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  • September 12, 2024
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Hi, 

i am trying to script the final step in our onboarding process, where the user is presented with a list of Locations to chose, and once selected, the script will pull the serial number and rename the machine the location-serialnumber

I'm 90% sure I have it right but i am getting echo errors when testing in CodeRunner... and i'd appreciate some extra eyes / advice.... 

 

#!/bin/bash #/usr/local/bin/dialog # Pull device serial number for lookup serialNumber=$(ioreg -c IOPlatformExpertDevice -d 2 | awk -F\\" '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/{print $(NF-1)}') nserialNumber=${serialNumber} #Specify variables for swiftDialog dialogInstalled="/usr/local/bin/dialog" downloadDialog="https://github.com/swiftDialog/swiftDialog/releases/download/v2.5.1/dialog-2.5.1-4775.pkg" pathToDownload="/usr/local/dialog" pathToPackage="/usr/local/dialog/dialog-2.5.1-4775.pkg" #Check if swiftDialog is installed if [ -e "$dialogInstalled" ];then   echo "Dialog Is installed" else   echo "Dialog is not installed"   echo "Creating download directory at $pathToDownload"   mkdir $pathToDownload   echo "Downloading swiftDialog from $downloadDialog"   curl -L $downloadDialog -o $pathToPackage   echo "Installing swift Dialog"   installer -pkg $pathToPackage -target /   wait fi location=$(/usr/local/bin/dialog -s --icon /usr/local/images/duck.icns --blurscreen --title "Welcome to swiftDialog" --message "Hi There {username}. <br>Please choose your current location" --selecttitle "Select Location",required --selectvalues "Barcelona, Camden, Cape Town, Durban, Florida, Gold Coast, Gothenburg, IOM, Ipswich, Kyiv, Malaga, Pretoria, Richmond, Stockholm, Sydney" | grep "SelectedOption" | awk -F " : " '{print $NF}' | tr -d '"') #selection # case ${location} in   Barcelona)     invCode='SBA';;   Camden)     invCode='UCA';;   'Cape Town')     invCode='ZCT';;   Durban)     invCode='ZFP';;   Florida)     invCode='ORL';;   'Gold Coast')     invCode='ADI';;   Gothenburg)     invCode='SGB';;   IOM)     invCode='DIL';;   Ipswich)     invCode='UIP';;   Kyiv)     invCode='UKK';;   Malaga)     invCode='SMA';;   Pretoria)     invCode='ZPT';;   Richmond)     invCode='MHL';;   Stockholm)     invCode='SST';;   Sydney)     invCode='ADS';; esac echo "Selection was $location setting prefix to $invCode" computerName="$invCode-$nserialNumber" echo "Computer Name: $computerName" echo "Setting computer name to $computerName" /usr/sbin/scutil --set ComputerName "$computerName" /usr/sbin/scutil --set LocalHostName "$computerName" /usr/sbin/scutil --set HostName "$computerName" dscacheutil -flushcache /usr/local/bin/jamf recon exit 0

 

 

Best answer by YanW

I use osascript for testing. Change it back to SwiftDialog

 

#!/bin/bash loggedInUser=$(stat -f%Su /dev/console) loggedInUID=$(id -u $loggedInUser) serialNumber=$(ioreg -c IOPlatformExpertDevice -d 2 | awk -F\\" '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/{print $(NF-1)}') OSASCRIPT="/usr/bin/osascript" location=$( /bin/launchctl asuser $loggedInUID sudo -iu $loggedInUser << EOF /usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" activate choose from list {"Barcelona", "Camden", "Cape Town", "Durban", "Florida", "Gold Coast", "Gothenburg", "IOM", "Ipswich", "Kyiv", "Malaga", "Pretoria", "Richmond", "Stockholm", "Sydney"} with prompt "Hi There, ${loggedInUser}" default items {"Barcelona"} with title "Please choose your current location" end tell' 2>/dev/null EOF ) #selection # case ${location} in Barcelona) invCode='SBA' ;; Camden) invCode='UCA' ;; 'Cape Town') invCode='ZCT' ;; Durban) invCode='ZFP' ;; Florida) invCode='ORL' ;; 'Gold Coast') invCode='ADI' ;; Gothenburg) invCode='SGB' ;; IOM) invCode='DIL' ;; Ipswich) invCode='UIP' ;; Kyiv) invCode='UKK' ;; Malaga) invCode='SMA' ;; Pretoria) invCode='ZPT' ;; Richmond) invCode='MHL' ;; Stockholm) invCode='SST' ;; Sydney) invCode='ADS' ;; esac echo "Selection was $location setting prefix to $invCode" echo "Computer Name: "$invCode"-"$serialNumber"" exit 0

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    AJPinto
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    • AJPinto
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    • September 12, 2024

    Rather than asking the user, have you considered using something like network segments to determine where the device is and give it a name based on that? This would not work for remote workforces or locations that mask their IP addresses.

    YanW
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    • YanW
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    • September 12, 2024

    I use osascript for testing. Change it back to SwiftDialog

     

    #!/bin/bash loggedInUser=$(stat -f%Su /dev/console) loggedInUID=$(id -u $loggedInUser) serialNumber=$(ioreg -c IOPlatformExpertDevice -d 2 | awk -F\\" '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/{print $(NF-1)}') OSASCRIPT="/usr/bin/osascript" location=$( /bin/launchctl asuser $loggedInUID sudo -iu $loggedInUser << EOF /usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" activate choose from list {"Barcelona", "Camden", "Cape Town", "Durban", "Florida", "Gold Coast", "Gothenburg", "IOM", "Ipswich", "Kyiv", "Malaga", "Pretoria", "Richmond", "Stockholm", "Sydney"} with prompt "Hi There, ${loggedInUser}" default items {"Barcelona"} with title "Please choose your current location" end tell' 2>/dev/null EOF ) #selection # case ${location} in Barcelona) invCode='SBA' ;; Camden) invCode='UCA' ;; 'Cape Town') invCode='ZCT' ;; Durban) invCode='ZFP' ;; Florida) invCode='ORL' ;; 'Gold Coast') invCode='ADI' ;; Gothenburg) invCode='SGB' ;; IOM) invCode='DIL' ;; Ipswich) invCode='UIP' ;; Kyiv) invCode='UKK' ;; Malaga) invCode='SMA' ;; Pretoria) invCode='ZPT' ;; Richmond) invCode='MHL' ;; Stockholm) invCode='SST' ;; Sydney) invCode='ADS' ;; esac echo "Selection was $location setting prefix to $invCode" echo "Computer Name: "$invCode"-"$serialNumber"" exit 0

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      • MichaelMcG
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      • September 13, 2024

      Thanks a lot, this really helped

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