Hello, Owch, that don't look good.
I don't know about how the OS X prompt is made up and what certain symbols mean. I suspect they would be Unix standard. I have just tried to run as root but I can't. On a Linux system the root user's prompt ends with a number sign. However, here on OS X, a user promt ends with ~$. So may be your other prompt is as the admin user. Anyway, such things are specified in either .bashrc .profile .bash_profile. Either in your home directory or global system wide in /etc. I assume you have the box ticked that indicates that you want your windows reopening on the next restart. Or does the system have a serious error that requires admin privileges? The system name used in the prompt is the names associated with each machine on the network and in ML are set via the sharing options in system prefs. HTH Gena Georgina Joyce Applied Psychologist Training and Coaching. Because individuals of groups matter! On 26 Oct 2013, at 23:31, Dónal Fitzpatrick <dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie> wrote: > evening all, > > Here’s a strange one. Under previous versions of OSX, the terminal prompt on > my mac looked like: > > DonalFitzpatricksMacbookPro:~dfitzpat$ > > which is all very normal. However something very strange is happening under > Mavericks. > > If I run terminal, the prompt now looks like: > > donalfiricksmbp:~ > > In other words my name and the type of machine is abbreviated. There is an > anomaly to this. If I run terminal, then do a restart, terminal opens up on > system boot up. However, it opens up with the prompt: > > DonalFitzpatricksMacbookPro:~$ > > Anyone know why this should be the case? > > Cheers, > Dónal dfitzpat$ > Dr. Dónal Fitzpatrick, > School of Computing, > Dublin City University, > Glasnevin, > Dublin 9, Ireland > Tel. +353-(0)1-700-8929 > fax: +353-(0)1-700-5442 > email: dfitzpat (at) computing.dcu.ie > > Email Disclaimer > "This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are > intended solely for use by the addressee. Any unauthorised dissemination, > distribution or copying of this message and any attachments is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the > sender and delete the message. Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail > may solely be the views of the author and cannot be relied upon as being > those of Dublin City University. E-mail communications such as this cannot be > guaranteed to be virus-free, timely, secure or error-free and Dublin City > University does not accept liability for any such matters or their > consequences. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail." > > > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
