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Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed

From tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed
Date 2015-02-14 21:40 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <slrnmdvg70.2gf5.tmo1138@davidjr-macpro.local> (permalink)
References <2015010120311481130-Nothingtoseehere@nothing.com> <2015010210353891620-Nothingtoseehere@nothing.com> <cgocj1F5eiuU3@mid.individual.net>

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On 2015-01-02, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2015-01-02, Skylamar <Nothingtoseehere@nothing.com> wrote:
>> Thanks everyone for the responses. I'm running 10.10.1 and I'm still 
>> having the problems. Hopefully Apple will fix it in the near future.
>
> I had this problem on only one of my computers running Yosemite. I fixed
> it by adding "--no-namechange" to the "ProgramArguments" dictionary of
> the /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.discoveryd.plist property
> list, setting the name to the correct name in System Preferences >
> Sharing (and clicking Edit there to ensure the name was correct there
> too), and finally rebooting my router and the computer. I've read
> reports that Apple has this fixed in the latest update, but haven't
> bothered to remove the switch from the property list yet.
>
Long time lurker here..

I hadn't noticed this until AFTER upgrading to 10.10.2.  Thank you 
for this information.  I'll try it out ASAP.


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Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed Skylamar <Nothingtoseehere@nothing.com> - 2015-01-01 20:31 -0800
  Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-01 23:38 -0500
  Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-01-02 00:29 -0500
    Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-01-02 00:53 -0800
  Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed glawrie <gavin.lawrie@2gc.eu> - 2015-01-02 11:15 +0000
    Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-02 11:24 -0500
  Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed Skylamar <Nothingtoseehere@nothing.com> - 2015-01-02 10:35 -0800
    Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-02 20:15 +0000
      Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed tmo1138 <tmo1138@tmo1138.com> - 2015-02-14 21:40 +0000
    Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-03 03:55 +0000
      Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-03 13:59 +0000
        Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-03 18:54 +0000
          Re: Could use help: my computer keeps being renamed nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-03 14:33 -0500

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