[Casper] Computer Name is not populating when imaging

[Steve Wood]

The test that the JAMF folks had me try was to use the jamf binary to
rename:

sudo jamf setComputerName -target "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/" -name "JAMF"

When we did that the name would not change in the Sharing Pref panel until
the machine was restarted.  Once restarted the machine showed the new name,
JAMF in this case.  We then tried using hostname to set the name, but this
not only did not change the Sharing pane but it also did not change on
restart.

I have had the problem on brand new machines, fresh out of the box, where I
have tried setting the name in Casper Imaging, or setting it to MAC or S/N.
Each time the machine comes up with no name and shows up in the JSS as
{Network {HostNames {.




On 11/12/08 8:29 AM, "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> wrote:

> If I understand correctly Casper will pull the machine name as it exists on
> Macintosh HD, if you were reimaging a machine that had a readable Macintosh HD
> partition, or it will pull the machine name from the data it has about that
> machine in the JSS. As far as the command it’s using to do that I imagine the
> app is simply modifying a plist.
> 
> Not sure if it’s just: Library -> Preferences -> SystemConfiguration ->
> com.apple.smb.server.plist
> 
> I see it changes the ServerDescription tag, but other than that I’m not sure.
> 
> Craig E
> 
> 
> On 11/12/08 8:02 AM, "Smith, William" <william.smith at merrillcorp.com> wrote:
> 
>> What I'd be happy to know is the command that Casper uses to set the machine
>> name. Is it looking for a file that's not there? Or are they using a
>> built-in command like systemsetup, which is in different paths in 10.4 and
>> 10.5? Even running that command doesn't set the Hostname, only the Computer
>> Name.
> 
> 
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