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man: document that static/transient hostnames may be 64 chars at max

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Lennart Poettering 2016-08-19 11:02:24 +02:00
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set, and is valid (something other than localhost), then the set, and is valid (something other than localhost), then the
transient hostname is not used.</para> transient hostname is not used.</para>
<para>Note that the pretty hostname has little restrictions on the <para>Note that the pretty hostname has little restrictions on the characters and length used, while the static and
characters used, while the static and transient hostnames are transient hostnames are limited to the usually accepted characters of Internet domain names, and 64 characters at
limited to the usually accepted characters of Internet domain maximum (the latter being a Linux limitation).</para>
names.</para>
<para>The static hostname is stored in <para>The static hostname is stored in
<filename>/etc/hostname</filename>, see <filename>/etc/hostname</filename>, see