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Changing System name

rated 0 times [ 43] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 72840 / 2 Years ago, thu, october 27, 2022, 4:24:49

I am given an old Ubuntu working system and the previous user had everything on his name so started turning it to my name as typing his name everywhere was bugging me. I tried:

$ usermod -l hussain darhamid

This turned the darhamid@darhamid:$ into hussain@darhamid:$

But I want hussain@darhamid:$ also changed to hussain@hussain. What should I do?

I am using ubuntu 12.04

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answered 2 Years ago stantildlike · Accepted Answer

You have to change the computers hostname as well.

Edit the hostname file and replace the name

gksudo gedit /etc/hostname

also change the name in hosts

gksudo gedit /etc/hosts

Leave the other stuff there untouched.

For the username, it would be cleaner if you deleted the old user and created your new one.