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diff --git a/share/man/man5/hosts.5 b/share/man/man5/hosts.5 index f870922acc0..ecb2c0b6bb0 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/hosts.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/hosts.5 @@ -57,20 +57,31 @@ tab characters. A ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file. .Pp +The system configuration file +.Xr resolv.conf 5 +controls where host name information will be searched for. +The mechanism provided permits the administrator to describe the +databases to search; the databases currently known include +.Xr yp 5 , +DNS +and the +.Xr hosts 5 +database. +.Pp When using the name server .Xr named 8 , this file provides a backup when the name server is not running. For the name server, it is suggested that only a few addresses be included in this file. -These include address for the local interfaces that +These include address for the local interfaces that .Xr ifconfig 8 needs at boot time and a few machines on the local network. .Pp This file may be created from the official host data base maintained at the Network Information Control Center -.Pq Tn NIC , +.Pq Tn NIC , though local changes may be required to bring it up to date regarding unofficial aliases and/or unknown hosts. As the data base maintained at @@ -100,6 +111,7 @@ file resides in .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr gethostbyname 3 , .Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr resolv.conf 5 , .Xr named 8 .Rs .%T "Name Server Operations Guide for BIND" |