G'day Anastasia You can change your computers name from the Sharing panel in System Preferences, but I still haven't found a way to alter short names.
The X installer insists on a two part computer name, but I soon changed mine to Santa. I think the short names are locked because Unix won't allow more than one user to have the same short name. They only way is to create a new user, set it up correctly, then (eventually) delete the old one. If you know how, you can reset the privileges of your old account, move the new one to the trash, copy the old (don't just shift) and drag them to your new one, re-name (remove the space-'copy') and once satisfied, reset all privileges in your new account before removing the old. When you delete the old account (from System Preferences:Accounts), the old account is saved as a disk image to ensure the contents are kept. Probably just as quick to just set up the new account though, and copy back from the disk image. Back the account up as a precaution. You need to be an admin account to do this, which you should be by default. Or, you can log in as root and do it. Regards Santa -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
