How can I disconnect from an SSH server in Terminal?

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How can I disconnect from an SSH server in Terminal?

A few months ago, I connected to an SSH server via Terminal. It asked me if I wanted to add it to a list of known hosts, and I said yes. I tried disconnecting, and I thought it worked, but then when I next opened Terminal, it said the user was "server:~ <my name>". I tried restarting, quitting Terminal, deleting the contents of the "known_hosts" file and restarting, and nothing has worked.

I started a new Time Machine backup today, and it created the folder which should have been my username, but instead named it "server". What can I do to have the Terminal show the user as "<my name>:~ user", and have Time Machine put the user folder as my username?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Jun 15, 2014 8:15 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 15, 2014 9:56 PM in response to Apple_For_The_Win

It looks like "server" is your hostname. You can verify that by typing "hostname" in Terminal. The command will answer with your current hostname.

Time Machine backups contain all files and folders of an entire computer. Time Machine does not back up individual users. So the backup name will reflect the host name, in your case "server", not your user name. The backup folder would be named "server.backupdb".

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Answer 2

Jun 15, 2014 10:27 PM in response to bigschwabbel

Minor correction: In your case the backup folder would be named "Backups.backupdb/server".

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Answer 3

Jun 16, 2014 4:41 AM in response to Apple_For_The_Win

To clarify for any other users that have this problem, you can change your host name via Terminal:

sudo scutil --set HostName name-you-want

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