To temporarily change the Hostname of your device via the terminal
Set or Change Hostname (via Terminal) - OS X Mavericks or newer
- Open Terminal by going to Applications, then Utilities, and select Terminal
The type the following:
sudo hostname -s new_hostname For example: sudo hostname -s ECE-MAC
To permanently change the Hostname of your device via the terminal
Set or Change Hostname (via Terminal) - OS X 10.6 - 10.10
- Open Terminal by going to Applications, then Utilities, and select Terminal
The type the following:
sudo scutil –-set HostName new_hostname For example: sudo scutil –-set HostName ECE-MAC
Note: It may also be necessary to perform the following commands to solidify the changes
sudo scutil --set ComputerName <hostname> For example: sudo scutil --set ComputerName ECE-MAC sudo scutil --set LocalHostName <hostname> For example: sudo scutil --set LocalHostName ECE-MAC