From df2ce9dbb6e0d55aa375f57293a7b2bf31f44be7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lennart Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:05:05 +0000 Subject: clean up for distribution git-svn-id: svn+ssh://rootserver/home/lennart/svn/private/projects/nss-myhostname@85 bf9bc1cc-28ce-0310-abfb-9041aa761afb --- README | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..205118d --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +nss-myhostname is a GNU libc NSS module that statically translates the +local host name to the IP address 127.0.0.2 (which is on the loopback +device) and vice versa. + +This is useful to make sure that the local host name is always +resolvable. Some programs (such as sudo) require this functionality. + +Especially on embedded systems it may not be desirable to modify +/etc/hosts to match the current host name. + +It is a good idea to put this module as last resort in +/etc/nsswitch.conf, to make sure that other name service take +precedence. + +-- Lennart Poettering, lennart [at] poettering [dot] de + +$Id$ -- cgit