From d129fef076e6dd4ba1b12717880cfa4f4f6ef1bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Gundersen Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:40:57 +0100 Subject: man: add hostname(5) Also fix typo in Makefile making the install of the other manpages fail. Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen --- hostname.5.txt | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 hostname.5.txt (limited to 'hostname.5.txt') diff --git a/hostname.5.txt b/hostname.5.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f141768 --- /dev/null +++ b/hostname.5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +///// +vim:set ts=4 sw=4 syntax=asciidoc noet: +///// +hostname(5) +=========== + +NAME +---- +hostname - Local host name configuration file + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +*/etc/hostname* + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +The /etc/hostname file configures the name of the local system that is set during boot. 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 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. + +In Arch Linux the HOSTNAME variable in /etc/rc.conf is checked for the host name as well, however only as fallback. + +HISTORY +------- +The simple configuration file format of /etc/hostname originates from Debian GNU/Linux. + +SEE ALSO +-------- +systemd.hostname(5), hostname(1), hostname(7), rc.conf(5) + +AUTHORS +------- +Original by Lennart Poettering, adapted to Arch Linux by Tom Gundersen. -- cgit v1.2.3