How do i completely change computer name?

[poiihy]

I changed the computer name in the Sharing perference pane, and that worked for most of it, but in the command line it still shows the old name. How do I fix this?

 

[That-Guy]

I changed the computer name in the Sharing perference pane, and that worked for most of it, but in the command line it still shows the old name. How do I fix this?

Have you tried restarting your machine? Would imagine that would fix it?

 

[poiihy]

Have you tried restarting your machine? Would imagine that would fix it?

lol, I changed the name a little while ago, it's gotten plenty of restarts since

Maybe it's Yosmite bug?

 

[That-Guy]

lol, I changed the name a little while ago, it's gotten plenty of restarts since

Maybe it's Yosmite bug?

Well thats me out of ideas

Maybe someone else has the answer?

 

[Watabou]

lol, I changed the name a little while ago, it's gotten plenty of restarts since

Maybe it's Yosmite bug?

Does typing 'hostname' inside Terminal, print out the new computer name?

 

[poiihy]

Does typing 'hostname' inside Terminal, print out the new computer name?

No, it shows the old name, just like it shows before each entrance line whatever you call it

 

[Watabou]

No, it shows the old name, just like it shows before each entrance line whatever you call it

That's pretty weird, I would try entering a new Computer name inside Sharing Preferences, and then entering the name you want after. I've found that sometimes this updates the hostname if the previous one didn't for some reason.

This sounds like a bug though, I would report it to apple.

 

[jbarley]

The computer name and the username are not the same.
Typing 'hostname' in a terminal window shows my computer name as seen in sharing.
The command prompts in my Terminal window show my username (short name) at each and every new prompt line.