I'm currently testing Jamf and have everything working as I want with with the exception of figuring out the best way to rename computers after they are setup. Currently I'm using Jamf with Jumpcloud pushing the user accounts for staff to an employee's computer however I'm stuck with the default computer name of Macbook Pro. I'm trying to figure out the best way to script this or use a policy that runs after the user is setup to that a machine can be renamed for username-Macbook Pro.I'm wondering what the best way is to accomplish the renaming task so it can be automated and not have to be done manually each time a computer is deployed . Thanks for any suggestions.

Is there a way to combine these all into one script that can run automatically after enrollment? Or does each step need to be done manually? @mm2270 basically gave the entire answer. His code in a script would be:#!/bin/bash# Get the logged in usernamelogged_in_user=$( echo "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | /usr/sbin/scutil | /usr/bin/awk '/Name 😕😕 && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' )# Create a stringcomp_name="${logged_in_user}-MacBook Pro"# Rename the Mac using the jamf command line tool/usr/local/bin/jamf SetComputername -name "$comp_name"exit 0Just take that, create a file named rename.sh using a Text Editor like Visual Studio Code, then upload that to your Jamf Pro and create a policy leveraging that script that runs once at check-in most likely as you want the user to actually be logged in when it runs.

Trying to find the best way to rename computers after enrollment

Huge thanks for any more help you can provide : 😀

You can give this a look:

#!/bin/bash



# Variables

internalNamingScheme=XXXX

lastLoggedInUser=`defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName`

fname=`dscl . -read /Users/$lastLoggedInUser RealName | grep ^\\ | awk '{print $1}'`

modelName=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Model Identifier" | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/[0-9]*//g' | tr -d ','`

serial1=`ioreg -l | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ { print $4;}'`

serial=`sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//' <<<"$serial1"` 



# Get original name of computer

oldComputerName=`scutil --get ComputerName`



# Generate new computer name

computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname



# Set new computer name locally

scutil --set ComputerName $computerName



scutil --set HostName $computerName



scutil --set LocalHostName $computerName



# Set the computer name in Jamf to reflect what is set locally on the computer

/usr/local/bin/jamf setComputerName -name $computerName

/usr/local/bin/jamf recon



echo "Computer name has been changed from $oldcomputername to $computerName"



exit 0

You can give this a look:

#!/bin/bash



# Variables

internalNamingScheme=XXXX

lastLoggedInUser=`defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName`

fname=`dscl . -read /Users/$lastLoggedInUser RealName | grep ^\\ | awk '{print $1}'`

modelName=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Model Identifier" | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/[0-9]*//g' | tr -d ','`

serial1=`ioreg -l | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ { print $4;}'`

serial=`sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//' <<<"$serial1"` 



# Get original name of computer

oldComputerName=`scutil --get ComputerName`



# Generate new computer name

computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname



# Set new computer name locally

scutil --set ComputerName $computerName



scutil --set HostName $computerName



scutil --set LocalHostName $computerName



# Set the computer name in Jamf to reflect what is set locally on the computer

/usr/local/bin/jamf setComputerName -name $computerName

/usr/local/bin/jamf recon



echo "Computer name has been changed from $oldcomputername to $computerName"



exit 0

Thanks. Giving it a try now. I might try and tweak it to run without a rename and just have it run to name the computer right after pre-stage is complete based on XXXX-Model-FirstName but I'll see how this works on my next pre-stage test.

Appreciate the help.

Thanks. Giving it a try now. I might try and tweak it to run without a rename and just have it run to name the computer right after pre-stage is complete based on XXXX-Model-FirstName but I'll see how this works on my next pre-stage test.

Appreciate the help.

Anytime! 👊

Currently getting this error when using a policy to run the script 😞

Script result: scutil: invalid option -- M
usage: scutil interactive access to the dynamic store.

Here's my current iteration. With the XXXX's in place of an internal abbreviation.

#!/bin/bash

# Variables
internalNamingScheme=XXXX
lastLoggedInUser=`defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName`
fname=`dscl . -read /Users/$lastLoggedInUser RealName | grep ^\\ | awk '{print $1}'`
modelName=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Model Identifier" | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/[0-9]*//g' | tr -d ','`
serial1=`ioreg -l | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ { print $4;}'`
serial=`sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//' <<<"$serial1"`

# Get original name of computer
#oldComputerName=`scutil --get ComputerName`

# Generate new computer name
computerName=$XXXX-$modelName-$fname

# Set new computer name locally
scutil --set ComputerName $computerName

scutil --set HostName $computerName

scutil --set LocalHostName $computerName

# Set the computer name in Jamf to reflect what is set locally on the computer
/usr/local/bin/jamf setComputerName -name $computerName
/usr/local/bin/jamf recon

exit 0

Currently getting this error when using a policy to run the script 😞

Script result: scutil: invalid option -- M
usage: scutil interactive access to the dynamic store.

Here's my current iteration. With the XXXX's in place of an internal abbreviation.

#!/bin/bash

# Variables
internalNamingScheme=XXXX
lastLoggedInUser=`defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName`
fname=`dscl . -read /Users/$lastLoggedInUser RealName | grep ^\\ | awk '{print $1}'`
modelName=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Model Identifier" | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/[0-9]*//g' | tr -d ','`
serial1=`ioreg -l | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ { print $4;}'`
serial=`sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//' <<<"$serial1"`

# Get original name of computer
#oldComputerName=`scutil --get ComputerName`

# Generate new computer name
computerName=$XXXX-$modelName-$fname

# Set new computer name locally
scutil --set ComputerName $computerName

scutil --set HostName $computerName

scutil --set LocalHostName $computerName

# Set the computer name in Jamf to reflect what is set locally on the computer
/usr/local/bin/jamf setComputerName -name $computerName
/usr/local/bin/jamf recon

exit 0

Maybe throwing those variables in the scutil command in quotes:

#!/bin/bash



# Variables

internalNamingScheme=XXXX

lastLoggedInUser=`defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName`

fname=`dscl . -read /Users/$lastLoggedInUser RealName | grep ^\\ | awk '{print $1}'`

modelName=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Model Identifier" | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/[0-9]*//g' | tr -d ','`

serial1=`ioreg -l | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ { print $4;}'`

serial=`sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//' <<<"$serial1"` 



# Get original name of computer

oldComputerName=`scutil --get ComputerName`



# Generate new computer name

computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname



# Set new computer name locally

scutil --set ComputerName "$computerName"



scutil --set HostName "$computerName"



scutil --set LocalHostName "$computerName"



# Set the computer name in Jamf to reflect what is set locally on the computer

/usr/local/bin/jamf setComputerName -name $computerName

/usr/local/bin/jamf recon



echo "Computer name has been changed from $oldComputerName to $computerName"





exit 0

Maybe throwing those variables in the scutil command in quotes:

#!/bin/bash



# Variables

internalNamingScheme=XXXX

lastLoggedInUser=`defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName`

fname=`dscl . -read /Users/$lastLoggedInUser RealName | grep ^\\ | awk '{print $1}'`

modelName=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Model Identifier" | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/[0-9]*//g' | tr -d ','`

serial1=`ioreg -l | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ { print $4;}'`

serial=`sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//' <<<"$serial1"` 



# Get original name of computer

oldComputerName=`scutil --get ComputerName`



# Generate new computer name

computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname



# Set new computer name locally

scutil --set ComputerName "$computerName"



scutil --set HostName "$computerName"



scutil --set LocalHostName "$computerName"



# Set the computer name in Jamf to reflect what is set locally on the computer

/usr/local/bin/jamf setComputerName -name $computerName

/usr/local/bin/jamf recon



echo "Computer name has been changed from $oldComputerName to $computerName"





exit 0

Holy **** that worked perfectly! I can't say thanks enough. That just accomplished what I've been trying to find a way to do for the past few weeks in other ways. Thanks again!

AWESOME! I'm glad that worked! Anytime!

One thought occurred to me. It's unlikely but any ideas to avoid duplicate names besides appending the serial #? Which I assume would be this line modified:

computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname

To:computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname-$serialNumber"

Also if you don't mind does that modified line look good?

One thought occurred to me. It's unlikely but any ideas to avoid duplicate names besides appending the serial #? Which I assume would be this line modified:

computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname

To:computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname-$serialNumber"

Also if you don't mind does that modified line look good?

computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname-$serial

All set! That worked! Thanks again! 🙂

Maybe throwing those variables in the scutil command in quotes:

#!/bin/bash



# Variables

internalNamingScheme=XXXX

lastLoggedInUser=`defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName`

fname=`dscl . -read /Users/$lastLoggedInUser RealName | grep ^\\ | awk '{print $1}'`

modelName=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Model Identifier" | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/[0-9]*//g' | tr -d ','`

serial1=`ioreg -l | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ { print $4;}'`

serial=`sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//' <<<"$serial1"` 



# Get original name of computer

oldComputerName=`scutil --get ComputerName`



# Generate new computer name

computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname



# Set new computer name locally

scutil --set ComputerName "$computerName"



scutil --set HostName "$computerName"



scutil --set LocalHostName "$computerName"



# Set the computer name in Jamf to reflect what is set locally on the computer

/usr/local/bin/jamf setComputerName -name $computerName

/usr/local/bin/jamf recon



echo "Computer name has been changed from $oldComputerName to $computerName"





exit 0

Thank you for this! This worked for me too but I have a quick question. For this part of the script ( internalNamingScheme=XXXX ) it puts XXXX-MacBookPro etc etc on my computer name. How would I make it be the username of the user who is using the Computer?

Just for clarification, I am on SSO (Azure) on the machines as well.

Thank you for this! This worked for me too but I have a quick question. For this part of the script ( internalNamingScheme=XXXX ) it puts XXXX-MacBookPro etc etc on my computer name. How would I make it be the username of the user who is using the Computer?

Just for clarification, I am on SSO (Azure) on the machines as well.

Could you use:

lastLoggedInUser=$(defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName)

To get the username of the last logged in user? You can then do something like

computerName=$lastLoggedInUser-$modelName

Could you use:

lastLoggedInUser=$(defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName)

To get the username of the last logged in user? You can then do something like

computerName=$lastLoggedInUser-$modelName

So, I would change ( internalNamingScheme=XXXX ) I would put $lastloggedInUser? and then in # Generate new computer name. I would do what you pasted which is ( computerName=$lastLoggedInUser-$modelName )?

Sorry, I am not perfect in scripts.

So, I would change ( internalNamingScheme=XXXX ) I would put $lastloggedInUser? and then in # Generate new computer name. I would do what you pasted which is ( computerName=$lastLoggedInUser-$modelName )?

Sorry, I am not perfect in scripts.

This is what I currently have.

#!/bin/bash

# Variables
internalNamingScheme=XXXX
lastLoggedInUser=`defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName`
fname=`dscl . -read /Users/$lastLoggedInUser RealName | grep ^\\ | awk '{print $1}'`
modelName=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Model Identifier" | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/[0-9]*//g' | tr -d ','`
serial1=`ioreg -l | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ { print $4;}'`
serial=`sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//' <<<"$serial1"`

# Get original name of computer
oldComputerName=`scutil --get ComputerName`

# Generate new computer name
computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname-$serial

# Set new computer name locally
scutil --set ComputerName "$computerName"

scutil --set HostName "$computerName"

scutil --set LocalHostName "$computerName"

# Set the computer name in Jamf to reflect what is set locally on the computer
/usr/local/bin/jamf setComputerName -name $computerName
/usr/local/bin/jamf recon

echo "Computer name has been changed from $oldComputerName to $computerName"

exit 0

This is what I currently have.

#!/bin/bash

# Variables
internalNamingScheme=XXXX
lastLoggedInUser=`defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName`
fname=`dscl . -read /Users/$lastLoggedInUser RealName | grep ^\\ | awk '{print $1}'`
modelName=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Model Identifier" | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/[0-9]*//g' | tr -d ','`
serial1=`ioreg -l | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ { print $4;}'`
serial=`sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//' <<<"$serial1"`

# Get original name of computer
oldComputerName=`scutil --get ComputerName`

# Generate new computer name
computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname-$serial

# Set new computer name locally
scutil --set ComputerName "$computerName"

scutil --set HostName "$computerName"

scutil --set LocalHostName "$computerName"

# Set the computer name in Jamf to reflect what is set locally on the computer
/usr/local/bin/jamf setComputerName -name $computerName
/usr/local/bin/jamf recon

echo "Computer name has been changed from $oldComputerName to $computerName"

exit 0

I guess I would need to know what your desired naming scheme is, for example if you want `username-MacBookPro` then you would do:

#!/bin/bash



# Variables



lastLoggedInUser=$(defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName)



modelName=$(system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Model Identifier" | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/[0-9]*//g' | tr -d ',')



# Get original name of computer

oldComputerName=$(scutil --get ComputerName)

# Generate new computer name

computerName=$lastLoggedInUser-$modelName

# Set new computer name locally

scutil --set ComputerName "$computerName"

scutil --set HostName "$computerName"

scutil --set LocalHostName "$computerName"

# Set the computer name in Jamf to reflect what is set locally on the computer

/usr/local/bin/jamf setComputerName -name $computerName

/usr/local/bin/jamf recon

echo "Computer name has been changed from $oldComputerName to $computerName"



exit 0

This is what I currently have.

#!/bin/bash

# Variables
internalNamingScheme=XXXX
lastLoggedInUser=`defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName`
fname=`dscl . -read /Users/$lastLoggedInUser RealName | grep ^\\ | awk '{print $1}'`
modelName=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Model Identifier" | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/[0-9]*//g' | tr -d ','`
serial1=`ioreg -l | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ { print $4;}'`
serial=`sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//' <<<"$serial1"`

# Get original name of computer
oldComputerName=`scutil --get ComputerName`

# Generate new computer name
computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname-$serial

# Set new computer name locally
scutil --set ComputerName "$computerName"

scutil --set HostName "$computerName"

scutil --set LocalHostName "$computerName"

# Set the computer name in Jamf to reflect what is set locally on the computer
/usr/local/bin/jamf setComputerName -name $computerName
/usr/local/bin/jamf recon

echo "Computer name has been changed from $oldComputerName to $computerName"

exit 0

Just want to update, it worked, so I changed ( computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname-$serial ) to ( computerName=$lastLoggedInUser-$modelName-$fname-$serial )

And now it works.

Is there a way to rename computer name base on csv file with MAC address?

MAC: Comp_Name

1c:57:dc:29:2d:1a AirBook-0001

2c:57:dc:30:2d:1b AirBook-0002

3c:57:dc:31:2d:3b AirBook-0003

Maybe throwing those variables in the scutil command in quotes:

#!/bin/bash



# Variables

internalNamingScheme=XXXX

lastLoggedInUser=`defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.loginwindow lastUserName`

fname=`dscl . -read /Users/$lastLoggedInUser RealName | grep ^\\ | awk '{print $1}'`

modelName=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "Model Identifier" | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/[0-9]*//g' | tr -d ','`

serial1=`ioreg -l | awk '/IOPlatformSerialNumber/ { print $4;}'`

serial=`sed -e 's/^"//' -e 's/"$//' <<<"$serial1"` 



# Get original name of computer

oldComputerName=`scutil --get ComputerName`



# Generate new computer name

computerName=$internalNamingScheme-$modelName-$fname



# Set new computer name locally

scutil --set ComputerName "$computerName"



scutil --set HostName "$computerName"



scutil --set LocalHostName "$computerName"



# Set the computer name in Jamf to reflect what is set locally on the computer

/usr/local/bin/jamf setComputerName -name $computerName

/usr/local/bin/jamf recon



echo "Computer name has been changed from $oldComputerName to $computerName"





exit 0

Hey, love the script works great but how would I add the $JSSID in the name? So the name may look like 123-iMac-Jane (the first 123 is the $JSSID)

You've probably figured it out by now, but getting it via configuration profile works nicely: https://community.jamf.com/t5/jamf-pro/get-jss-id-locally-via-script/m-p/293088/highlight/true#M260441

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