[NPMUG] littlebuddy

[Charles Firth]

Well, hello there little buddy!

(A quote from the classic comic/cartoon/video game "Sam & Max" - Sam  
always calls Max "little buddy")

I'm assuming your computer is NOT named this in the system preferences  
-> sharing pane. But double-check ;)

The name you see in the Terminal (before your account name and prompt)  
is most commonly your Computer Name, but only if you don't have a  
valid Hostname. So if you're seeing something that's NOT your Computer  
Name, it's the hostname.

90% of the time, this is given to you by your DNS server - OSX  
defaults to puling the hostname when it gets its IP info and DNS  
settings. So check your DNS and/or DHCP server - most likely a  
previous machine named "little buddy" had your DHCP-supplied IP  
address, and when that IP was granted to you, the DNS server didn't  
update, so that IP is attached to that hostname.

If it's not the DNS/DHCP server, you can check the /etc/hostconfig  
file - it shouldn't show anything for the hostname
(it's been depriciated in 10.6 but was a very common file to use in  
10.3-10.5)

Make sure there's not a line like:
Hostname = littlebuddy
If there is, delete it.
(It's very unlikely to be there, unless someone previously edited the  
file)


On Oct 29, 2009, at 3:20 PM, R_Adams wrote:

> I recently installed a new hard drive and loaded Snow Leopard.  In the
> terminal, I see  "littlebuddy: " as indication of my computer name.
>
> Any ideas?  A google search was not helpful.
>
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