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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2021-03-26 18:40:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2021-04-23 12:02:24 +0200 |
| commit | 2f166bb79b026ca3dfa1117b1a01aecbabcaccf3 (patch) | |
| tree | a60b6a1add812d4ea8d2d2a80d95ae8b8501850f /man/nss-myhostname.xml | |
| parent | ee18f107d3d64b39e4e361e54924ca165f25d4e8 (diff) | |
| download | systemd-2f166bb79b026ca3dfa1117b1a01aecbabcaccf3.tar.gz | |
man: document _outbound
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diff --git a/man/nss-myhostname.xml b/man/nss-myhostname.xml index 8d5b549c3b..8a603fb9ce 100644 --- a/man/nss-myhostname.xml +++ b/man/nss-myhostname.xml @@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ 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> + + <listitem><para>The hostname <literal>_outbound</literal> is resolved to the local IPv4 and IPv6 + addresses that are most likely used for communication with other hosts. This is determined by + requesting a routing decision to the configured default gateways from the kernel and then using the + local IP addresses selected by this decision. This hostname is only available if there is at least one + local default gateway configured. This assigns a stable hostname to the local outbound IP addresses, + useful for referencing them independently of the current network configuration state.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Various software relies on an always-resolvable local |