cdist-type__hosts(7) ==================== NAME ---- cdist-type__hosts - manage entries in /etc/hosts DESCRIPTION ----------- Add or remove entries from */etc/hosts* file. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS ------------------- state If state is ``present``, make *object_id* resolve to *ip*. If state is ``absent``, *object_id* will no longer resolve via */etc/hosts*, if it was previously configured with this type. Manually inserted entries are unaffected. ip IP address, to which hostname (=\ *object_id*) must resolve. If state is ``present``, this parameter is mandatory, if state is ``absent``, this parameter is silently ignored. EXAMPLES -------- .. code-block:: sh # Now `funny' resolves to 192.168.1.76, __hosts funny --ip 192.168.1.76 # and `happy' no longer resolve via /etc/hosts if it was # previously configured via __hosts. __hosts happy --state absent SEE ALSO -------- :strong:`hosts`\ (5) AUTHORS ------- Dmitry Bogatov COPYING ------- Copyright (C) 2015,2016 Dmitry Bogatov. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 or later (GPLv3+).