How can I get other computers to see my new host name?

Question

I recently set up my VM to have a machine name like this :

sudo /bin/hostname jax
sudo dhclient

However, my host machine cannot ping "jax" ?

I would assume this is all thats needed.... am i missing something ?

My host terminal is max os x, and my virtual machine on the same host is ubuntu.

Athanasios Emmanouilidis · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-02 22:05:54Z

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You should type the hostname and the ip address mapping in the hosts file of every computer that you would like to call your virtual machine from.

You can easily find the way to do this in other operating systems by Google searching for "how can I edit hosts file in X operating system'.

Hope this helps you.

answered Nov 2, 2011 at 21:56

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Then whats the point of changing the name on the actual server ? the ip is dynamic, so i was hoping i could just access it by name.
– jayunit100
Nov 2, 2011 at 22:04
There is no magic here. In order for the name resolve to happen, you need a DNS server. Without a DNS server installed and running to a machine in your lan, then this 'manual' solution is the only solution you can have.
– Athanasios Emmanouilidis
Nov 2, 2011 at 22:09
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No, it's not. Local name resolution protocols are very common; Windows uses NBNS and LLMNR, OS X and Linux use mDNS and NBNS.
– u1686_grawity
Nov 2, 2011 at 22:37
Thanks grawity! I didn't even knew about those ;-0
– Athanasios Emmanouilidis
Nov 2, 2011 at 22:44

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