Terminal displaying completely random computer name?

cag0331 · 07-14-2010, 08:06 AM

Hey everyone, new to the site, but I think I will be spending much more time here as I begin to tinker more and more with my new MBP.

So this morning I opened my terminal to ssh into my home router so I could use some sites that are normally blocked by the excessively oppressive firewall at work, but when I the terminal came up, I noticed the computer name (or at least I think that's what I'm thinking of... the part before the colon) is completely different from what it normally is and what I have it set as in System Preferences>Sharing. Right now, it's displaying "wea46499:~ connor$" and my computer name is set as "Connors MacBook Pro" in my sharing preferences. I read that it could be due to a .bash_profile or .bashrc file in /~ but I have checked and I don't have those. I do have a .profile file, but I don't know what should be in it because I installed MacPorts and it seems to have changed the contents of the .profile file. Can someone shed some light? Thanks much.

Connor

baf · 07-14-2010, 10:44 AM

That is probably your companies dns name for that ip-address.
Try

Code:

hostname

in terminal.
then check that with dns

Code:

host "whatever hostname said"

and finally reverse that

Code:

host "ip from last host command"

Andreas~ · 07-15-2010, 09:13 AM

Connor

Welcome to the forums!

What you report could be due to “reverse DNS”. Have a look at my post in http://discussions.apple.com/thread....readID=1418905

07-14-2010, 08:06 AM	#1
cag0331 Prospect Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1	Terminal displaying completely random computer name? Hey everyone, new to the site, but I think I will be spending much more time here as I begin to tinker more and more with my new MBP. So this morning I opened my terminal to ssh into my home router so I could use some sites that are normally blocked by the excessively oppressive firewall at work, but when I the terminal came up, I noticed the computer name (or at least I think that's what I'm thinking of... the part before the colon) is completely different from what it normally is and what I have it set as in System Preferences>Sharing. Right now, it's displaying "wea46499:~ connor$" and my computer name is set as "Connors MacBook Pro" in my sharing preferences. I read that it could be due to a .bash_profile or .bashrc file in /~ but I have checked and I don't have those. I do have a .profile file, but I don't know what should be in it because I installed MacPorts and it seems to have changed the contents of the .profile file. Can someone shed some light? Thanks much. Connor

07-14-2010, 10:44 AM	#2
baf MVP Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Skellefteå, Sweden Posts: 1,173	That is probably your companies dns name for that ip-address. Try Code: hostname in terminal. then check that with dns Code: host "whatever hostname said" and finally reverse that Code: host "ip from last host command" __________________ /Bengt-Arne Fjellner IT-Administrator Luleå university, Sweden. Some say: "You learn as long as you live". My way: "You live as long as you learn".

07-15-2010, 09:13 AM	#3
Andreas~ Triple-A Player Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UnKnown Posts: 143	Connor Welcome to the forums! What you report could be due to “reverse DNS”. Have a look at my post in http://discussions.apple.com/thread....readID=1418905 __________________ Andreas

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