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@@ -57,12 +57,11 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para><command>nss-myhostname</command> is a plugin for the GNU
- Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library
- (<command>glibc</command>), primarily providing hostname resolution
- for the locally configured system hostname as returned by
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
- The precise hostnames resolved by this module are:</para>
+ <para><command>nss-myhostname</command> is a plug-in module for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of
+ the GNU C Library (<command>glibc</command>), primarily providing hostname resolution for the locally configured
+ system hostname as returned by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>. The precise
+ hostnames resolved by this module are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>The local, configured hostname is resolved to
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@
ordered by their metric. This assigns a stable hostname to the
current gateway, useful for referencing it independently of the
current network configuration state.</para></listitem>
-
</itemizedlist>
<para>Various software relies on an always-resolvable local
@@ -93,29 +91,25 @@
changing <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> is unnecessary, and on
many systems, the file becomes entirely optional.</para>
- <para>To activate the NSS modules, <literal>myhostname</literal>
- has to be added to the line starting with
- <literal>hosts:</literal> in
- <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>.</para>
+ <para>To activate the NSS modules, add <literal>myhostname</literal> to the line starting with
+ <literal>hosts:</literal> in <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>.</para>
- <para>It is recommended to place <literal>myhostname</literal>
- last in the <filename>nsswitch.conf</filename> line to make sure
- that this mapping is only used as fallback, and that any DNS or
- <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> based mapping takes
- precedence.</para>
+ <para>It is recommended to place <literal>myhostname</literal> last in the <filename>nsswitch.conf</filename>'
+ <literal>hosts:</literal> line to make sure that this mapping is only used as fallback, and that any DNS or
+ <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> based mapping takes precedence.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
- <para>Here is an example <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>
- file that enables <command>myhostname</command> correctly:</para>
+ <para>Here is an example <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file that enables
+ <command>nss-myhostname</command> correctly:</para>
<programlisting>passwd: compat mymachines
group: compat mymachines
shadow: compat
-hosts: files resolve mymachines <command>myhostname</command>
+hosts: files mymachines resolve <command>myhostname</command>
networks: files
protocols: db files