NAME
hesiod.conf —
configuration file for
the Hesiod library
DESCRIPTION
The file
hesiod.conf determines the behavior of the Hesiod
library. Blank lines and lines beginning with a ‘#’ character are
ignored. All other lines should be of the form
variable =
value, where the value should be a single word. Possible
variables and values are:
-
-
- lhs
- Specifies the domain prefix used for Hesiod queries. In
almost all cases, you should specify
“lhs=.ns”. The default
value if you do not specify an lhs value is no domain prefix, which is not
compatible with most Hesiod domains.
-
-
- rhs
- Specifies the default Hesiod domain; this value may be
overridden by the
HES_DOMAIN
environment variable.
You must specify an rhs line for the Hesiod library to
work properly.
-
-
- classes
- Specifies which DNS classes Hesiod should do lookups in.
Possible values are IN (the preferred class) and
HS (the deprecated class, 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 variable is
“IN,HS”.
SEE ALSO
hesiod(3)
BUGS
There default value for “lhs” should probably be more
reasonable.