How To Change Hostname In Fedora 20, 19

By
Enock Seth Nyamador

Hello Guys,

Assuming you just installed Fedora 18, 19 or 20 and found out you don’t like your system’s hostname, this short tutorial is to help you change it with no difficulty.

We are going to use hostnamctl command. See man hostnamectl for more about it.

First, check your system hostname with:

# hosstnamectl status

hostnamesctl_status_1

Also use the command below:

# hostnamectl set-hostname --pretty new_hostname 
# hostnamectl set-hostname --transient new_hostname 
# hostnamectl set-hostname --static new_hostname

hostnamectl_run_all

This should take effect immediately on new Terminals opened and from:

# hosstnamectl status

hostname_changed

If it doesn’t reboot and you’re done.

Enjoy!