# Renaming and tagging of clients

Using the pairing method, you are not asked to give the client a name. The installer uses the local short hostname of the operating system to create the initial configuration.

Furthermore, a client gets two tags by default. The current country and city taken from the current public IP address. This might be unpresize and you want to delete or change it.

![Default client name](https://1142160776-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MekeI9EovpQqbUTQSdM%2F-MfXkbG-s9Otl8nzNuCg%2F-Mfg8G5opDzb4ceFOKVP%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=1d05bdcf-2825-4ff3-8ae7-2ab0e44258b2)

#### Changing the client name and tags <a href="#changing-the-client-name-and-tags" id="changing-the-client-name-and-tags"></a>

If you want to change the name of a system, you must do this in the rport client configuration file. The configuration files is `/etc/rport/rport.conf` on Linux `C:\Program Files\rport\rport.conf` on Windows

Open the file with a text editor. Scroll done some lines. You will find the setting `name = "<SOME-NAME>"`. Change the name to your needs.

Just a few lines below the name, you'll find the tags. Change them to your needs and save the changes.

![](https://1142160776-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MekeI9EovpQqbUTQSdM%2F-MfXkbG-s9Otl8nzNuCg%2F-MfgAqPi7ovuhSAC3lGN%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=6d6f502c-e450-40e1-b5b4-ab32f83efe0f)

{% hint style="danger" %}
On Windows always use a text editor that supports UTF-8 and Unix Line Breaks. [Notepad++](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/) is ideal. The windows built-in notepad is not the best choice.
{% endhint %}

After any changes to the configuration file, you need to restart the client.

**On Linux**, execute `systemctl restart rport`.

**On Windows** use the service manager or from a **PowerShell console** execute:&#x20;

`restart-service rport.`&#x20;

If you prefer the old **cmd.exe console**, use&#x20;

`net stop rport` and `net start rport`.