DB(6)                                                       DB(6)

     NAME
          db - connection service database

     SYNOPSIS
          /services/cs/db

     DESCRIPTION
          The connection service database file is read by the connec-
          tion server cs(8), when it receives a request using a
          machine name of the form $service.

          The file consists of a two column list (separated by whites-
          pace) of the form:

               $service  hostname

          If the hostname is a logical network name, the connection
          server subsequently converts it to a network address (eg,
          from domain name to Internet address) before replying to its
          client.

          Blank lines and comments (lines beginning with #) are
          ignored.

          Cs takes care to update any name cache it maintains if it
          sees that the file has changed since it was last read (based
          on its modification time).

     EXAMPLE
          $SIGNER      doppio
          $FILESERVER  dispensa
          $MAILSERVER  doppio

     SEE ALSO
          cs(8)

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