nameserver(X)                 06 January 1993                  nameserver(X)


 Name

    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 proto-
    col (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
    thexdaemon 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


 See also

    Xconnections(X) and xdaemon(X)

 Standards conformance

    nameserver is conformant with:

       iBCS2 X clients