From ce266330fc3bd6767451ac3400336cd9acebe9c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Klink <flokli@flokli.de>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2021 22:11:27 +0200
Subject: man: stop recommending putting myhostname after dns

nss-resolve also looks in /etc/hosts, and has the same local hostname
resolving logic as nss-myhostname. We shouldn't recommend another order
than nss-resolve uses internally.

When nss-resolve is used, there's no possibility to override
nss-myhostname hosts via DNS *anyway*.

On top of that, it's not a good idea to allow DNS to override local
hostnames as all - at least not something we should advertise in the
docs.

Followup of f918c67d38ba6ccd4eb0dc657f3f3155e5010cae /
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/16754.
---
 man/nss-myhostname.xml | 16 ++++++----------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

(limited to 'man/nss-myhostname.xml')

diff --git a/man/nss-myhostname.xml b/man/nss-myhostname.xml
index 98eb0ec77e..4a33149a73 100644
--- a/man/nss-myhostname.xml
+++ b/man/nss-myhostname.xml
@@ -73,13 +73,12 @@
     <para>To activate the NSS modules, add <literal>myhostname</literal> to the line starting with
     <literal>hosts:</literal> in <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename>.</para>
 
-    <para>It is recommended to place <literal>myhostname</literal> either between <literal>resolve</literal>
-    and "traditional" modules like <literal>dns</literal>, or after them. In the first version, well-known
-    names like <literal>localhost</literal> and the machine hostname are given higher priority than the
-    external configuration. This is recommended when the external DNS servers and network are not absolutely
-    trusted. In the second version, external configuration is given higher priority and
-    <command>nss-myhostname</command> only provides a fallback mechanism. This might be suitable in closely
-    controlled networks, for example on a company LAN.</para>
+    <para>It is recommended to place <literal>myhostname</literal> after <literal>file</literal> and before <literal>dns</literal>.
+    This resolves well-known hostnames like <literal>localhost</literal>
+    and the machine hostnames locally. It is consistent with the behaviour
+    of <command>nss-resolve</command>, and still allows overriding via
+    <filename>/etc/hosts</filename>.
+    </para>
   </refsect1>
 
   <refsect1>
@@ -95,10 +94,7 @@ shadow:         compat systemd
 gshadow:        files systemd
 
 
-# Either (untrusted network, see above):
 hosts:          mymachines resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] files <command>myhostname</command> dns
-# Or (only trusted networks):
-hosts:          mymachines resolve [!UNAVAIL=return] files dns <command>myhostname</command>
 networks:       files
 
 protocols:      db files
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