Hello, was curious to try setting my host name via a DBUS call using this example. Communicate outside the container - Balena Documentation Talk to the host OS, supervisor, and network from within a balena container However, it fails with error: Error Syste…

Looks to be a known issue: DBUS call to change hostname doesn't work on resinOS 2.0 because of RO-filesystem opened 02:33PM - 04 Apr 17 UTC (UTC) closed 08:52PM - 28 Oct 19 UTC (UTC) …

Yes, it’s a known issue, unfortunately, sorry about that! In the meantime we’d recommend customizing the host name through the config.json at setup time, see the release notes: https://resin.io/blog/resinos-2-0-released-in-production/#otherfeaturesandfixes Will update here if we have a replacement…

Before I spin my wheels on this I’m curious if there are any advancements in setting the hostname? I saw in a related thread it may be possible to use DBUS but this thread is giving me a bit of FUD. In my case I want to change the hostname and maybe spoof the MAC address of my device. The device is…

Take a look at this endpoint, we’ve put in functionality that allows you to set the hostname via an API on the device https://github.com/resin-io/resin-supervisor/blob/master/docs/API.md#patch-v1devicehost-config

Thanks for the info. I’ve updated my post to clarify my setup, namely: [image] balibebas: The device is running resinOS and is not connected to resin.io . I have physical access to the device. I think what I’m looking for is the following. But I saw a bug in GH which lead me to believe it mig…

@balibebas using dbus will work but I think it will not persist over reboots so you’ll have to do it every time your app starts. Alternatively since you have physical access you can modify config.json in the resin-boot partition and add a “hostname” field. If you’re sshing into the host this’d be…

Read-only file-system when calling SetStaticHostname via dbus

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exposedwiring August 5, 2017, 8:15am 2

Looks to be a known issue:

Inconsistent hostname when set via host-config supervisor API endpoint

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Read-only file-system when calling SetStaticHostname via dbus

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