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diff --git a/man/machine-info.xml b/man/machine-info.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b310d71334 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/machine-info.xml @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@ +<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*--> +<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/xhtml/docbook.xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> + +<!-- + This file is part of systemd. + + Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering + + systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it + under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + Lesser General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License + along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +--> + +<refentry id="machine-info"> + <refentryinfo> + <title>machine-info</title> + <productname>systemd</productname> + + <authorgroup> + <author> + <contrib>Developer</contrib> + <firstname>Lennart</firstname> + <surname>Poettering</surname> + <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> + </author> + </authorgroup> + </refentryinfo> + + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + + <refnamediv> + <refname>machine-info</refname> + <refpurpose>Local machine information file</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + + <refsynopsisdiv> + <para><filename>/etc/machine-info</filename></para> + </refsynopsisdiv> + + <refsect1> + <title>Description</title> + + <para>The <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename> file + contains machine meta data.</para> + + <para>The basic file format of + <filename>machine-info</filename> is a + newline-separated list of environment-like + shell-compatible variable assignments. It is possible + to source the configuration from shell scripts, + however, beyond mere variable assignments no shell + features are supported, allowing applications to read + the file without implementing a shell compatible + execution engine.</para> + + <para><filename>/etc/machine-info</filename> contains + meta data about the machine that is set by the user or + administrator.</para> + + <para>Depending on the operating system other + configuration files might be checked for machine + information as well, however only as fallback.</para> + + <para>You may use + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + to change the settings of this file from the command + line.</para> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Options</title> + + <para>The following machine meta data parameters may + be set using + <filename>/etc/machine-info</filename>:</para> + + <variablelist> + + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>PRETTY_HOSTNAME=</varname></term> + + <listitem><para>A pretty + human-readable UTF8 machine identifier + string. This should contain a name + like <literal>Lennart's + Laptop</literal> which is useful to + present to the user and does not + suffer by the syntax limitations of + internet domain names. If possible the + internet host name as configured in + <filename>/etc/hostname</filename> + should be kept similar to this + one. Example: if this value is + <literal>Lennart's Computer</literal> + an Internet host name of + <literal>lennarts-computer</literal> + might be a good choice. If this + parameter is not set an application + should fall back to the Internet host + name for presentation + purposes.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><varname>ICON_NAME=</varname></term> + + <listitem><para>An icon identifying + this machine according to the <ulink + url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">XDG + Icon Naming Specification</ulink>. If + this parameter is not set an + application should fall back to + <literal>computer</literal> or a + similar icon name.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>Example</title> + + <programlisting>PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Computer" +ICON_NAME=computer-laptop</programlisting> + </refsect1> + + <refsect1> + <title>See Also</title> + <para> + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-id</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> + </para> + </refsect1> + +</refentry> |