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    Get a mystery "googleapis" computer name when I use sudo -i

    Hi, This is my first thread here. I use terminal to execute some program and I get a mystery "googleapis" as my computer name. Normally, it show up my computer name with root, the format such as this XXXdeMacBook:~ root#. The first XXXdeMacBook is my computer name and the root is the system...
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    macOS Where is the Active Directory Computer ID stored when you bind the computer to active directory?

    Where is the Active Directory Computer ID stored when you bind the computer to active directory? I want to use something similar to /usr/sbin/scutil --get ComputerName | /usr/sbin/scutil --set HostName $1 to set the computername, localhostname and host name as the active directory computer...