1.\" $NetBSD: hesiod.conf.5,v 1.4 2001/09/08 01:29:05 wiz 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.Dd November 30, 1996 20.Dt HESIOD.CONF 5 21.Os 22.Sh NAME 23.Nm hesiod.conf 24.Nd configuration file for the Hesiod library 25.Sh DESCRIPTION 26The file 27.Nm 28determines the behavior of the Hesiod library. 29Blank lines and lines beginning with a 30.Sq # 31character are ignored. All other lines should be of the form 32.Em variable 33= 34.Ar value , 35where the value should be a single word. Possible variables and 36values are: 37.Bl -tag -width classes 38.It Em lhs 39Specifies the domain prefix used for Hesiod queries. In almost all 40cases, you should specify 41.Dq Em lhs Ns = Ns Ar .ns . 42The default value if you do 43not specify an lhs value is no domain prefix, which is not compatible 44with most Hesiod domains. 45.It Em rhs 46Specifies the default Hesiod domain; this value may be overridden by 47the 48.Ev HES_DOMAIN 49environment variable. You must specify an 50.Em rhs 51line for the Hesiod 52library to work properly. 53.It Em classes 54Specifies which DNS classes Hesiod should do lookups in. Possible 55values are 56.Ar IN 57(the preferred class) and 58.Ar HS 59(the deprecated class, 60still used by some sites). You may specify both classes separated by 61a comma to try one class first and then the other if no entry is 62available in the first class. The default value of the classes 63variable is 64.Dq Ar IN,HS . 65.El 66.Sh SEE ALSO 67.Xr hesiod 3 68.Sh BUGS 69There default value for 70.Dq lhs 71should probably be more reasonable. 72