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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/net/getnetent.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/net/getnetent.3 | 20 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/getnetent.3 b/lib/libc/net/getnetent.3 index 086f4c3..de3e9df 100644 --- a/lib/libc/net/getnetent.3 +++ b/lib/libc/net/getnetent.3 @@ -64,10 +64,18 @@ and .Fn getnetbyaddr functions each return a pointer to an object with the -following structure -containing the broken-out -fields of a line in the network data base, -.Pa /etc/networks . +following structure describing an internet network. +This structure contains either the information obtained +from the nameserver, +.Xr named 8 , +broken-out fields of a line in the network data base +.Pa /etc/networks , +or entries supplied by the +.Xr yp 4 +system. The order of the lookups is controlled by the +`networks' entry in +.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 . +.Pp .Bd -literal -offset indent struct netent { char *n_name; /* official name of net */ @@ -129,8 +137,10 @@ must be .Dv AF_INET . Network numbers are supplied in host order. .Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /etc/networks -compact +.Bl -tag -width /etc/nsswitch.conf -compact .It Pa /etc/networks +.It Pa /etc/nsswitch.conf +.It Pa /etc/resolv.conf .El .Sh DIAGNOSTICS Null pointer |
