It sounds like it is the computer name that's John Doe's eMac, even if you
create a new account, the computer name stays the same (Logically, this makes
sense since the first user to make an account is usually the main user, and
should have prerogative over the network name since that account came first.)
Check in the Sharing preference, as Mike suggested first thing. This should fix
that problem. If not, then check the administrators preference, and make sure
that the current account has all the right names. You can try deleting the
other John Doe account, but I don't think either of those will solve the
problem, because OSX automatically fills in the computer name as [first user
created]'s [computer model]. So for instance, my iMac is Elliott Price's iMac,
since I was the first user to create an account, and it's an iMac. If I create
a second account, it'll still be called "Elliott Price's iMac" until you change
it in the Sharing pane.
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On Dec 27, 2009, at 12:13 PM, Bill Chapman wrote:
> I didn't say it was the network name; I understand that in this case the
> main purpose for naming the computer is to identify it to other
> computers on the network ('Other computers on your local subnet can
> access your computer at Quicksilver.local' is what it says on this
> computer underneath the text box you mentioned).
>
> But the fellow with the 'John Doe' issue needs to be using 'Accounts' to
> deal with his problem, doesn't he?... my 'home' name 'billchapman', not
> Quicksilver... I think that's what he has an issue with... the 'Finder'
> panel
>
>
>
>
> Bruce Johnson wrote:
>> On Dec 27, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Bill Chapman wrote:
>>
>>
>>> That's for local network ID I think... I call this computer
>>> 'Quicksilver' on my LAN; that's what it says in the sharing pane.
>>> Otherwise my system refers to 'bill's computer'
>>>
>>
>> In the sharing there's a place to change the name of the computer,
>> it's not the network name but the text box in the first panel of the
>> sharing pane.
>>
>>
>
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