OS X (Apple)

Hi.

When I open a Terminal window instead of getting the machine's name (i.e. Joe-Bloggs-laptop) I get `unknown-00-1x-5x-cx-ex-ex:~ bloggs$' which is the Mac's Airport ID (ID munged).

I'm on a wireless LAN with one other laptop & three iPhones (Macs running 10.6.8 & iPhones all up to date).

Any help appreciated as to why this is occurring & how to fix it...

what is the output of "echo $PS1"?

`\h:\W \u\$'

i have something like:

Code:

PS1='My-Mac:$PWD$ '

and in my .profile is the following:

Code:

PS1=$(uname -n | cut -d "." -f1)':$PWD$ '

I'm assuming `PS1='My-Mac:$PWD$' is written in your .bash_profile/.bashrc?

---------- Post updated at 02:18 PM ---------- Previous update was at 01:35 PM ----------

I used `PS1="[\d \t \u@\h:\w ] $' which did what it was supposed to but \h resolved to the Airport ID...

so your hostname got resolved to "unknown-00-1x-5x-cx-ex-ex". haven't you set a hostname for your machine in systemproperties -> sharing -> hostname?

Changing your Mac’s Computer Name

in SysPrefs/Sharing it's `job-bloggs-macbook-pro-7' & the computer name is `Joe Blogg’s MacBook Pro (2)'.

When I had Parallels installed it switched from `MacBook Pro' to MacBook Pro (2) but I've since uninstalled Parallels completely.