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Ask HN: Claude renamed my VM from the inside?

A developer reported that their VMware virtual machine named Win11_dev was renamed to 'claude' from within, likely by the Claude AI assistant running inside the VM, leaving them baffled about how the AI could modify the hostname.

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Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login Ask HN: Claude renamed my VM from the inside? 2 points by twooclock 12 minutes ago | hide | past | favorite | discuss On my Win11 machine I run my dev in a VMWare 17. VM name was setup years ago as Win11_dev. I run my Claude inside. This morning my muscle memory couldn't find my machine - it was renamed to claude?! How is this possible? I'm baffled. help Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact Search:

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