[Casper] Computer Name

[Kathie Iorizzo]

This worked.. I found the solution right after I emailed the list.   
Loving Casper right now!
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Kathie Iorizzo
Lower School Technician
The Latin School of Chicago
kiorizzo at latinschool.org
312.582.6136





On Apr 6, 2009, at 1:43 PM, Ernst, Craig S. wrote:

> You can do it one of two ways, this is using 6.01...
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> There is a check-box in Casper Remote on the advanced tab, Reset  
> Computer Names, that will allow you to change the machine of the  
> remote system back to what the JSS currently has in it’s inventory.  
> However, this does you no good if your system has recently  
> inventoried and the wrong name is stored in your JSS.
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> You can get around this by first manually editing your computer  
> inventory for that unit in the JSS, then running that option with  
> Casper Remote.
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> There are other ways to remotely change the machine name using some  
> command line options if you want that info. But what’s mentioned  
> above is a totally JSS way of doing it.
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> You can also have a policy set to perform this task the next time  
> the system checks in for policies, if the unit is sometimes not on  
> the network. This again has the same issue that the machine in the  
> JSS needs to be correct first in order for it to be correct when it  
> attempts to rename the machine.
>
> Craig E
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> On 4/6/09 1:33 PM, "Kathie Iorizzo" <kiorizzo at latinschool.org> wrote:
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> I can't recall this, but isn't there a way to change a computer name  
> remotely?  I looked in the documentation and I can't seem to locate  
> this information. Any help is appreciated.
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> Kathie Iorizzo
> Lower School Technician
> The Latin School of Chicago
> kiorizzo at latinschool.org
> 312.582.6136
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