Hi. I am running on OS X 10.9.3 and I'm wondering how I can find my GUID with dscl in the Terminal? I've looked at several commands but none of them seems to work, I'm logged in to my root user and if anyone knows the command please tell me.
Um, sneaker net? 🙂
Do you know how to use ssh & Terminal? If you have remote login enabled (System Preferences> Sharing) you can ssh to the remote Mac & run the commands as if you are on that machine. You will probably want to use an admin account to connect so that you can use sudo when required.
Something like this should get you to a password prompt if you enable ssh first…
ssh adminusername@othermac.local
Look around for guides…
https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-use-ssh-on-mac-os-x
http://accc.uic.edu/answer/how-do-i-use-ssh-and-sftp-mac-os-x
Or ask if you are unsure.
NOTE: If that other machine is an open directory server & you are bound to it you can read it's records locally but that is generally an 'enterprise thing'.
You have to use dscl to work out the appropriate path for the other directory node & then read the attribute. I don't have Active Directory & a Mac bound to it so I can't say beyond that.
Check the dscl manual & do a lot of 'cd', 'ls' & 'read' to navigate the directories.
It may be within Local/AD-Server-name or similar path.
Are you using the interactive prompt?
In Terminal
dscl
read /Local/Default/Users/USERNAME/ GeneratedUID
Replace your USERNAME
Or in one step
dscl . -read /Users/USERNAME/ GeneratedUID
Don't forget 🙂
man dscl
You can grab this info via the UI by selecting a user in System Preferences & right clicking to select 'Advanced Options'.
P.S. you don't need to be root, just login as an admin & use sudo as required for editing via dscl. You can read the directory as a normal user.
Do you know how to do that to another computer on the same LAN as me?
Hi all
it would be helpful to me know how to read the UID on an Active Directory node on mac os Server
Thanks
Antonio Cocco
dscl to find GUID on mac
