Updating VA hostname

Identity Security Cloud (ISC) ISC Discussion and Questions
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Dear Sailors,
We would like to change hostname of virtual appliances we have. Apparently only root has rights to edit the /etc/hostname. How can we update it?

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Hi @gkiris1 ,
you should be able to use hostnamectl for that.

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Hi Oliver,

Thanks for prompt reply. That doesn’t work either. it asks for root password.

sailpoint@sailpoint-va ~ $ hostnamectl hostname test  
==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.hostname1.set-static-hostname ====
Authentication is required to set the statically configured local hostname, as well as the pretty hostname.
Authenticating as: root
Password: 
polkit-agent-helper-1: pam_authenticate failed: Permission denied```
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What does $ sudo -l | grep hostname show you?

Should be (ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/hostnamectl

Try sudo hostnamectl

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trying with sudo worked! thank you

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