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renaming machines globally

  • January 27, 2022
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Greetings,

I'm looking for a way to rename my machines based on global location (UK, APAC, US, EMEA) and username

I have a script that I inherited that is using an API but it's crapped out and I'm not sure why. I'm trying to find a way to automate this after enrollment and/or at check-in.

I'm sure I can't be the only one who has faced this situation, any help would be appreciated.

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    howie_isaacks
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    • January 28, 2022

    How are you tracking their location? Are they being assigned to groups or buildings? I wanted a way to auto-name Macs using a naming scheme that I came up with that would add the users' first and last initials to the end of the computer name. I wrote a script after getting some help from Jamf Nation that renames Macs using my naming scheme. You may be able to use something like this script to do what you need. I have several clients, so the script says to replace "XX" with the client company's initials before using the script.

    #!/bin/sh #Rename the Mac using the first and last initial of the user's name. Before using this script, replace "XX" in line 12 with the client company's initials #Who is the current logged in user? currentUser=`/bin/ls -l /dev/console | /usr/bin/awk '{ print $3 }'` echo $currentUser #Generate computer name - Replace "XX" with the client company's initials firstInitial=$(finger -s $currentUser | head -2 | tail -n 1 | awk '{print toupper ($2)}' | cut -c 1) lastInitial=$(finger -s $currentUser | head -2 | tail -n 1 | awk '{print toupper ($3)}' | cut -c 1) computerName=$"XX-M-$firstInitial$lastInitial" echo $computerName #Send the computer name to inventory record scutil --set ComputerName $computerName scutil --set LocalHostName $computerName scutil --set HostName $computerName #Clear the directory service cache then run a current inventory to send the new Mac name to Jamf Pro dscacheutil -flushcache /usr/local/jamf/bin/jamf recon #Howie Isaacks with help from Jamf Nation | F1 Information Technologies | 09/27/21

     I have a policy that runs this script after enrollment just before all of the app install policies start running. I also used it to mass rename Macs when I came up with the new naming scheme. 

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