Changing omega's name

pcu

Hello,
It is possible to change the omega's name "omega-ABCD.local" which is variable by a fixed name i.e: "myomega.local"?
I searched in /etc/config but not found...

Thank you.

Douglas Kryder

can't that be done in the console settings? i'm not near one now but i kinda remember seeing an option like that.

pcu

I had to install Console by opkg (https://community.onion.io/topic/1169/cant-install-editor-app-on-omega2plus/2), because nothing was installed by the setup wizard.

Now I can change the hostname with the console.
But if someone knows the file to change...

Thank you Douglas

Jeff Seese

From the command line, you can read the host name with

uci show system.@system[0].hostname

You can change the hostname with

uci set system.@system[0].hostname=your-host-name

Then restart the avahi if you are using the .local domain

/etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart

Or just a reboot will come up with your new host name too.

reboot now

pcu

Thank you Jeff

Husnen Rupani

I realise that this is older post but the question is related.

Thanks for the solution Jeff, it works but as soon as I reboot the omega2 it reverts back to its original hostname. Is there any way to make the hostname change permanent? I tried making a script on boot that will change the hostname, which works but I still cant use the new name to access the console via the browser or SSH into omega2 (the old name still works though).

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

Douglas Kryder

you could try /etc/config/system option hostname

William Scott

When using uci to change configuration always remember to commit the changes. I'd suggest:

uci set system.@system[0].hostname=your-host-name
uci commit

Try that to see who your Omega thinks it is after the reboot.

--Bill