=item *
-explicitly enable the hostinfo feature,
+explicitly enable the hostinfo feature (see below),
=item *
-select which virtual machines can see any data,
+select which virtual machines can see any data (see L<hostinfo-set(8)>),
=item *
-select which data they wish to disclose to virtual machines, and
+select which data they wish to disclose to virtual machines
+(C<guests.conf> below), and
=item *
-select the frequency that virtual machines can ask for data.
+select the frequency that virtual machines can ask for data
+(C<guests.conf>).
=back
Edits to this file take effect as soon as the next request is received
from any guest. You do not need to restart the daemon.
-B<However if this file contains any mistakes, then the daemon will
+However B<if this file contains any mistakes, then the daemon will
exit> (ie. the default becomes no access). The reason for the error
will be sent to a system log file. So after editing this file, you
should check that hostinfo is available end-to-end (ie. from a guest),
=item /etc/hostinfo/hostinfo.conf
-
=item /etc/hostinfo/guests.conf
-
=item /var/lib/hostinfo/
-
-
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO