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@@ -65,18 +65,15 @@ Configuring Hesiod
Next, you will have to configure Hesiod. If you are already running
Hesiod in your network, you probably already have a file named
`hesiod.conf' on your machines (probably as `/etc/hesiod.conf' or
-`/usr/local/etc/hesiod.conf'). The Hesiod NSS module expects this
-file to be found in the sysconfdir (`/usr/local/etc/hesiod.conf' by
-default, see the installation notes on how to change this) or in the
-location specified by the environment variable `HESIOD_CONFIG'. If
-there is no configuration file you will want to create your own. It
-should look something like:
+`/usr/local/etc/hesiod.conf'). The Hesiod NSS module looks for
+`/etc/hesiod.conf' by default. If there is no configuration file you
+will want to create your own. It should look something like:
rhs=.your.domain
lhs=.ns
The value of rhs can be overridden by the environment variable
-HES_DOMAIN.
+`HES_DOMAIN'.
Configuring your name servers
-----------------------------
@@ -115,8 +112,8 @@ file `named.hesiod' containing data that looks something like:
123.gid CNAME libc.group
gnu.passwd TXT "gnu:*:4567:123:GNU:/home/gnu:/bin/bash"
456.uid CNAME mark.passwd
- nss.service TXT "nss;tcp;789;switch sw "
- nss.service TXT "nss;udp;789;switch sw"
+ nss.service TXT "nss tcp 789 switch sw "
+ nss.service TXT "nss udp 789 switch sw"
where `libc' is an example of a group, `gnu' an example of an user,
and `nss' an example of a service. Note that the format used to