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9 <refentry id="systemd-hostnamed.service" conditional='ENABLE_HOSTNAMED'>
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11 <refentryinfo>
12 <title>systemd-hostnamed.service</title>
13 <productname>systemd</productname>
14 </refentryinfo>
15
16 <refmeta>
17 <refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle>
18 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
19 </refmeta>
20
21 <refnamediv>
22 <refname>systemd-hostnamed.service</refname>
23 <refname>systemd-hostnamed</refname>
24 <refpurpose>Host name bus mechanism</refpurpose>
25 </refnamediv>
26
27 <refsynopsisdiv>
28 <para><filename>systemd-hostnamed.service</filename></para>
29 <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-hostnamed</filename></para>
30 </refsynopsisdiv>
31
32 <refsect1>
33 <title>Description</title>
34
35 <para><filename>systemd-hostnamed</filename> is a system service
36 that may be used as a mechanism to change the system's hostname.
37 <filename>systemd-hostnamed</filename> is automatically activated
38 on request and terminates itself when it is unused.</para>
39
40 <para>The tool
41 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
42 is a command line client to this service.</para>
43
44 <para>See the <ulink
45 url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/hostnamed">
46 developer documentation</ulink> for information about the APIs
47 <filename>systemd-hostnamed</filename> provides.</para>
48 </refsect1>
49
50 <refsect1>
51 <title>See Also</title>
52 <para>
53 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
54 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
55 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
56 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
57 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
58 </para>
59 </refsect1>
60
61 </refentry>