on 03/04/12 19:02, Chris Owens at cwosigns at mac.com wrote: > Is there any way to change the short name of a computer? I tried doing > it as Administrator and root user, but no avail. Any ideas? This was discussed last week on Mac OS X Newbies. The answer is yes, but it is a lot of work: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824