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diff --git a/man/hostname.xml b/man/hostname.xml
index f89332e98..2f949dedd 100644
--- a/man/hostname.xml
+++ b/man/hostname.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
hostname
- Local host name configuration file
+ Local hostname configuration file
@@ -56,25 +56,28 @@
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
- to change the value of this file from the command
- line.
+ to change the value of this file during runtime from
+ the command line. Use
+ systemd-firstboot1
+ to initialize it on mounted (but not booted) system
+ images.
@@ -95,7 +98,8 @@
machine-id5,
machine-info5,
hostnamectl1,
- systemd-hostnamed.service8
+ systemd-hostnamed.service8,
+ systemd-firstboot1