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[elogind.git] / man / hostnamectl.xml
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                 (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
-                which might be assigned temporarily due to network
-                configuration and might revert back to the static
-                hostname if network connectivity is lost and is only
-                temporarily written to the kernel hostname
-                (e.g. "dhcp-47-11").</para>
+                which is a default received from network configuration.
+                If a static hostname is set, and is valid (something other
+                than localhost), then the transient hostname is not used.</para>
 
                 <para>Note that the pretty hostname has little
                 restrictions on the characters used, while the static
                                 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
-                                username and hostname separated by <literal>@</literal>,
-                                to connect to. This will use SSH to
-                                talk to the remote
-                                system.</para></listitem>
-                        </varlistentry>
-
                         <varlistentry>
                                 <term><option>--static</option></term>
                                 <term><option>--transient</option></term>
                                 </para></listitem>
                         </varlistentry>
 
+                        <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
+
                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
                         <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
                 </variablelist>