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author | Luke Shumaker <lukeshu@sbcglobal.net> | 2016-12-17 03:11:52 -0500 |
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committer | Luke Shumaker <lukeshu@sbcglobal.net> | 2016-12-17 03:11:52 -0500 |
commit | b849891b5dde5ee14ab8b7b7db74e65a4a38d993 (patch) | |
tree | 29bb0e6fda9b4b170041913de495da057bbe3621 /src/grp-hostname/hostnamectl | |
parent | 004efebf9cc559ea131bb9460ee0ee198e2d5da7 (diff) | |
parent | 881228ff72434a0e3401a16bd87f179ef0ab1619 (diff) |
Merge branch 'notsystemd/postmove' into notsystemd/master
# Conflicts:
# src/grp-journal/libjournal-core/.gitignore
# src/grp-system/libcore/include/core/mount.h
Diffstat (limited to 'src/grp-hostname/hostnamectl')
-rw-r--r-- | src/grp-hostname/hostnamectl/hostnamectl.c | 36 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | src/grp-hostname/hostnamectl/hostnamectl.xml | 43 |
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/src/grp-hostname/hostnamectl/hostnamectl.c b/src/grp-hostname/hostnamectl/hostnamectl.c index c5f702087d..d6da61879b 100644 --- a/src/grp-hostname/hostnamectl/hostnamectl.c +++ b/src/grp-hostname/hostnamectl/hostnamectl.c @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static int set_simple_string(sd_bus *bus, const char *method, const char *value) static int set_hostname(sd_bus *bus, char **args, unsigned n) { _cleanup_free_ char *h = NULL; - char *hostname = args[1]; + const char *hostname = args[1]; int r; assert(args); @@ -263,27 +263,29 @@ static int set_hostname(sd_bus *bus, char **args, unsigned n) { if (arg_pretty) { const char *p; - /* If the passed hostname is already valid, then - * assume the user doesn't know anything about pretty - * hostnames, so let's unset the pretty hostname, and - * just set the passed hostname as static/dynamic + /* If the passed hostname is already valid, then assume the user doesn't know anything about pretty + * hostnames, so let's unset the pretty hostname, and just set the passed hostname as static/dynamic * hostname. */ - - if (arg_static && hostname_is_valid(hostname, true)) { - p = ""; - /* maybe get rid of trailing dot */ - hostname = hostname_cleanup(hostname); - } else { - p = h = strdup(hostname); - if (!p) - return log_oom(); - - hostname_cleanup(hostname); - } + if (arg_static && hostname_is_valid(hostname, true)) + p = ""; /* No pretty hostname (as it is redundant), just a static one */ + else + p = hostname; /* Use the passed name as pretty hostname */ r = set_simple_string(bus, "SetPrettyHostname", p); if (r < 0) return r; + + /* Now that we set the pretty hostname, let's clean up the parameter and use that as static + * hostname. If the hostname was already valid as static hostname, this will only chop off the trailing + * dot if there is one. If it was not valid, then it will be made fully valid by truncating, dropping + * multiple dots, and dropping weird chars. Note that we clean the name up only if we also are + * supposed to set the pretty name. If the pretty name is not being set we assume the user knows what + * he does and pass the name as-is. */ + h = strdup(hostname); + if (!h) + return log_oom(); + + hostname = hostname_cleanup(h); /* Use the cleaned up name as static hostname */ } if (arg_static) { diff --git a/src/grp-hostname/hostnamectl/hostnamectl.xml b/src/grp-hostname/hostnamectl/hostnamectl.xml index 60004e9d04..9e1b593e6d 100644 --- a/src/grp-hostname/hostnamectl/hostnamectl.xml +++ b/src/grp-hostname/hostnamectl/hostnamectl.xml @@ -71,10 +71,9 @@ 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 used, while the static and transient hostnames are - limited to the usually accepted characters of Internet domain - names.</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 @@ -107,15 +106,11 @@ <term><option>--transient</option></term> <term><option>--pretty</option></term> - <listitem><para>If <command>status</command> is used (or no - explicit command is given) and one of those fields is given, - <command>hostnamectl</command> will print out just this - selected hostname.</para> + <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 - those options is used, all the specified hostnames will be - updated. </para></listitem> + <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" /> @@ -139,22 +134,14 @@ <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 replacing spaces with <literal>-</literal> 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.</para> + <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 |