HOSTNAME(7) - Miscellaneous Information Manual # HOSTNAME(7) - Miscellaneous Information Manual
NAME # hostname - host name resolution description
DESCRIPTION # Hostnames are domains, where a domain is a hierarchical, dot-separated list of subdomains; for example, the machine monet, in the Berkeley subdomain of the EDU subdomain of the Internet would be represented as
monet.Berkeley.EDU (with no trailing dot).
Hostnames are often used with network client and server programs, which must generally translate the name to an address for use.
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HOSTS(5) - File Formats Manual # HOSTS(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # hosts - host and network name database
DESCRIPTION # The hosts file associates names and IP addresses. Each line has the following format:
Internet address Host or network name Aliases Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or 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.
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NSD(8) NSD 4.8.0 NSD(8) # NSD(8) NSD 4.8.0 NSD(8) # NNAAMMEE # nnssdd - Name Server Daemon (NSD) version 4.8.0. SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS # nnssdd [--44] [--66] [--aa _i_p_-_a_d_d_r_e_s_s_[_@_p_o_r_t_]] [--cc _c_o_n_f_i_g_f_i_l_e] [--dd] [--ff _d_a_t_a_b_a_s_e] [--hh] [--ii _i_d_e_n_t_i_t_y] [--II _n_s_i_d] [--ll _l_o_g_f_i_l_e] [--NN _s_e_r_v_e_r_-_c_o_u_n_t] [--nn _n_o_n_c_u_r_r_e_n_t_-_t_c_p_-_c_o_u_n_t] [--PP _p_i_d_f_i_l_e] [--pp _p_o_r_t] [--ss _s_e_c_o_n_d_s] [--tt _c_h_r_o_o_t_d_i_r] [--uu _u_s_e_r_n_a_m_e] [--VV _l_e_v_e_l] [--vv] DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN # NNSSDD is a complete implementation of an authoritative DNS nameserver. Upon startup, NNSSDD will read the database specified with --ff _d_a_t_a_b_a_s_e argument and put itself into background and answers queries on port 53 or a different port specified with --pp _p_o_r_t option.
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RESOLV.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual # RESOLV.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # resolv.conf - resolver configuration files
DESCRIPTION # The resolv.conf file specifies how the resolver routines in the C library (which provide access to the Internet Domain Name System) should operate. The resolver configuration file contains information that is read by the resolver routines the first time they are invoked by a process. If the resolv.conf file does not exist, only the local host file /etc/hosts will be consulted, i.
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