X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fhostname.xml;h=a8648c5291745fc5a9ed6dd21b6a912f9cb0059c;hp=84a29616642767bb3ec956b9d960c28b453e85ee;hb=b67f562c9cac44bd78b24f5aae78a1797c5d4182;hpb=f274ece0f76b5709408821e317e87aef76123db6 diff --git a/man/hostname.xml b/man/hostname.xml index 84a296166..a8648c529 100644 --- a/man/hostname.xml +++ b/man/hostname.xml @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ - /etc/hostname + hostname systemd @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ hostname - Local host name configuration file + Local hostname configuration file @@ -56,20 +56,20 @@ The /etc/hostname file configures the name of the local system that is set - during boot, with the + during boot using the sethostname2 system call. It should contain a single - 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 lower-case characters and no spaces or dots, + newline-terminated hostname string. The + hostname may be a free-form string up to 64 characters + in length; however, it is recommended that it consists + only of 7-bit 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 strict requirement. - Depending on the operating system other + Depending on the operating system, other configuration files might be checked for configuration - of the host name as well, however only as fallback. + of the hostname as well, however only as fallback. You may use hostnamectl1