How to change the name of localhost to custom name which is available to other users in lan

Question

I need to use the custom url name which is able to access from all devices in LAN.

I know that it can be changed from the /etc/hosts file

127.0.0.1   myname
127.0.1.1   system09-System-Product-Name

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes

ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

While entering the myname hosts it is available to access myname/urlpath .

It is accessible only for my system.

How can i make this available to access from other system in LAN too ?

Update :

127.0.0.1   allau
192.168.1.16    sul
127.0.1.1   system09-System-Product-Name

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

1

You should add :

Your Network Ip address          Name you want

Example :

192.168.0.1      My_Pc

127.0.0.1 & 127.0.1.1 are loop-back Ip addresses .

To know your Ip address just type ifconfig in Terminal .

More help Question

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:25

Community

1

answered May 14 '14 at 07:36

nux

38,017
35
118
131

192.168.1.16 sul - I updated in the host file but it is accessible to access sul/folder from my name system but not from another system which is in lan. Should i restart the system ? – Explorer May 14 '14 at 07:43
post the output of host file – nux May 14 '14 at 07:44
I have updated the output of host in my question – Explorer May 14 '14 at 07:45
reboot and try again – nux May 14 '14 at 07:46
you should add the same in other pcs , if you dont have dns server – nux May 14 '14 at 07:48

How to change the name of localhost to custom name which is available to other users in lan

1 Answers1

Linked