Re: Got a machine name problem
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 12:58:33PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Greetings all;
>
> I have been working on a lower priority project, replacing some atom
> powered machines with i5 powered Dells. Installing buster but something
> is overriding my efforts to rename the machine after the install because
> I'd like to replace "lathe" with "TLM" for The Little Monster.
>
> Nothing I do survives a reboot, so what do I do to actually rename the
> machine and make it stick? Hopefully without losiing the networking
> which I don't have after the last reboot, probably because of the
> current volatility of interface names.
>
hostnamectl should do it - and it will be permanent
hostnamectl set-hostname [whatever_you_want_goes_here]
All best,
Andy C.
> Thanks.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
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