>
> From: Dan Shoop <email@hidden>
> Date: 2005/05/09 Mon PM 03:58:10 EDT
> To: email@hidden, email@hidden
> Subject: Re: hostname, mac Tiger
>
> At 12:55 PM -0400 5/9/05, <email@hidden> wrote:
> >I have set my hostname using 'System Preferences',then 'Sharing'.
>
> That doesn't set hostname, that sets Computer Name. If you click the
> "Edit" button that allows you to set your local name, i.e. Bonjour.
> Neither of these is hostname.
>
> >But when I use the 'Terminal', the shell prompt shows a different
> >hostname depending on which network I plug my Mac into.
> >
> >The 'hostconfig' file does not any thing helpful either. Any suggestion ?
>
> Actually it does.
>
> The process for Mac OS detemrining hostname is that it uses what's
> explicitly set in hostconfig. If that's set to automatic, it will
> then check the following in order until it get's an answer:
>
> * The name defined by DHCP/BootP for your IP address
>
> * The DNS PTR for your IP address
>
> * The local hostname (Bonjour)
>
> * default if no resolution to 'localhost'
>
> So if you want to explicitly set your hostname, do so in hostconfig.
> --
>
> -dhan
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
The 'hostconfig' file in Panther allows one to set the hostname manually, but not any more in Tiger...
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client-82-xx-x-xx:/etc alexlee$ cat hostconfig
AFPSERVER=-NO-
AUTHSERVER=-NO-
AUTOMOUNT=-YES-
CUPS=-AUTOMATIC-
NFSLOCKS=-AUTOMATIC-
NISDOMAIN=-NO-
TIMESYNC=-YES-
QTSSERVER=-NO-
WEBSERVER=-NO-
SMBSERVER=-NO-
SNMPSERVER=-NO-
SPOTLIGHT=-YES-
CRASHREPORTER=-YES-
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