[Casper] Computer Name is not populating when imaging

[Ryan Harter]

This may have been said, but I have seen when imaging a machine that  
Casper does not seem to set all of the "computer names."  What I mean  
by this is that you can set the computer name using scutil with three  
different locations, ComputerName, HostName, and LocalHostName.  I  
don't remember exactly what each is used for, but in the past we've  
always wanted all of them to be set.  I've found the most reliable  
solution for this is to run a script at reboot that does:

#!/bin/bash

computerName=$2

scutil -set ComputerName $computerName
scutil -set HostName $computerName
scutil -set LocalHostName $computerName



This is only a workaround, but reliably renames the computer.  I've  
had issues where the computer just gets the name of the machine I  
built the base image on if I don't.

Ryan Harter
UW - Stevens Point
Workstation Developer
715.346.2716
Ryan.Harter at uwsp.edu

On Nov 13, 2008, at 1:43 PM, Steve Wood wrote:

> And to be clear, the tests I’m running are on a system that is  
> already imaged and running, and issuing the commands from the  
> terminal.  I am not laying down a new image on the machine.
>
>
> On 11/13/08 1:08 PM, "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> wrote:
>
>> No, it does not name it at startup for FirstRun, once the OS is  
>> laid down and the packages, it runs commands against Macintosh HD  
>> to name it before you boot to it. That would be why when you reboot  
>> you see the correct name.
>>
>> Craig
>>
>> On 11/13/08 1:00 PM, "Steve Wood" <swood at integerdallas.com> wrote:
>>
>>> After executing the jamf binary command, and then using hostname  
>>> or scutil, I still receive the old name of the computer.  So, it  
>>> appears that the jamf command must write to a startup item that  
>>> renames the computer.  Again, upon restart the name is changed.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/12/08 10:51 AM, "Miles Leacy" <miles.leacy at themacadmin.com>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 2008/11/12 Steve Wood <swood at integerdallas.com>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> If you execute "hostname" after running this command, what is the  
>>>> output?
>>>>
>>>> What about "scutil --get ComputerName"?
>>>>
>>>> I ask because if the name is being changed, and it shows the new  
>>>> name in the system tools that you will interact with, but you  
>>>> just don't see it in the GUI until restart, is that really a  
>>>> problem?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve Wood
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