[PATCH 1/2] Set os attribute and version during domain join

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Kenneth MacDonald wrote:

> Use dscl on a Mac to change the operatingSystem, 
> operatingSystemVersion and operatingSystemServicePack
> attributes to "foobar" on a currently bound MS Windows
> XP client in a 2003AD.
> 
> Rebooted the XP client.  All three attributes got reset 
> as soon as the "Configuring network connections ..." stage
> of the boot was complete.
> 
> We had been worried that XP perhaps only set these 
> attributes at join and service pack install time, but I
> think this proves it changes it.
> 
> Do you still want us to supply a network trace of this?

Yeah I do.  I actually think that AD is setting these values
on behalf of the client somehow.





cheers, jerry
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