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Oct 21, 2012 1:19 PM in response to shinda13by ds store,When Terminal is open, do a command shift 4 and draw a box around the Terminal and then it appears on the Desktop
Use the camera thingy in the post here to upload it.
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Oct 21, 2012 1:49 PM in response to shinda13by mr da,When you open System Preferences > Sharing, what appears in the Computer Name box at the top?
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Oct 21, 2012 2:29 PM in response to shinda13by Linc Davis,★Helpfulsudo scutil --set HostName whatever-you-want
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Oct 21, 2012 4:29 PM in response to shinda13by Linc Davis,★HelpfulThe hostname is being set to the result of a reverse lookup of your IP address on a local DNS server, most likely your gateway.
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Oct 21, 2012 4:42 PM in response to Linc Davisby shinda13,How do I change the name of the perrywilliams directory?
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Oct 21, 2012 5:18 PM in response to Linc Davisby shinda13,I thought the Username was the name I see when the machine is at the login screen. Is this not true?
If so, how do I update the username so that what I see at the login screen is consistent with what I see at the command line?
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Oct 21, 2012 5:26 PM in response to shinda13by Linc Davis,What you see in the command prompt is the "short" user name, although this one isn't especially short. What you see in the login screen is the "full" name.
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Oct 21, 2012 6:04 PM in response to Linc Davisby shinda13,This is interesting since the admin account name is Shinda and the username is perrywilliams.
How can I update this?
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Oct 21, 2012 7:30 PM in response to shinda13by Linc Davis,I don't understand the question. You're logged in as perrywilliams.
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Oct 21, 2012 7:46 PM in response to Linc Davisby shinda13,When I turn on the machine and arrive at the login screen, perrywilliams isn't the admin username, Shinda is.
