How to rename the raspberrypi

 Raspberrypi comes with default name as "raspberrypi".  Suppose if you want to change it to some other name

Step1: Connect to raspberry pi with ssh
ssh pi@192.168.1.10

Step2: open the /etc/hosts file

sudo vi /etc/hosts or
sudo nano /etc/hosts

change the raspberrypi to the name which you want

save it


Step3: open the /etc/hostname file

sudo vi /etc/hostname or
sudo nano /etc/hostname

change the raspberrypi to the name which you want

save it

Step4:reboot to apply the changes

sudo reboot

Step5: Now open the raspberrypi again with ssh. Now you will see the name which you gave in place of raspberry pi

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