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At this point, it's a good idea to change your passwords and your Bone's hostname.
Changing passwords
Be sure to change
both
of your Bone's passwords (
root
and
debian
). Log in as
root
and run
passwd
:
bone#
passwd
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Then log in at
debian
and run
passwd
again.
Setting your Bone's hostname
If you are on a network with other BeagleBones, it's a good idea to give your Bone a
unique name. The default name is
beaglebone
. Assigning a new name is as easy as run-
ning the following command:
bone#
echo "newname" > /etc/hostname
Also, edit
/etc/hosts
and change all occurrences of
beaglebone
to the new network
name. This changes the network name to
newname
. When picking a name, don't use
punctuation or other special characters. Even
_
isn't allowed. The new name will appear
after you reboot.
