<para>Depending on the operating system other
configuration files might be checked for machine
information as well, however only as fallback.</para>
+
+ <para>You may use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ to change the settings of this file from the command
+ line.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
similar icon name.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>CHASSIS=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The chassis
+ type. Currently, the following chassis
+ types are defined:
+ <literal>desktop</literal>,
+ <literal>laptop</literal>,
+ <literal>server</literal>,
+ <literal>tablet</literal>,
+ <literal>handset</literal>, as well as
+ the special chassis types
+ <literal>vm</literal> and
+ <literal>container</literal> for
+ virtualized systems that lack an
+ immediate physical chassis. Note that
+ many systems allow detection of the
+ chassis type automatically (based on
+ firmware information or
+ suchlike). This setting (if set) shall
+ take precedence over automatically
+ detected information and is useful to
+ override misdetected configuration or
+ to manually configure the chassis type
+ where automatic detection is not
+ available.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
- <programlisting>PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Computer"
-ICON_NAME=computer-laptop</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Tablet"
+ICON_NAME=computer-tablet
+CHASSIS=tablet</programlisting>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>