awk '/Serial/ {print $4}')
currUser=$( echo "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | scutil | awk '/Name :/ && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' | sed -e 's/\\.//g' )
name=$currUser-$serial
/usr/sbin/scutil --set ComputerName $name
/usr/sbin/scutil --set HostName $name
/usr/sbin/scutil --set LocalHostName $name
exit 0
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