1.\" $NetBSD: hesiod.conf.5,v 1.2 1999/01/25 22:37:06 lukem Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" from: #Id: hesiod.conf.5,v 1.1 1996/12/08 21:36:38 ghudson Exp # 4.\" 5.\" Copyright 1996 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 6.\" 7.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this 8.\" software and its documentation for any purpose and without 9.\" fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright 10.\" notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright 11.\" notice and this permission notice appear in supporting 12.\" documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used in 13.\" advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the 14.\" software without specific, written prior permission. 15.\" M.I.T. makes no representations about the suitability of 16.\" this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" 17.\" without express or implied warranty. 18.\" 19.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man5/hesiod.conf.5,v 1.3 2005/02/09 18:07:16 ru Exp $ 20.\" 21.Dd November 30, 1996 22.Dt HESIOD.CONF 5 23.Os 24.Sh NAME 25.Nm hesiod.conf 26.Nd "configuration file for the Hesiod library" 27.Sh DESCRIPTION 28The file 29.Nm 30determines the behavior of the Hesiod library. 31Blank lines and lines beginning with a 32.Ql # 33character are ignored. 34All 35other lines should be of the form 36.Ar variable 37= 38.Ar value , 39where the 40.Ar value 41should be a single word. 42Possible 43.Ar variables 44and 45.Ar values 46are: 47.Bl -tag -width classes 48.It Ic lhs 49Specifies the domain prefix used for Hesiod queries. 50In almost all cases, you should specify 51.Dq Li lhs=.ns . 52The default value if you do 53not specify an lhs value is no domain prefix, which is not compatible 54with most Hesiod domains. 55.It Ic rhs 56Specifies the default Hesiod domain; this value may be overridden by 57the 58.Ev HES_DOMAIN 59environment variable. 60You must specify an rhs line for the Hesiod 61library to work properly. 62.It Ic classes 63Specifies which DNS classes Hesiod should do lookups in. 64Possible values are 65.Cm IN 66(the preferred class) and 67.Cm HS 68(the deprecated class, still used by some sites). 69You may specify both classes separated by 70a comma to try one class first and then the other if no entry is 71available in the first class. 72The default value of the classes variable is 73.Dq Li IN,HS . 74.El 75.Sh SEE ALSO 76.Xr hesiod 3 77.Sh BUGS 78The default value for 79.Ic lhs 80should probably be more reasonable. 81