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<refentry id="systemd-hostnamed.service" conditional='ENABLE_HOSTNAMED'>
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-hostnamed.service</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
- <surname>Poettering</surname>
- <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-hostnamed.service</refname>
<refname>systemd-hostnamed</refname>
- <refpurpose>Host name bus mechanism</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>Daemon to control system hostname from programs</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para><filename>systemd-hostnamed</filename> is a system service
- that may be used as a mechanism to change the system's hostname.
- <filename>systemd-hostnamed</filename> is automatically activated
- on request and terminates itself when it is unused.</para>
+ <para><filename>systemd-hostnamed.service</filename> is a system service that may be used to change the
+ system's hostname and related machine metadata from user programs. It is automatically activated on
+ request and terminates itself when unused.</para>
+
+ <para>It currently offers access to five variables:
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>The current hostname (Example: <literal>dhcp-192-168-47-11</literal>)</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>The static (configured) hostname (Example:
+ <literal>lennarts-computer</literal>)</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>The pretty hostname (Example: <literal>Lennart's Computer</literal>)</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>A suitable icon name for the local host (Example:
+ <literal>computer-laptop</literal>)</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>A chassis type (Example: <literal>tablet</literal>)</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist></para>
<para>The tool
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
is a command line client to this service.</para>
- <para>See the <ulink
- url="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/hostnamed">
- developer documentation</ulink> for information about the APIs
- <filename>systemd-hostnamed</filename> provides.</para>
+ <para>See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>org.freedesktop.hostname1</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>org.freedesktop.LogControl1</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for a description of the D-Bus API.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>