[olug] Changing the hostname on Tiger

Sean Kelly smkelly at zombie.org
Wed Nov 30 06:05:27 UTC 2005


On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 08:28:39PM -0600, Adam Lassek wrote:
> Does anybody know how to change the local hostname on Tiger, the
> computer name that shows up on the login screen? In previous versions
> of OSX you could change that from the sharing menu in System
> Preferences, but with 10.4 this is no longer the case. Do I have to
> use niutil to do it?

Apple menu > System Preferences > Sharing icon:
 Note the "Computer name" text field at the top of the dialog.

I'm doing this with 10.4.3.

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