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Hi,



I want to share a script with you I've just created.



You probably all are familiar when creating an base image on a Mac Pro and
image a MacBook Pro with it that the network service names are like
Ethernet 1, Ethernet 2 and FireWire. Ethernet 2 is actually the AirPort
(or Wi-Fi). The script I created renames the service to the hardware port
name if they do not match. After running the script on a MacBook Pro (with
10.6) the result will be: Ethernet, AirPort and FireWire.



#!/bin/bash



# renameNetworkServices.sh



# Script to correct the network services names after imaging a new machine



# Detect new network hardware
networksetup -detectnewhardware



# List all network services and read one by one
networksetup -listallnetworkservices | tail -n +2 | while read service
do
# Check if network service is disabled (note the asterisk)
if [[ ${service} == ** ]]
then
# Remove asterisk from string for renaming service
service=echo ${service} | sed -e 's/.(.*)/1/'
fi



# Use filter to select next line which has the harware port defined
filter=false



# Display network services
networksetup -listnetworkserviceorder | while read serviceorder
do
if [[ ${filter} == true ]]
then
# Grab hardware port
hardwareport=`echo ${serviceorder} | sed -e 's/(Hardware Port:
//;s/, Device:.*//'`
# Check if service name if different
if [[ ${service} != ${hardwareport} ]]
then
# Rename the network service
networksetup -renamenetworkservice "${service}"
"${hardwareport}"
echo -e "Renamed network server "${service}" to
"${hardwareport}""
fi
fi



if [[ ${serviceorder} == *${service} ]]
then
# Got the line with the service. Set the filter to true to
grab the next line which contains the hardware port
filter=true
else
filter=false
fi
done
done



Have fun with it!



Kind Regards,



Martin van Diemen

is this Lion compatible?

Edit this and re-paste in the script tags PRETTY PLEASE!



:)

I've played around with Martin's script and it didn't work like expected on Lion. (Especially the part to remove the asterix (*) when a network service is disabled)



After some changes in the code it's working now for me on Lion and Mountain Lion. I'm not sure if it's perfect what I've changed. I recommend to test it first. 😉



Thanks to Martin for the script.



#!/bin/bash



# renameNetworkServices.sh



# Script to correct the network services names after imaging a new machine



# Detect new network hardware

networksetup -detectnewhardware



# List all network services and read one by one

networksetup -listallnetworkservices | tail -n +2 | while read service

do



# Remove asterisk from string for renaming disabled services

service=${service#**}



# Use filter to select next line which has the hardware port defined

filter=false



# Display network services

networksetup -listnetworkserviceorder | while read serviceorder

do

if [[ ${filter} == true ]]

then

# Grab hardware port

hardwareport=`echo ${serviceorder} | sed -e 's/(Hardware Port: //;s/, Device:.*//'`

# Check if service name if different

if [[ ${service} != ${hardwareport} ]]

then

# Rename the network service

networksetup -renamenetworkservice "${service}" "${hardwareport}"

echo -e "Renamed network service "${service}" to "${hardwareport}""

fi

fi



if [[ ${serviceorder} == *${service} ]]

then



# Got the line with the service. Set the filter to true to grab the next line which contains the hardware port

filter=true

else

filter=false

fi

done

done

Thank you guys! This has been a major headache for me over this past week.

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