[Pkg-libvirt-discuss] Trying to use libvirt_guest module

[john doe]

On 4/2/2020 2:09 PM, Guido Günther wrote:
> Hi,
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 05:36:13PM +0200, john doe wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to use the nss module following the recommendation at (1) and
>> (2).
>>
>> $ grep hosts: /etc/ns*
>> hosts: libvirt_guest
>> $virsh list --all
>>  Id   Name    State
>> -----------------------
>>  26   try06   running
>> $ getent hosts try06; echo $?
>> 2
>>
>>
>> If my understanding is correct, nss should do what I want but it is not
>> for some reasons?
>>
>> Any help is appriciated.
>>
>> This on Debian Buster (10).
>>
>> The URL (2) is my thread on this where I picked up the idea of using
>> nss.
>
> The libnss-libvirt package in Buset only ships the `libvirt` not the
> `libvirt_guest` nss module. The one in testing/sid also ships
> libvirt_guest.

Thank you for your answer.

Even on Bullseye, I'm not able to get this module to work:

getent hosts try06

Fails with error 2.

/etc/nsswitch.conf
host: libvirt_guest


What am I missing?

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John Doe