This page explains how to change a system's hostname (i.e rename a computer/server)
Executive summary: hostname(1) isn't enough.
Rename a computer
Core networking
Update /etc/hostname
Update /etc/hosts, so local address(es) resolves with the new system name.
- Reload the network configuration. You have two options
Reload configuration files
This will temporarily disconnect your system from the network (ssh usually resists short disconnection)invoke-rc.d hostname.sh start invoke-rc.d networking force-reload invoke-rc.d network-manager force-reload
ToDo: is it useful to reload network-manager?
or the lazy way: Restart the system.
Application specific
avahi
Avahi is used to publish (announce) local services. If you tweaked /etc/avahi/*
invoke-rc.d avahi-daemon force-reload
other
(to be written)
See also
?Howto Clone a System - system unique identifiers, to be changed when cloning a system.