.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Martin Schulze (joey@infodrom.north.de) .\" Much of the text is copied from the manpage of resolv+(8). .\" .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL) .\" This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or .\" modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as .\" published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of .\" the License, or (at your option) any later version. .\" .\" The GNU General Public License's references to "object code" .\" and "executables" are to be interpreted as the output of any .\" document formatting or typesetting system, including .\" intermediate and printed output. .\" .\" This manual is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, .\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the .\" GNU General Public License for more details. .\" .\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public .\" License along with this manual; if not, see .\" . .\" %%%LICENSE_END .\" .\" 2003-08-23 Martin Schulze Updated according to glibc 2.3.2 .TH HOST.CONF 5 2019-03-06 "Linux" "Linux System Administration" .SH NAME host.conf \- resolver configuration file .SH DESCRIPTION The file .I /etc/host.conf contains configuration information specific to the resolver library. It should contain one configuration keyword per line, followed by appropriate configuration information. The following keywords are recognized: .TP .I trim This keyword may be listed more than once. Each time it should be followed by a list of domains, separated by colons (\(aq:\(aq), semicolons (\(aq;\(aq) or commas (\(aq,\(aq), with the leading dot. When set, the resolver library will automatically trim the given domain name from the end of any hostname resolved via DNS. This is intended for use with local hosts and domains. (Related note: .I trim will not affect hostnames gathered via NIS or the .BR hosts (5) file. Care should be taken to ensure that the first hostname for each entry in the hosts file is fully qualified or unqualified, as appropriate for the local installation.) .TP .I multi Valid values are .IR on " and " off . If set to .IR on , the resolver library will return all valid addresses for a host that appears in the .I /etc/hosts file, instead of only the first. This is .I off by default, as it may cause a substantial performance loss at sites with large hosts files. .TP .I reorder Valid values are .IR on " and " off . If set to .IR on , the resolver library will attempt to reorder host addresses so that local addresses (i.e., on the same subnet) are listed first when a .BR gethostbyname (3) is performed. Reordering is done for all lookup methods. The default value is .IR off . .SH ENVIRONMENT The following environment variables can be used to allow users to override the behavior which is configured in .IR /etc/host.conf : .TP .B RESOLV_HOST_CONF If set, this variable points to a file that should be read instead of .IR /etc/host.conf . .TP .B RESOLV_MULTI Overrides the .I multi command. .TP .B RESOLV_REORDER Overrides the .I reorder command. .TP .B RESOLV_ADD_TRIM_DOMAINS A list of domains, separated by colons (\(aq:\(aq), semicolons (\(aq;\(aq) or commas (\(aq,\(aq), with the leading dot, which will be added to the list of domains that should be trimmed. .TP .B RESOLV_OVERRIDE_TRIM_DOMAINS A list of domains, separated by colons (\(aq:\(aq), semicolons (\(aq;\(aq) or commas (\(aq,\(aq), with the leading dot, which will replace the list of domains that should be trimmed. Overrides the .I trim command. .SH FILES .TP .I /etc/host.conf Resolver configuration file .TP .I /etc/resolv.conf Resolver configuration file .TP .I /etc/hosts Local hosts database .SH NOTES The following differences exist compared to the original implementation. A new command .I spoof and a new environment variable .B RESOLV_SPOOF_CHECK can take arguments like .IR off ", " nowarn ", and " warn . Line comments can appear anywhere and not only at the beginning of a line. .SS Historical The .BR nsswitch.conf (5) file is the modern way of controlling the order of host lookups. .PP In glibc 2.4 and earlier, the following keyword is recognized: .TP .I order This keyword specifies how host lookups are to be performed. It should be followed by one or more lookup methods, separated by commas. Valid methods are .IR bind ", " hosts ", and " nis . .TP .B RESOLV_SERV_ORDER Overrides the .I order command. .PP .\" commit 7d68cdaa4f748e87ee921f587ee2d483db624b3d Since glibc 2.0.7, and up through glibc 2.24, the following keywords and environment variable have been recognized but never implemented: .TP .I nospoof Valid values are .IR on " and " off . If set to .IR on , the resolver library will attempt to prevent hostname spoofing to enhance the security of .BR rlogin " and " rsh . It works as follows: after performing a host address lookup, the resolver library will perform a hostname lookup for that address. If the two hostnames do not match, the query fails. The default value is .IR off . .TP .I spoofalert Valid values are .IR on " and " off . If this option is set to .I on and the .I nospoof option is also set, the resolver library will log a warning of the error via the syslog facility. The default value is .IR off . .TP .I spoof Valid values are .IR off ", " nowarn ", and " warn . If this option is set to .IR off , spoofed addresses are permitted and no warnings will be emitted via the syslog facility. If this option is set to .IR warn , the resolver library will attempt to prevent hostname spoofing to enhance the security and log a warning of the error via the syslog facility. If this option is set to .IR nowarn , the resolver library will attempt to prevent hostname spoofing to enhance the security but not emit warnings via the syslog facility. Setting this option to anything else is equal to setting it to .IR nowarn . .TP .B RESOLV_SPOOF_CHECK Overrides the .IR nospoof ", " spoofalert ", and " spoof commands in the same way as the .I spoof command is parsed. Valid values are .IR off ", " nowarn ", and " warn . .SH SEE ALSO .BR gethostbyname (3), .BR hosts (5), .BR nsswitch.conf (5), .BR resolv.conf (5), .BR hostname (7), .BR named (8) .SH COLOPHON This page is part of release 5.10 of the Linux .I man-pages project. A description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of this page, can be found at \%https://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.