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diff --git a/share/man/man5/hosts.5 b/share/man/man5/hosts.5 index 00ca8ce..3708958 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/hosts.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/hosts.5 @@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ The .Nm hosts file contains information regarding the known hosts on the network. +It can be used in conjunction with DNS, and the NIS +maps `hosts.byaddr' and `hosts.byname', as controlled by +.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 . For each host a single line should be present with the following information: .Bd -unfilled -offset indent @@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ file resides in .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr gethostbyname 3 , +.Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , .Xr ifconfig 8 , .Xr named 8 .Rs |
