Mac local hostname

[SRF]

I wonder if anyone can answer the following - just to stop me doing anything stupid.

I've had my mac for a couple of years but have only just bought a NAS drive, and so this issue has only just started to irritate me.

Whilst the computer name is clear, the local host name is macintosh-5.local - and it is this that the NAS is picking up and using as a reference and to create directories.

Ideally I'd change this to something more descriptive, just so I don't get confused but I don't want to change this until I'm sure it won't have unintended consequences!

Any thoughts on the risks or problems I may cause?

Thanks

Scott

 

[SRF]

Excuse the bump, but any thoughts at all anyone?

Cheers

 

[ezramoore]

To change the hostname of your computer.

Open System Preferences > Sharing > Edit. Thats it.

You might have to reboot your NAS and other network appliances before they will acknowledge the change.

 

[SRF]

Thanks for the response.

I'm fine with the "how to do it" - the concern is the latter part of my original post :"but I don't want to change this until I'm sure it won't have unintended consequences!".

Any thoughts in that regards?

Cheers

 

[ezramoore]

Of course your situation is unique, but I can't think of any undesirable consequences of changing your hostname. Once you reboot your router/nas everything should be known by the correct name.

If you were in a large corporate environment changing the hostname of a server, perhaps, but at home I think you'll be just fine.

I apologize for not reading the last part of your post and answering the wrong question.

 

[SRF]

That's great - thank you very much for your help, I'll give it a try!

 

[Ccrew]

Only consequence is that anything that is mapping to the previous name will have to be re-mapped.