man/hostnamectl.xml

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  24 <refentry id="hostnamectl" conditional='ENABLE_HOSTNAMED'
  25           xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
  26
  27         <refentryinfo>
  28                 <title>hostnamectl</title>
  29                 <productname>systemd</productname>
  30
  31                 <authorgroup>
  32                         <author>
  33                                 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  34                                 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  35                                 <surname>Poettering</surname>
  36                                 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  37                         </author>
  38                 </authorgroup>
  39         </refentryinfo>
  40
  41         <refmeta>
  42                 <refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle>
  43                 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  44         </refmeta>
  45
  46         <refnamediv>
  47                 <refname>hostnamectl</refname>
  48                 <refpurpose>Control the system hostname</refpurpose>
  49         </refnamediv>
  50
  51         <refsynopsisdiv>
  52                 <cmdsynopsis>
  53                         <command>hostnamectl</command>
  54                         <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
  55                         <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
  56                 </cmdsynopsis>
  57         </refsynopsisdiv>
  58
  59         <refsect1>
  60                 <title>Description</title>
  61
  62                 <para><command>hostnamectl</command> may be used to
  63                 query and change the system hostname and related
  64                 settings.</para>
  65
  66                 <para>This tool distinguishes three different
  67                 hostnames: the high-level "pretty" hostname which
  68                 might include all kinds of special characters
  69                 (e.g. "Lennart's Laptop"), the static hostname which
  70                 is used to initialize the kernel hostname at boot
  71                 (e.g. "lennarts-laptop"), and the transient hostname
  72                 which might be assigned temporarily due to network
  73                 configuration and might revert back to the static
  74                 hostname if network connectivity is lost and is only
  75                 temporarily written to the kernel hostname
  76                 (e.g. "dhcp-47-11").</para>
  77
  78                 <para>Note that the pretty hostname has little
  79                 restrictions on the characters used, while the static
  80                 and transient hostnames are limited to the usually
  81                 accepted characters of Internet domain names.</para>
  82
  83                 <para>The static hostname is stored in
  84                 <filename>/etc/hostname</filename>, see
  85                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  86                 for more information. The pretty hostname, chassis
  87                 type, and icon name are stored in
  88                 <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>, see
  89                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  90         </refsect1>
  91
  92         <refsect1>
  93                 <title>Options</title>
  94
  95                 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
  96
  97                 <variablelist>
  98                         <varlistentry>
  99                                 <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
 100
 101                                 <listitem><para>Do not query the user
 102                                 for authentication for privileged
 103                                 operations.</para></listitem>
 104                         </varlistentry>
 105
 106                         <varlistentry>
 107                                 <term><option>-P</option></term>
 108                                 <term><option>--privileged</option></term>
 109
 110                                 <listitem><para>Acquire privileges via PolicyKit
 111                                 before executing the operation.</para></listitem>
 112                         </varlistentry>
 113
 114                         <varlistentry>
 115                                 <term><option>--static</option></term>
 116                                 <term><option>--transient</option></term>
 117                                 <term><option>--pretty</option></term>
 118
 119                                 <listitem><para>If
 120                                 <command>status</command> is used (or
 121                                 no explicit command is given) and one
 122                                 of those fields is given,
 123                                 <command>hostnamectl</command> will
 124                                 print out just this selected
 125                                 hostname.</para>
 126
 127                                 <para>If used with
 128                                 <command>set-hostname</command>, only
 129                                 the selected hostname(s) will be
 130                                 updated. When more than one of those
 131                                 options is used, all the specified
 132                                 hostnames will be updated.
 133                                 </para></listitem>
 134                         </varlistentry>
 135
 136                         <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
 137
 138                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
 139                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
 140                 </variablelist>
 141
 142                 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
 143
 144                 <variablelist>
 145                         <varlistentry>
 146                                 <term><command>status</command></term>
 147
 148                                 <listitem><para>Show current system
 149                                 hostname and related
 150                                 information.</para></listitem>
 151                         </varlistentry>
 152
 153                         <varlistentry>
 154                                 <term><command>set-hostname [NAME]</command></term>
 155
 156                                 <listitem><para>Set the system
 157                                 hostname. By default, this will alter
 158                                 the pretty, the static, and the
 159                                 transient hostname alike; however, if
 160                                 one or more of
 161                                 <option>--static</option>,
 162                                 <option>--transient</option>,
 163                                 <option>--pretty</option> are used,
 164                                 only the selected hostnames are
 165                                 changed. If the pretty hostname is
 166                                 being set, and static or transient are
 167                                 being set as well, the specified
 168                                 hostname will be simplified in regards
 169                                 to the character set used before the
 170                                 latter are updated. This is done by
 171                                 replacing spaces with
 172                                 <literal>-</literal> and removing
 173                                 special characters. This ensures that
 174                                 the pretty and the static hostname are
 175                                 always closely related while still
 176                                 following the validity rules of the
 177                                 specific name. This simplification of
 178                                 the hostname string is not done if
 179                                 only the transient and/or static host
 180                                 names are set, and the pretty host
 181                                 name is left untouched. Pass the empty
 182                                 string <literal></literal> as the
 183                                 hostname to reset the selected
 184                                 hostnames to their default (usually
 185                                 <literal>localhost</literal>).</para></listitem>
 186                         </varlistentry>
 187
 188                         <varlistentry>
 189                                 <term><command>set-icon-name [NAME]</command></term>
 190
 191                                 <listitem><para>Set the system icon
 192                                 name. The icon name is used by some
 193                                 graphical applications to visualize
 194                                 this host. The icon name should follow
 195                                 the <ulink
 196                                 url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">Icon
 197                                 Naming Specification</ulink>. Pass an
 198                                 empty string to this operation to
 199                                 reset the icon name to the default
 200                                 value, which is determined from chassis
 201                                 type (see below) and possibly other
 202                                 parameters.</para></listitem>
 203                         </varlistentry>
 204
 205                         <varlistentry>
 206                                 <term><command>set-chassis [TYPE]</command></term>
 207
 208                                 <listitem><para>Set the chassis
 209                                 type. The chassis type is used by some
 210                                 graphical applications to visualize
 211                                 the host or alter user
 212                                 interaction. Currently, the following
 213                                 chassis types are defined:
 214                                 <literal>desktop</literal>,
 215                                 <literal>laptop</literal>,
 216                                 <literal>server</literal>,
 217                                 <literal>tablet</literal>,
 218                                 <literal>handset</literal>, as well as
 219                                 the special chassis types
 220                                 <literal>vm</literal> and
 221                                 <literal>container</literal> for
 222                                 virtualized systems that lack an
 223                                 immediate physical chassis. Pass an
 224                                 empty string to this operation to
 225                                 reset the chassis type to the default
 226                                 value which is determined from the
 227                                 firmware and possibly other
 228                                 parameters.</para></listitem>
 229                         </varlistentry>
 230
 231                 </variablelist>
 232         </refsect1>
 233
 234         <refsect1>
 235                 <title>Exit status</title>
 236
 237                 <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
 238                 code otherwise.</para>
 239         </refsect1>
 240
 241         <refsect1>
 242                 <title>See Also</title>
 243                 <para>
 244                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 245                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 246                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 247                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 248                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 249                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 250                 </para>
 251         </refsect1>
 252
 253 </refentry>