Whenever you install the Ubuntu operating system in your computer, the host name is fixed to a default name which may not be desired to you. No worries though, you can change it by editing a couple of files. This tiny article will guide you to change the host name of your Ubuntu system.
Step 1: Check your current host name by running following command in terminal:
hostname
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| Result : hostname |
Step 2: To change the existing host name, edit /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname files with your favorite text editor.
sudo gedit /etc/hostname /etc/hosts
You will observe two files opened in the text editor. You can edit the underlined part shown in the images below to set the desired host name.
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| Edit 'hosts' file |
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| Edit 'hostname' file |
Step 3: After editing those files, save them and reboot the system for the changes to take effect.
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| Result |
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