[p4] When a Mac gets a hostname renamed, the user thinks the workspace is "gone" and Perforce is broken.

[Zoltan Grose]

I've never had my host name spontaneously change itself.

> I guess I will have to write a script to reset the host on Mac  
> clients.

System Preferences... Sharing... Computer Name

Unless you really, really want to write a script. =)

-z

On Oct 13, 2008, at 4:32 PM, Peter Hecht wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I work with Mac people.  They are OK, really!  But some how every  
> once and awhile a Mac OS X 10.4/5 gets a different host name.  When  
> that happens, I have to clear out the host field in the P4 client.  
> Once that is done, everything is OK. I don't think it is P4V.app  
> that is causing it, it seems like a DHCP issue.  Yet, it never  
> happens on Windows machines.  The users think it is Perforce's  
> fault.  I don't but my position doesn't matter when it stops them  
> from working.
>
> I guess I will have to write a script to reset the host on Mac  
> clients.
>
> Any one have any ideas?
>
> Sincerely,
> Peter Hecht
>
>
>
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