X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fhostnamectl.xml;h=71973fde912748ecc819e458e522ffe2cea82f47;hp=9efe22011983674b4d187728c843186e55811e1f;hb=8d0e0ddda6501479eb69164687c83c1a7667b33a;hpb=a7f5bb1eafadbb08c8528baae588bbe773a37e79 diff --git a/man/hostnamectl.xml b/man/hostnamectl.xml index 9efe22011..71973fde9 100644 --- a/man/hostnamectl.xml +++ b/man/hostnamectl.xml @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . --> - + hostnamectl @@ -49,7 +50,9 @@ - hostnamectl OPTIONS COMMAND + hostnamectl + OPTIONS + COMMAND @@ -60,28 +63,26 @@ 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 - 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"). + 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. 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. + 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, chassis - type 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. @@ -92,39 +93,20 @@ The following options are understood: - - - - - Prints a short help - text and exits. - - - - - - Prints a short version - string and exits. - - - Don't query the user + Do not query the user for authentication for privileged operations. - - - - Execute the operation - remotely. Specify a hostname, or - username and hostname separated by @, - to connect to. This will use SSH to - talk to a remote - system. + + + + Acquire privileges via PolicyKit + before executing the operation. @@ -133,12 +115,26 @@ If - set-hostname is - invoked and one or more of these - options are passed only the selected - hostnames is - updated. + status is used (or + no explicit command is given) and one + of those fields is given, + hostnamectl will + print out just this selected + hostname. + + If used with + set-hostname, only + the selected hostname(s) will be + updated. When more than one of those + options is used, all the specified + hostnames will be updated. + + + + + + The following commands are understood: @@ -156,34 +152,35 @@ 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). @@ -198,7 +195,7 @@ Naming Specification. Pass an empty string to this operation to reset the icon name to the default - value which is determined from chassis + value, which is determined from chassis type (see below) and possibly other parameters. @@ -235,7 +232,7 @@ Exit status - On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure + On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.