name of the local system that is set during boot using the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
system call. It should contain a single newline-terminated
- hostname string. The hostname may be a free-form string up to 64
- characters in length; however, it is recommended that it consists
- only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case characters and no spaces or dots,
- and limits itself to the format allowed for DNS domain name
- labels, even though this is not a strict requirement.</para>
-
- <para>Depending on the operating system, other configuration files
- might be checked for configuration of the hostname as well,
- however only as fallback.</para>
+ hostname string. Comments (lines starting with a `#') are ignored.
+ The hostname may be a free-form string up to 64 characters in length;
+ however, it is recommended that it consists only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case
+ characters and no spaces or dots, and limits itself to the format allowed
+ for DNS domain name labels, even though this is not a strict
+ requirement.</para>
<para>You may use
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>