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nameserver(X)


nameserver -- protocol specific name and address resolver

Syntax

/usr/X/lib/net/<protocol>/nameserver

Description

The nameserver program is invoked by the xdaemon process to provide protocol-specific information. AT&T X clients are written using a TLI interface so that they are network independent. To establish a network connection, the X client makes a request of the xdaemon process which then fork's and exec's the appropriate nameserver process for that protocol (as listed in the file /usr/X/lib/Xconnections) to provide the X client with the requested information. This way neither the X client nor the xdaemon process need know anything about their physical networks.

Currently SCO only provides support for the TCP/IP protocol.

Files

/usr/X/lib/net/inet/tcp/nameserver

Standards conformance

nameserver is conformant with:

iBCS2 X clients

See also

Xconnections(X) and xdaemon(X)
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SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003