Change the "device name" in the details window of System settings

Question

I would like to change my "Device name" as shown in the settings panel. How do I do this?

Answer 1

Execute the following command using a terminal:

sudo sed -i 's/present-host-name/new-host-name/' /etc/hosts
sudo sed -i 's/present-host-name/new-host-name/' /etc/hostname

You can check your present-host-name by cat /etc/hostname or hostname.

Then reboot the computer, to see the changes.

Answer 2

• Open a terminal and issue the command

  gksu gedit /etc/hosts
  

• Then change the line

  127.0.1.1   victor-System-Product-Name
  

  with

   127.0.1.1    your-desired-name
  

• Then also open the file /etc/hostname with command gksu gedit /etc/hostname and change the hostname there to reflect the new name.

• Then reboot the computer, to see the changes

Answer 3

You can use the built in service hostnamectl

sudo hostnamectl set-hostname [NEW-HOSTNAME]

replacing [NEW-HOSTNAME] with the hostname you would like this should work immediately on most things but I would reboot for good measure.

Answer 4

Since there are plenty of ways to get something done here is one more:

While in your root directory:

cd /etc
sudo vi hostname  

Type in your admin password, press Enter.

Press i to 'insert' and change existing device name to the desired device name.

Press Esc and type :wq!, press Enter.

Restart the system for the change to take affect.

Answer 5

Run this command , it will open up Text editor

sudo gedit /etc/hostname 

Replace the present name to your Desired name. Save and close. Reboot for it to take effect.