<para><command>nss-mymachines</command> is a plugin for the GNU
Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library
- (<command>glibc</command>) providing hostname resolution for
- container names of containers running locally, that are registered
+ (<command>glibc</command>), providing hostname resolution for
+ container names of containers running locally that are registered
with
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
The container names are resolved to the IP addresses of the
<para>It is recommended to place <literal>mymachines</literal>
near the end of the <filename>nsswitch.conf</filename> lines to
- make sure that its mappings are only used as fallback, and any
+ make sure that its mappings are only used as fallback, and that any
other mappings, such as DNS or <filename>/etc/hosts</filename>
- based mappings take precedence.</para>
+ based mappings, take precedence.</para>
</refsect1>
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<title>Example</title>
- <para>Here's an example <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>
- file, that enables <command>mymachines</command> correctly:</para>
+ <para>Here is an example <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>
+ file that enables <command>mymachines</command> correctly:</para>
<programlisting>passwd: compat <command>mymachines</command>
group: compat <command>mymachines</command>
shadow: compat
-hosts: files dns <command>mymachines</command> myhostname
+hosts: files resolve <command>mymachines</command> myhostname
networks: files
protocols: db files
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nss-resolve</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>nss-myhostname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>nsswitch.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>getent</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>