Change Hostname Of A System
Typically, hostname of a system is stored in /etc/hostname
, and we can change that by writing a new hostname in /etc/hostname
file.
Steps
- Edit
/etc/hostname
with any text editor such as nano or vim, and replace the exisitng hostname -
$ sudo nano /etc/hostname
- Save and reboot -
$ sudo reboot
To display current hostname, we can use hostname
command.
Source: CyberCiti