How to change the Raspberry Pi's hostname (in Raspbmc)?

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Currently my dhcp-log displays my Raspberry Pi with the name xbmc-e0cb. Can I change this to a more sensible name?

score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 25 '15 at 14:15

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Update the host name in the following files

/etc/hostname
/etc/hosts

Change the name, and it will change on network-restart (or full reboot, of course).

Updating /etc/hosts is necessary to avoid the following error

sudo: unable to resolve host <new-hostname>

edited Jan 25 '15 at 14:15

Praetorian

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answered Dec 10 '12 at 09:37

René Wolferink

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 13 '14 at 15:25

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I did this, adapted from http://forum.stmlabs.com/showthread.php?tid=7180

sudo nano /scripts/nm_util.py

Almost at the bottom of the file, uid is set. Comment out all of the if clause, and change it to

uid = "MyHostname"

edited Aug 13 '14 at 15:25

Community

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answered May 22 '13 at 19:13

DJJo14

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 23 '13 at 10:38

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Additionally you can change the hostname on the fly by issuing the commang sysctl kernel.hostname=NEW_HOSTNAME. But that is no permanent solution. @René Wolferink already posted the only permanent way.

hth

answered May 23 '13 at 10:38

ortang

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 15 '16 at 04:02

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With the introduction of systemd (Raspbian Jessie and newer), the prescribed method is finally a single command (reference):

sudo hostnamectl set-hostname <mymachine>

Changes take effect immediately and persist after reboot.

answered Dec 15 '16 at 04:02

patricktokeeffe

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How to change the Raspberry Pi's hostname (in Raspbmc)?

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