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diff --git a/man/hostnamectl.xml b/man/hostnamectl.xml
index c36f522c8..28e875daf 100644
--- a/man/hostnamectl.xml
+++ b/man/hostnamectl.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
along with systemd; If not, see .
-->
-
+hostnamectl
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@
query and change the system hostname and related
settings.
- This tool distinguishes three different host
- names: the high-level "pretty" hostname which might
- include all kinds of special characters
+ 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
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@
and transient hostnames are limited to the usually
accepted characters of internet domain names.
- The static host name is stored in
+ The static hostname is stored in
/etc/hostname, see
hostname5
- 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
/etc/machine-info, see
machine-id5.
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@
-
+ Prints a short help
text and exits.
@@ -115,13 +115,21 @@
operations.
+
+
+
+
+ Acquire privileges via PolicyKit
+ before executing the operation.
+
+
Execute the operation
remotely. Specify a hostname, or
- username and hostname separated by @,
+ username and hostname separated by @,
to connect to. This will use SSH to
talk to a remote
system.
@@ -135,8 +143,8 @@
If
set-hostname is
invoked and one or more of these
- options are passed only the selected
- hostnames is
+ options are passed, only the selected
+ hostname(s) is/are
updated.
@@ -156,34 +164,35 @@
set-hostname [NAME]Set the system
- hostname. By default this will alter
+ hostname. By default, this will alter
the pretty, the static, and the
- transient hostname alike, however if
+ transient hostname alike; however, if
one or more of
,
,
- are used
+ are used,
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
- replacing spaces by "-" and removing
+ replacing spaces with
+ - and removing
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
- string "" as hostname to reset the
- selected hostnames to their default
- (usually
- "localhost").
+ string as the
+ hostname to reset the selected
+ hostnames to their default (usually
+ localhost).
@@ -198,8 +207,34 @@
Naming Specification. 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.
+
+
+
+ set-chassis [TYPE]
+
+ 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:
+ desktop,
+ laptop,
+ server,
+ tablet,
+ handset, as well as
+ the special chassis types
+ vm and
+ container 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
- system form factor and possibly other
+ firmware and possibly other
parameters.