Why does my hostname contain odd characters?
I installed Ubuntu, went straight to the Terminal and noticed there is some odd characters in my name. Here's what it is:
imageek@imageek-DP700A3D-DM700A3D-DB701A3D-DP700A7D:
How do I change this?
Solution 1:
You can "test" a new hostname with the command :
sudo hostname new_hostname
(this will not last after reboot)
SOLUTION 1 : Edit /etc/hostname
, and replace the current name imageek-DP700A3D-DM700A3D-DB701A3D-DP700A7D with the new one.
gksu gedit /etc/hostname
SOLUTION 2 : You can also use :
sysctl kernel.hostname
to read the current hostname, and
sudo sysctl kernel.hostname=NEW_HOSTNAME
to change it.
/!\ ATTENTION : When using any of those methods, you will also want to change your hostname in /etc/hosts
to avoid the error message when using sudo
: "sudo : unable to resolve hostname new_hostname" :
gksu gedit /etc/hosts
SOLUTION 3 : You can also do this with a graphical interface. You have to install gnome-network-admin
:
sudo apt-get install gnome-network-admin