X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fhostnamectl.xml;h=71973fde912748ecc819e458e522ffe2cea82f47;hb=6fc27667950fe153033f0f49cb5b57e8954c3e54;hp=6746a7042fe4622f149d4a7b27c443657b1ea8f6;hpb=4f50d2efbac87aba0505b9f998bf3e4bde64c214;p=elogind.git diff --git a/man/hostnamectl.xml b/man/hostnamectl.xml index 6746a7042..71973fde9 100644 --- a/man/hostnamectl.xml +++ b/man/hostnamectl.xml @@ -69,11 +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