From 6a7e63eff2a03be705342f6c33d2aada01a9f544 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:29:56 +0100 Subject: man: document /etc/hostname --- man/hostname.xml | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/hostname.xml (limited to 'man/hostname.xml') diff --git a/man/hostname.xml b/man/hostname.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b55f8db970 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/hostname.xml @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ + + + + + + + + + /etc/hostname + systemd + + + + Developer + Lennart + Poettering + lennart@poettering.net + + + + + + hostname + 5 + + + + hostname + local host name configuration file + + + + /etc/hostname + + + + Description + + The /etc/hostname file + configures the name of the local system that is set + during boot, with the + sethostname2 + system call. It should contain a single + newline-terminated host name string. The + host name may be a free-form string up to 64 characters + in length, however it is recommended that it consists + only of 7bit ASCII characters and no spaces or dots, + and limit itself to the format allowed for DNS domain + name labels, even though this is not a + requirement. + + Depending on the operating system other + configuration files might be checked for configuration + of the host name, however only as fallback. + + + + History + + The simple configuration file format of + /etc/hostname originates from + Debian GNU/Linux. + + + + See Also + + systemd1, + sethostname2, + hostname1 + + + + -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf