X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fhostnamectl.xml;h=71973fde912748ecc819e458e522ffe2cea82f47;hb=6fc27667950fe153033f0f49cb5b57e8954c3e54;hp=29914b8c8d4d646358f003f4d044a9d3c484d375;hpb=63ba209d8bc64137ff1585d5878328c93cb81b61;p=elogind.git diff --git a/man/hostnamectl.xml b/man/hostnamectl.xml index 29914b8c8..71973fde9 100644 --- a/man/hostnamectl.xml +++ b/man/hostnamectl.xml @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ along with systemd; If not, see . --> - + hostnamectl @@ -68,11 +69,9 @@ (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 @@ -94,21 +93,6 @@ The following options are understood: - - - - - Prints a short help - text and exits. - - - - - - Prints a short version - string and exits. - - @@ -125,18 +109,6 @@ 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 the remote - system. - - @@ -158,6 +130,11 @@ hostnames will be updated. + + + + + The following commands are understood: @@ -255,7 +232,7 @@ Exit status - On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure + On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.