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.Dd November 30, 1996
.Dt HESIOD.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm hesiod.conf
.Nd configuration file for the Hesiod library
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The file
.Nm
determines the behavior of the Hesiod library.
Blank lines and lines beginning with a
.Sq #
character are ignored. All other lines should be of the form
.Em variable
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=
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.Ar value ,
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where the value should be a single word. Possible variables and
values are:
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.Bl -tag -width classes
.It Em lhs
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Specifies the domain prefix used for Hesiod queries. In almost all
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cases, you should specify
.Dq Em lhs Ns = Ns Ar .ns .
The default value if you do
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not specify an lhs value is no domain prefix, which is not compatible
with most Hesiod domains.
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.It Em rhs
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Specifies the default Hesiod domain; this value may be overridden by
the
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.Ev HES_DOMAIN
environment variable. You must specify an
.Em rhs
line for the Hesiod
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library to work properly.
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.It Em classes
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Specifies which DNS classes Hesiod should do lookups in. Possible
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values are
.Ar IN
(the preferred class) and
.Ar HS
(the deprecated class,
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still used by some sites). You may specify both classes separated by
a comma to try one class first and then the other if no entry is
available in the first class. The default value of the classes
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variable is
.Dq Ar IN,HS .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr hesiod 3
.Sh BUGS
There default value for
.Dq lhs
should probably be more reasonable.