Terminal Help

demuro1 said:

Hello,
I was hoping someone familiar with terminal could help me out.

I am taking a class on unix and another class on web development. Somehow between the two classes I have encountered a difference eon my mac that I'd like to fix.

depending on what network I am on my hostname changes in terminal. I have enabled php but apache is currently off.

Does anyone have any advice they can offer here?

Thanks in advance.

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If all you're trying to do is setup apache with php, you should probably just try this:

http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html

At least on your Mac.

That said, I'm not entirely sure I understand your question. You say hostname, and then php and apache. What exactly are you trying to do?

I don't think it has anything to do with you enabling php and apache. I say this because I've seen similar behavior with my MacBook Pro on my home network.

Like you, I have the hostname as part of my command prompt in Terminal. (You can also see the current hostname by typing the command 'hostname'.)

I haven't completely figured this out, but I believe it has to do with whether my portable connects to my network through the wireless 802.11n (Airport) interface or through the wired ethernet cable interface. I get one hostname one way, and a different one the other way.

I suspect that my DHCP server is assigning a hostname when the computer connects via the ethernet cable interface, instead of using the hostname I've set on the computer.

demuro1 said:

I am experiencing strange behavior in terminal. I am attaching a photo. everything before :~demuro1$ in the terminal window changes depending on the network I'm on and the whether I am connected to a network or not.

I am taking two classes, one has to do with linux/unix and the other has to do with web development. I have enabled php and apache on my mac.

I think one of the above listed items is at fault for this new behavior in terminal. Is there anything you might suggest that can correct this issue?

thanks

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That is called the command prompt. It is most likely BASH.. you can change it using the instructions here:

http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/

It has nothing to do with php or apache. That's a web server. Only used really for web pages.