chiark / gitweb /
udevadm-settle: add missing brace
[elogind.git] / man / hostnamectl.xml
index c36f522c8e5e91f4e069ba3d1bad0ef75b76faf1..29914b8c8d4d646358f003f4d044a9d3c484d375 100644 (file)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
 
   along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 -->
 
-<refentry id="hostnamectl">
+<refentry id="hostnamectl" conditional='ENABLE_HOSTNAMED'>
 
         <refentryinfo>
                 <title>hostnamectl</title>
 
         <refentryinfo>
                 <title>hostnamectl</title>
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
                 <cmdsynopsis>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
                 <cmdsynopsis>
-                        <command>hostnamectl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg></command>
+                        <command>hostnamectl</command>
+                        <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+                        <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
                 </cmdsynopsis>
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
                 </cmdsynopsis>
         </refsynopsisdiv>
 
@@ -60,9 +62,9 @@
                 query and change the system hostname and related
                 settings.</para>
 
                 query and change the system hostname and related
                 settings.</para>
 
-                <para>This tool distinguishes three different host
-                names: the high-level "pretty" hostname which might
-                include all kinds of special characters
+                <para>This tool distinguishes three different
+                hostnames: the high-level "pretty" hostname which
+                might include all kinds of special characters
                 (e.g. "Lennart's Laptop"), the static hostname which
                 is used to initialize the kernel hostname at boot
                 (e.g. "lennarts-laptop"), and the transient hostname
                 (e.g. "Lennart's Laptop"), the static hostname which
                 is used to initialize the kernel hostname at boot
                 (e.g. "lennarts-laptop"), and the transient hostname
                 <para>Note that the pretty hostname has little
                 restrictions on the characters used, while the static
                 and transient hostnames are limited to the usually
                 <para>Note that the pretty hostname has little
                 restrictions on the characters used, while the static
                 and transient hostnames are limited to the usually
-                accepted characters of internet domain names.</para>
+                accepted characters of Internet domain names.</para>
 
 
-                <para>The static host name is stored in
+                <para>The static hostname is stored in
                 <filename>/etc/hostname</filename>, see
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 <filename>/etc/hostname</filename>, see
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
-                for more information. The pretty host name and icon
-                name are stored in
+                for more information. The pretty hostname, chassis
+                type, and icon name are stored in
                 <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>, see
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
         </refsect1>
                 <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>, see
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
         </refsect1>
@@ -93,8 +95,8 @@
 
                 <variablelist>
                         <varlistentry>
 
                 <variablelist>
                         <varlistentry>
-                                <term><option>--help</option></term>
                                 <term><option>-h</option></term>
                                 <term><option>-h</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--help</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Prints a short help
                                 text and exits.</para></listitem>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Prints a short help
                                 text and exits.</para></listitem>
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
 
-                                <listitem><para>Don't query the user
+                                <listitem><para>Do not query the user
                                 for authentication for privileged
                                 operations.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 for authentication for privileged
                                 operations.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><option>-P</option></term>
+                                <term><option>--privileged</option></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Acquire privileges via PolicyKit
+                                before executing the operation.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>-H</option></term>
                                 <term><option>--host</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Execute the operation
                                 remotely. Specify a hostname, or
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>-H</option></term>
                                 <term><option>--host</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Execute the operation
                                 remotely. Specify a hostname, or
-                                username and hostname separated by @,
+                                username and hostname separated by <literal>@</literal>,
                                 to connect to. This will use SSH to
                                 to connect to. This will use SSH to
-                                talk to a remote
+                                talk to the remote
                                 system.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 system.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 <term><option>--pretty</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>If
                                 <term><option>--pretty</option></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>If
-                                <command>set-hostname</command> is
-                                invoked and one or more of these
-                                options are passed only the selected
-                                hostnames is
-                                updated.</para></listitem>
+                                <command>status</command> is used (or
+                                no explicit command is given) and one
+                                of those fields is given,
+                                <command>hostnamectl</command> will
+                                print out just this selected
+                                hostname.</para>
+
+                                <para>If used with
+                                <command>set-hostname</command>, only
+                                the selected hostname(s) will be
+                                updated. When more than one of those
+                                options is used, all the specified
+                                hostnames will be updated.
+                                </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
 
                         </varlistentry>
                 </variablelist>
 
                                 <term><command>set-hostname [NAME]</command></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Set the system
                                 <term><command>set-hostname [NAME]</command></term>
 
                                 <listitem><para>Set the system
-                                hostname. By default this will alter
+                                hostname. By default, this will alter
                                 the pretty, the static, and the
                                 the pretty, the static, and the
-                                transient hostname alike, however if
+                                transient hostname alike; however, if
                                 one or more of
                                 <option>--static</option>,
                                 <option>--transient</option>,
                                 one or more of
                                 <option>--static</option>,
                                 <option>--transient</option>,
-                                <option>--pretty</option> are used
+                                <option>--pretty</option> are used,
                                 only the selected hostnames are
                                 changed. If the pretty hostname is
                                 being set, and static or transient are
                                 only the selected hostnames are
                                 changed. If the pretty hostname is
                                 being set, and static or transient are
-                                being set as well the specified host
-                                name will be simplified in regards to
-                                the character set used before the
+                                being set as well, the specified
+                                hostname will be simplified in regards
+                                to the character set used before the
                                 latter are updated. This is done by
                                 latter are updated. This is done by
-                                replacing spaces by "-" and removing
+                                replacing spaces with
+                                <literal>-</literal> and removing
                                 special characters. This ensures that
                                 special characters. This ensures that
-                                the pretty and the static hostname
-                                are always closely related while still
+                                the pretty and the static hostname are
+                                always closely related while still
                                 following the validity rules of the
                                 specific name. This simplification of
                                 the hostname string is not done if
                                 only the transient and/or static host
                                 names are set, and the pretty host
                                 name is left untouched. Pass the empty
                                 following the validity rules of the
                                 specific name. This simplification of
                                 the hostname string is not done if
                                 only the transient and/or static host
                                 names are set, and the pretty host
                                 name is left untouched. Pass the empty
-                                string "" as hostname to reset the
-                                selected hostnames to their default
-                                (usually
-                                "localhost").</para></listitem>
+                                string <literal></literal> as the
+                                hostname to reset the selected
+                                hostnames to their default (usually
+                                <literal>localhost</literal>).</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                         <varlistentry>
                                 Naming Specification</ulink>. Pass an
                                 empty string to this operation to
                                 reset the icon name to the default
                                 Naming Specification</ulink>. Pass an
                                 empty string to this operation to
                                 reset the icon name to the default
+                                value, which is determined from chassis
+                                type (see below) and possibly other
+                                parameters.</para></listitem>
+                        </varlistentry>
+
+                        <varlistentry>
+                                <term><command>set-chassis [TYPE]</command></term>
+
+                                <listitem><para>Set the chassis
+                                type. The chassis type is used by some
+                                graphical applications to visualize
+                                the host or alter user
+                                interaction. Currently, the following
+                                chassis types are defined:
+                                <literal>desktop</literal>,
+                                <literal>laptop</literal>,
+                                <literal>server</literal>,
+                                <literal>tablet</literal>,
+                                <literal>handset</literal>, as well as
+                                the special chassis types
+                                <literal>vm</literal> and
+                                <literal>container</literal> for
+                                virtualized systems that lack an
+                                immediate physical chassis. Pass an
+                                empty string to this operation to
+                                reset the chassis type to the default
                                 value which is determined from the
                                 value which is determined from the
-                                system form factor and possibly other
+                                firmware and possibly other
                                 parameters.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
                                 parameters.</para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>