Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
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<refnamediv>
<refname>hostname</refname>
- <refpurpose>local host name configuration file</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Local host name configuration file</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
newline-terminated host name string. The
host name may be a free-form string up to 64 characters
in length, however it is recommended that it consists
- only of 7bit ASCII characters and no spaces or dots,
- and limit itself to the format allowed for DNS domain
+ only of 7bit ASCII lower-case characters and no spaces or dots,
+ and limits itself to the format allowed for DNS domain
name labels, even though this is not a
- requirement.</para>
+ strict requirement.</para>
<para>Depending on the operating system other
configuration files might be checked for configuration
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>