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Well it is not a bad idea. I have worked for one place that did that. It wasn't my idea but I did not object. The reason it is done is to put critical files like nsswitch.conf, hosts, and so on under RCS control. Previous versions are then available to see how stuff changed over the years. And recent changes will be checked in by the person who made the change. That way you can ask why a change was made.
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NSS-MYHOSTNAME(8)						  nss-myhostname						 NSS-MYHOSTNAME(8)

NAME
nss-myhostname - Provide hostname resolution for the locally configured system hostname. SYNOPSIS
nss-myhostname.la DESCRIPTION
nss-myhostname is a plugin for the GNU Name Service Switch (NSS) functionality of the GNU C Library (glibc) providing hostname resolution for the locally configured system hostname as returned by gethostname(2). Various software relies on an always-resolvable local hostname. When using dynamic hostnames, this is usually achieved by patching /etc/hosts at the same time as changing the host name. This however is not ideal since it requires a writable /etc file system and is fragile because the file might be edited by the administrator at the same time. nss-myhostname simply returns all locally configured public IP addresses, or, if none are configured, the IPv4 address 127.0.0.2 (which is on the local loopback) and the IPv6 address ::1 (which is the local host) for whatever system hostname is configured locally. Patching /etc/hosts is thus no longer necessary. To activate the NSS modules, myhostname has to be added to the line starting with "hosts:" in /etc/nsswitch.conf It is recommended to put myhostname last in the nsswitch.conf line to make sure that this mapping is only used as fallback, and any DNS or /etc/hosts based mapping takes precedence. EXAMPLE
# /etc/nsswitch.conf passwd: compat group: compat shadow: compat hosts: files dns myhostname networks: files protocols: db files services: db files ethers: db files rpc: db files netgroup: nis To test, use glibc's getent tool: $ getent ahosts `hostname` ::1 STREAM omega ::1 DGRAM ::1 RAW 127.0.0.2 STREAM 127.0.0.2 DGRAM 127.0.0.2 RAW In this case the local hostname is omega. SEE ALSO
systemd(1), systemd-logind.service(8), logind.conf(5), loginctl(1), pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8), pam_loginuid(8) systemd 208 NSS-MYHOSTNAME(8)