X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fhostnamectl.xml;h=a158e67519c322ccba35a7992cc57f77b5befd3e;hp=28e875dafd5a6ef4628c50ac5d408d810f24e340;hb=1ed774956406941d4812a3fb4493d2915f130f12;hpb=05cc726731c5cec952722f1c14acb08e3d4d5e98 diff --git a/man/hostnamectl.xml b/man/hostnamectl.xml index 28e875daf..a158e6751 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 @@ -66,24 +69,27 @@ (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 hostname is stored in /etc/hostname, see hostname5 for more information. The pretty hostname, chassis - type and icon name are stored in + type, and icon name are stored in /etc/machine-info, see - machine-id5. + machine-info5. + + Use + systemd-firstboot1 + to initialize the system host name for mounted (but + not booted) system images. @@ -92,61 +98,40 @@ 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. - - - - - Acquire privileges via PolicyKit - before executing the operation. - - - - - - - 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. - - If - set-hostname is - invoked and one or more of these - options are passed, only the selected - hostname(s) is/are - 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: @@ -161,13 +146,14 @@ - set-hostname [NAME] + set-hostname NAME Set the system - hostname. By default, this will alter - the pretty, the static, and the - transient hostname alike; however, if - one or more of + hostname to + NAME. By + default, this will alter the pretty, + the static, and the transient hostname + alike; however, if one or more of , , are used, @@ -188,54 +174,61 @@ 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 the - hostname to reset the selected - hostnames to their default (usually + name is left untouched. + + Pass the empty string + as the hostname to + reset the selected hostnames to their + default (usually localhost). - set-icon-name [NAME] + set-icon-name NAME Set the system icon - name. The icon name is used by some - graphical applications to visualize - this host. The icon name should follow - the NAME. The + icon name is used by some graphical + applications to visualize this host. + The icon name should follow the Icon - 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 + Naming Specification. + + Pass an empty string 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-chassis TYPE - Set the chassis - type. The chassis type is used by some + Set the chassis type + to 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: + the host or alter user interaction. + Currently, the following chassis types + are defined: desktop, laptop, server, tablet, - handset, as well as + handset, + watch, 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 - firmware and possibly other - parameters. + immediate physical chassis. + + Pass an empty string to reset + the chassis type to the default value + which is determined from the firmware + and possibly other parameters. + @@ -244,7 +237,7 @@ Exit status - On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure + On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise. @@ -256,7 +249,8 @@ hostname5, machine-info5, systemctl1, - systemd-hostnamed.service8 + systemd-hostnamed.service8, + systemd-firstboot1