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3a54a157 | 2 | <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" |
eea10b26 | 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"> |
db9ecf05 | 4 | <!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later --> |
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56ba3c78 | 6 | <refentry id="systemd-hostnamed.service" conditional='ENABLE_HOSTNAMED'> |
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8 | <refentryinfo> |
9 | <title>systemd-hostnamed.service</title> | |
10 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
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11 | </refentryinfo> |
12 | ||
13 | <refmeta> | |
14 | <refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle> | |
15 | <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> | |
16 | </refmeta> | |
17 | ||
18 | <refnamediv> | |
19 | <refname>systemd-hostnamed.service</refname> | |
20 | <refname>systemd-hostnamed</refname> | |
e09a36bd | 21 | <refpurpose>Daemon to control system hostname from programs</refpurpose> |
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22 | </refnamediv> |
23 | ||
24 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
25 | <para><filename>systemd-hostnamed.service</filename></para> | |
12b42c76 | 26 | <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-hostnamed</filename></para> |
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27 | </refsynopsisdiv> |
28 | ||
29 | <refsect1> | |
30 | <title>Description</title> | |
31 | ||
e09a36bd | 32 | <para><filename>systemd-hostnamed.service</filename> is a system service that may be used to change the |
ca264f7d | 33 | system's hostname and related machine metadata from user programs. It is automatically activated on |
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34 | request and terminates itself when unused.</para> |
35 | ||
36 | <para>It currently offers access to five variables: | |
37 | <itemizedlist> | |
ca264f7d | 38 | <listitem><para>The current hostname (Example: <literal>dhcp-192-168-47-11</literal>)</para> |
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39 | </listitem> |
40 | ||
ca264f7d | 41 | <listitem><para>The static (configured) hostname (Example: |
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42 | <literal>lennarts-computer</literal>)</para></listitem> |
43 | ||
ca264f7d | 44 | <listitem><para>The pretty hostname (Example: <literal>Lennart's Computer</literal>)</para> |
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45 | </listitem> |
46 | ||
47 | <listitem><para>A suitable icon name for the local host (Example: | |
48 | <literal>computer-laptop</literal>)</para></listitem> | |
49 | ||
50 | <listitem><para>A chassis type (Example: <literal>tablet</literal>)</para> | |
51 | </listitem> | |
52 | </itemizedlist></para> | |
798d3a52 | 53 | |
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54 | <para>The static hostname is stored in <filename>/etc/hostname</filename>, see |
55 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for more | |
56 | information. The pretty hostname, chassis type, and icon name are stored in | |
57 | <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>, see | |
58 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> | |
59 | ||
798d3a52 | 60 | <para>The tool |
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61 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> is a |
62 | command line client to this service.</para> | |
798d3a52 | 63 | |
ca264f7d | 64 | <para>See |
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65 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>org.freedesktop.hostname1</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
66 | and | |
67 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>org.freedesktop.LogControl1</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
e09a36bd | 68 | for a description of the D-Bus API.</para> |
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69 | </refsect1> |
70 | ||
71 | <refsect1> | |
72 | <title>See Also</title> | |
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73 | <para><simplelist type="inline"> |
74 | <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member> | |
75 | <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></member> | |
76 | <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></member> | |
77 | <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member> | |
78 | <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>sethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry></member> | |
79 | </simplelist></para> | |
798d3a52 | 80 | </refsect1> |
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81 | |
82 | </refentry> |