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MACHINE-INFO(5)			 machine-info		       MACHINE-INFO(5)

NAME
       machine-info - Local machine information file

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/machine-info

DESCRIPTION
       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.

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.

EXAMPLE
	   PRETTY_HOSTNAME="Lennart's Computer"
	   ICON_NAME=computer-laptop

SEE ALSO
       systemd(1), os-release(5), hostname(5), machine-id(5)

AUTHOR
       Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
	   Developer

NOTES
	1. XDG Icon Naming Specification
	   http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html

systemd				  03/16/2012		       MACHINE-INFO(5)

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