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Diffstat (limited to 'man/nss-myhostname.xml')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man/nss-myhostname.xml b/man/nss-myhostname.xml index c0e2b828be..efbadac33f 100644 --- a/man/nss-myhostname.xml +++ b/man/nss-myhostname.xml @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ <refnamediv> <refname>nss-myhostname</refname> - <refpurpose>Provide host name resolution for the locally + <refpurpose>Provide hostname resolution for the locally configured system hostname.</refpurpose> </refnamediv> @@ -58,17 +58,17 @@ <para><command>nss-myhostname</command> is a plugin for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library (<command>glibc</command>) - providing host name resolution for the locally configured system + providing hostname resolution for the locally configured system hostname as returned by <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gethostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>. - Various software relies on an always resolvable local host name. When - using dynamic hostnames this is usually achieved by patching + Various software relies on an always-resolvable local hostname. When + using dynamic hostnames, this is usually achieved by patching <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> at the same time as changing the host name. This however is not ideal since it requires a writable <filename>/etc</filename> file system and is fragile because the file might be edited by the administrator at the same time. <command>nss-myhostname</command> - simply returns all locally configure public IP addresses, or -- if none - are configured -- the IPv4 address 127.0.0.2 (which is on the local + simply returns all locally configured public IP addresses, or, if none + are configured, the IPv4 address 127.0.0.2 (which is on the local loopback) and the IPv6 address ::1 (which is the local host) for whatever system hostname is configured locally. Patching <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> is thus no longer necessary.</para> @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ $ getent ahosts `hostname` 127.0.0.2 RAW </programlisting> - <para>In this case the local host name is <varname>omega</varname>.</para> + <para>In this case the local hostname is <varname>omega</varname>.</para> </refsect1> |