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HOSTNAMECTL(1)			  hostnamectl			HOSTNAMECTL(1)

NAME
       hostnamectl - Control the system hostname

SYNOPSIS
       hostnamectl [OPTIONS...] {COMMAND}

DESCRIPTION
       hostnamectl may be used to query and change the system hostname and
       related settings.

       This tool distinguishes three different host names: the high-level
       "pretty" hostname which might include all kinds of special characters
       (e.g. "Lennart's Laptop"), the static hostname which is used to
       initialize the kernel hostname at boot (e.g. "lennarts-laptop"), and
       the transient hostname which might be assigned temporarily due to
       network configuration and might revert back to the static hostname if
       network connectivity is lost and is only temporarily written to the
       kernel hostname (e.g. "dhcp-47-11").

       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.

       The static host name is stored in /etc/hostname, see hostname(5) for
       more information. The pretty host name, chassis type and icon name are
       stored in /etc/machine-info, see machine-id(5).

OPTIONS
       The following options are understood:

       -h, --help
	   Prints a short help text and exits.

       --version
	   Prints a short version string and exits.

       --no-ask-password
	   Don't query the user for authentication for privileged operations.

       -H, --host
	   Execute the operation remotely. Specify a hostname, or username and
	   hostname separated by @, to connect to. This will use SSH to talk
	   to a remote system.

       --static, --transient, --pretty
	   If set-hostname is invoked and one or more of these options are
	   passed only the selected hostnames is updated.

       The following commands are understood:

       status
	   Show current system hostname and related information.

       set-hostname [NAME]
	   Set the system hostname. By default this will alter the pretty, the
	   static, and the transient hostname alike, however if one or more of
	   --static, --transient, --pretty 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 host name
	   will be simplified in regards to the character set used before the
	   latter are updated. This is done by replacing spaces by "-" 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.
	   Pass the empty string "" as hostname to reset the selected
	   hostnames to their default (usually "localhost").

       set-icon-name [NAME]
	   Set the system icon name. The icon name is used by some graphical
	   applications to visualize this host. The icon name should follow
	   the Icon Naming Specification[1]. Pass an empty string to this
	   operation to reset the icon name to the default value which is
	   determined from chassis type (see below) and possibly other
	   parameters.

       set-chassis [TYPE]
	   Set the chassis type. The chassis type is used by some graphical
	   applications to visualize the host or alter user interaction.
	   Currently, the following chassis types are defined: desktop,
	   laptop, server, tablet, handset, as well as the special chassis
	   types vm and container for virtualized systems that lack an
	   immediate physical chassis. Pass an empty string to this operation
	   to reset the chassis type to the default value which is determined
	   from the firmware and possibly other parameters.

EXIT STATUS
       On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

SEE ALSO
       systemd(1), hostname(1), hostname(5), machine-info(5), systemctl(1),
       systemd-hostnamed.service(8)

NOTES
	1. Icon Naming Specification
	   http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html

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