# Read-only file-system when calling SetStaticHostname via dbus

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/read-only-file-system-when-calling-setstatichostname-via-dbus/1578>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Created:** [August 5, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/read-only-file-system-when-calling-setstatichostname-via-dbus/1578 "2017-08-05T06:55:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![exposedwiring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@exposedwiring](https://forums.balena.io/u/exposedwiring)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2017, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/read-only-file-system-when-calling-setstatichostname-via-dbus/1578/2 "2017-08-05T08:15:17Z")

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Looks to be a known issue:

> <https://github.com/balena-io/docs/issues/462>
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> When trying to change the hostname using the example from here: https://docs.resin.io/runtime/runtime/#change-the-device-hostname
> you get the following error:
> Error System.Error.EROFS: Failed to set static...

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