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MAMP Pro adding entries to hosts file, changed my Terminal prompt
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1892302" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>You can change it: <a href="https://scriptingosx.com/2019/07/moving-to-zsh-06-customizing-the-zsh-prompt/" target="_blank">Moving to zsh, part 6 – Customizing the zsh Prompt</a></p><p></p><p>The zsh shell that Terminal uses can be configured, as the article says. The default name is the username followed by the host name. The host name is what is in the shared name for the local network share. As has been said before, if the router sees a conflict when it assigns the IP through DHCP, the Mac will change the share name to remove the name conflict. That then becomes the Hostname that is shown in the terminal prompt. If it bothers you, change it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1892302, member: 396914"] You can change it: [URL="https://scriptingosx.com/2019/07/moving-to-zsh-06-customizing-the-zsh-prompt/"]Moving to zsh, part 6 – Customizing the zsh Prompt[/URL] The zsh shell that Terminal uses can be configured, as the article says. The default name is the username followed by the host name. The host name is what is in the shared name for the local network share. As has been said before, if the router sees a conflict when it assigns the IP through DHCP, the Mac will change the share name to remove the name conflict. That then becomes the Hostname that is shown in the terminal prompt. If it bothers you, change it. [/QUOTE]
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