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authorZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2016-02-23 13:39:56 -0500
committerZbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>2016-02-23 13:47:59 -0500
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@@ -56,37 +56,36 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para><command>nss-resolve</command> is a plugin module for the
- GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library
- (<command>glibc</command>) enabling it to resolve host names via
- the
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- local network name resolution service.</para>
-
- <para>To activate the NSS module, <literal>resolve</literal>
- has to be added to the line starting with
- <literal>hosts:</literal> in
- <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>.</para>
-
- <para>It is recommended to place <literal>resolve</literal> early
- in the <filename>nsswitch.conf</filename> line (but after the
- <literal>files</literal> entry), replacing the
- <literal>dns</literal> entry if it exists, to ensure DNS queries
- are always routed via
+ <para><command>nss-resolve</command> is a plug-in module for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the
+ GNU C Library (<command>glibc</command>) enabling it to resolve host names via the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> local network
+ name resolution service. It replaces the <command>nss-dns</command> plug-in module that traditionally resolves
+ hostnames via DNS.</para>
+
+ <para>To activate the NSS module, add <literal>resolve</literal> to the line starting with
+ <literal>hosts:</literal> in <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>It is recommended to place <literal>resolve</literal> early in <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>'
+ <literal>hosts:</literal> line (but after the <literal>files</literal> or <literal>mymachines</literal> entries),
+ replacing the <literal>dns</literal> entry if it exists, to ensure DNS queries are always routed via
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that <command>nss-resolve</command> will chain-load <command>nss-dns</command> if
+ <filename>systemd-resolved.service</filename> is not running, ensuring that basic DNS resolution continues to work
+ if the service is down.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
- <para>Here is an example <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>
- file that enables <command>resolve</command> correctly:</para>
+ <para>Here is an example <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file that enables <command>nss-resolve</command>
+ correctly:</para>
<programlisting>passwd: compat mymachines
group: compat mymachines
shadow: compat
-hosts: files <command>resolve</command> mymachines myhostname
+hosts: files mymachines <command>resolve</command> myhostname
networks: files
protocols: db files
@@ -96,12 +95,6 @@ rpc: db files
netgroup: nis</programlisting>
- <para>Note that <command>nss-resolve</command> will chain-load
- <command>nss-dns</command> if
- <filename>systemd-resolved.service</filename> is not running,
- ensuring that basic DNS resolution continues to work if the
- service is down.</para>
-
</refsect1>
<refsect1>