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Dunno if this is useful to what you want to know, but we use scutil to
set it via the command line (all part of our hostsetup script).
scutil --get LocalHostName
scutil --get ComputerName
scutil --set ComputerName foobar
scutil --set LocalHostName foobar
See 'man scutil'
--Andy
email@hidden wrote:
>>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...
>
> ================================
> 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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