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 is a default received from network configuration.
  73                 If a static hostname is set, and is valid (something other
  74                 than localhost), then the transient hostname is not used.</para>
  75
  76                 <para>Note that the pretty hostname has little
  77                 restrictions on the characters used, while the static
  78                 and transient hostnames are limited to the usually
  79                 accepted characters of Internet domain names.</para>
  80
  81                 <para>The static hostname is stored in
  82                 <filename>/etc/hostname</filename>, see
  83                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  84                 for more information. The pretty hostname, chassis
  85                 type, and icon name are stored in
  86                 <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>, see
  87                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  88
  89                 <para>Use
  90                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
  91                 to initialize the system host name for mounted (but
  92                 not booted) system images.</para>
  93         </refsect1>
  94
  95         <refsect1>
  96                 <title>Options</title>
  97
  98                 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
  99
 100                 <variablelist>
 101                         <varlistentry>
 102                                 <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
 103
 104                                 <listitem><para>Do not query the user
 105                                 for authentication for privileged
 106                                 operations.</para></listitem>
 107                         </varlistentry>
 108
 109                         <varlistentry>
 110                                 <term><option>--static</option></term>
 111                                 <term><option>--transient</option></term>
 112                                 <term><option>--pretty</option></term>
 113
 114                                 <listitem><para>If
 115                                 <command>status</command> is used (or
 116                                 no explicit command is given) and one
 117                                 of those fields is given,
 118                                 <command>hostnamectl</command> will
 119                                 print out just this selected
 120                                 hostname.</para>
 121
 122                                 <para>If used with
 123                                 <command>set-hostname</command>, only
 124                                 the selected hostname(s) will be
 125                                 updated. When more than one of those
 126                                 options is used, all the specified
 127                                 hostnames will be updated.
 128                                 </para></listitem>
 129                         </varlistentry>
 130
 131                         <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
 132
 133                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
 134                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
 135                 </variablelist>
 136
 137                 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
 138
 139                 <variablelist>
 140                         <varlistentry>
 141                                 <term><command>status</command></term>
 142
 143                                 <listitem><para>Show current system
 144                                 hostname and related
 145                                 information.</para></listitem>
 146                         </varlistentry>
 147
 148                         <varlistentry>
 149                                 <term><command>set-hostname [NAME]</command></term>
 150
 151                                 <listitem><para>Set the system
 152                                 hostname. By default, this will alter
 153                                 the pretty, the static, and the
 154                                 transient hostname alike; however, if
 155                                 one or more of
 156                                 <option>--static</option>,
 157                                 <option>--transient</option>,
 158                                 <option>--pretty</option> are used,
 159                                 only the selected hostnames are
 160                                 changed. If the pretty hostname is
 161                                 being set, and static or transient are
 162                                 being set as well, the specified
 163                                 hostname will be simplified in regards
 164                                 to the character set used before the
 165                                 latter are updated. This is done by
 166                                 replacing spaces with
 167                                 <literal>-</literal> and removing
 168                                 special characters. This ensures that
 169                                 the pretty and the static hostname are
 170                                 always closely related while still
 171                                 following the validity rules of the
 172                                 specific name. This simplification of
 173                                 the hostname string is not done if
 174                                 only the transient and/or static host
 175                                 names are set, and the pretty host
 176                                 name is left untouched. Pass the empty
 177                                 string <literal></literal> as the
 178                                 hostname to reset the selected
 179                                 hostnames to their default (usually
 180                                 <literal>localhost</literal>).</para></listitem>
 181                         </varlistentry>
 182
 183                         <varlistentry>
 184                                 <term><command>set-icon-name [NAME]</command></term>
 185
 186                                 <listitem><para>Set the system icon
 187                                 name. The icon name is used by some
 188                                 graphical applications to visualize
 189                                 this host. The icon name should follow
 190                                 the <ulink
 191                                 url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">Icon
 192                                 Naming Specification</ulink>. Pass an
 193                                 empty string to this operation to
 194                                 reset the icon name to the default
 195                                 value, which is determined from chassis
 196                                 type (see below) and possibly other
 197                                 parameters.</para></listitem>
 198                         </varlistentry>
 199
 200                         <varlistentry>
 201                                 <term><command>set-chassis [TYPE]</command></term>
 202
 203                                 <listitem><para>Set the chassis
 204                                 type. The chassis type is used by some
 205                                 graphical applications to visualize
 206                                 the host or alter user
 207                                 interaction. Currently, the following
 208                                 chassis types are defined:
 209                                 <literal>desktop</literal>,
 210                                 <literal>laptop</literal>,
 211                                 <literal>server</literal>,
 212                                 <literal>tablet</literal>,
 213                                 <literal>handset</literal>, as well as
 214                                 the special chassis types
 215                                 <literal>vm</literal> and
 216                                 <literal>container</literal> for
 217                                 virtualized systems that lack an
 218                                 immediate physical chassis. Pass an
 219                                 empty string to this operation to
 220                                 reset the chassis type to the default
 221                                 value which is determined from the
 222                                 firmware and possibly other
 223                                 parameters.</para></listitem>
 224                         </varlistentry>
 225
 226                 </variablelist>
 227         </refsect1>
 228
 229         <refsect1>
 230                 <title>Exit status</title>
 231
 232                 <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
 233                 code otherwise.</para>
 234         </refsect1>
 235
 236         <refsect1>
 237                 <title>See Also</title>
 238                 <para>
 239                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 240                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 241                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 242                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 243                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 244                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 245                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 246                 </para>
 247         </refsect1>
 248
 249 </refentry>