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<blockquote data-quote="Dysfunction" data-source="post: 1336710" data-attributes="member: 51052"><p>Well, here's the deal. You'd actually need to use scutil to change the name. Like many Unix's there's a db that actually contains many of the OS's parameters. So, to do so at a CLI (successfully) you'd need to do the following:</p><p></p><p></p><p>scutil –set HostName new_hostname </p><p></p><p>man scutil <-- for more information</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dysfunction, post: 1336710, member: 51052"] Well, here's the deal. You'd actually need to use scutil to change the name. Like many Unix's there's a db that actually contains many of the OS's parameters. So, to do so at a CLI (successfully) you'd need to do the following: scutil –set HostName new_hostname man scutil <-- for more information [/QUOTE]
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