How to change system hostname in SUSE

openSUSE and SLES will assign random hostname to the system if not configured. It starts with linux- followed by 4 randomised characters.

You can change the hostname for your SUSE system by using hostnamectl program at the terminal.

1. Open the Terminal application.
2. Check current hostname.

   [email protected]:~> hostname
   linux-ui1m

   hostname is normally displayed in at the shell prompt via \h in the $PS1 environment variable.

3. Change the hostname using hostnamectl.

   [email protected]:~> sudo hostnamectl set-hostname host
   [sudo] password for root:

4. Check hostname again to confirm.

   [email protected]:~> hostname
   host

   The shell prompt is not immediately updated as $PS1 is only set when a new shell is started

5. Start a new shell to test.

   [email protected]:~> bash
   [email protected]:~>