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 > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> >
