The program NetName.Exe is a useful tool to
establish naming conventions or to change existing ones,
e.g. for modifying a computer's name according to a
physical location change.
It is designed to run on Microsoft Windows-NT 4.0
Workstations and Microsoft Windows-NT 4.0 Member
Servers running as domain members.
When running as domain members the changes are done
locally on the client and on the primary domain
controller, the client belongs to.
To make such changes, you usually have to use the
graphical front-end or to create some method that works
during unattended setup, which would then force you to
reinstall the affected systems.
This program can automatically generate a new name
based on a formula, using information from the client's ip-address,
like its location, or octets of the ip-address to be used
within the resulting name.
Another way to use the tool is by preparing an Ini
file, which contains a dedicated assignment of a new name
for each client. This way, any naming convention can be
applied.
To be used the program requires domain admin security
context to make changes to the domain controller, if
involved, and local admin security context to make changes
to the domain member or workgroup member.
Microsoft S.M.S. can be used to deploy the
naming convention by importing the supplied package
definition files that are included with the software.
