# Renaming and tagging of clients

### What are the defaults?

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 not be accurate and you may want to delete or change it.

![Default client name](https://1574570054-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

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.&#x20;

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

![Change client name](https://1574570054-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="warning" %}
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 %}

### Restart the RPort client

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:\
`restart-service rport.`\
If you prefer the old **cmd.exe console**, use \
`net stop rport` and `net start rport`.