Re: System name weirdness

["James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott Klement wrote:

> The ancient APPN system name (displayed via DSPNETA -- seems to be what 
> you're referring to.)  This pops up on the sign-on screen, so many 
> people see it as "the one true system name."
>
> The TCP/IP host name of the system (the MYCOMPUTER in 
> MYCOMPUTER.example.com) which is what the system thinks it's name is on 
> a TCP/IP network, and hopefully is what other systems refer to it by.
>
> The Windows Networking computer name.  (Set in the NetServer config in 
> iNav)  this'll be the name that pops up when you're browsing the network 
> from your windows PC, or when you search for a computer from Windows -- 
> therefore, it's very visible to the user.

Best answer yet! Thanks! Although "Ancient" doesn't seem quite the right 
adjective for the name used by not only APPN and the sign-on screen, but 
a few other places as well.

And I have it straight from the proverbial equine's masticatory orifice: 
it's the DNS name, and so it's presumably also the TCP/IP host name.

Seems to me that it just makes good sense to use the APPN system name 
(because of its "seniority," and its appearance on the sign-on screen, 
and its limitations) for the other two (perhaps lower-casing it for the 
TCP name, and maybe adding suffixes, rather than prefixes).

For example, on two of our boxes, MERCURY and VENUS, the TCP host names 
are, respectively, 'mercury' and 'venus' (and since this is the first 
I've ever heard of a "WinDoze Networking computer name," I don't think 
we've touched those on any of our boxes).

Once again, thanks, Scott.

Out of morbid curiosity (and the possibility of eventually being asked 
to collect THAT as well!), what API would give me the TCP/IP host name?

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JHHL