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.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.Ql # 31character are ignored. 32All 33other lines should be of the form 34.Ar variable 35= 36.Ar value , 37where the 38.Ar value 39should be a single word. 40Possible 41.Ar variables 42and 43.Ar values 44are: 45.Bl -tag -width classes 46.It Ic lhs 47Specifies the domain prefix used for Hesiod queries. 48In almost all cases, you should specify 49.Dq Li lhs=.ns . 50The default value if you do 51not specify an lhs value is no domain prefix, which is not compatible 52with most Hesiod domains. 53.It Ic rhs 54Specifies the default Hesiod domain; this value may be overridden by 55the 56.Ev HES_DOMAIN 57environment variable. 58You must specify an rhs line for the Hesiod 59library to work properly. 60.It Ic classes 61Specifies which DNS classes Hesiod should do lookups in. 62Possible values are 63.Cm IN 64(the preferred class) and 65.Cm HS 66(the deprecated class, still used by some sites). 67You may specify both classes separated by 68a comma to try one class first and then the other if no entry is 69available in the first class. 70The default value of the classes variable is 71.Dq Li IN,HS . 72.El 73.Sh SEE ALSO 74.Xr hesiod 3 75.Sh BUGS 76The default value for 77.Ic lhs 78should probably be more reasonable. 79