systemd-hostnamed.service - Man Page

systemd-hostnamed​.service

/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-hostnamed

systemd-hostnamed​.service is a system service that may be used to change the system's hostname and related machine metadata from user programs​. It is automatically activated on request and terminates itself when unused​.

It currently offers access to five variables:

• The current hostname (Example: "dhcp-192-168-47-11")
• The static (configured) hostname (Example: "lennarts-computer")
• The pretty hostname (Example: "Lennart's Computer")
• A suitable icon name for the local host (Example: "computer-laptop")
• A chassis type (Example: "tablet")

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

The tool hostnamectl(1) is a command line client to this service​.

See org.freedesktop.hostname1(5) and org.freedesktop.LogControl1(5) for a description of the D-Bus API​.

systemd(1), hostname(5), machine-info(5), hostnamectl(1), sethostname(2), org.freedesktop.hostname1(5)

hostname(5), hostnamectl(1), machine-info(5), org.freedesktop.hostname1(5), os-release(5), systemd.directives(7), systemd.index(7), systemd-machine-tag@.service(8), varlinkctl(1).

The man page systemd-hostnamed(8) is an alias of systemd-hostnamed.service(8).