Terminal confusion.

[tejaykay]

Hi, I was using Terminal earlier and noticed that it was showing my mac as the attached screenshot.

Why is it mentioning "lizzie-pc" in the window? That is the computer name assigned to my mum's laptop, which is hibernating in the next room. 'tejaykay' is my Mac's short name.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

 

[gilkisson]

It looks like somewhere on your network, there is something acting as a DNS server (name server). The name "lizzie-pc" is resolving to your current IP address.

Confirm this at the command prompt by entering
hostname

You should get back lizzie-pc.

 

[tejaykay]

Cheers!