Rename Mac to serial post imaging
Has anyone got a way to rename a mac to it's serial number as a post imaging task? Any info is much appreciated!
Dennis
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Posted by:
samislam
12 years ago
try this shell script
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#!/bin/bash
HOSTNAME=`system_profiler | grep "r (system)" | awk '{ print $4}'`
/usr/sbin/scutil --set ComputerName "${HOSTNAME}"
/usr/sbin/scutil --set LocalHostName "${HOSTNAME}"
exit 0
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it works for me.
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#!/bin/bash
HOSTNAME=`system_profiler | grep "r (system)" | awk '{ print $4}'`
/usr/sbin/scutil --set ComputerName "${HOSTNAME}"
/usr/sbin/scutil --set LocalHostName "${HOSTNAME}"
exit 0
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it works for me.
Posted by:
scottlutz
12 years ago
I've never done it, but there is no reason why this shouldn't work, just run it as a post install bash script:
system_profiler | grep "Serial Number (system)" | sed 's/Serial Number (system): //' | xargs scutil --set HostName
system_profiler | grep "Serial Number (system)" | sed 's/Serial Number (system): //' | xargs scutil --set HostName
Posted by:
ddevore
12 years ago
Thanks Scott! I did change the very end to computername and it looks like after a reboot the share and host names both match the serial.
system_profiler | grep "Serial Number (system)" | sed 's/Serial Number (system): //' | xargs scutil --set ComputerName
Dennis
system_profiler | grep "Serial Number (system)" | sed 's/Serial Number (system): //' | xargs scutil --set ComputerName
Dennis
Posted by:
scottlutz
12 years ago
Sam, I was not quite happy with the original results ans did some digging around. If you want to speed your script up, try this small change:
from: HOSTNAME=`system_profiler | grep "r (system)" | awk '{ print $4}'`
to: HOSTNAME=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "r (system)" | awk '{ print $4}'`
When I ran %time on each one, I saw about a 90% performance increase.
HTH
from: HOSTNAME=`system_profiler | grep "r (system)" | awk '{ print $4}'`
to: HOSTNAME=`system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep "r (system)" | awk '{ print $4}'`
When I ran %time on each one, I saw about a 90% performance increase.
HTH
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