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| author | Florian Klink <flokli@flokli.de> | 2021-07-17 19:49:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Florian Klink <flokli@flokli.de> | 2021-07-23 01:56:07 +0200 |
| commit | 946f7ce32cef44d9bfcf2dc594bb193341434f57 (patch) | |
| tree | 5d82fdce48e72dc45bf4fb60220068308081e189 /man/nss-myhostname.xml | |
| parent | ce266330fc3bd6767451ac3400336cd9acebe9c1 (diff) | |
| download | systemd-946f7ce32cef44d9bfcf2dc594bb193341434f57.tar.gz | |
man: document nss-{resolve,myhostname} resolving in the other direction, too
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| -rw-r--r-- | man/nss-myhostname.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/nss-myhostname.xml b/man/nss-myhostname.xml index 4a33149a73..f9d0ff43f4 100644 --- a/man/nss-myhostname.xml +++ b/man/nss-myhostname.xml @@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ This resolves well-known hostnames like <literal>localhost</literal> and the machine hostnames locally. It is consistent with the behaviour of <command>nss-resolve</command>, and still allows overriding via - <filename>/etc/hosts</filename>. + <filename>/etc/hosts</filename>.</para> + + <para>Please keep in mind that <command>nss-myhostname</command> (and <command>nss-resolve</command>) also resolve + in the other direction — from locally attached IP adresses to + hostnames. If you rely on that lookup being provided by DNS, you might + want to order things differently. </para> </refsect1> |