X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fhostnamectl.xml;h=6746a7042fe4622f149d4a7b27c443657b1ea8f6;hp=28e875dafd5a6ef4628c50ac5d408d810f24e340;hb=67608cad2301f9ab5c92336992c176505640f2ba;hpb=05cc726731c5cec952722f1c14acb08e3d4d5e98 diff --git a/man/hostnamectl.xml b/man/hostnamectl.xml index 28e875daf..6746a7042 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 @@ -75,13 +78,13 @@ 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. @@ -92,25 +95,10 @@ 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. @@ -123,30 +111,32 @@ 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: @@ -244,7 +234,7 @@ Exit status - On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure + On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.