[PLUG] RPi firmware disregards host name change,

[Chuck Hast]

See comments below:

On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Jun 2025, Chuck Hast wrote:
>
> Is there an /etc/cloud directory, or perhaps /etc/netplan? The
> cloud-config and netplan utilities often (over)write configuration
> files at boot time.
>
No none of the above.

>
> Or, of course, NetworkManager might be involved. Its configs are
> usually in /etc/NetworkManager.
>
Again no it is not

>
> I would do something like 'grep -lr raspberrypi2 /etc /var' to find
> files that mention that hostname. One of them is likely the culprit.
>
This got me somewhere, I found the 3 files two of which referenced
other items and another one called  with a name of "machine" in there
I found raspberrypi2. I changed it to rpivan (unit in my van) and I
was after a reboot able to ping rpivan. The machine name on the
command line is still raspberrypi2, but the host name is now responding
to rpivan.

Thank you for giving me that guidance. Now I an rename all of these
machines and get rid of having to do funnies with the routers.


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