On May 24, 8:50 pm, 7stud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
That would bug me to high hell. A router in the middle would probably stop that. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
