[p4] Client 'xxx' can only be used from host 'yyy' ?

[Dimitri Rakitine]

Thanks,

p4 info prints this:

User name: dima
Client name: 192 (illegal)
Purely numeric name not allowed - '192'.
Client host: a.b.c.d
Client unknown.
...

where a.b.c.d is the IP address of the P4D.

Dimitri

Jeff Grills wrote:
> Try running "p4 info" from a command line, and look at "Client host:" to see
> what your machine thinks its name is.  The name comparison is case
> sensitive, so look out for that too.  Then run "p4 client" and set the host
> to that.
>
> As a last resort, you can always remove the host field from the client.
>
> j
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com
> [mailto:perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com] On Behalf Of Dimitri Rakitine
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 8:49 PM
> To: perforce-user at perforce.com
> Subject: [p4] Client 'xxx' can only be used from host 'yyy' ?
>
>
> My P4V client (OS X, intel) was working just fine until today. Now I'm 
> getting this error:
>
> Client 'java' can only be used from host 'DimaBook.local'.
>
> which doesn't make any sense: 'DimaBook.local' is the machine name I run 
> P4V on.
> Is there any way to get rid of this error?
>
> TIA
> Dimitri
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