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I don't think this is what I am looking for; this requires admin rights and gives you information about the hardware, not about a user-chosen name at the time you installed the OS on that machine.Jonathan H– Jonathan H2016-01-11 12:33:24 +00:00Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 12:33
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15user-chosen name? that sounds like hostname to me.Bibek_G– Bibek_G2016-01-11 12:35:20 +00:00Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 12:35
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2Sorry, I got that wrong. I will leave the answer anyway. The only user chosen name using the Linux distributions I know is the hostname.jnodorp– jnodorp2016-01-11 12:38:52 +00:00Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 12:38
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@Bibek_G This is why I can't find the answer to my question, on OSX these are two different things. I am looking for the name I entered when I installed Linux on that machine, which I assume would be the default network name.Jonathan H– Jonathan H2016-01-11 12:39:03 +00:00Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 12:39
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@jschlichtholz Of course, this answer might be useful to someone else, but as I said to Bibek_G, I am looking for what might be the default network name then.Jonathan H– Jonathan H2016-01-11 12:40:37 +00:00Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 12:40
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