In Linux , systems based on Debian or Ubuntu , from the console to change the name of the computer you have to touch two configuration
files /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname
We first edit the /etc/hostname file
sudo vim /etc/hostname
And we change the name it has to the new name
Then we edit the /etc/hosts file
sudo vim /etc/hosts
And we change newhostname for the new name We restart
127.0.1.1 myhostname
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 newhostname
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
the computer and when we log in again it already has the new name
And that’s all folks!!
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Alex.