10.2. About Host Entry Configuration Properties
A host entry can contain information about the host that is outside its system configuration, such as its physical location, its MAC address, and keys and certificates.
This information can be set when the host entry is created if it is created manually; otherwise, most of that information needs to be added to the host entry after the host is enrolled in the domain.
| UI Field | Command-Line Option | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Description | --desc=description | A description of the host. |
| Locality | --locality=locality | The geographic location of the host. |
| Location | --location=location | The physical location of the host, such as its data center rack. |
| Platform | --platform=string | The host hardware or architecture. |
| Operating system | --os=string | The operating system and version for the host. |
| MAC address | --macaddress=address | The MAC address for the host. This is a multi-valued attribute. The MAC address is used by the NIS plug-in to create a NIS ethers map for the host. |
| SSH public keys | --sshpubkey=string | The full SSH public key for the host. This is a multi-valued attribute, so multiple keys can be set. |
| Principal name (not editable) | --principalname=principal | The Kerberos principal name for the host. This defaults to the hostname during the client installation, unless a different principal is explicitly set in the -p. This can be changed using the command-line tools, but cannot be changed in the UI. |
| Set One-Time Password | --password=string | Sets a password for the host which can be used in bulk enrollment. |
| - | --random | Generates a random password to be used in bulk enrollment. |
| - | --certificate=string | A certificate blob for the host. |
| - | --updatedns | An attribute switch which sets whether the host can dynamically update its DNS entries if its IP address changes. |
