From 3fe22bb4b6b5faf27683ad2e231b5a69b6e63a9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 13:48:28 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] man: document that nspawn -x, --template= and machinectl clone leave hostname and machine id unmodified --- man/machinectl.xml | 8 +++++++- man/systemd-nspawn.xml | 11 +++++++++-- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/machinectl.xml b/man/machinectl.xml index 59a6e14..50cbb1b 100644 --- a/man/machinectl.xml +++ b/man/machinectl.xml @@ -487,7 +487,13 @@ images are cloned into subvolume images with this command. Note that cloning a container or VM image is optimized for btrfs file systems, and might not be efficient on others, due - to file system limitations. + to file system limitations. + + Note that this command leaves host name, machine ID and + all other settings that could identify the instance + unmodified. The original image and the cloned copy will hence + share these credentials, and it might be necessary to manually + change them in the copy. diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml index cb96661..fec51df 100644 --- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml +++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml @@ -187,7 +187,11 @@ system, so that the btrfs subvolume may be created. May not be specified together with or - . + . + + Note that this switch leaves host name, machine ID and + all other settings that could identify the instance + unmodified. @@ -201,7 +205,10 @@ This option is only supported if the root file system is btrfs. May not be specified together with or - . + . + Note that this switch leaves host name, machine ID and + all other settings that could identify the instance + unmodified. -- 2.7.4