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=d7a9e92879b45b042d7a68385dedc1bbf86cbbfa;hb=a2b135e3d8d5dfa103a87e304ed8a91b01fdbb02;hpb=e9dd9f9547350c7dc0473583b5c2228dc8f0ab76 diff --git a/man/hostnamectl.xml b/man/hostnamectl.xml index d7a9e9287..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: @@ -178,20 +168,21 @@ hostname will be simplified in regards to the character set used before the latter are updated. This is done by - replacing spaces with "-" and removing + replacing spaces with + - and removing special characters. This ensures that the pretty and the static hostname are always closely related while still following the validity rules of the specific name. This simplification of the hostname string is not done if - only the transient and/or static - hostnames are set, and the pretty - hostname is left untouched. Pass the - empty string "" as the hostname to - reset the selected hostnames to their - default (usually "localhost"). - + only the transient and/or static host + names are set, and the pretty host + name is left untouched. Pass the empty + string as the + hostname to reset the selected + hostnames to their default (usually + localhost). @@ -243,7 +234,7 @@ Exit status - On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure + On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.