Neil, I assume you want to change the hostname. The proper way to do that in Archlinux is: hostnamectl set-hostname myhostname Replace myhostname with the name you want it to be. 73 Doug WA3DSP http://www.crompton.com/hamradio From: k8it@cac.net To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:14:14 -0400 Subject: [App_rpt-users] shortcut to change hostname I had made a typo when initializing a RPI2 and used nano to edit /etc/hostname and I fixed my typo . it worked until I rebooted and my typo returned. how do I make it perminate? /etc/hostname file still has the correct name in it. Thanks 73 Neil Sablatzky K8IT Allstar Node 41838 KITLINK Allstar Node 42087 KITLINK HUB IRLP Node exp0068 Echolink K8IT-L WIRES-X K8IT 11479 Room 21479 _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users To unsubscribe from this list please visit http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your email address and press the "Unsubscribe or edit options button" You do not need a password to unsubscribe, you can do it via email confirmation. If you have trouble unsubscribing, please send a message to the list detailing the problem.