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-rw-r--r--man/hostnamectl.xml43
-rw-r--r--src/test/test-hostname-util.c1
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/man/hostnamectl.xml b/man/hostnamectl.xml
index 60004e9d04..9e1b593e6d 100644
--- a/man/hostnamectl.xml
+++ b/man/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
diff --git a/src/test/test-hostname-util.c b/src/test/test-hostname-util.c
index 17fde9f27e..1c3d13ed1d 100644
--- a/src/test/test-hostname-util.c
+++ b/src/test/test-hostname-util.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static void test_hostname_is_valid(void) {
assert_se(!hostname_is_valid("foo..bar", false));
assert_se(!hostname_is_valid("foo.bar..", false));
assert_se(!hostname_is_valid("xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", false));
+ assert_se(!hostname_is_valid("au-xph5-rvgrdsb5hcxc-47et3a5vvkrc-server-wyoz4elpdpe3.openstack.local", false));
assert_se(hostname_is_valid("foobar", true));
assert_se(hostname_is_valid("foobar.com", true));