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+# Example configuration file for hostinfo daemon.
+# See also '@sysconfdir@/hostinfo/guests.conf'.
+
+# IMPORTANT: Please read hostinfo(8) manual page for documentation.
+
+# This file contains any global configuration required by the
+# hostinfo daemon. If you change this file, then you must
+# restart the hostinfo service (ie. 'service hostinfo restart').
+
+# Per-guest configuration is stored in a separate file.
+# To configure what each guest can see, you have to edit
+# this file, not the current file.
+guests @sysconfdir@/hostinfo/guests.conf
+
+# Directory containing sockets which are used to communicate
+# between the guests and the host. You probably shouldn't
+# change this.
+#sockets @localstatedir@/lib/hostinfo
+
+# Enable verbose messages sent to the system log files.
+#verbose 1
+
+# Don't fork into the background, and send verbose messages
+# to stderr. You shouldn't normally enable this unless you
+# are a developer.
+#foreground 1
+#debug 1