[GLLUG] Netinfo and scripting

Sean picasso at madflower.com
Wed Jul 23 11:36:39 EDT 2003


Do you have this pdf?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106416

It should have the ni* commands that you need to run to get it working 
right that you should be able to put in a shell script or something. 



 On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Mike Szumlinski wrote:

> I currently have a OS X clone that I use to send out to all my users 
> that have one uniform username (macuser) and password.  I'd like to 
> write a script that allows me to change the computer name and realname 
> to specified values without having to go into Netinfo Manager and the 
> sharing preference pane.  Anyone know how to tackle this?
> 
> I think the value I'm looking to change in Netinfo is 
> /users/<username>/realname.   I'm not sure where else to find the 
> Computer Name and Rendezvous Name
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> -Mike
> 
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