Wrong Computer Name (Host) in Terminal

File this under "quick fix"...

For awhile now I've been noticing that the host name for my computer has been wrong when I open a new Terminal window in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

Figuring this had something to do with DNS, I logged into the Windows 2003 Small Business Server that runs our network. The forward zone had my ipaddress and computer name correct, but the reverse zone had the wrong computer name for my ipaddress. The computer name that was listed was in fact the name that I saw in my Terminal window.

I modified the PTR record in the reverse zone for my ip address and gave it my NETBIOS name.

Closed my Terminal window back on the mac.
Problem solved.

I'm not sure what caused this issue to start with, but if it happens again I'll dig deeper into that.

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