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| author | Jiří Klimeš <jklimes@redhat.com> | 2014-02-28 14:44:22 +0100 |
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| committer | Jiří Klimeš <jklimes@redhat.com> | 2014-02-28 14:44:22 +0100 |
| commit | e3176dfa0d8c3efdf582fcc674872c5c40450969 (patch) | |
| tree | 4e035c7ac87c87980e09a02e54e2143ce8731f4d /man | |
| parent | 16bbc90c163b8ec5846e2bf73b89f442aacb931f (diff) | |
| download | NetworkManager-e3176dfa0d8c3efdf582fcc674872c5c40450969.tar.gz | |
man: add a note about hostname to nmcli manual page
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/nmcli.1.in | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/nmcli.1.in b/man/nmcli.1.in index e8dab3cfbc..0292fa5257 100644 --- a/man/nmcli.1.in +++ b/man/nmcli.1.in @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ .\" .\" Copyright (C) 2010 - 2014 Red Hat, Inc. .\" -.TH NMCLI "1" "25 February 2014" +.TH NMCLI "1" "28 February 2014" .SH NAME nmcli \- command\(hyline tool for controlling NetworkManager @@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ command is provided for \fIgeneral\fP object. Get and change system hostname. With no arguments, this prints currently configured hostname. When you pass a hostname, it will be handed over to NetworkManager to be set as a new system hostname. +.br +Note that the term \fBsystem\fP hostname may also be referred to as \fBpersistent\fP or +\fBstatic\fP by other programs or tools. The hostname is stored in /etc/hostname +file in most distributions. For example, systemd-hostnamed service uses the term +\fBstatic\fP hostname and it only reads the /etc/hostname file when it starts. .TP .B permissions .br |