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Lennart Poettering d296c20f1f man: move 'files' module in NSS 'hosts:' line before myhostname
I am pretty sure /etc/hosts (i.e. an explicitly configured, local,
trusted database) should be useful for overriding the automatic
myhostname logic.

resolved's internal logic handles it that way and hence we should
suggest it in the NSS fallback line, too.

Let's also bring the factory file back into sync with what the docs say.

And update the prose a bit too, to actually match what we recommend.
2020-08-17 18:55:59 +02:00

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<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ -->
<refentry id="nss-resolve" conditional='ENABLE_NSS_RESOLVE'>
<refentryinfo>
<title>nss-resolve</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>nss-resolve</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>nss-resolve</refname>
<refname>libnss_resolve.so.2</refname>
<refpurpose>Hostname resolution via <filename>systemd-resolved.service</filename></refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para><filename>libnss_resolve.so.2</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><command>nss-resolve</command> is a plug-in module for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the
GNU C Library (<command>glibc</command>) enabling it to resolve hostnames via the
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> local network
name resolution service. It replaces the <command>nss-dns</command> plug-in module that traditionally resolves
hostnames via DNS.</para>
<para>To activate the NSS module, add <literal>resolve [!UNAVAIL=return]</literal> to the line starting
with <literal>hosts:</literal> in <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>. Specifically, it is
recommended to place <literal>resolve</literal> early in <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>'s
<literal>hosts:</literal> line. It should be before the <literal>files</literal> entry, since
<filename>systemd-resolved</filename> supports <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> internally, but with
caching. To the contrary, it should be after <literal>mymachines</literal>, to give hostnames given to
local VMs and containers precedence over names received over DNS. Finally, we recommend placing
<literal>dns</literal> somewhere after <literal>resolve</literal>, to fall back to
<command>nss-dns</command> if <filename>systemd-resolved.service</filename> is not available.</para>
<para>Note that <command>systemd-resolved</command> will synthesize DNS resource records in a few cases,
for example for <literal>localhost</literal> and the current local hostname, see
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
the full list. This duplicates the functionality of
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>nss-myhostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, but
it is still recommended (see examples below) to keep <command>nss-myhostname</command> configured in
<filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>, to keep those names resolveable if
<command>systemd-resolved</command> is not running.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
<para>Here is an example <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file that enables <command>nss-resolve</command>
correctly:</para>
<!-- synchronize with other nss-* man pages and factory/etc/nsswitch.conf -->
<programlisting>passwd: compat systemd
group: compat [SUCCESS=merge] systemd
shadow: compat
hosts: mymachines <command>resolve [!UNAVAIL=return]</command> files myhostname dns
networks: files
protocols: db files
services: db files
ethers: db files
rpc: db files
netgroup: nis</programlisting>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-resolved</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>nss-systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>nss-myhostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>nss-mymachines</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>nsswitch.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>