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

[john doe]

On 4/2/2020 4:37 PM, john doe wrote:
> 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?
>

Any follow-up on this?

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John Doe