My trusted client computers (all 10.6.8) have their computername (prefs->sharing) greyed out. However, the hostname (edit button) can be changed.
I can't find any managed preference for this in WGM. Can anyone tell me how I can change the computer name?
Thank you!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), i5 with Thunderbolt
Try 'sudo scutil -set computrname thename.thedomainname' from Terminal. Then reboot.
Also, we found iit necessary to disable IPv6. Otherwise our macs kept renaming themselves every couple of days.
It appears to be a bug.
Yes thank you for the lead, this works, but the correct command turns out to be:
>sudo scutil --set ComputerName thecomputername
(case matters in "ComputerName", and you need two dashes before "set".)
And in my case, I don't want the domain name in the "computername", as the DNS server takes care of appending (expand-hosts) the domain name when it's not there.
Thank you!!!
This fixed up the same problem for me in Mavericks.
Thank you! Worked on Sierra as well.
Can't change computername (but can change hostname)
