After installing the new LANDesk Client:
Adding a Macintosh computer to the LANDesk inventory with the proper computer hostname.
- Log into the desired macintosh as a local administrator
- Under Sharing within System Preferences, change the computer name to match the name within AD
- Run the Terminalprogram
- execute: sudo nano /etc/hostconfig
- You will be asked to authorize, use the credentials for the local admin account you are currently logged in as.
- Add the line:
Code Block HOSTNAME=-AUTOMATIC-
- Hit Control+O, then press enter to save the changes
- Hit Control+X to exit nano
- Enter:
where computername is the name of the machine on the Tufts domain.Code Block sudo scutil --set HostName "computername"
- Exit terminal
- execute: sudo nano /etc/hostconfig
- Allow 10-15 minutes for the machine to update in the LANDesk Inventory after restarting.