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-<refentry id="hostnamectl">
-
- <refentryinfo>
- <title>hostnamectl</title>
- <productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
- <surname>Poettering</surname>
- <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
- </refentryinfo>
-
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- </refmeta>
-
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>hostnamectl</refname>
- <refpurpose>Control the system hostname</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
-
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>hostnamectl <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg></command>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
-
- <para><command>hostnamectl</command> may be used to
- query and change the system hostname and related
- settings.</para>
-
- <para>This tool distinguishes three different host
- names: the high-level "pretty" hostname which might
- 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
- 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").</para>
-
- <para>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.</para>
-
- <para>The static host name is stored in
- <filename>/etc/hostname</filename>, see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- for more information. The pretty host name, chassis
- type and icon name are stored in
- <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>, see
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Options</title>
-
- <para>The following options are understood:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--help</option></term>
- <term><option>-h</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Prints a short help
- text and exits.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--version</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Prints a short version
- string and exits.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Don't query the user
- for authentication for privileged
- operations.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-H</option></term>
- <term><option>--host</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--static</option></term>
- <term><option>--transient</option></term>
- <term><option>--pretty</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>If
- <command>set-hostname</command> is
- invoked and one or more of these
- options are passed only the selected
- hostnames is
- updated.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><command>status</command></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Show current system
- hostname and related
- information.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><command>set-hostname [NAME]</command></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Set the system
- hostname. By default this will alter
- the pretty, the static, and the
- transient hostname alike, however if
- one or more of
- <option>--static</option>,
- <option>--transient</option>,
- <option>--pretty</option> are used
- only the selected hostnames are
- changed. If the pretty hostname is
- being set, and static or transient are
- being set as well the specified host
- name will be simplified in regards to
- the character set used before the
- latter are updated. This is done by
- replacing spaces by "-" 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 host
- names are set, and the pretty host
- name is left untouched. Pass the empty
- string "" as hostname to reset the
- selected hostnames to their default
- (usually
- "localhost").</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><command>set-icon-name [NAME]</command></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Set the system icon
- name. The icon name is used by some
- graphical applications to visualize
- this host. The icon name should follow
- 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 operation to
- reset the icon name to the default
- value which is determined from chassis
- type (see below) and possibly other
- parameters.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><command>set-chassis [TYPE]</command></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Set the chassis
- type. The chassis type is used by some
- graphical applications to visualize
- the host or alter user
- interaction. Currently, the following
- chassis types are defined:
- <literal>desktop</literal>,
- <literal>laptop</literal>,
- <literal>server</literal>,
- <literal>tablet</literal>,
- <literal>handset</literal>, as well as
- the special chassis types
- <literal>vm</literal> and
- <literal>container</literal> for
- virtualized systems that lack an
- immediate physical chassis. Pass an
- empty string to this operation to
- reset the chassis type to the default
- value which is determined from the
- firmware and possibly other
- parameters.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Exit status</title>
-
- <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
- code otherwise.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>See Also</title>
- <para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
+<refentry id="hostnamectl" conditional='ENABLE_HOSTNAMED'
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>hostnamectl</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>hostnamectl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Control the system hostname</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>hostnamectl</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>hostnamectl</command> may be used to query and
+ change the system hostname and related settings.</para>
+
+ <para>This tool distinguishes three different hostnames: the
+ high-level "pretty" hostname which might 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 which is a fallback
+ value received from network configuration. If a static hostname is
+ set, and is valid (something other than localhost), then the
+ transient hostname is not used.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that the pretty hostname has little restrictions on the characters and length used, while the static and
+ transient hostnames are limited to the usually accepted characters of Internet domain names, and 64 characters at
+ maximum (the latter being a Linux limitation).</para>
+
+ <para>The static hostname is stored in
+ <filename>/etc/hostname</filename>, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for more information. The pretty hostname, chassis type, and icon
+ name are stored in <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ <para>Use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ to initialize the system host name for mounted (but not booted)
+ system images.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Do not query the user for authentication for
+ privileged operations.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--static</option></term>
+ <term><option>--transient</option></term>
+ <term><option>--pretty</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If <command>status</command> is invoked (or no explicit command is given) and one of these
+ switches is specified, <command>hostnamectl</command> will print out just this selected hostname.</para>
+
+ <para>If used with <command>set-hostname</command>, only the selected hostname(s) will be updated. When more
+ than one of these switches are specified, all the specified hostnames will be updated. </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Commands</title>
+
+ <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>status</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show current system hostname and related information. If no command is specified,
+ this is the implied default.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>set-hostname <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Set the system hostname to <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>. By default, this will alter the
+ pretty, the static, and the transient hostname alike; however, if one or more of <option>--static</option>,
+ <option>--transient</option>, <option>--pretty</option> are used, only the selected hostnames are changed. If
+ the pretty hostname is being set, and static or transient are being set as well, the specified hostname will be
+ simplified in regards to the character set used before the latter are updated. This is done by removing special
+ characters and spaces. 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 host names are set, and the pretty host name is left untouched.</para>
+
+ <para>Pass the empty string <literal></literal> as the
+ hostname to reset the selected hostnames to their default
+ (usually <literal>localhost</literal>).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>set-icon-name <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Set the system icon name to
+ <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>. The icon name is used by some
+ graphical applications to visualize this host. The icon name
+ should follow the <ulink
+ url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">Icon
+ Naming Specification</ulink>.</para>
+
+ <para>Pass an empty string to reset the icon name to the
+ default value, which is determined from chassis type (see
+ below) and possibly other parameters.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>set-chassis <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Set the chassis type to
+ <replaceable>TYPE</replaceable>. The chassis type is used by
+ some graphical applications to visualize the host or alter
+ user interaction. Currently, the following chassis types are
+ defined:
+ <literal>desktop</literal>,
+ <literal>laptop</literal>,
+ <literal>convertible</literal>,
+ <literal>server</literal>,
+ <literal>tablet</literal>,
+ <literal>handset</literal>,
+ <literal>watch</literal>,
+ <literal>embedded</literal>,
+ as well as the special chassis types
+ <literal>vm</literal> and
+ <literal>container</literal> for virtualized systems that lack
+ an immediate physical chassis.</para>
+
+ <para>Pass an empty string to reset the chassis type to the
+ default value which is determined from the firmware and
+ possibly other parameters.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>set-deployment <replaceable>ENVIRONMENT</replaceable></command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Set the deployment environment description.
+ <replaceable>ENVIRONMENT</replaceable> must be a single word
+ without any control characters. One of the following is
+ suggested:
+ <literal>development</literal>,
+ <literal>integration</literal>,
+ <literal>staging</literal>,
+ <literal>production</literal>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Pass an empty string to reset to the default empty
+ value.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>set-location <replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable></command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Set the location string for the system, if it
+ is known. <replaceable>LOCATION</replaceable> should be a
+ human-friendly, free-form string describing the physical
+ location of the system, if it is known and applicable. This
+ may be as generic as <literal>Berlin, Germany</literal> or as
+ specific as <literal>Left Rack, 2nd Shelf</literal>.</para>
+
+ <para>Pass an empty string to reset to the default empty
+ value.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
+ otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-firstboot</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
</refentry>