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Message 1525992 - Posted: 9 Jun 2014, 6:35:44 UTC

Hi All.

I have a computer on my account that doesn't belong to me called 'Aaron's touch'. It appeared one day and i have no idea who this guy is. I have a few comps on this account, a few at home and some at my wife's office, mostly on wifi, could it somehow just hook up to my account?

TIA, NIck.
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Message 1526022 - Posted: 9 Jun 2014, 10:15:32 UTC - in response to Message 1525992.  

We don't see computer names, so can you post the hostID number?
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Message 1526151 - Posted: 9 Jun 2014, 21:05:14 UTC - in response to Message 1526022.  

Sure. 5641664, thanks.
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Message 1526391 - Posted: 10 Jun 2014, 9:38:49 UTC - in response to Message 1526151.  

I forwarded that to development, asked them to check and see what they can find out about it.
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Message 1526487 - Posted: 10 Jun 2014, 19:55:08 UTC - in response to Message 1526391.  

Thanks.
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Message 1526553 - Posted: 10 Jun 2014, 21:28:42 UTC - in response to Message 1526487.  

OK, I've sent you a private message with some IP addresses for you to compare against the IP addresses you have access to.
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Message 1527208 - Posted: 12 Jun 2014, 6:54:11 UTC - in response to Message 1526553.  

Hi there.

Mystery almost solved! There was another computer at the office, a filemaker server, but I still have to figure out how it got named in such a weird way. comp number 5641726 used to have another name but somehow it has changed too.

Thanks for your help.
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Message 1527269 - Posted: 12 Jun 2014, 13:22:22 UTC - in response to Message 1527208.  

Glad to have given some pointers. :-)
I'll let the administration know that there's no apparent bug.
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Message 1527394 - Posted: 12 Jun 2014, 18:07:21 UTC - in response to Message 1527269.  

There is a final oddity though, 5641726 and 5641664 don't have their 'official' computer names anymore. All the others have the name that I see in the OSX sharing preferences section. At the office there was a period where they had people 'borrowing' the wi fi for a while.
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