Thanks for the response. On May 24, 9:24 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I can't imagine why your hostname would be changing, unless you > installed some of their proprietary software thats messing around with > things.
When I first started using Terminal, I noticed that the prompt in Terminal changed when I was connected to the internet. > What is the hostname set to in Sys Prefs->Sharing? My Name's Computer > Try > setting it there. What are the before and after connection names you > get? > If I add the line: host = socket.gethostname() print host #<---------- and I'm not connected to the internet and I run the program, I get: my-names-computer.local When I'm connected to the internet, I get: dialup-9.999.999.999.dial9.xxxxxxx.level9.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
