[MacTUG] Workgroup manager not forgetting deleted computer

[Donald Duff-McCracken]

Hi there
I am having a problem with workgroup manager and some juggling I have done with machines. I pulled a mac out of WGM as it was off to surplus and deleted its entry. I have brought a new machine in and ran deploystudio on it which does the golden triangle thing.

However its name (with the $ sign) does not appear in the list of computers. When I tried to add it manually it says "The name you have chosen conflicts with a name assigned to another computer…" and will not let me add it. From the WGM interface I cannot find the old computer anywhere, but its phantom lives on.

I really do not want to have to go and rename the client machine I am adding, particularly as I could see this problem eventually recurring as I surplus machines that are bound to WGM. What is weird is that I do not think this is the first time I have sent a machine to surplus and I have not ran into this before.

I am searching the web as we speak, but if anyone has any suggestions, let me know!

Don
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Donald Duff-McCracken
Technical Services Manager
Mapping, Analysis & Design
Faculty of Environment
University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 x32151
http://www.environment.uwaterloo.ca/computing/people/don.html
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