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| -rw-r--r-- | man/hostname.xml | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/hostname.xml b/man/hostname.xml index 5d3d46d8ce..9688450e1c 100644 --- a/man/hostname.xml +++ b/man/hostname.xml @@ -57,11 +57,12 @@ name of the local system that is set during boot using the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry> system call. It should contain a single newline-terminated - hostname string. The hostname may be a free-form string up to 64 - characters in length; however, it is recommended that it consists - only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case characters and no spaces or dots, - and limits itself to the format allowed for DNS domain name - labels, even though this is not a strict requirement.</para> + hostname string. Comments (lines starting with a `#') are ignored. + The hostname may be a free-form string up to 64 characters in length; + however, it is recommended that it consists only of 7-bit ASCII lower-case + characters and no spaces or dots, and limits itself to the format allowed + for DNS domain name labels, even though this is not a strict + requirement.</para> <para>Depending on the operating system, other configuration files might be checked for configuration of the hostname as well, |