<para><command>hostnamectl</command> may be used to
query and change the system hostname and related
- settings.</para>
+ settings.</para>
- <para>This tool distuingishes three different host
+ <para>This tool distinguishes three different host
names: the high-level "pretty" hostname which might
- include all all kinds of special characters
+ include all kinds of special characters
(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
<term><option>-H</option></term>
<term><option>--host</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Execute operation
+ <listitem><para>Execute the operation
remotely. Specify a hostname, or
username and hostname separated by @,
to connect to. This will use SSH to
the <ulink
url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">Icon
Naming Specification</ulink>. Pass an
- empty string to this operatoin to
+ empty string to this operation to
reset the icon name to the default
value which is determined from the
system form factor and possibly other
<term><varname>MaxRetentionSec=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>The maximum time to
- store journal entries for. This
+ store journal entries. This
controls whether journal files
containing entries older then the
specified time span are
journal files don't grow without
bounds. However, to enforce data
retention policies it might make sense
- to set change this value from the
+ to change this value from the
default of 0 (which turns off this
- feature). This settings also takes
+ feature). This setting also takes
time values which may be suffixed with
the units year, month, week, day, h, m
to override the default time unit of
<term><option>-H</option></term>
<term><option>--host</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Execute operation
+ <listitem><para>Execute the operation
remotely. Specify a hostname, or
username and hostname separated by @,
to connect to. This will use SSH to
<refsect1>
<title>Exit status</title>
<para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
- code otherwise. Not finding any mathing coredumps is treated
+ code otherwise. Not finding any matching coredumps is treated
as failure.
</para>
</refsect1>
<term><option>-H</option></term>
<term><option>--host</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Execute operation
+ <listitem><para>Execute the operation
remotely. Specify a hostname, or
username and hostname separated by @,
to connect to. This will use SSH to
system clock is synchronized from the
RTC again, taking the new setting into
account. Otherwise the RTC is
- synchonized from the system
+ synchronized from the system
clock.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<listitem><para>Set the system time
zone to the specified value. Available
- time zones my be listed with
+ time zones can be listed with
<command>list-timezones</command>. If
the RTC is configured to be in the
local time this will also update the
<listitem><para>List available time
zones, one per line. Entries from the
- list may selected as the system
- timezone with
+ list can be set as the system
+ time zone with
<command>set-timezone</command>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<literal>1</literal> it will maintain
the RTC in local time instead. Note
that maintaining the RTC in the local
- timezone is is not fully supported and
+ time zone is not fully supported and
will create various problems with time
zone changes and daylight saving
adjustments. If at all possible use