Hi Sarah, I'd guess that you're getting the prompt string for your network address. This seems to be a variant of the question Dónal asked early in the Mavericks upgrade process of why the prompt string for his Terminal sessions had changed, and where the information about his host ID was getting picked up and automatically set.
Mind you, I'm not upgraded to Mavericks here, but that's what I would guess is happening. The four number groups appear to be your local IP network address connection for how you got into your college network. On unix systems there are files you might be able to configure the prompt setting in your .login or is a ".bashrc" file for your college account, but that depends on the system they are running. Also, I've never had the bash shell running for these types of connections, so I think I did this in a ".cshrc" file. You may have to check with your local sys admin. This seems to be a mixture of the new Mavericks conventions and the variables your college network is passing across. Also, the general login setup for your college network might be for an xterm window (which supports the passage of graphics information, too, even if you're not using this feature). In that case, there might be "dot files" on your college network with different names for changing default setups, and they might start with an "x", like ".xsession", etc. Normally, if you're just taking the defaults of what the system on each side uses (your college computer network and your Mac), you don't need to create special "dot files" for your account, like ".login", ".bashrc", ".xsession", etc. or even know about their existence. It's only when you want to override the default behavior that you set up these files to redefine variables that are used for the system prompt, or to run special files upon login, or to set up custom alias definitions. But, you're talking about the conventions specific to the way your college network accounts work, so you'll need information from one of the system administrators or IT support people for your college network. Dónal might be able to make more suggestions, since I think he works in a similar environment. His university network might run differently from yours, though. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Nov 13, 2013, at 8:20 AM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: >> I’m on a different network at the moment, the college network to be exact, >> so this might or might not have something to do with this. > > I brought up the terminal to do something, a touch command to create an > empty file in fact and got this before every single thing when I hit enter. > the file is still created but this is what is in the window to the left of > the command I entered. > > u-10-81-26-205: then the command. > > What’s going on and how can I fix this? my host name is still the same so > that’s not the issue. > > Take care. > <--- 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/>
