11/02/2011

[macsupport] Digest Number 8527

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1a.

Re: Strange Share name (was: Strange Terminal prompt)

Posted by: "DaveC" davec2468@yahoo.com   davec2468

Tue Nov 1, 2011 11:29 pm (PDT)



This is truly weird:

If I isolate the LAN to just the 2 Macs in my office (they share an
Ethernet switch), when I reboot them they both show the expected
share name:

"Other users can access shared folders... at afp://davesmini.local
or DavesMini."

If I connect this sub network to the network in the rest of the
house, this is what I see on the new (2011) mini:

"Other users can access shared folders... at (for example)
afp://heather.local/ or "DavesMini".

To summarize, if the Mac is not connected to the rest of the network,
it behaves as expected: it takes on its own Computer Name as the
"other users can access this Mac" address.

If I connect the Mac to the rest of the network, it takes on the
Computer Name of one of the other Macs on the network.

Note that in both scenarios the "Computer Name" (located in the field
at the top of the Sharing pane) on my mini is always the same:
DavesMini.

Anybody know what the heck is going on? Or what steps to take to try
to troubleshoot this?

Thanks,
Dave

-=-=-=-

>I think the problem originates (or it is another symptom) here:
>
>Under System Preferences > Sharing the name entered in the field is this:
>
> DavesMini
>
>Below that is "File Sharing: On", and
>
> Other users can access shared folders on this computer, and
> administrators [sic] all volumes, at afp://heather.local/ or
> "DavesMini".
>
>I have never seen the "afp://heather.local/" before. Shouldn't this
>be "DavesMini.local"?
>
>(Heather is another Mac on the LAN here at my home. "Heather" and
>"DavesMini" have different IP addresses (via DHCP). No one here is
>capable of hacking my computer -- that would be, if anyone, me. ;-) )
>
>What is the cause of this "double share name"? How/why did it happen?
>How to revert?
>
>Thanks.
>Dave
>
>-=-=-=-
>
>>Until today the command-line prompt in Terminal has been:
>>
>> Dave$_
>>
>>(the underscore is the blinking cursor). "Dave" is my user name.
>>
>>Sometime today it changed to:
>>
>> Heather:~ Dave$_
>>
>>I tried "exit" which logs me out, and rebooting. The prompt remains the same.
>>
>>Heather is another user on the LAN, but not on my Mac. I am the sole
>>user (and admin) on my Mac.
>>
>>What does this change in prompt mean? And how did it happen? How to
>>change it back?
>>
>>FWIW, today I was doing some "default writes" attempting to get
>>Finder to make visible the invisible files.
>>
>>System Preferences > Sharing shows that no one is connected to my Mac.
>>
>>Ideas?
>>
>>Thanks,
> >Dave

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2a.

Re: Where is the C compiler in Lion?

Posted by: "Alan Fry" ajf@afco.demon.co.uk   alanjohnfry

Wed Nov 2, 2011 2:38 am (PDT)




On 1 Nov 2011, at 16:17, Bill Morton wrote:

> Up until now, a standard installation of OSX included a "cc" command
> which would handle C or C++ compilation and linking.
>
> Lion 10.7.2 doesn't recognize cc as a command? Is it on the system
> somewhere and if so where?
>
I don't know about Lion, but in previous OS versions 'cc' and 'gcc' were both symbolic links to the actual compiler which was usually named 'gcc-version'. In 10.6.8 the links and the compiler are to be found in /usr/bin/.

I suggest taking a look into /usr/bin/ -- maybe in Lion the symbolic links 'cc' and 'gcc' have ben omitted?

Alan Fry

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3a.

Re: how to recognize usb flash drive

Posted by: "Budd T" n7eoj@yahoo.com   n7eoj

Wed Nov 2, 2011 2:46 am (PDT)



A USB flash drive is a data storage device that consists of flash memory with an integrated Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface.
Trek Technology and IBM began selling the first USB flash drives commercially in 2000.
Trek Technology sold a model under the brand name "ThumbDrive". Trek still markets a specialized Crypto ThumbDrive.
These devices are alternatively referred to by other brand names as a "USB flash drive", "flash drive", "jump drive", "data stick", "pen drive" and "thumb drive".

After several indecisive copyright lawsuits, brand name phrases "jump drive", "pin drive" and "thumb drive" have lost to the generic industry names of "USB drive" and "flash drive" or "USB flash drive," and have been adopted by most.

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, someone wrote:
<snip> I assume that you are referring to a "thumb" drive. You mean that when you plug the thumbdrive into your Mac it appears in the Finder and on the Desktop? If so, depending on what view your Finder is set for, click or double-click on the thumbdrive in the Finder, or on the Desktop to open it's directory. Does that answer your question?
<snip>

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