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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man7 Remove trailing whitespace; new sentence, new...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/9f4e975bf25b
branches: trunk
changeset: 757864:9f4e975bf25b
user: wiz <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Wed Sep 29 14:34:07 2010 +0000
description:
Remove trailing whitespace; new sentence, new line; fix xref.
diffstat:
share/man/man7/hostname.7 | 132 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)
diffs (217 lines):
diff -r f7a6ab88dc69 -r 9f4e975bf25b share/man/man7/hostname.7
--- a/share/man/man7/hostname.7 Wed Sep 29 13:50:49 2010 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man7/hostname.7 Wed Sep 29 14:34:07 2010 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.\" $NetBSD: hostname.7,v 1.11 2010/09/29 14:34:07 wiz Exp $
+.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2004 by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
.\"
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
@@ -31,17 +33,18 @@
.\"
.Dd February 16, 1994
.Dt HOSTNAME 7
-.Os BSD 4
+.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm hostname
+.Nm hostname
.Nd host name resolution description
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-Hostnames are domains. A domain is a hierarchical, dot-separated list
-of subdomains. For example, the machine
-.Dq Li monet ,
-in the
+Hostnames are domains.
+A domain is a hierarchical, dot-separated list of subdomains.
+For example, the machine
+.Dq Li monet ,
+in the
.Dq Li Berkeley
-subdomain of the
+subdomain of the
.Dq Li EDU
subdomain of the Internet Domain Name System would be represented as
.Pp
@@ -54,80 +57,85 @@
(This task is usually performed by the library routine
.Xr gethostbyname 3 . )
The default method for resolving hostnames by the Internet name resolver is
-to follow RFC 1535's security recommendations. Actions can be taken
-by the administrator to override these recommendations and to have the
-resolver behave the same as earlier, non-RFC 1535
-resolvers.
+to follow RFC 1535's security recommendations.
+Actions can be taken by the administrator to override these
+recommendations and to have the resolver behave the same as earlier,
+non-RFC 1535 resolvers.
.Pp
The default method (using RFC 1535 guidelines) follows:
.Pp
If the name consists of a single component, i.e. contains no dot, and if the
-environment variable
-.Dq Ev HOSTALIASES
+environment variable
+.Dq Ev HOSTALIASES
is set to the name of a file,
-that file is searched for a string matching the input hostname. The file
+that file is searched for a string matching the input hostname.
+The file
should consist of lines made up of two strings separated by white-space, the
first of which is the hostname alias, and the second of which is the complete
-hostname to be substituted for that alias. If a case-insensitive match is
+hostname to be substituted for that alias.
+If a case-insensitive match is
found between the hostname to be resolved and the first field of a line in
the file, the substituted name is looked up with no further processing.
.Pp
-If there is at least one dot in the name, then the name is first tried
-.Dq as-is .
+If there is at least one dot in the name, then the name is first tried
+.Dq as-is .
The number of dots to cause this action is configurable by setting the
-threshold using the
+threshold using the
.Dq Li ndots
-option in
+option in
.Pa /etc/resolv.conf
-(default: 1). If the name ends with a dot, the trailing dot is
+(default: 1).
+If the name ends with a dot, the trailing dot is
removed, and the remaining name is looked up (regardless of the setting of
-the
-.Li ndots
-option), without further processing.
+the
+.Li ndots
+option), without further processing.
.Pp
If the input name does not end with a trailing dot, it is looked up by
-searching through a list of domains until a match is found. If neither the
-search option in the
+searching through a list of domains until a match is found.
+If neither the search option in the
.Pa /etc/resolv.conf
-file or the
-.Dq Ev LOCALDOMAIN
+file or the
+.Dq Ev LOCALDOMAIN
environment variable is used, then the
-search list of domains contains only the full domain specified by the
+search list of domains contains only the full domain specified by the
.Li domain
option (in
.Pa /etc/resolv.conf )
-or the domain used in the local hostname. For example, if the
-.Dq Li domain
-option is set to
+or the domain used in the local hostname.
+For example, if the
+.Dq Li domain
+option is set to
.Li CS.Berkeley.EDU ,
-then only
-.Li CS.Berkeley.EDU
+then only
+.Li CS.Berkeley.EDU
will be in the search list, and this will be the only
-domain appended to the partial hostname. For example, if
-.Dq Li lithium
+domain appended to the partial hostname.
+For example, if
+.Dq Li lithium
is the name to be resolved, this would make
-.Li lithium.CS.Berkeley.EDU
+.Li lithium.CS.Berkeley.EDU
the only name to be tried using the search list.
.Pp
-If the
-.Li search
+If the
+.Li search
option is used in
.Pa /etc/resolv.conf
-or the environment variable
-.Dq Ev LOCALDOMAIN
+or the environment variable
+.Dq Ev LOCALDOMAIN
is set by the user, then
-the search list will include what is set by these methods. For
-example, if the
-.Dq Li search
+the search list will include what is set by these methods.
+For example, if the
+.Dq Li search
option contained
.Pp
.Dl CS.Berkeley.EDU CChem.Berkeley.EDU Berkeley.EDU
.Pp
-then the partial hostname (e.g.,
-.Dq Li lithium )
-will be tried with
+then the partial hostname (e.g.,
+.Dq Li lithium )
+will be tried with
.Em each
-domain name appended (in the same order specified); the resulting hostnames
+domain name appended (in the same order specified); the resulting hostnames
that would be tried are:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
lithium.CS.Berkeley.EDU
@@ -135,30 +143,30 @@
lithium.Berkeley.EDU
.Ed
.Pp
-The environment variable
-.Dq Ev LOCALDOMAIN
+The environment variable
+.Dq Ev LOCALDOMAIN
overrides the
-.Dq Li search
-and
-.Dq Li domain
-options, and if both
-.Li search
-and
+.Dq Li search
+and
+.Dq Li domain
+options, and if both
+.Li search
+and
.Li domain
-options are present in the resolver configuration file, then only the
+options are present in the resolver configuration file, then only the
.Em last
one listed is used (see
.Xr resolver 5 ) .
.Pp
-If the name was not previously tried
-.Dq as-is
+If the name was not previously tried
+.Dq as-is
(i.e., it fell below the
-.Dq Li ndots
+.Dq Li ndots
threshold or did not contain a dot), then the name as
originally provided is attempted.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/resolv.conf "
-.It Ev LOCALDOMAIN
+.It Ev LOCALDOMAIN
Affects domains appended to partial hostnames.
.It Ev HOSTALIASES
Name of file containing
@@ -169,9 +177,9 @@
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/resolv.conf " -compact
.It Pa /etc/resolv.conf
See
-.Xr resolve 5 .
+.Xr resolver 5 .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr gethostbyname 3 ,
.Xr resolver 5 ,
-.Xr mailaddr 7 ,
+.Xr mailaddr 7
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