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Mimicing a thread I saw elsewhere.

I generally use this list to name my machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mythological_objects

For my main server I use loeding: a modified version of Lædingr, a chain forged by Thor to bind and were broken by Fenrir. (Norse Mythology)

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[–] Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 1 points 2 years ago

This has big “lol tell me your mother’s maiden name and your first pet and I’ll tel you what Harry Potter house you belong to!” Energy.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

My first networked computer, on an AppleTalk network was called "()/)/)()"

It was an Apple Macintosh IIci.

It had that name for less than five minutes. That's how long it took the network manager to find me and demand that I rename it to something that didn't appear at the top of the Chooser, since that's where the ADMIN NetWare server should be.

He suggested "ob1", and that's what it has been and continues to be for the past 32 years. My laptop became ob2.

Servers under my custody are called short words, generally four characters or less unless they're disposable and they don't get a name beyond what the installation process creates.

Edit: Oops, one too many slashes. Fixed.

[–] astraeus@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That first name is despicable, I love it

[–] UnRelatedBurner@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

what does "()/)/)/()" mean?

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Take note of my username and then squint at it.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just spotted an extraneous slash. I fixed my comment. Hopefully that clears up any confusion.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You're going to kick yourself in a moment..

What is my name?

Edit: it seems that names are not always visible on Lemmy. If you're playing at home, my name is Onno.

[–] Mithre@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

I don't name my machines anything special, but I've started naming my internal hard drives/samba shares after planets, and external drives after moons.

[–] scarecrow365@reddthat.com -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm a Sysadmin, so my names are purely functional:

host-pmx-01 through 03, my 3 node Proxmox cluster

vm-[SERVICE], optional 01-03 if needed

ct-[SERVICE], for LXC containers

It makes it easy to reference things via DNS for service discovery.