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MACHINE-INFO(5) | machine-info | MACHINE-INFO(5) |
NAME¶
machine-info - Local machine information fileSYNOPSIS¶
/etc/machine-infoDESCRIPTION¶
The /etc/machine-info file contains machine meta data. The basic file format of machine-info is a newline-separated list of environment-like shell-compatible variable assignments. It is possible to source the configuration from shell scripts, however, beyond mere variable assignments no shell features are supported, allowing applications to read the file without implementing a shell compatible execution engine. /etc/machine-info contains meta data about the machine that is set by the user or administrator. Depending on the operating system other configuration files might be checked for machine information as well, however only as fallback. You may use hostnamectl(1) to change the settings of this file from the command line.OPTIONS¶
The following machine meta data parameters may be set using /etc/machine-info: PRETTY_HOSTNAME=A pretty human-readable UTF8 machine
identifier string. This should contain a name like Lennart's Laptop which is
useful to present to the user and does not suffer by the syntax limitations of
internet domain names. If possible the internet host name as configured in
/etc/hostname should be kept similar to this one. Example: if this value is
Lennart's Computer an Internet host name of lennarts-computer might be a good
choice. If this parameter is not set an application should fall back to the
Internet host name for presentation purposes.
ICON_NAME=
An icon identifying this machine according to
the XDG Icon Naming Specification[1]. If this parameter is not set an
application should fall back to computer or a similar icon name.
CHASSIS=
The chassis type. Currently, the following
chassis types are defined: desktop, laptop, server, tablet, handset, as well
as the special chassis types vm and container for virtualized systems that
lack an immediate physical chassis. Note that many systems allow detection of
the chassis type automatically (based on firmware information or suchlike).
This setting (if set) shall take precedence over automatically detected
information and is useful to override misdetected configuration or to manually
configure the chassis type where automatic detection is not available.
EXAMPLE¶
PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Tablet" ICON_NAME=computer-tablet CHASSIS=tablet
SEE ALSO¶
NOTES¶
- 1.
- XDG Icon Naming Specification
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