Comment 18 for bug 628087

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Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote : Re: [Bug 628087] Re: Maverick ubiquity lacks option to change computer name

 On 06/09/10 22:41, David Guest wrote:
> I'd never really thought about your first point Mark, but I agree, it
> would be nice to have an applet to shield users from the command line
> for something as simple as a hostname change.

Indeed. I think it belongs in one of the system settings, so I've cc'd
MPT for comment. MPT, background is in the bug.

> As for the second, I think it's important that it be exposed in the
> installer, even if it gets hidden behind an Advanced tab. It could be an
> auto-populated field in the current form (eg user-desktop) with a label
> that informs users that most people do not need to change this, but may
> need to if they have multiple machines on their network.
>
> I hope this can be changed in time for the 10.10 release - happy to help
> wherever needed!

It may not be possible to add this UI to the 10.10 installer this late
in the cycle. Evan would be able to comment. I'm not sure if there *is*
an "advanced" tab at the moment, and I wouldn't want to add one just for
this. If the conflicting-names issue is critical, we could resolve that
by changing the algorithm of the name allocation using a
most-likely-unique disambiguating suffix, like the network mac address
minor bytes, or falling back to date, so you get a computer called:

  john-desktop-a0b3 or
  john-desktop-0912 (if you installed on the 12th september)

Mark