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how can I change device product name printed in dmidecode command?

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I have two systems. one which is too old and another I just bought. both running ubuntu 24 I backed up some app configurations from old one to transfer them in new one. one of the apps configuration stored some data about model of the device for example device-xx. when I transfer it to new one everything goes fine except the device name. the app failed with error "product name changed.. blah blah". the old one's device product name is for example device-yy. I grabbed this information from sudo dmidecode | grep Product which outputed like this Product Name : device-xx. the exact thing that app shows me in the error. sorry! for some security reasons I cannot mention the exact product name and exact app name. all I want is force the system to fake the product name that app in new device runs without problem. I cannot change configuration of that app because its binary. I don't seek a way to transfer data nor reinstalling the app in the new one. just force the system to advertise a fake product name. that's it. I must mention that: the app is working fine and there is no problem about dependencies and hardware requirements.
Asked by user3840019 (3 rep)
Feb 4, 2025, 12:39 PM
Last activity: Feb 4, 2025, 12:44 PM