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why my mac terminal is showing this locala8bbcf155bac:~ noman$ ? my computer name is Noman's macbook pro
i posted the same question in some other forum they said your name in sharing pane is this locala8bbcf155bac:~ noman$ thats why terminal is showing
but in sharing pane my system name is Noman's mac book
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
If and only if the DNS server doesn't provide you a name will the sharing pane take over. I think you need to talk with your network administrator. In most cases, the sharing pane is where you set the name.
See <https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5145243>
The bash shell takes your Mac's IP address, does a reverse DNS lookup and displays the name it gets back from the DNS server (often your local home router, or if in a corporate environment, your corportate DNS servers). As ssls6 says, if the reverse DNS lookup does not return anything, then the Mac OS X lookup code will provide your System Preferences -> Sharing -> Computer name.
The above link will provide a way to override this lookup path and use the name your provide.
You can also modify your .bash_profile and specify your own PS1 prompt string (see "man bash").
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