Changing the hostname or computer name in ubuntu

vi /etc/hostname

vi /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1   localhost
127.0.1.1   ubuntu.local    ubuntu   # change to your new hostname/fqdn

Now after a reboot, your hostname will be the new one you chose. To change without a reboot, you can just use hostname.sh after you edit /etc/hostname:

sudo /etc/init.d/hostname start

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