man/systemd-hostnamed.service.xml

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        <refentryinfo>
                <title>systemd-hostnamed.service</title>
                <productname>systemd</productname>

                <authorgroup>
                        <author>
                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
                                <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
                                <surname>Poettering</surname>
                                <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
                        </author>
                </authorgroup>
        </refentryinfo>

        <refmeta>
                <refentrytitle>systemd-hostnamed.service</refentrytitle>
                <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
        </refmeta>

        <refnamediv>
                <refname>systemd-hostnamed.service</refname>
                <refname>systemd-hostnamed</refname>
                <refpurpose>Host name bus mechanism</refpurpose>
        </refnamediv>

        <refsynopsisdiv>
                <para><filename>systemd-hostnamed.service</filename></para>
                <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-hostnamed</filename></para>
        </refsynopsisdiv>

        <refsect1>
                <title>Description</title>

                <para><filename>systemd-hostnamed</filename> is a system
                service that may be used as a mechanism to change the
                system's hostname. <filename>systemd-hostnamed</filename> is
                automatically activated on request and terminates
                itself when it is unused.</para>

                <para>The tool
                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                is a command line client to this service.</para>

                <para>See the <ulink
                url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/hostnamed">
                developer documentation</ulink> for information about
                the APIs <filename>systemd-hostnamed</filename>
                provides.</para>
        </refsect1>

        <refsect1>
                <title>See Also</title>
                <para>
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machine-info</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>hostnamectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                </para>
        </refsect1>

</refentry>