From: Lennart Poettering Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:33:07 +0000 (+0100) Subject: remove old README X-Git-Tag: v197~24^2~6 X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ce4c03fad012bdf4531c2d3ca1dd00e42ef89578;hp=601b7783296363c5e33b67cbf861eba70006d2d3;p=elogind.git remove old README --- diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 205118d4e..000000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -nss-myhostname is a GNU libc NSS module that statically translates the -local host name to the IP address 127.0.0.2 (which is on the loopback -device) and vice versa. - -This is useful to make sure that the local host name is always -resolvable. Some programs (such as sudo) require this functionality. - -Especially on embedded systems it may not be desirable to modify -/etc/hosts to match the current host name. - -It is a good idea to put this module as last resort in -/etc/nsswitch.conf, to make sure that other name service take -precedence. - --- Lennart Poettering, lennart [at] poettering [dot] de - -$Id$