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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Machine names changing on network Post 302239012 by fxj on Monday 22nd of September 2008 05:20:17 PM
Old 09-22-2008
Machine names changing on network
Hello,

this is my first post, and yeah, I'm quite new to UNIX, so please bare with me... My question has to do with a few Macs on a Windows network, but since the question is not OS X specific (I think) or Windows specific (I think), but rather UNIXish (I think) I chose to post here rather than in the OS X part of the forum.

On our Windows Server 2003 network we have mostly Windows PC:s, and then a few Macs running on OS X 10.5. A couple of the Macs change names when connected to the network.

Disconnected the Macs will show this when you open a Terminal/bash window:

Adams Mac:~ adam$

and

Bretts Mac:~ brett$

However, if Adams Mac is connected to the network, instead it will show this:

Brett:~ adam$

Bretts Mac when connected to the network, will show this:

PC1:~ brett$ (PC1 being another client (Windows) on the same network).

I have asked our IT consultants about this, but nobody is having a clue to why this occurs, but everyone telling me it's probably perfectly normal.

Can anybody here explain what this is about, or at least point me in the right direction?

Thanks,

fxj
 

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systemd-networkd.service

SYSTEMD-NETWORKD.SERVICE(8)				     systemd-networkd.service				       SYSTEMD-NETWORKD.SERVICE(8)

NAME

       systemd-networkd.service, systemd-networkd - Network manager

SYNOPSIS

       systemd-networkd.service

       /lib/systemd/systemd-networkd

DESCRIPTION

       systemd-networkd is a system service that manages networks. It detects and configures network devices as they appear, as well as creating
       virtual network devices.

       To configure low-level link settings independently of networks, see systemd.link(5).

       systemd-networkd will create network devices based on the configuration in systemd.netdev(5) files, respecting the [Match] sections in
       those files.

       systemd-networkd will manage network addresses and routes for any link for which it finds a .network file with an appropriate [Match]
       section, see systemd.network(5). For those links, it will flush existing network addresses and routes when bringing up the device. Any
       links not matched by one of the .network files will be ignored. It is also possible to explicitly tell systemd-networkd to ignore a link by
       using Unmanaged=yes option, see systemd.network(5).

       When systemd-networkd exits, it generally leaves existing network devices and configuration intact. This makes it possible to transition
       from the initrams and to restart the service without breaking connectivity. This also means that when configuration is updated and
       systemd-networkd is restarted, netdev interfaces for which configuration was removed will not be dropped, and may need to be cleaned up
       manually.

CONFIGURATION FILES

       The configuration files are read from the files located in the system network directory /lib/systemd/network, the volatile runtime network
       directory /run/systemd/network and the local administration network directory /etc/systemd/network.

       Networks are configured in .network files, see systemd.network(5), and virtual network devices are configured in .netdev files, see
       systemd.netdev(5).

SEE ALSO

       systemd(1), systemd.link(5), systemd.network(5), systemd.netdev(5), systemd-networkd-wait-online.service(8)

systemd 237													       SYSTEMD-NETWORKD.SERVICE(8)
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