systemd-hostnamed.service(8) Host name bus mechanism

Other Alias

systemd-hostnamed

SYNOPSIS

systemd-hostnamed.service

/lib/systemd/systemd-hostnamed

DESCRIPTION

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

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

See the m[blue]developer documentationm[][1] for information about the APIs systemd-hostnamed provides.