How to Change Hostname (Computer Name) in Ubuntu.

This simple and brief tutorial is going to show you how to change the Hostname / Computer name in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr.

The default name was set when you were installing Ubuntu. You can easily change it to whatever you want in both Desktop & Server by editing the hosts and hostname files. Below is how:

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the below command:

hostname NEW_NAME_HERE

This will change the hostname until next reboot. The change won’t be visible immediately in your current terminal. Start a new terminal to see the new hostname.

2. To change the name permanently, run command to edit the host files:

sudo gedit /etc/hostname /etc/hosts

For Ubuntu server without a GUI, run sudo vi /etc/hostname andsudo vi /etc/hosts and edit them one by one.

In both files, change the name to what you want and save them.